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Al-Jazeerah, July 3, 2007- The Iranian opposition coalition, in which the People’s Mojahedin organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has a leading role, organized a large gathering in the French capital, Paris.

Small majorities of Iranians say their country should develop nuclear weapons and they would feel safer if Tehran possessed such arms, according to a rare public opinion poll of Iranian citizens.

EuroNews, the European news channel, in a news report that was broadcasted repeatedly about the gathering of 50,000 Iranians in Paris on Saturday described the event as the one that rarley Paris has witnessed.

Congressman Bob Filner, Democrat from California, spoke to a crowd of 50,000 Iranians in Paris, Saturday June 30.  He criticized the EU policy toward the Iranian regime and expressed support for Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s proposed “Third Option” as the only solution the current Iran-West crisis.

Last night, Mr. Mohammad Jalali, a 25-year-old man who set himself on fire in protest to the fuel rationing by the mullahs’ regime in Iran, died after not receiving any medical care in the notorious Gohardasht Prison in the outskirt of Karaj City, thirty Kilometers west of Tehran.

Iran admitted on Tuesday that international sanctions imposed over its controversial nuclear programme were harming its ability to invest in oil infrastructure, the backbone of its economy.

Text of speech by Mr. Vidal-Quadras, Vice-President of the European Parliament, in a speech in gathering of 50,000 Iranians in Paris in support of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI):

Text of Speech by Mr. Mouloud Aounit, Chairman of MRAP (Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peuples) in gathering of 50,000 Iranians in Paris in support of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran:

Mr. Jean-Pierre Béquet,  Mayor of Auvers-sur-Oise in a speech in gathering of 50,000 Iranians said we are here with you; the  jurists, the elected officials, the parliamentarians, the progressive movements, the democratic and free forces of Europe and the world.

TEXT OF SPEECH BY MRS. MARYAM RAJAVI, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran Paris – Nord, Villepinte – June 30, 2007