Iranian dissidents rally in D.C., call on Trump to ‘rip up’ nuclear deal – By Dan Boylan (washingtontimes.com) / May 5 2018
Thousands of supporters of Iranian opposition groups gathered just blocks from the White House on Saturday to rally for the downfall of Tehran’s theocratic government and invite President Donald Trump to “rip up” the Iran nuclear deal.
The rally came one week before Mr. Trump faces a momentous May 12 deadline to decide whether to pull Washington out of the Obama-era Iranian nuclear deal that saw the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China ease sanctions on Tehran in exchange for limits to its nuclear program. Mr. Trump has criticized the accord since it took effect.
“What do you think is going to happen to that nuclear agreement?” former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani yelled to a packed Grand Hyatt Hotel conference hall.
A long-time ally of Iranian dissidents, Mr. Giuliani also just joined Mr. Trump’s legal team. Holding a piece of paper in his hands, he then drove the rally wild by pretending to rip it apart.
“We do not want President Trump to renegotiate, we want him to rip it up,” said Shiran Nariman, a spokeswoman for the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) and an event organizer.
Saturday afternoon’s rally saw organizers gather more than 1,000 Iranian delegates from across the U.S. for a rowdy flag ceremony, fiery speeches and music. In addition to criticizing the nuclear deal, dissidents blasted the Islamic Republic’s human rights record, and argued for a free, democratic and secular Iran.
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