{"id":333122,"date":"2025-06-18T15:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=333122"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:24:35","slug":"ncri-president-elect-maryam-rajavi-delivers-speech-at-the-european-parliament-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ncri-president-elect-maryam-rajavi-delivers-speech-at-the-european-parliament-on-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi Delivers Speech at the European Parliament on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_333123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333123\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-333123 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maryam-rajavi-conference-european-parliament-strasbourg-18062025.jpg\" alt=\"On June 18, 2025, NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi met with members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maryam-rajavi-conference-european-parliament-strasbourg-18062025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maryam-rajavi-conference-european-parliament-strasbourg-18062025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maryam-rajavi-conference-european-parliament-strasbourg-18062025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maryam-rajavi-conference-european-parliament-strasbourg-18062025-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maryam-rajavi-conference-european-parliament-strasbourg-18062025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maryam-rajavi-conference-european-parliament-strasbourg-18062025-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On June 18, 2025, NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi met with members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">STRASBOURG, June 18, 2025 \u2014 Addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/conference-european-parliament-strasbourg-the-outcome-of-appeasing-the-regime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">declared<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that the only path to lasting peace and stability in Iran and the region is \u201cregime change by the people of Iran and the organized Resistance.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Speaking seven months after her last address to the Parliament, Mrs. Rajavi said the \u201ccrisis of overthrow\u201d now engulfs the clerical regime in Iran and warned that appeasement of Tehran has already resulted in broader regional conflict. \u201cWe see that appeasement has indeed led to the imposition of war,\u201d she stated, citing the war that erupted on June 13 as a turning point.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Drawing historical appeasement policies, she reaffirmed her long-<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1934959271994691921\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">standing position<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that a \u201cthird option\u201d\u2014regime change without foreign military intervention\u2014remains the only viable solution. \u201cNeither appeasement nor war,\u201d she reminded lawmakers, \u201cbut regime change at the hands of the Iranian people and their organized, legitimate, and just Resistance.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speech at the European Parliament- Strasbourg<br \/>We have repeatedly told Khamenei \u2014 and we say it once more today: go ahead, negotiate, and make concessions. Follow in the footsteps of Khomeini and drink from the poisonous chalice of abandoning the nuclear bomb and warmongering.<br \/>But\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sczBEbmanB\">pic.twitter.com\/sczBEbmanB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1935318569476051373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs. Rajavi criticized the West for engaging in fruitless negotiations with a regime she described as unreformable, terrorist-exporting, and fundamentally incapable of change. \u201cA viper never gives birth to a dove,\u201d she said, adding that the clerical regime\u2019s pursuit of nuclear weapons has never wavered.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recounting the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/exclusive-report\/timeline-of-ncris-revelations-to-prevent-a-nuclear-armed-iran\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Resistance\u2019s 2002 disclosure<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of Iran\u2019s secret nuclear facilities, she noted that top U.S. officials at the time acknowledged the NCRI\u2019s role in alerting the world to the danger. \u201cOtherwise,\u201d she said, \u201cthe regime would have built its nuclear bombs in secrecy.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Despite its early warnings, she pointed out, the NCRI was blacklisted for years while the regime\u2019s actions went unchecked. \u201cWhat we have always wanted is to resist \u2014 just as you Europeans once did \u2014 against religious fascism,\u201d she told the Parliament. \u201cWe only ask that this Resistance be recognized.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The war that broke out at dawn on Friday, June 13, 2025, marks the beginning of a critical new chapter \u2014 both in Iran\u2019s internal crisis and in the broader dynamics of the region. Yet the central and ongoing conflict \u2014 unfolding over the past 44 years since June 20, 1981 \u2014 is the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b31YaJtobL\">pic.twitter.com\/b31YaJtobL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1935305363777085490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Highlighting recent repression inside Iran, the NCRI President-elect cited over 1,350 executions since August 2024 and said Iran continues to hold the world\u2019s highest per capita execution rate. \u201cWestern governments and media have largely ignored this grim reality,\u201d she remarked.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She emphasized the widespread, ongoing protests and the over 3,000 operations by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">PMOI-led Resistance Units<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in the past year alone. \u201cNowhere in the world are protests and resistance for change as widespread and persistent as in Iran,\u201d she said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Calling the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a central tool of repression, Mrs. Rajavi urged the European Union to finally designate the IRGC as a terrorist entity. She noted that the European Parliament has passed multiple resolutions condemning Iran\u2019s human rights violations, but the EU\u2019s policies still fall short.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">European Parliament Strasbourg <br \/>Maryam Rajavi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2u9hNPl90T\">pic.twitter.com\/2u9hNPl90T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Firouz Mahvi (@FirouzMahvi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirouzMahvi\/status\/1935302207848726637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The speech concluded with a call for recognition of the Iranian people\u2019s right to overthrow the regime. Quoting NCRI founder Massoud Rajavi, she said: \u201cWe will not return to the past, nor will we remain stuck in the present \u2014 the future will undoubtedly be realized. Yes, a democratic and free Iran.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs. Rajavi reiterated that the NCRI proposes a democratic republic based on gender equality, ethnic inclusion, abolition of the death penalty, and a non-nuclear Iran. A transitional government, she said, would relinquish power to a freely elected constituent assembly within six months of the regime\u2019s fall.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe people of Iran want the overthrow of this regime,\u201d she concluded. \u201cThat is exactly why I am here today.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A firm stance toward the clerical regime and standing with the people of Iran and the Iranian Resistance are the hallmarks of a principled\u2014and ultimately effective\u2014policy toward the mullahs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d8w94g5GWx\">pic.twitter.com\/d8w94g5GWx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1934959271994691921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STRASBOURG, June 18, 2025 &mdash; Addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), declared that the only path [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":333123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,60],"tags":[204,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-333122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"category-maryam-rajavi","9":"tag-maryam-rajavi","10":"tag-iranian-resistance"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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