NY: Iranian-Americans rally against Rouhani at UN

Iranian-Americans gathered outside the United Nations in New York to condemn the presence of the Iranian regime’s President Hassan Rouhani. Thousands of protesters gathered at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at 11:00 am (local time) to condemn the appalling human rights abuses in Iran and denounce Rouhani’s presence at the UN. 

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The rally, which is organized by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC), press the international community to hold the regime in Iran accountable for its abhorrent human rights record.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in a statement on Sunday strongly condemned Rouhani’s presence in New York and at the United Nations General Assembly. “He is among the most senior officials involved in the production of the nuclear bomb, 120,000 political executions, and warmongering and slaughter in the region. This regime does not represent the Iranian people, and its leaders, from whatever faction, should face justice for crime against humanity in Iran. Iran’s seat at the United Nations should be given to its people and their legitimate resistance,” the NCRI said.

Speakers at the rally include:

Tom Ridge, Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary and Governor of Pennsylvania

Bill Richardson, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN and U.S. Energy Secretary

Professor Alan Dershowitz, former Harvard Law School professor