{"id":333331,"date":"2025-06-24T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=333331"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:51:54","slug":"former-speaker-john-bercow-there-is-an-alternative-its-the-ncri-and-the-iranian-peoples-fight-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/former-speaker-john-bercow-there-is-an-alternative-its-the-ncri-and-the-iranian-peoples-fight-for-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Speaker John Bercow: There Is an Alternative\u2014It\u2019s the NCRI and the Iranian People\u2019s Fight for Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_333332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333332\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-333332 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow-addresses-NCRI-rally-21062025.jpg\" alt=\"Former UK Parliament Speaker John Bercow addresses NCRI rally in Berlin on June 21, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow-addresses-NCRI-rally-21062025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow-addresses-NCRI-rally-21062025-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow-addresses-NCRI-rally-21062025-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow-addresses-NCRI-rally-21062025-750x420.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow-addresses-NCRI-rally-21062025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow-addresses-NCRI-rally-21062025-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former UK Parliament Speaker John Bercow addresses NCRI rally in Berlin on June 21, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"732\">At the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iranians-gather-in-berlin-to-call-for-a-free-and-democratic-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March to Freedom 2025<\/a>\u201d rally in Berlin on June 21, 2025, former Speaker of the UK House of Commons John Bercow delivered a passionate address backing the Iranian people\u2019s fight for freedom and condemning the ruling regime as a \u201cbarbaric obscenity.\u201d Speaking on the 44th anniversary of the 1981 massacre of peaceful protesters in Tehran, Bercow described the regime\u2019s legacy of repression and denied the claim that there is no viable alternative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"1051\">He asserted that the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) provides a credible and democratic option, grounded in support from within Iran and internationally. Praising NCRI\u2019s ten-point plan and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u2019s leadership, he called for global recognition of the Iranian people\u2019s right to self-determination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1308\">Bercow ended with confidence that the movement for democracy would prevail, calling the NCRI a movement with both \u201cinspiration\u201d and \u201cperspiration,\u201d and voicing his commitment to stand with Iranians until the day they can celebrate their freedom in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1310\" data-end=\"1406\"><strong>The text of John Bercow\u2019s speech follows. Portions have been lightly edited for clarity and flow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speech by the Rt. Hon. John Bercow in which he underlined that the Iranian people neither want the current theocracy, nor want to return to monarchy, they want a free, democratic, and secular republic, which the NCRI advocates for. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranThirdOption?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranThirdOption<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HSXTnzxTfv\">pic.twitter.com\/HSXTnzxTfv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/1936416306355704193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 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;\" data-start=\"1413\" data-end=\"1637\">Ladies and gentlemen, friends, I am here\u2014as you are all here\u2014for one reason and one reason only: we are united in the absolute determination that the people of Iran will enjoy democracy and freedom, sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1639\" data-end=\"1921\">Of course, as you know, we meet today marking the 44th anniversary of that appalling and bestial act of state slaughter by the fascist Iranian government. Peaceful protesters\u2014who dared, in Tehran in 1981, to express views of which the mullahs disapproved\u2014were met with deadly force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1923\" data-end=\"2042\">The mullahs thought it was acceptable to shoot on sight large numbers of people who simply dared to disagree with them.\u00a0So, my friends, we are all agreed: the present government of Iran is a barbaric obscenity. A barbaric obscenity that stinks in the nostrils of decent people everywhere.\u00a0That regime cannot last\u2014because it exists in contempt of the will of the Iranian people themselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2315\" data-end=\"2453\">But you know, for far too long, governments around the world have swallowed the Iranian regime\u2019s biggest lie\u2014that there is no alternative.\u00a0Let me tell you, my friends: there is an alternative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2510\" data-end=\"2614\">The idea that the choice is between appeasement and war? Wrong. That is a bogus choice. A false dilemma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2616\" data-end=\"2763\">Appeasement never works. I\u2019m British\u2014my people discovered as far back as 1939 that appeasing fascism wouldn&#8217;t work, couldn\u2019t work, and didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2765\" data-end=\"2975\">Back then, the alternative was war. But today, there is a third choice. A third option. And that is: for governments to accept and proclaim that the people of Iran have the right to choose their own government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2977\" data-end=\"3033\">Is there a credible, articulate, principled alternative?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3035\" data-end=\"3048\">Yes\u2014there is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3050\" data-end=\"3155\">That alternative is the National Council of Resistance of Iran. And why do I say that? For three reasons:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3157\" data-end=\"3296\">First, the NCRI, supported by the MEK Resistance Units, has a firm base and a solid footing throughout Iran. They are strong on the ground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3298\" data-end=\"3577\">Second, the NCRI enjoys international and domestic support. In the UK Parliament\u2014where I served for 22 years, including over 10 as Speaker\u2014support came from members across the political spectrum. Right, left, and center\u2014all united in backing the NCRI as a democratic alternative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3579\" data-end=\"3967\">And third, the NCRI has a clear plan: a democratic republic that will abolish the death penalty, separate religion from politics, achieve gender equality, establish an independent judiciary and rule of law, and ensure respect for human rights\u2014including ethnic and national minorities. A free society. A market-based economy. Environmentally responsible. And crucially, a non-nuclear Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3969\" data-end=\"4150\">That is what the NCRI stands for. And they\u2019ve made it clear\u2014they will draft a new democratic, pluralistic constitution and hand governance over to the people through free elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4152\" data-end=\"4205\">That sounds like a pretty credible alternative to me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4207\" data-end=\"4372\">Now, you may hear talk of princes or kings, living abroad for decades, with ties to a bygone regime, who fantasize about returning like white knights to \u201csave\u201d Iran.\u00a0Let me say it plainly: that is nonsense. Nonsense on stilts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4436\" data-end=\"4628\">Freedom and democracy must be delivered by those who have felt the pain of the last 46 years\u2014and who also opposed the Shah before that. People like the heroine of our time, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4630\" data-end=\"4740\">Mrs. Rajavi is a crusader\u2014for freedom, for democracy, for human rights, for autonomy, and for the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4742\" data-end=\"4850\">Let me say something in her absence: if you measure courage and guts in gallons\u2014her tank is completely full.\u00a0She is fearless, tireless, and principled. And I am absolutely certain that you\u2014under her leadership\u2014will prevail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4968\" data-end=\"4990\">Why am I so confident?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4992\" data-end=\"5096\">Because in any walk of life\u2014politics, business, the arts, or sport\u2014there are two ingredients of success.\u00a0The first is inspiration: talent, ability, knowledge, competence. You have that. The NCRI has that. Mrs. Rajavi has that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5221\" data-end=\"5332\">But the second is perspiration: hard work, dedication, relentlessness, a mindset that says, \u201cI refuse to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5334\" data-end=\"5378\">And that, my friends, you have in abundance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5380\" data-end=\"5436\">You will defeat the dictators. You will build democracy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5438\" data-end=\"5502\">I will be with you every step of the way, all the way to Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5504\" data-end=\"5558\">And I say now: what do we want for the people of Iran?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5560\" data-end=\"5586\">Freedom and democracy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5588\" data-end=\"5607\">When do we want it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5609\" data-end=\"5627\">Now. Now. Now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5629\" data-end=\"5664\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Thank you. You will win. 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