In Paris on 22 December 2010 participants in the conference, titled "Camp Ashraf and Iran Policy", criticized the policy of appeasement by Europe and the U.S. towards Iran and their disregard for the Iranian people and their resistance as the principle force for change in Iran. They declared such policy as feeble and inept in face of the serious threat posed by the Iranian regime against the international community as a whole.

Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York City and U.S. presidential candidate in 2008; Frances Townsend, advisor to US president on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism until 2009; Michael Mukasey, Attorney General till 2009, Tom Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland Security; in addition to Sid Ahmed Ghozali, former Prime Minister of Algeria; Alain Vivien, former French minister for European Affairs, Yvve Bone former head of French security services DST, together with parliamentary delegations from France, Britain, Norway, Denmark and other European countries were among the participants in this conference.

The unified message of the conference was clear; the US must live up to its moral and legal obligations and written agreements with people of Ashraf and remove all political barriers in front of Iran’s truly democratic opposition. Frances Townsend called on Hilary Clinton to invite Mrs Rajavi to America to hear her views first hand.

Alain Vivien, former French MP and governor and former  French Minister for European Affairs, announced the statement by the majority of French Senate stressing that "by their uprising, the Iranian people have indicated their will for putting an end to the religious dictatorship". Referring to the mullahs' efforts to "annihilate 3,400 Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf", the statement stresses, "Due to its responsibilities, the French Government should ask the United Nations to have a more active presence to support the rights of Ashraf residents and to undertake the responsibility for their protection. We believe that the United States should provide sufficient assurances for implementation of the resolution that enjoys the support of the majority of the Congress and should call on the Iraqi Government to recognize the rights of Ashraf residents as protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention".

As part of ICFTO’s education program a tour to France was organised to enable supporters to attend the conference and university students to acquaint themselves with one of the most evolving issues of our time; an issue that will certainly affect our live in years to come.

Iran has increasingly become a role model for international terrorists especially under the banner of Islam. As godfather of international terrorism Iran has been recruiting, educating, funding and embracing terrorists all over the world, in particular in Muslim communities. Thousands of people have been killed by terrorist acts sponsored and inspired by Iran’s fanatic government since the establishment or a religious dictatorship in Iran after the anti-monarchy revolution in 1979. This situation coupled with the prospect of nuclear arms in the hands of terrorists has made Iran an issue of international concern.

To deal with this growing concern three options have been parading in front of us for many years. The first option adopted by many western countries in the past 20 years is engaging Iran in a set of what some call ‘constructive’ dialogues. But as appeasement of Hitler in 1930 bore no fruit and led to the disastrous WWII, appeasement of Iran’s tyrants has led to more bullying by Iran’s bullies. On the other end of the spectrum are people who think the only way to stop Iran is war, starting, perhaps, with bombing Iran’s nuclear installations. This is the second option; external aggression against Iran.

But Mrs Maryam Rajavi, in a conference in European Parliament in December 2004 introduced a third option, letting the people of Iran and their democratic opposition change the regime. Democratic change will solve all the global concerns. But this vital change by the people of Iran and their organised Opposition has been seriously blocked by and unjust label on People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PNOI), hindering the organised opposition to reach its full ability. Black listing of PMOI was adapted first by Clinton administration as what Martin Indyk, a then State Department minister, termed “goodwill gesture to Iranian regime” under presidency of Mohammad Khatami who was perceived by many in the west as a “moderate” mullah, as if snake will give birth to a dove. But as years passed it was proven that this is not the case and Iran’s bullies were encouraged and interpreted US move as s sign of weakness and became more aggressive both internally, as repression of people of Iran is concerned, as well as internationally as far as terrorism is concerned.

The participants in ICFTO group were intrigued and overwhelmed with increasing international support for the Third Option. Rosa said “the conference in Paris was most inspiring.” Kathleen said “the conference was outstanding in regards to the quality of the speeches. They were remarkable in the strength of their conviction and passion”. David said it was a “very interesting conference and encouraging”. Janet, a law student with interest in human rights found this experience “eye opening and emotional” and her friend Lesley felt the conference gave her “concise information on everything that has happened and is happening in Ashraf”, while Morris found the event “very engaging and insightful” and “as a young person studying international relations and part of the generation that will inherit this world” felt “it was great” that he attended the meeting to learn so much about Iran and how this issue affects us all, and Yvonne was “impressed by the turnout” and A'leighsha “enjoyed this trip very much” and was “moved by the stories of the people in Iran and their fight for freedom”.

We, the volunteers of ICFTO thank every one who attended and look forward to seeing you all in the next event.