Iranians and supporters of the Iranian Resistance gathered in Stockholm on June 21 to mark the 44th anniversary of June 20, 1981, a turning point in Iran’s modern resistance history. The demonstrators voiced a unified demand: regime change in Iran led by the people and their organized resistance—not foreign intervention or appeasement.
Participants from across Scandinavia converged in the city center, chanting slogans such as “Change by the people of Iran—this is the Third Option” and “The Iranian people’s uprising is the way out of the crisis.”
The message, aired on Sweden’s TV4 evening news, was clear: war and diplomacy have failed to bring freedom or democracy to Iran. Instead, protesters emphasized that meaningful change must come from within, through a coordinated and persistent resistance movement grounded in the will of the Iranian people.
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Sweden, June 21, 2025: Massive Iranian Resistance Rallies in #Stockholm Back Democratic Change — #No2ShahNo2Mullahs. #NCRIAlternative #IranThirdOption #FreeIran10PointPlan #FreeIran2025 pic.twitter.com/iHWjNnahu2— Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) June 24, 2025
Speakers at the Swedish rally highlighted the younger generation as a force for future transformation, noting that the majority of Iranians were born after the 1979 revolution and are now demanding a secular, democratic republic based on the separation of religion and state.
Simultaneously, in Berlin, a large-scale demonstration took place with live coverage from Reuters TV, bringing attention to the scale and urgency of the resistance. Shahin Ghobadi, spokesman of the People’s Mojahedin Organization (PMOI/MEK), stated that the regime has never been more vulnerable, while the internal network of resistance—particularly through organized “Resistance Units“—has never been stronger.
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2-#Stockholm, June 21, 2025: Massive rally as the Iranian Resistance supporters protest #Iran's regime and reject the deposed monarchy. They champion #IranThirdOption.#NCRIAlternative #FreeIran2025 #No2ShahNo2Mullahs pic.twitter.com/XIcBJlozsY— Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) June 22, 2025
Ghobadi said the current war environment has only intensified the regime’s crisis of survival, exposing the failure of decades-long Western engagement and signaling that the time has come to recognize the Iranian people’s struggle as the real solution. He stressed that peace in the region will remain out of reach as long as the regime remains in power.
Protesters also condemned the regime’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, repression, and terrorism, insisting that negotiations have historically failed to curb Tehran’s behavior. Many called for full international recognition of the Iranian Resistance and rejected the legitimacy of the clerical regime altogether.
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2-#Stockholm, June 21, 2025: Massive rally as the Iranian Resistance supporters protest #Iran's regime and reject the deposed monarchy. They champion #IranThirdOption.#NCRIAlternative #FreeIran2025 #No2ShahNo2Mullahs pic.twitter.com/IRmW5157px— Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) June 22, 2025
These parallel rallies in Europe signaled a growing momentum within the Iranian diaspora to support a third option—neither war nor appeasement, but a democratic change from within—driven by the Iranian people themselves.
