National Council of Resistance of Iran reacts to news of peace deal between U.S. and Iran

Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), reacted to the news of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran on Sunday.

"The Iranian Resistance, which for nearly five decades has sought freedom and peace, welcomes any understanding to end the war and the suffering of the Iranian people. In Iran, no one except the remnants of the mullahs and the Shah has wanted or wants war," she said in a statement obtained by Just the News.

"The effort to produce nuclear weapons, warmongering, and meddling in the countries of the region are part of the survival strategy of the religious fascism ruling Iran, and it will not abandon them as long as it can," she added.

She said that war is the regime’s "shield against popular uprisings, while peace and a ceasefire are, as Khomeini put it, like 'poison' for it."

"The overthrow of the regime is the responsibility of the Iranian people and their organized Resistance," she said in the statement. "I reiterate once again that any international agreement to end the war must include an end to the execution of political prisoners and the killing of protesters."