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President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Ret. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg,
Rajavi said it was a decisive moment in the history of Iran. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, according to Rajavi, has a path forward for a democratic Iran, which includes a step-by-step process after the overthrow of the current regime. A transitional government would be formed for a maximum of six months, and its main task would be to hold free elections for a Constituent Assembly and transfer power to the people’s representatives.
Demonstrators in Iran protesting the regime in 2022. (Credit: NCRI)
“The overthrow of the mullahs’ regime is the only way to establish freedom in Iran and peace and tranquility in the region,” a hopeful Rajavi said.
Kellogg championed these ideas and said a “more friendly, stable, non-belligerent, and a non-nuclear Iran” must be the near term goal and that the United States needs to exploit Iran’s current weaknesses.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei slammed France for hosting what the Iranian government called a “terrorist group” and accused the French government of violating its international legal obligations to prevent and fight terror.