Iran’s youth wants democracy

The 10-point-plan for a peaceful transition to democracy in Iran is approved by Iranians in exile as well as by the youth in Iran itself. Foto: private

(KL) – The protests of the Iranian youth can no longer be ignored, whether in exile in Western countries or in Iran itself, where thousands of young people are taking enormous risks to take to the streets of Iran to demand an end to theocracy and a transition to democracy.

The fall of the aging mullahs, who would like to keep Iran in the Middle Ages, seems to be only a matter of time. The means used by these false servants of God are terror, executions, and the spreading of fear – but no regime can build on that in the long term.

Nevertheless, the world cannot simply wait for the mullahs to die out, because the mullahs and their helpers murder people on an almost daily basis. Currently, 18 people are on death row whose “crime” is to support the People’s Mujahideen, who are organizing against this inhuman regime.

Both the “Free Iran 2025” youth congress taking place simultaneously in several European cities and the demonstrations in Iran clearly show that the youth of Iran no longer accepts the mullah regime. The resistance is growing louder and more visible, and it is time for the West to take concrete measures to support the 10-point plan of the National Council for Resistance in Iran (NCRI) and its president, Maryam Rajavi, for a transition to a democratic Iran.

The prospect of a nuclear-free Iran, where the death penalty is abolished and women have the same rights as men, is shared by both Iranian youth in exile and youth in Iran itself. The transition from a regime that promotes terrorism throughout the Middle East to a democratic country that can be a factor of stability in this region is urgently needed. For the unjust regime of the mullahs cannot last forever – the time for change has come.