Tens of thousands of supporters of Iran's main opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), gathered in a massive convention hall in Villepinte, Paris over the weekend to call on the international community to back the Iranian people's democratic aspirations and recognize the NCRI as a real alternative to the mullahs' theocracy. The grand gathering of Iranians, which takes place annually in Paris, was this year attended by more than 50 parliamentary delegations from all around the world, including the U.S. and the Middle East, as well as by the former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani; the former chairman of the U.S. Democratic Party and former governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell; the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John R. Bolton; a member of the European Parliament, Gérard Deprez; and many prominent political dignitaries. The keynote speaker at the event was NCRI president Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.  In her speech, which was also...(Read Full Post)