‘We want to be the real allies’

I salute and admire all those brave people who go to the streets and say let’s end [this regime.]

The time for dictatorship in Iran has come to an end, and in reality, there is a democratic alternative, the National Council of Resistance of Iran. For 38 years, the NCRI has endured all the challenges and has overcome all difficulties. This Council has shown that it can resist against the regime. It is very well organized and is in a position to bring together all those discontented and freedom -lovers who are still not organized. The 10-point plan of Mrs. Rajavi presents a transparent program to the world. This shows us the reality that this resistance has a clever, sincere and heroic leader who does not deviate from her goal of fighting for the freedom of the Iranian people. We want to be the real allies of this movement.

• Matrin Patzelt is a Member of the German Bundestag from the Ruling Christian Democratic Party.