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Terror threat leads lead Iranian dissident group to cancel Albania summit

A major gathering of Iranian dissidents in Albania opposed to the theocratic regime in Tehran this weekend has been abruptly called off owing to a terror threat, organizers said.

U.S. lawmakers and former government officials were set to be among those addressing the two-day “Free Iran World Summit” starting Saturday.

The event, orchestrated by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and its associate group, the exiled People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), was meant to draw attention to the plight of opposition protesters inside Iran and highlight what it calls the Iranian regime’s hostile domestic and foreign policies.