{"id":337065,"date":"2025-09-17T10:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=337065"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:50:09","slug":"end-appeasement-the-brussels-rally-calls-for-a-free-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/end-appeasement-the-brussels-rally-calls-for-a-free-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"End Appeasement: The Brussels Rally Calls for a Free Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian Resistance Rally in Brussels \u2013 September 6, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Free Iran rally<\/a> held on September 6 in Brussels, marking the 60th anniversary of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>, became a powerful platform for a unified call to end the failed policy of appeasement toward Tehran. Tens of thousands gathered to celebrate decades of sacrifice by the Iranian Resistance and to highlight a message that resonates beyond Iran: appeasement strengthens tyranny, while resistance paves the way for freedom.<\/p>\n

For decades, the people of Iran have paid the price of Western governments\u2019 concessions to dictatorship. At least 74 years of such policies\u2014under both the shah and mullahs\u2019 regimes\u2014have consistently bolstered rulers while abandoning the Iranian people to repression and exploitation. Appeasement did not prevent executions, prisons, or torture. On the contrary, as former U.S. Congressman Patrick Kennedy<\/a> warned in Brussels, \u201cAppeasement never gets us security. Appeasement invites fascism to continue to prevail.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A Legacy of Silence and Complicity<\/h2>\n

Over the past 46 years, during every major uprising\u20141980s resistance, the student protests of 1999, the nationwide protests in 2009, the nationwide uprisings of 2017, 2019, and 2022\u2014Western governments largely remained silent. Their silence was often accompanied by smiles at diplomatic tables and lucrative economic contracts. This silence amounted to complicity, fueling the regime\u2019s machinery of oppression rather than restraining it.<\/p>\n

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At the #BrusselsFreeIranRally<\/a>, former US Vice President Mike Pence declared: The time has come for a free Iran. Sixty years ago, a movement was born in the hearts of the Iranian people. Today, the MEK is stronger, more inspired, and unstoppable. pic.twitter.com\/yYJgtWkDXX<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) September 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n