By Published On: December 25, 2019Categories: NEWS
Maryam Rajavi, attends Christmas Eve ceremony in Tirana

The President-elect, Maryam Rajavi, attended the Christmas-Eve ceremony at the Central Catholic Cathedral of Tirana-December 24, 2019

On Wednesday, December 25, on the Eve of Christmas, Maryam Rajvi, the leader of Iran’s opposition, attended the Christmas-Eve mass in Tirana. The mass was held at the Central Catholic Cathedral of Tirana, Saint Paul Metropolitan Archdiocese.

Ilir Meta, the president of Albania, along with Many Albanian leaders and personalities, such as Monika Kryemadhi, the leader of the Socialist Movement for Integration Party and the President’s wife, Ms. Elona Gjebra, Secretary for the Foreign Relations Committee of the Parliament and former Deputy Interior Minister, also Ms. Diana Culi, the renowned Albanian author, were also present at the ceremony. An NCRI delegation, and the Secretary-General of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK), Ms. Zahra Merrikhi were also accompanying president-elect Maryam Rajavi at the ceremony.

Rev. George Anthony Frendo, Archbishop of Tirana, after opening the ceremony with the prayers, he welcomed the president-elect Maryam Rajavi, and extent his prayers to the oppressed people in Iran. Archbishop of Tirana said:

“We pray for those in your country, who are oppressed, and enduring pain and suffering.”

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi presented the book containing a list of 20,000 martyrs of the MEK (Known as the “Book of Martyrs”) to the Archbishop and emphasized, “Today, the people of Iran are paying the heaviest possible price in their struggle to rid Iran of the religious fascism ruling the country, so that in tomorrow’s Iran all citizens from all convictions and creeds, and from all ethnicities would be able to co-exist in freedom and equality.”

The red “book of Martyrs” includes a detailed list of 20,000 martyrs of the MEK, who were slain during the first decades of the mullahs’ rule. The details include the personal details of the MEK heroes and heroines, their job and in many cases their photos, also pictures of what is left of their memories.

Leader of Iran opposition, Maryam Rajavi, congratulated Archbishop George Anthony Frendo on the birth of Christ and “extended her gratitude for his sympathies with the suffering people of Iran who are oppressed under the rule of religious fascism and dictatorship of the mullahs in Iran.”

“Maryam Rajavi also paid homage to the martyrs of the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising on the 40th day of their loss, describing their long caravan as the great sacrifice of the people of Iran for liberation from theocracy.” Mrs. Rajavi’s official website reported.

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