{"id":337518,"date":"2025-09-25T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=337518"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:47:24","slug":"uk-parliament-marks-third-anniversary-of-irans-2022-uprising-lawmakers-back-ncri-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/uk-parliament-marks-third-anniversary-of-irans-2022-uprising-lawmakers-back-ncri-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Parliament Marks Third Anniversary of Iran\u2019s 2022 Uprising, Lawmakers Back NCRI Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 16 September 2025 UK MPs honored the anniversary of Iran\u2019s 2022 uprising, calling for a firm and principled policy on Tehran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On September 16, 2025, Members of Parliament, peers, legal experts, and representatives of the Anglo-Iranian community<\/a> gathered in Westminster to mark the third anniversary of Iran\u2019s 2022 nationwide uprising. Opening the event, Narges Rahmanfard<\/strong>\u00a0honored the sacrifice of protesters killed since the death of Mahsa Amini<\/a> and underscored support for the Iranian Resistance, particularly the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and its president-elect, Maryam Rajavi.<\/p>\n

Rahmanfard reminded the audience that \u201chundreds of people gave their lives for freedom, justice, and dignity in 2022,\u201d and emphasized that Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a> offers a viable democratic alternative: \u201crejecting both appeasement of the clerical regime and foreign military intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conservative MP for Harrow East and Co-President of the International Committee of Parliamentarians for a Democratic Iran, Bob Blackman<\/strong>,\u00a0paid tribute to the courage of Iran\u2019s women in leading the 2022 uprising, noting that \u201cthree years on, the demand of the Iranian people has not changed \u2014 it has grown stronger.\u201d Despite mass arrests, executions, and brutal crackdowns, he said, protests and strikes continue.<\/p>\n

He warned that the Iranian regime \u201cposes a direct threat to UK security and democracy,\u201d citing assassination plots, bomb threats, and intimidation of journalists. Blackman rejected both appeasement and military intervention, describing them as tactics the regime exploits to either buy time or portray itself as a victim.<\/p>\n

Instead, he championed Rajavi\u2019s \u201cthird option\u201d<\/a>: \u201cStand with the Iranian people and the organized resistance movement for democratic change in Iran.\u201d He underlined that the NCRI, with its Resistance Units, is \u201cthe decisive factor in the fight for Iran\u2019s future\u201d and highlighted the Ten-Point Plan as \u201ca roadmap for a free, secular, democratic republic with an orderly transition of power.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blackman said: \u201cThe people are not seeking a return to the past dictatorship of the Shah, but the birth of a democratic republic.\u201d He also warned against \u201csupporters of the son of the late Shah, who wishes to return to the same position as we had with the Shah. We want a democracy in Iran with the people having the say.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Honoured to chair a meeting on the 3rd anniversary of Iran\u2019s 2022 uprising. <\/p>\n

3 years after Mahsa Amini\u2019s tragic death, the Iranian people\u2019s courage endures. <\/p>\n

The UK must back their right to resist, proscribe the IRGC & support Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan for a free Iran. pic.twitter.com\/xRoQrGOwUs<\/a><\/p>\n

— Bob Blackman (@BobBlackman) September 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n