{"id":333232,"date":"2025-06-22T09:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T08:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=333232"},"modified":"2025-06-22T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T10:29:08","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-22-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-22-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 22, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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June 21, 2025: Two powerful rallies in Berlin and Stockholm united freedom-loving Iranians behind the Iran Third Option.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h3>\n

UPDATE: 12:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regime Change Is the Third Option in Iran<\/h3>\n

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Following the US strike on Iranian nuclear sites, Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the Iranian Resistance, issued a statement:\u00a0\u201cThe Iranian people welcome the end of the war and seek peace and freedom. Khamenei is responsible for an unpatriotic project that, in addition to costing countless lives, has cost the Iranian people at least two trillion dollars \u2013 and now, it has all gone up in smoke.\u201d\u00a0Rajavi once again emphasised the\u00a0third option:\u00a0no to appeasement, no to war \u2013 yes to regime change<\/em>, the overthrow of the religious dictatorship by the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance.<\/p>\n

The Iranian Resistance, under Rajavi\u2019s leadership, has consistently urged Western leaders to recognise a truth that remains as urgent today as it was two decades ago: the path to a non-nuclear Iran \u2013 and to peace and stability in the region \u2013 does not lie in war, nor in appeasement. It lies in a third option: regime change by the Iranian people and their organised resistance movement.<\/p>\n

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Growing Concern About Fate of Iranian Political Prisoners During Conflict with Israel<\/h3>\n

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A Dublin-based Iranian woman has called for increased attention to be focused on\u00a0Iran<\/a>\u2019s political prisoners, after her brother was removed from the area of the Tehran prison where he was being held and taken to an unknown location.\u00a0Aida Younesi (31), a software engineer, said her brother Ali (25), was taken from the infamous Evin Prison on Wednesday by men who reportedly said they were bringing him for questioning. Since then, her family has no idea of his whereabouts.<\/p>\n

Ali Younesi was a university student when he and his friend, Amirhossein Moradi, were arrested in 2020. They were sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2022 for charges that Amnesty International listed as \u201cgathering and colluding to commit crimes against national security\u201d, \u201cspreading propaganda against the system\u201d and \u201cdestruction of public property\u201d, as well as their families\u2019 \u201creal or perceived ties\u201d to the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), an opposition group based outside Iran.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Message to the Iranians\u2019 Rallies in Berlin and Stockholm on the Anniversary of June 20, 1981, the Beginning of the Iranian Resistance<\/h3>\n

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Maryam Rajavi’s speech: “Today, We Are on the Threshold of a Great Transformation
\nI want to begin with the words I spoke 21 years ago, in my message to your rally in Berlin on February 10, 2005: \u201cOur message is clear: The Iranian people\u2019s resistance for freedom must be recognized. We say no to appeasement and saving the mullahs\u2019 regime, and no to war.\u201d Instead, \u201cthere is a Third Option: regime change by the people of Iran and the Iranian resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocratic change is the will of the Iranian people and the verdict of history.\u201d
\nIsn\u2019t this the demand of the vast majority of the Iranian people today? As we have repeatedly stated, the policy of appeasement emboldens the mullahs\u2019 regime and imposes war on Western countries \u2014 and now that is exactly what has happened.”<\/p>\n

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\u2018No to Shah, No to Mullahs\u2019: PMOI Resistance Units Reject a Century of Crime, Demand A Democratic Republic<\/h3>\n

On June 20, 2025, on the anniversary of a pivotal day in the struggle for a free Iran, the streets of Zahedan witnessed a courageous display of defiance. Members of the PMOI Resistance Units, risking persecution by the regime\u2019s security forces, held placards with a message not only for the ruling clerics in Tehran but for the entire world.<\/p>\n

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\u2018No to Shah, no to mullahs\u2019: PMOI Resistance Units reject a century of crime, demand a democratic republic https:\/\/t.co\/M2MFZ0W4nH<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) June 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n