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Following the overthrow of Syria’s dictator and the significant blow to Ali Khamenei and the regime of Velayat-e Faqih, an extraordinary session of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) was held on Monday, December 9. The meeting was chaired by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, and she, on behalf of the NCRI, congratulated the people of Syria, the revolutionaries, political prisoners, and the families of hundreds of thousands of martyrs of the Syrian revolution on the overthrow of the Assad family’s 54-year dictatorship. She expressed hope that this victory would mark the beginning of freedom, prosperity, and progress for the Syrian people. She emphasized that the collapse of the Iranian regime’s closest ally signifies the prelude to the complete failure of its aggressive and warmongering policies throughout the region. The religious dictatorship’s “strategic depth” in Iran has crumbled, and the regime will soon be driven out of all regional countries. Mrs. Rajavi underscored that Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow was achieved through the sacrifices of rebellious youth who represented the wrath and outrage of the people. These are the same people who, in recent years, suffered the loss of more than 500,000 lives at the hands of Assad’s regime. Additionally, the death of Ebrahim Raisi, the boycott of the regime’s sham elections for the Assembly of Experts and the presidency in Iran, repeated defeats of Velayat-e Faqih policies in the region, and the disintegration of its forces, proxies, and mercenaries rendered the regime powerless in supporting Assad. The backbone of Assad’s regime—Khamenei’s forces—had fallen apart.

Mrs. Rajavi added that the NCRI is proud to have stood alongside the people and revolutionaries of Syria during the darkest times, championing their defense and consistently emphasizing the necessity of eradicating the regime’s influence from all countries in the region. The Iranian Resistance has, for years, persistently exposed numerous activities and conspiracies of the regime in Syria.

Mrs. Rajavi also stressed that despite successive defeats, the clerical regime will neither cease its internal repression nor its external warmongering and terrorism until its downfall. However, the Iranian people’s struggle to overthrow the regime of Velayat-e Faqih is drawing ever closer to victory. A free and democratic Iran is the key to peace, stability, and freedom for the region and the world.

NCRI members highlighted that Assad’s fall reveals another undeniable truth to the world: regimes like his, contrary to their propaganda, are highly vulnerable and fragile. When faced with the fire of the people’s anger, they collapse rapidly. The members also discussed the necessary actions at this stage, emphasizing that recent developments in Syria and the region qualitatively weaken the ruling religious fascism in Iran, intensify its internal crises, and accelerate its overthrow through uprisings and the freedom army.

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On Wednesday, December 11, the regime of Ali Khamenei in Iran, hanged at least 13 prisoners in different prisons. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), stated: “The 13 recorded executions on Wednesday, December 11, and 592 executions since July, including 21 women, are part of the ‘legacy’ of this presidency for the people of Iran! Each day, the line of grieving families and orphaned children grows longer. She added: “Silence and inaction in the face of the godfather of executions and terror constitute a betrayal of universal human rights principles and fuel terrorism and warmongering. This regime must be expelled from the international community, and its leaders must face justice for 45 years of crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes.”