{"id":345878,"date":"2026-06-20T13:27:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=345878"},"modified":"2026-06-20T13:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:27:59","slug":"french-dignitaries-and-ncri-denounce-paris-rally-ban-as-capitulation-to-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/french-dignitaries-and-ncri-denounce-paris-rally-ban-as-capitulation-to-tehran\/","title":{"rendered":"French Dignitaries and NCRI Denounce Paris Rally Ban as Capitulation to Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From left to right: NCRI member Afchine Alavi, French MP Christine Arrighi, NCRI member Behzad Naziri, and Gilbert Mitterrand, President of France Libert\u00e9s, speak at a press conference in Paris on June 19, 2026, to challenge the ban on the June 20 rally<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PARIS<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2014 Following a last-minute decision by the Paris Police Prefecture to prohibit a massive rally scheduled for Saturday, June 20, organizers and prominent political figures held an emergency press conference in Paris on Friday afternoon, June 19, 2026. The briefing aimed to expose the political motivations behind the restriction and lay out the legal counter-offensive launched by the movement.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The sudden prohibition<\/a> on the human rights rally coincided with the cancellation of several other local events for\u00a0various reasons, including the French Music Festival and a demonstration by the La France\u00a0Insoumise\u00a0party led by Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meticulous Preparation Upended in Seven Minutes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

During the press conference, representatives detailed a compliance timeline that\u00a0indicates\u00a0the ban was sudden and arbitrary. Registration for the event, which was organized to protest the alarming surge of political executions in Iran, began on April 20<\/a>. Organizers\u00a0had spent\u00a0two months coordinating technical requirements, march routes, and safety protocols with local law enforcement. As recently as June 15, an eight-member delegation met directly with police officials, who formally approved Place Vauban as the gathering site and signed off on the designated march route.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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La d\u00e9put\u00e9e \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 @ChArrighi<\/a>, pr\u00e9sidente du Comit\u00e9 parlementaire pour un Iran d\u00e9mocratique, d\u00e9nonce la d\u00e9cision du gouvernement fran\u00e7ais d\u2019interdire le rassemblement pr\u00e9vu demain \u00e0 Paris contre les ex\u00e9cutions en Iran. Les organisateurs ont d\u00e9pos\u00e9 un recours juridique.<\/p>\n

CC : @jnbarrot<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7DvfBUKJvv<\/a><\/p>\n

— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) June 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n