{"id":345950,"date":"2026-06-21T21:51:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=345950"},"modified":"2026-06-21T22:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:10:39","slug":"day-2-of-free-iran-2026-international-leaders-back-ncri-alternative-reject-monarchy-and-theocracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/day-2-of-free-iran-2026-international-leaders-back-ncri-alternative-reject-monarchy-and-theocracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 of Free Iran 2026: International Leaders Back NCRI Alternative, Reject Monarchy and Theocracy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NCRI President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi addresses the 2026 Free Iran World Summit Day 2 on June 21, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PARIS \u2014 International statesmen, lawmakers, and human rights advocates gathered at the Free Iran Summit on June 21, 2026, to deliver a resounding endorsement of the Iranian people\u2019s right to self-determination and the democratic alternative proposed by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Marking the 45th anniversary of the nationwide democratic resistance against religious fascism, the second day of the summit highlighted the vital role of internal Resistance Units<\/a> and the PMOI in challenging the ruling theocracy. Against the backdrop of a controversial and unjust last-minute restriction on a planned mass rally in Paris by French authorities, global dignitaries united to condemn Western appeasement, demand the absolute proscription of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and firmly reject any return to hereditary dictatorship. Speakers explicitly contrasted the organized, sacrifice-tested resistance with the hollow, virtual campaigns surrounding the remnants of the Shah\u2019s monarchy, positioning Mrs. Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a> as the definitive blueprint for a secular, democratic republic.<\/p>\n

Summit Moderator Professor Ramesh Sepehrad<\/strong> opened the second day\u2019s session by honoring the legacy of June 20, 1981, when the regime opened fire on half a million peaceful marchers in Tehran, cementing decades of organized resistance. She remarked that the recent administrative restrictions imposed on the diaspora in Paris completely failed to weaken the movement, instead demonstrating the explosive power of an opposition that puts the regime on a fast-ticking clock. Prof. Sepehrad clarified that no external ban or act of diplomatic appeasement can stop the momentum of the Free Iran movement. She emphasized that the summit serves as a unified voice for political prisoners, striking workers, and the youth risking their lives in the streets. Prof. Sepehrad concluded that the NCRI successfully unites all Iranian nationalities under a singular, uncompromising banner that thoroughly rejects both the dictatorship of the Shah and the dictatorship of the mullahs.<\/p>\n

During her keynote address<\/a>, NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi<\/strong> declared\u00a0that real change in Iran can only be realized by a organized, fighting force on the ground capable of removing the IRGC from the path of the people. Reflecting on the heavy price paid by the PMOI, she honored the 100,000 martyrs of the movement, emphasizing that the regime’s desperate demonization and the artificial manufacture of an alternative centered on the remnants of the Shah\u2019s dictatorship serve only the ruling clerics.<\/p>\n

“The people of Iran have risen to reject all forms of dictatorship and they will leave no room for the Shah and the mullahs,” Mrs. Rajavi stated, adding that the Shah’s heir openly looks to the regime’s security apparatus for transition. She underscored that the NCRI’s Provisional Government intends solely to transfer sovereignty back to the citizens through free elections within six months. Championing the domestic power of the internal network, Mrs. Rajavi concluded that the expanding prowess of the Resistance Units ensures that the democratic revolution will triumph.<\/p>\n

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International dignitaries, NCRI members, and supporters watch a video highlighting the execution of political prisoners in Iran during the second day of the Free Iran 2026 Global Summit, June 21, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former United States National Security Advisor General James L. Jones<\/strong> stated that the surviving factions of the clerical regime are currently at their weakest point in half a century, plagued by economic ruin and a absolute loss of domestic legitimacy. He observed that true regime change materializes when deep internal discontent converges directly with an organized, self-sacrificing force like the PMOI and NCRI. General Jones condemned any alignment with the Pahlavi network or the shameful invocation of SAVAK, noting that top American leadership across the political spectrum has increasingly rejected the validity of the Shah\u2019s son as a serious candidate. He urged Western media and governments to deconstruct the regime\u2019s extensive disinformation campaigns and officially recognize Rajavi’s democratic platform<\/a>. General Jones reiterated that the NCRI has never requested foreign military interventions to achieve its goals, firmly maintaining that the sovereign citizens of Iran will dismantle the dictatorship themselves through sustained resilience.<\/p>\n

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Former US National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones addresses the 2026 Free Iran World Summit Day 2 on June 21, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British Member of Parliament and Chairman of the British Committee for Iran Freedom Bob Blackman<\/strong> reported that the ruling religious dictatorship has hit a historic dead end, maintaining power through systematic repression and regional warmongering. He strongly warned against western efforts to resuscitate the discredited Pahlavi monarchy, noting that Reza Pahlavi has never condemned his father\u2019s dictatorship or his notorious SAVAK agents, while shamefully claiming support from thousands of IRGC members. Blackman stressed that democratic transition requires a structured, popular movement willing to make sacrifices, a trait uniquely demonstrated by the PMOI and its domestic Resistance Units<\/a>. He announced that over 3,000 parliamentarians globally have endorsed the NCRI\u2019s Provisional Government as the legitimate vehicle to transfer sovereignty to the Iranian people. Highlighting a major policy breakthrough, Blackman celebrated new United Kingdom legislation enabling the total proscription of the IRGC as a terrorist entity, paving the way for an orderly transition to a democratic republic.<\/p>\n

Former UK Secretary of State for Wales David Jones<\/strong> criticized the French authorities’ sudden legal maneuvers to restrict the NCRI supporters’ mobilization, stating it merely mirrored the deep-seated fear the clerical regime harbors toward organized opposition. He reasserted that the population explicitly rejects the present religious dictatorship and does not want a return to the oppressive past of the Shah. Jones targeted long-standing Western appeasement, arguing that naively offering concessions and dialogue has failed to moderate a regime that rules purely through intimidation. He described the “third option” championed by Mrs. Rajavi\u2014neither external war nor appeasement, but domestic democratic change\u2014as the only logical path forward. “The future of Iran should not be a return to the past. That future should be decided by the Iranian people themselves,” Jones declared, calling upon international civil society and parliaments to sustain relentless cooperation with the NCRI to ensure equality and human rights.<\/p>\n

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UK MP Bob Blackman, leading the British delegation, presents a book bearing more than 3,000 signatures supporting the NCRI’s Provisional Government in 2026 to Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, June 21, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former United States Special Envoy to Ukraine and Russia General Joseph Keith Kellogg<\/strong> emphasized that the ongoing structural fracturing of the Iranian regime’s external influence networks has left the clerical leadership exceptionally exposed to domestic rebellion. He recalled the NCRI’s historic 2002 intelligence triumph in exposing hidden nuclear facilities at Natanz and Arak, asserting that this ground-level verification remains the bedrock of holding the regime accountable. Gen. Kellogg stated that a weakened, denuclearized regime is one the Iranian people can finally confront and overthrow on their own terms. He challenged the resistance movement to aggressively maximize this historic window of vulnerability to plant the flag of popular rule back in Tehran. Gen. Kellogg concluded that disarmament is merely a preliminary step toward a much larger goal, functioning as the geopolitical foundation upon which the Ten-Point Plan and a genuinely free, democratic Iranian future can be constructed.<\/p>\n

Former UK Secretary of State for Defense Sir Liam Fox<\/strong> argued that lasting regional or global peace is completely impossible so long as the current extremist regime retains its grip on power in Tehran. He warned that the regime will aggressively utilize any access to relaxed or frozen economic assets to rebuild its repressive apparatus and fund external proxies. Sir Fox urged global leaders to stop legitimizing the ruling tyrants by referring to them as religious authorities, describing their actions instead as a vile political exploitation of faith entirely devoid of mercy or compassion. He noted that the internal economic collapse has left ordinary citizens poorer than they were prior to the 1979 revolution, fueling intense revolutionary desire among the youth. Sir Fox asserted that foreign states have no right to dictate Iran’s governance, concluding that only the Iranian people possess the authority to establish a secular republic.<\/p>\n

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On June 21, 2026, residents of Ashraf 3 in Albania participated in the Free Iran 2026 World Summit via video link<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Louis Freeh<\/strong> introduced the critical theme of personal accountability, asserting that the NCRI\u2019s summit participants and Ashraf residents serve as key witnesses to decades of state-sponsored atrocities. He contrasted the vague omissions of international statements with Point Three of Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan<\/a>, which explicitly seeks legal justice for massacred political prisoners and victims of terrorism. Director Freeh recalled how past Western attempts to politically designate the PMOI collapsed in courts due to a complete lack of factual evidence, exposing those policies as misguided maneuvers of appeasement. He called on global legal bodies to organize formal frameworks to indict active members of the current regime for war crimes and domestic genocide. Freeh concluded that establishing individual criminal liability for the regime’s leadership must remain a primary talking point for the international coalition supporting a free Iran.<\/p>\n

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Louis Freeh, former director of the FBI:<\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi\u2019s 10-Point plan stands for justice, human rights, and accountability for those executed by this regime. #ParisFreeIranRally<\/a>#100kFreeIranRally<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DrXVO9gcRW<\/a><\/p>\n

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