Giuliani: U.S. 'Sympathizes' With Attempt to Overthrow Iran's Government

Lawyer for United States President Trump, Rudy Giuliani, arrives prior to a funeral service for late Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 1, 2018.

 

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By VERENA DOBNIK / AP 

September 23, 2018

(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, told members of Iran’s self-declared government in exile on Saturday that the U.S. sympathizes with their efforts to overthrow that country’s official government.

The former New York mayor spoke to members and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the biggest opposition group to Iran’s Islamic regime. Two U.S.-based members who joined the gathering have been targeted for assassination by alleged Iranian agents named last month in criminal complaints issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

“So I say to the Iranian government, you must truly be afraid of being overthrown,” Giuliani said. “We will not forget that you wanted to commit murder on our soil.”

After Saturday’s attack on a military parade in Iran that killed more than 20 people, security was tight surrounding more than 1,500 people who came to a midtown Manhattan hotel for the meeting.