On this episode of Neuthorld, on February 8th in Paris, thousands of opponents to Iran's

authorities rallied to call for the fall of the government in Tehran, hopeful that President

Trump's maximum pressure campaign could lead to change in the country.

The protest was organized by the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran,

which is banned in Iran.

Two of the group's members face imminent execution with a further sixth sentence to death in November.

Here to discuss the Iranian resistance. I'm really pleased to welcome my guest and my friend,

Alareza Jeff Azade, deputy director for joining me on Newt's World.

Thank you so much, Speaker Gingrich.

You know, you have been a great supporter of the people of Iran since the days that you

were in the house, even before you became the speaker in the house. You always supported freedom in

Iran. You always supported our movement. You counter the challenge that were posed at that time by

the so-called moderates. And there were people who were trying to justify

reaching out to the Iranian regime under different pretext.

You stood firm against that, and you stood on our side,

and we really appreciate it.

It goes back to, you know, decades,

so really appreciate what you've done so far.

Well, I never forgot a conversation I had with Secretary of Defense, Bob Gates, who had been a deputy in 1979,

negotiating with the new Iranian dictatorship.

And he said, based on his experience, there were no moderates in the regime.

And anybody who thought there was simply did not understand the nature of the regime. So I have

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