{"id":337038,"date":"2025-09-16T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=337038"},"modified":"2025-09-16T19:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:33:19","slug":"prof-vidal-quadras-tens-of-thousands-are-the-living-embodiment-of-irans-democratic-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/prof-vidal-quadras-tens-of-thousands-are-the-living-embodiment-of-irans-democratic-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Vidal-Quadras: Tens of Thousands Are the Living Embodiment of Iran\u2019s Democratic Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_337043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337043\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-337043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025.jpg\" alt=\"Former EU Parliament VP Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras addresses the 2025 Free Iran Rally in Brussels on September 6, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025-745x420.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former EU Parliament VP Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras addresses the 2025 Free Iran Rally in Brussels on September 6, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"628\">On September 6, 2025, former European Parliament Vice President Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras addressed tens of thousands at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/tens-of-thousands-rally-in-brussels-marking-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-pmoi-calling-for-a-free-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Free Iran rally in Brussels<\/a>, casting the assembled Iranians as the present reality of Iran\u2019s democratic future. He told supporters they are \u201cthe living embodiment of the Iranian people\u2019s will for change,\u201d rejecting portrayals of the movement as a marginal faction and calling it \u201cthe voice of millions of Iranians\u2014the heartbeat of a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"1054\">Dr. Vidal-Quadras denounced proposals to restore monarchy, insisting that a \u201cvast majority of Iranians reject replacing a criminal, corrupt, terrorist regime with a crown dictatorship.\u201d He praised the movement\u2019s activists inside Iran, saying he had seen <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> \u201cfearless, challenging, marking the PMOI\u2019s 60th anniversary with fire, determination, and faith,\u201d and dismissed critics who claim the movement lacks support.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1535\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Addressing his own survival of a past attack, Vidal-Quadras pledged continued commitment: \u201cI will stay as a proud soldier in your ranks\u2026 all the way to a free Iran.\u201d He framed the rally as both a referendum on tyranny and a renewal of resolve, warning Tehran that repression cannot extinguish resistance: \u201cThey can kill us, torture us, imprison us\u2014but we will never, never, ever give up.\u201d He closed by urging sustained pressure and solidarity until democratic change is achieved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1535\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong>The full text of Prof. Alejo Vidal Quadras&#8217; speech follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1535\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Former EU Parliament VP Prof. Vidal Quadras addresses the 2025 Free Iran Rally in Brussels- Sep 6\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_lpWsyrtlF0U\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FlpWsyrtlF0U%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lpWsyrtlF0U\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT7M3S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-09-13T07:33:58Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_lpWsyrtlF0U\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FlpWsyrtlF0U%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Former EU Parliament VP Prof. Vidal Quadras addresses the 2025 Free Iran Rally in Brussels- Sep 6<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lpWsyrtlF0U\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FlpWsyrtlF0U%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Former EU Parliament VP Prof. Vidal Quadras addresses the 2025 Free Iran Rally in Brussels- Sep 6\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/tens-of-thousands-rally-in-brussels-marking-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-pmoi-calling-for-a-free-iran\/ https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3SMgEla\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Good afternoon to you all. My warm greetings to the heroes of freedom in Ashraf 3 and to the tens of thousands of courageous Iranians gathered here today. Madam President, distinguished friends, you have spoken today once again with power and clarity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will add just one truth, but it is a truth that echoes across the world and across history. The future of Iran is not a dream. It is standing before us right now. You, you, the brave, the committed, are the living embodiment of the Iranian people&#8217;s will for change. You are not a fringe, you are not a faction, you are not a grouplet. You are the voice of millions of Iranians. You are the heartbeat of a nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dear Madam President, dear Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI and the PMOI are not alone. You represent the reality of today&#8217;s Iran. Your families, your neighbors, your fellow citizens, they yearn for the same future you are building with your sacrifice. Iran is a land suffocated by tyranny and your presence here is a living referendum. A thunderous voice for your democratic vision expressed in your Ten-Point Plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And how pitiful are those who dream of dragging Iran back to a failed past. A vast majority of Iranians do not want to replace a criminal, corrupt, and terrorist regime by a crown dictatorship that has nothing to offer to the Iranian society but its selfish ambition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Manifestaci\u00f3n masiva en Bruselas el 6\/9\/25 en conmemeraci\u00f3n del LX Aniversario de la creaci\u00f3n del MEK y en favor del cambio de r\u00e8gimen en Ir\u00e1n de una tiran\u00eda teocr\u00e1tica criminal a una democracia liberal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dkz87Ie7Xl\">pic.twitter.com\/dkz87Ie7Xl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alejo Vidal-Quadras (@VidalQuadras) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VidalQuadras\/status\/1964715250416296426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 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;\">I have seen the Resistance Units inside Iran. Fearless, challenging, marking the PMOI&#8217;s 60th anniversary with fire, determination, and faith. Tell me, is there any other movement with such courage burning in its core? To those who say you lack support, we reply that their only wish is to see the mullahs&#8217; rule for another 50 years. This would be a disgrace we will not allow to happen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dear friends, after this inspiring event, we will continue our struggle to accomplish our mission with renewed resolve and hope. And let me tell you that if I survived the mullahs&#8217; cowardly and vicious attack, it was to stand with you with more enthusiasm and dedication than ever. Yes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yes, my friends, I pledge to you that I will stay as a proud soldier in your ranks, under your banner led by our President, Maryam Rajavi, all the way to a free Iran. And let me finish with a message for this bunch of criminals that oppress the Iranian people\u2014to the mullahs. They must know that they can kill us, torture us, imprison us, but they must also know that we will never, never, ever give up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you very much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 6, 2025, former European Parliament Vice President Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras addressed tens of thousands at the Free Iran rally in Brussels, casting the assembled Iranians as the present [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":337043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[5496],"class_list":{"0":"post-337038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"tag-iranian"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prof. Vidal-Quadras: Tens of Thousands Are the Living Embodiment of Iran\u2019s Democratic Future - 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