Iran Opposition Protests in Washington for Regime Change
Hundreds of people protested in Washington Friday
against Iran, demanding a change in its regime and denouncing its
"atrocity toward the people".
Protesters waved Iranian flags as they chanted for
"regime change now" -- with some holding portraits of Maryam Rajavi,
leader of the People's Mujahedin, an Iranian opposition group banned in the
country, reported AFP.
"The regime inside Iran is doing so much
atrocity toward the people. Iran whole has been destroyed by this regime,"
said Michael Passi, an Iranian-American engineer.
"There are a lot of executions, a lot of
tortures and a lot of export of terrorism by this regime," he alleged.
"We want separation of religion and the
state," added Mina Entezari, an Arizona-based designer who was a political
prisoner in Iran for seven years. "We want freedom for people."
The administration of US President Donald Trump
consistently blasts a lack of freedoms in Iran and its
"destabilizing" influence on the Middle East.
A firm adversary of Tehran, he has re-implemented
harsh economic sanctions -- but Washington insists it is not pushing for regime
change, only a change to Iran's policy in areas including missile development
and support for militant groups.
"I'm 100 percent behind President Trump's
policy," Passi said. "The only language that this Iranian regime
understands is a language of force."
