Free Iran 2025 Conference in Paris

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(KD / Red) – At the “Free Iran 2025” conference, held in Paris on Saturday, May 31, Political figures and lawmakers from Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Portugal, Malta, Romania and Argentina, announced the overwhelming support of their Parliaments for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), as a democratic alternative to the ruling theocracy in Iran, endorsing the NCRI ten-point plan for the future of Iran.

The statements of support highlighted the dire human rights situation in Iran, citing numerous executions and oppressive laws like the “Hijab and Chastity” act, contrasting it with the democratic opposition’s call for “No to Executions” and rejection of compulsory hijab and rule. It asserted that the Iranian regime’s reliance on proxy groups is failing, and that policy of appeasement is counterproductive. It underscored the Iranian people’s demand for a democratic republic and their right to regime change – including the right of the Resistance Units to confront the IRGC, which must be designated a terrorist organization.

The delegations announced the endorsements for more than 300 Parliamentarians from the Bundestag and state parliaments in Germany from various parties, the cross-party majority of parliamentarians from Italy, Norway, Malta, Iceland, Moldova, Costa Rica, Yemen, the Netherlands and the Irish Senate. Given Iran’s implication in Yemen, the support from this country must be underlined!

Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the NCRI, was the keynote speaker. Thousands of members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) joined the conference live online.

In her speech, Maryam Rajavi highlighted the regime’s significantly weakened and fragile state, noting the collapse of its 40-year stronghold in Syria, despite deploying over 100,000 armed forces, and the irreparable crippling of its strategic proxy, despite a massive arsenal of 150,000 missiles. She explained that internally, the regime faces a “tsunami of internal crisis, political turmoil, widespread public discontent, and deepening economic and social challenges”, with more than 90% of the population boycotting its sham elections.

She explained that “despite the brutal wave of arrests and executions, Iran’s cities continue to erupt daily with protests and strikes – from oil, gas, and petrochemical workers to farmers, nurses, teachers, miners, bakers, truck drivers, and retirees. Since approximately 10 days ago, courageous truck drivers have launched a nationwide strike across 152 cities in 30 provinces. They cry out against a system built on injustice. Today, they are the voice of millions and millions of hardworking people who have been plundered by this regime. One must ask: why is it that these drivers, who demand nothing more than their most basic rights, receive no response, and instead are met with arrest and repression? To the noble people of Iran, I say: Hear their voices – stand with them, and support this nationwide strike! The arrested drivers must be released.”

Maryam Rajavi underlined decades of looting that have pushed Iran’s economy into a spiraling crisis, with major financial institutions on the verge of collapse. Despite substantial oil revenues, “the machinery of repression and war devours it all, leaving nothing for the impoverished people of Iran.” She explained that the rapid economic collapse is evident in severe electricity and natural gas shortages, despite Iran’s vast reserves, and how this “has thrown daily life into disarray – disrupting businesses, halting school and university operations, forcing many production facilities to shut down, and triggering a new wave of unemployment across the country”, highlighting how the regime has “wasted over $2 trillion on nuclear projects – yet less than 2% of Iran’s electricity is generated by nuclear power plants.”

Maryam Rajavi defined the characteristic of Iranian society today as a widespread hostility toward the regime and emphasized that “the most decisive factor shaping the current crisis for the regime is the existence of a strong, prepared alternative – the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).” She described the NCRI as uniquely positioned to lead the overthrow of the religious dictatorship, spearheading a movement relying on “Iran’s defiant youth and led at its core by the PMOI Freedom Fighters and Resistance Units.” Despite Western media censorship, “the activities and operations of these Resistance Units… remain the vanguard of this movement.” The regime’s fear of the growing number of young Iranians turning to the PMOI is evident in its biweekly show trials targeting NCRI and PMOI members.

Addressing the nuclear issue, Maryam Rajavi stated: “Today, by the regime’s own admission, its nuclear project has brought it to a fateful crossroads: suicide or collapse. One path would require Khamenei to abandon this deeply anti-patriotic pursuit and halt uranium enrichment – a step he has steadfastly avoided. Why? Because the regime has tied its very survival to this project. Any retreat would fracture Khamenei’s authority and accelerate the regime’s plunge toward inevitable overthrow. The other path is the regime’s continued pursuit of nuclear weapons. Its insistence on expanding missile programs, building a bomb, and fueling state-sponsored terrorism – all point in this direction.”

Concluding her speech, Maryam Rajavi declared: “The question of Iran’s future has but one legitimate solution – a solution entrusted to the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance.” She reiterated that “the regime’s state-sponsored terrorism and relentless warmongering across the region can only be answered through one course: the overthrow of the regime by the people of Iran and the Iranian Resistance.” Furthermore, the regime’s nuclear weapons program has “only one solution – a decisive regime change, achieved by the courage and determination of the Iranian people and their Resistance movement.”

The NCRI President-elect called on Europe and the world “to designate the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, to officially recognize the Iranian people’s struggle to overthrow the clerical regime, and to acknowledge the courageous struggle of the Resistance Units in their fight against the criminal IRGC.” She affirmed that “the freedom of Iran is the guarantee of peace in the region and security for the world.”

In his speech, Carsten Müller, CDU Bundestag member who led the German delegation at the conference, said: “The new German government faces the historic task of pursuing a clear and consistent policy towards Iran – in line with the profound changes in Iran and the region. We must stand with the Iranian people and the organized opposition of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, with Maryam Rajavi’s 10-Point Plan for a secular, democratic, and nuclear-free republic.” He added: “Especially now, when the regime is weaker than ever, we must set aside outdated political and diplomatic calculations and ban the Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization – a long overdue step that is foreseen in the coalition agreement.” Müller warned: “We must not continue to sleep on the regime’s nuclear program. We must trigger the snapback mechanism (reinstatement of UN Security Council sanctions against the Iranian nuclear weapons program) and push for the complete dismantling of the nuclear program before the mullahs acquire the bomb.”

Italian lawmaker Naike Gruppioni added: “Political realism and moral principles require the adoption of a new policy towards the Iranian regime, a policy that is in tune with the profound changes that have taken place in Iran and the region.

“We must stand with the Iranian people and the organized resistance under the leadership of Maryam Rajavi and her 10-point plan for a secular, democratic and non-nuclear Iran. It has never been more legitimate and urgent than today to support the Iranian people and their organized Resistance.”

“Faced with a regime that has never been weaker, the time has come to put aside all political and diplomatic miscalculations and declare the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) a terrorist organization, a step that is long overdue. We must urge our European allies to activate the snapback mechanism to restore UN Security Council resolutions and demand the complete dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program before the clerical regime can obtain the bomb.”