{"id":334887,"date":"2025-07-29T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=334887"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:34:51","slug":"support-for-ncri-grows-as-120-belgian-lawmakers-endorse-secular-democratic-future-for-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/support-for-ncri-grows-as-120-belgian-lawmakers-endorse-secular-democratic-future-for-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for NCRI Grows as 120 Belgian Lawmakers Endorse Secular Democratic Future for Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Palais de la Nation in Brussels, seat of the Federal Parliament of Belgium
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In a strong display of cross-party consensus, 120 members of the Belgian Federal Parliament and regional legislatures have signed a joint declaration<\/a> supporting a secular and democratic future for Iran. The signatories, from diverse political and linguistic backgrounds, expressed deep alarm over the surge in executions and human rights abuses carried out by the clerical dictatorship, and voiced firm support for a republic based on pluralism, gender equality, the abolition of the death penalty, and the separation of religion and state.<\/p>\n

The initiative comes at a pivotal moment, following a 12-day war, which underscored the destructive impact of Tehran\u2019s proxy conflicts and regional belligerence. While the violence has subsided, the signatories warn that the underlying drivers of instability remain unaddressed.<\/p>\n

G\u00e9rard Deprez, Minister of State and representative of the Belgian Committee of Parliamentarians for a Democratic Iran, emphasized that genuine peace and lasting change will not result from foreign military intervention or continued appeasement of the regime. Instead, the declaration endorses what the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has long called the \u201cThird Option<\/a>\u201d: rejecting both foreign interference and regime appeasement in favor of democratic change driven by the Iranian people and their organized resistance.<\/p>\n

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120 parlementaires belges condamnent la flamb\u00e9e d\u2019ex\u00e9cutions en Iran https:\/\/t.co\/Cqk9EzEQYK<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6sNYJLOo4j<\/a><\/p>\n

— La Libre (@lalibrebe) July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n