{"id":346059,"date":"2026-06-24T11:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=346059"},"modified":"2026-06-24T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:01:14","slug":"former-canadian-fm-john-baird-rejects-binary-dictatorship-at-free-iran-2026-world-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/free-iran-2026\/former-canadian-fm-john-baird-rejects-binary-dictatorship-at-free-iran-2026-world-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Canadian FM John Baird Rejects &#8216;Binary Dictatorship&#8217; at Free Iran 2026 World Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_345888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345888\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/John-baird-addresses-free-iran-summit-20062026.jpg\" alt=\"Former Canadian Foreign Minister Mr. John Baird addresses the 2026 Free Iran World Summit on June 20, 2026\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/John-baird-addresses-free-iran-summit-20062026.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/John-baird-addresses-free-iran-summit-20062026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/John-baird-addresses-free-iran-summit-20062026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/John-baird-addresses-free-iran-summit-20062026-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/John-baird-addresses-free-iran-summit-20062026-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/John-baird-addresses-free-iran-summit-20062026-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Canadian Foreign Minister Mr. John Baird addresses the 2026 Free Iran World Summit on June 20, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"2\">PARIS \u2014 June 20, 2026 \u2014 Speaking at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/free-iran-2026-global-leaders-at-paris-summit-demand-end-to-appeasement-endorsing-ncri-as-the-democratic-alternative-for-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Iran 2026 World Summit<\/a>, former Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird delivered a sharp critique of Western diplomacy toward Tehran, declaring that &#8220;you cannot appease evil.&#8221; Baird urged the international community to firmly reject any false binary choice between the current theological regime and a return to the pre-1979 monarchy, stating that the Iranian public actively rejects both forms of dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"3\">Baird emphasized that true political legitimacy belongs to the organized domestic resistance and the citizens who braved brutal crackdowns during the nationwide uprisings in January 2026. Endorsing the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) under the leadership of Madame Maryam Rajavi, he praised the coalition&#8217;s 40-year history of resilience and its comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten-Point Plan<\/a>. He noted that this platform provides a clear democratic roadmap for a non-nuclear Iran built on free elections, gender equality, and the separation of religion and state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"4\">Concluding his address, Baird also criticized the French government&#8217;s restrictions on peaceful solidarity rallies, contrasting it with Canada, where hundreds of thousands have marched freely. He promised that a day of absolute accountability is coming for the regime\u2019s decades of domestic repression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The full script of John Baird&#8217;s speech follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Foreign Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Baird?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Baird<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe religious fascists in Tehran are evil. The people of Iran have made it clear they reject all forms of dictatorship\u2014whether It\u2019s the mullahs or a return to the disgraced regime of the Shah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkJCarney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarkJCarney<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnitaAnandMP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AnitaAnandMP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PierrePoilievre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PierrePoilievre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/winCZC2g3X\">https:\/\/t.co\/winCZC2g3X<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QajY4spEhA\">pic.twitter.com\/QajY4spEhA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HanifJazayeri\/status\/2068397832109715598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you. I am so thrilled to be here today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I want to reach out to two groups of people. One, I want to reach out to all of my friends at Camp Ashraf. Your fight is our fight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And I want to reach out to the people who are watching and listening in Iran. Your fight is our fight, we are with you, and you will win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I think all of us are here to do one thing, and one thing among many: we&#8217;re here to confront evil, and we need to call it what it is. These religious fascists in Iran are evil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And let me tell you, friends, you can&#8217;t negotiate with evil, you can&#8217;t appease evil, and you can&#8217;t accommodate evil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You have to confront it, and you have to defeat it. And that is exactly what is happening in Iran today, and we will succeed very soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian people have made it very clear that they reject all forms of dictatorship, whether it&#8217;s the religious fascists and the mullahs, or whether it&#8217;s the return of the monarchy and the disgraced regime of the Shah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We must reject, friends, the notion that it&#8217;s a binary choice between two dictatorships: the religious fascists or the authoritarian thugs. We need something better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The obvious option that we&#8217;re all here to support is the creation of a democratic republic where no religious leaders and no hereditary privilege will exist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Iran: Former Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird on Iran&#39;s Future<\/p>\n<p>In a part of his exclusive interview with Simay Azadi, former Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said:<br \/>&quot;Iran has shown huge political abuses, huge death penalties going back 40+ years&#8230;..&quot; <br \/>&quot;The people of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3yqKsA1bT3\">pic.twitter.com\/3yqKsA1bT3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/2069124862409429376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canadians from coast to coast-to-coast watch with great admiration and deep respect the courage of the resistance of the Iranian people this past January.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is more political legitimacy from those on the streets in the organized resistance in Iran than from any mullah or any relative of the last dictator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have to join what so many speakers have said before and echo our significant disappointment with the French government for not allowing a peaceful rally to support the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I wanted to share with you one thing, though. I want to tell you what happened in Canada. Judy is a Liberal, I&#8217;m a Conservative, but we both live in the city of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We saw literally hundreds of thousands of Canadians take to the street to support the Iranian people, and in Canada we could have those protests, we could have those rallies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were all there to support the democratic aspirations of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is only one way the Iranian people will achieve their dreams for freedom, and that is to rise up and to overthrow this brutal regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NCRI, under the capable leadership of my friend Madame Maryam Rajavi, has the on-the-ground organization and has assembled a large coalition of Iranians who want to overthrow and replace this regime with something better.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Baird?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Baird<\/a> : We must reject the idea that we have to choose between the religious fascists and the return of the deposed Shah&#39;s regime. <br \/>We need a democratic republic, not a choice between two dictatorships.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/100kFreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#100kFreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QWB0VRnLvj\">pic.twitter.com\/QWB0VRnLvj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Women&#39;s Committee NCRI (@womenncri) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/womenncri\/status\/2069019669625737341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through its Ten-Point Plan, it has a clear roadmap to lead Iran into a bright future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most importantly, for more than 40 years, the NCRI has demonstrated the courage and the determination it takes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has paid a very heavy price, and there will be accountability for this regime; whether you did it in 1988 or whether you did it in January of 2026, there will be accountability for these dictators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dictators will not win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But I&#8217;ll tell you what will win: free elections, the separation of religion and state, gender equality, minority rights, the abolition of the death penalty, and a non-nuclear Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And this is the plan of the NCRI, and this is the plan of Madame Rajavi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is also the plan that the people of Iran are demanding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And all of us who share these values must stand up and must support the Iranian people in their great struggle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are with you. 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