{"id":342853,"date":"2026-02-21T23:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T22:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=342853"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:52:52","slug":"international-conference-casts-womens-leadership-as-key-to-a-free-and-democratic-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/international-conference-casts-womens-leadership-as-key-to-a-free-and-democratic-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"International Conference Casts Women\u2019s Leadership as Key to a Free and Democratic Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NCRI President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi addresses an event in Paris honoring International Women\u2019s Day 2026\u2014 February 21, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At an international conference on February 21, 2026, held ahead of International Women\u2019s Day, Iranian opposition figures and foreign delegates centered their remarks on women\u2019s leadership as the decisive factor in Iran\u2019s democratic future. Across the speeches, participants praised the organizational depth of the Iranian Resistance, pointed to the NCRI\u2019s Ten-Point Plan as a ready political framework, and highlighted the role of Resistance Units and women-led networks inside Iran. Several speakers also explicitly rejected both clerical rule and a return to monarchy, but the dominant theme of the event was that no democratic transition in Iran is credible without women at the center of political power.<\/p>\n

Chair of the Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Sarvnaz Chitsaz<\/strong> opened the conference by tying International Women\u2019s Day to the bloodshed of the January uprising and to what she described as a long struggle reaching back decades. She said the NCRI had identified 2,411 dead, including women and children, and accused the authorities of trying to bury the scale of the crackdown through internet blackouts. Framing the moment as both mourning and political clarity, she said protesters had delivered a clear verdict on dictatorship in all forms, quoting the slogan, \u201cDeath to the oppressor, whether Shah or Supreme Leader.\u201d Ms. Chitsaz then sharpened the conference\u2019s political line, saying Iran\u2019s future \u201cdoes not lie in a return to a monarchy\u201d and instead lies in \u201cfreedom, equality, and a republic based on the will of the people,\u201d before presenting Mrs. Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a> as a practical democratic path.<\/p>\n

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Women led vision for a free Iran at Iranian Resistance's IWD 2026 conference Feb 21, 2026<\/div><\/div>
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