{"id":345116,"date":"2026-05-16T20:33:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=345116"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:33:45","slug":"massive-d-c-demonstration-declares-mullahs-face-terminal-impasse-as-resistance-units-surge-inside-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/massive-d-c-demonstration-declares-mullahs-face-terminal-impasse-as-resistance-units-surge-inside-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive D.C. Demonstration Declares Mullahs Face Terminal Impasse as Resistance Units Surge Inside Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thousands of Iranians gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest the recent wave of executions in Iran and call for a free, democratic and secular republic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 <\/span><\/b>On Saturday, May 16, 2026, thousands of Iranians and prominent American statesmen gathered in the U.S. capital for the massive Washington Free Iran Rally, sending a resounding message of solidarity to the rising generation of activists inside Iran<\/span><\/span>. <\/span>Organized amid a worsening domestic crisis in Iran, the demonstration served as a powerful declaration that the ruling religious fascism is trapped in an architectural impasse, crumbling under the weight of its own economic failures and a brutal “strategy of the noose”<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

International keynote speakers and Iranian youth leaders united to condemn the clerical regime’s surging execution rates, while systematically rejecting any return to monarchical autocracy, presenting Mrs. Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a> as the definitive blueprint for a free, secular, and democratic republic<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a powerful keynote address<\/a> transmitted directly to the demonstration, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/strong>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), declared that lasting peace in the Middle East is fundamentally unattainable without the complete overthrow of the Velayat-e Faqih dictatorship. Mrs. Rajavi noted that the mullahs are ensnared in a terminal impasse following the nationwide uprisings and brutal massacres of January 2026, forcing them to rely on widespread internet blackouts, arbitrary street searches, and a bloody purge of political prisoners to suppress dissent.<\/p>\n

She honored the supreme sacrifice of eight People\u2019s Mojahedin<\/a> (PMOI\/MEK) members and seventeen rebellious protesters recently sent to the gallows, highlighting the heroic words of Vahid Bani-Amerian, who defiantly warned the regime before his execution: \u201cRest assured, if you execute me and those like me, we shall only multiply.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Message to the demonstration by Iranians in Washington, D.C.
The people of Iran are marching toward a future defined by the ballot box\u2014a future of pluralism, autonomy for our diverse ethnic nationalities, the equal participation of women in societal leadership, and the separation\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/m9bIUCrQIO<\/a><\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n