{"id":339389,"date":"2025-11-15T17:03:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=339389"},"modified":"2025-11-16T16:26:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:26:35","slug":"free-iran-convention-opens-in-washington-charts-path-to-democratic-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/free-iran-convention-opens-in-washington-charts-path-to-democratic-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Iran Convention Opens in Washington, Charts Path to Democratic Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kazem Kazerounian, former Dean of UConn College of Engineering, addresses the first panel of the Free Iran Convention 2025 in Washington D.C. on November 15, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 The Free Iran Convention 2025<\/a> opened on Saturday, November 15, bringing Iranian scholars, activists, professionals, and community leaders together for an all-day program in the U.S. capital structured around four thematic panels, special segments amplifying voices from inside Iran, and discussions on rebuilding a democratic future.<\/p>\n

Following welcoming remarks by Soona Samsami, the U.S. Representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the first panel<\/a>, \u201cSociety Ripe for Change,\u201d set the framework for the day by examining how Iran\u2019s deepening economic, political, social, and environmental crises have pushed society toward a tipping point and made fundamental change appear increasingly inevitable.<\/p>\n

Soona Samsami<\/strong>, the U.S. Representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, welcomed participants as an \u201cextraordinary gathering\u201d of Iranian scientists, professionals, and young people committed to a free and democratic republic in Iran. She described this as a decisive moment, arguing that the regime is at its weakest point and that the broad, experienced community in the hall is united around the goal of overthrowing \u201creligious tyranny\u201d and examining a concrete roadmap for change.<\/p>\n

Samsami characterized the NCRI as the only genuine democratic alternative to the ruling theocracy, stressing its long-standing rejection of both the mullahs\u2019 regime and the monarchy. She highlighted the perseverance and sacrifices of the MEK\/PMOI and pointed to Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a> as a practical framework for a future democratic, secular, non-nuclear Iran built on gender equality, human rights, and the rule of law. She also cited the NCRI\u2019s record in exposing Tehran\u2019s clandestine nuclear activities, documenting executions and arrests, and challenging the regime\u2019s terrorism and human-rights abuses.<\/p>\n

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At #FreeIranConvention2025<\/a>, NCRI U.S. Rep Soona Samsami stresses that for 44+ years the NCRI has been the only organized, genuine democratic alternative, firmly rejecting both dictatorships: the mullahs\u2019 theocracy and the Shah\u2019s monarchy.#NCRIAlternative<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/A4YjfH6kxY<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n