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On February 17, simultaneously with the Munich Security Conference, thousands of freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)<\/a> and its parent coalition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), gathered at the Max-Jozef-Platz, near the Munich security conference. Protestors, along with renowned European politicians and lawyers, condemned the presence of Reza Pahlavi, the son of the ousted Shah, who represents the return of monarchial tyranny. Iranians underlined in their protest on Friday that Reza Pahlavi\u2019s presence at the Munich Security Conference was an insult to the people\u2019s will and determination to achieve a democratic and secular Iran. The Iranians have demonstrated their will by chanting the popular slogan of \u201cDown with the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Mullahs.\u201d<\/p>\n Leo Dautzenberg, Chair of the German Solidarity Committee for a Free Iran (DSFI), and former Member of the German Bundestag, was the first speaker of Friday\u2019s grand gathering. Referring to the Iranian regime\u2019s efforts to tarnish the image of its viable alternative, the NCRI, and promoting fake alternatives, such as Reza Pahlavi, he said: \u201cThe regime claims there is no opposition inside Iran. If this is true, why is it using brutal force inside Iran? It is important that the first article in Mrs. Rajavi\u2019s ten-point<\/a> plan calls for establishing a republic based on universal suffrage and popular vote. Protesters are saying yes to the republic and no to autocracy. They\u2019re saying no to the mullahs\u2019 rule and Shah\u2019s dictatorship. The regime is trying to present the son of the Shah as an acceptable option.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Shah was rejected by the 1979 revolution. Pahlavi has never condemned the crimes of the SAVAK and Shah regimes. This is dangerous. This is why the participation of Shah\u2019s son at the Munich Security Conference was a dangerous decision and welcomed by the regime. It distracts discussions focused on unity and solidarity for freedom,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cThis regime must be annihilated. The people of Iran are striving for freedom,\u201d said Katrin Bornm\u00fcller, Honorary President of the International Society for Human Rights Organization, who spoke next.<\/p>\n Dr. Karin Schnebel, Women’s Representative in the Munich City Hall, was also among the speaker of Friday\u2019s event. While condemning Iran\u2019s misogynous regime, she underlined that the revolution in the making is \u201cnot just about wearing a hijab. This is just one example of the freedom that the people are deprived of. It is a system that enforces its rule on the people in the smallest details of their lives. There is no rule of law and no sovereignty of the people. We are fighting for a secular regime. Only a secular state can bring these freedoms.\u201d She urged Western democracies to support the Iranian people\u2019s demand for democracy.<\/p>\n Marcin \u015awi\u0119cicki, former Mayor of Warsaw and Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of Poland, was also the speaker at this event. While referring to the clerical regime\u2019s decades of oppression, he supported the NCRI\u2019s president-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, and her ten-point plan for the future of Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have sometimes been told that there is no alternative to the mullahs in Iran. But we have one: the NCRI led by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, with a ten-point plan that will bring democracy, the rule of law, separation of state and religion, and a peaceful country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a plan. If the West wants Iran to be democratic, we should support Maryam Rajavi. We should support those who are fighting for a democratic Iran, not those who want to restore the monarchy or keep the mullahs in power,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are here to echo the voice of the people of Iran who have struggled for a hundred years against the mullahs and the monarchical tyranny to achieve a free and independent Iran,\u201d said the next interlocutor, Mohammad Ali Tohidi, Chair of the NCRI Publishing Committee.<\/p>\n Mohammad Ali Tohidi: The monarchy was ousted four decades ago. Now it is trying to return. Have we witnessed the return to monarchy in other countries that deposed it? #No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a>#\u0645\u0631\u06af_\u0628\u0631_\u0633\u062a\u0645\u06af\u0631_\u0686\u0647_\u0634\u0627\u0647_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/SSHHLkWOOz<\/a><\/p>\n — NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"Leo](\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-9414-site-300x218.jpg\" "\\"Leo")
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