Your Excellency,
We wish to extend to you our best wishes and heartfelt congratulations on your historic victory in the recent elections. As the second-youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history, and your past experience and passion in youth advocacy and human rights, we share a strong vision for democracy and human rights in Iran. Your recent remarks made while visiting members of the Iranian community in Ottawa was especially important to us, as you so rightly stated that you clearly differentiate between the aspirations of the Iranian people and the policies of the theocratic regime.
The plight of the Iranian people in their struggle for a just and an equitable society based on universal suffrage and human rights, and their right to be able to choose their own destiny and form of government through free elections, should be a priority that all free and democratic nations must support so that at last Iran and the region can once again enjoy stability, peace and progress.
We hope that under your leadership Canada will extend its support for the Iranian people's aspiration to join the community of nations as a free, pluralistic and democratic country.
Yours sincerely,
Reza Pahlavi
President of the Iran National Council for Free Elections
