{"id":346174,"date":"2026-06-27T14:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=346174"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:28:47","slug":"belgian-mp-kathleen-depoorter-decries-tehrans-tyranny-demands-end-to-appeasement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/free-iran-2026\/belgian-mp-kathleen-depoorter-decries-tehrans-tyranny-demands-end-to-appeasement\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian MP Kathleen Depoorter Decries Tehran\u2019s Tyranny, Demands End to Appeasement"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_346162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346162\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-346162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kathleen-Depoorter-free-iran-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Belgian Parliamentarian Kathleen Depoorter addresses the second day of the Free Iran 2026 World Summit on June 21, 2026\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kathleen-Depoorter-free-iran-2026.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kathleen-Depoorter-free-iran-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kathleen-Depoorter-free-iran-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kathleen-Depoorter-free-iran-2026-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kathleen-Depoorter-free-iran-2026-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kathleen-Depoorter-free-iran-2026-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belgian Parliamentarian Kathleen Depoorter addresses the second day of the Free Iran 2026 World Summit on June 21, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_aa8485e7eefe4006\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/day-2-of-free-iran-2026-international-leaders-back-ncri-alternative-reject-monarchy-and-theocracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Iran 2026 World Summit<\/a> in Paris on June 21, 2026, Belgian parliamentarian Kathleen Depoorter delivered a forceful condemnation of the Iranian regime, urging European leaders to abandon policies of appeasement in favor of moral and political clarity.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Depoorter asserted that the events of the past six months have proven the regime is beyond reform and must be replaced. She emphasized that the future of Iran will not be dictated by foreign intervention, but by the Iranian people themselves, specifically through the organized efforts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/pmoi-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI Resistance Units<\/a>. Highlighting the courage of dissidents who have faced systemic torture and execution, she noted that the regime\u2019s repression of women is fundamental to its ideology, yet fear has increasingly shifted to the side of the oppressors.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Central to her address was her unwavering support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten-Point Plan<\/a> presented by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi. Depoorter described the platform as a comprehensive democratic alternative that guarantees secular governance, gender equality, and an independent judiciary, free from the influence of clerics, monarchs, or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_c2b13f36b2f05393\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">The full script of <strong>Kathleen Depoorter<\/strong><\/strong><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;s speech follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_c2b13f36b2f05393\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Belgian MP Kathleen Depoorter: Why the Iranian regime must be replaced by the NCRI&rsquo;s democratic plan\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Xb7VPj8IOfo\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXb7VPj8IOfo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xb7VPj8IOfo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT8M13S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-06-27T11:59:57Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Xb7VPj8IOfo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXb7VPj8IOfo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Belgian MP Kathleen Depoorter: Why the Iranian regime must be replaced by the NCRI\u2019s democratic plan<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xb7VPj8IOfo\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXb7VPj8IOfo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Belgian MP Kathleen Depoorter: Why the Iranian regime must be replaced by the NCRI&rsquo;s democratic plan\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Belgian Parliamentarian Kathleen Depoorter emphasized that the events of the past six months have proven definitively that the current clerical regime cannot be reformed from within and must be completely replaced. She noted that Iran\u2019s future will be dictated from within by the highly organized PMOI Resistance Units who have broken the barrier of fear through continuous street protests. Depoorter strongly condemned the systemic, state-sponsored repression of women, stating that European nations must permanently choose clarity over the failed policies of appeasement. She hailed Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan for offering a concrete secular alternative that guarantees the separation of religion and state, independent justice, and equal leadership roles for women. Depoorter demanded that the international community hold the IRGC strictly accountable for its domestic atrocities, making human rights an absolute, non-negotiable prerequisite for any future diplomatic relations with Tehran. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/day-2-of-free-iran-2026-international-leaders-back-ncri-alternative-reject-monarchy-and-theocracy\/ https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3SMgEla\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mrs. Rajavi, I&#8217;m delighted to be here again. Hello everyone, dear friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is always a pleasure to be here in Paris. This conference is always important, but I think the time in which we are makes it even more important because, in the last six months, we learned two very important things.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First of all, this regime cannot be reformed; it has to be replaced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secondly, Iran&#8217;s future will not be decided by foreign intervention. It will be decided by you. It will be decided by the Iranian Resistance\u2014the Iranian Resistance that is organized inside Iran and by the PMOI Resistance Units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the path that you have been pleading for, for decades. This is also the path that I will keep on supporting as long as it takes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian people have spoken with courage and with clarity. They do not want a dictatorship of the mullahs, and they don&#8217;t want a dictatorship of the shah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They just want a democratic republic. They want freedom, equality, justice, and the right to determine their own future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is as simple as water, but we have to keep on saying it. This is the right of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You&#8217;ve paid a terrible price. Women, students, workers, families of political prisoners, and dissidents have faced bullets, prisons, torture, and executions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet, they didn&#8217;t surrender. They won&#8217;t surrender. They will never surrender.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They have shown the world that fear can change sides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a woman, as a parliamentarian, as a Belgian, I say clearly: we cannot look away. Europe shouldn&#8217;t ever look away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regime&#8217;s repression of women is not accidental. It is central to its ideology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Executions, force-feeding, torture, and persecution are all part of the system of fear. And this system is being called to change from inside Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I pay tribute to all the brave women and men in the PMOI Iranian Resistance, and the people in Ashraf [3] are there as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I really hope that some of the units inside Iran can connect to the internet and are with us today or hear the message that we bring them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because the people there have taken great risks just to keep alive the call for freedom, the call for regime change from within the country itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Op terugweg van Parijs waar ik het <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> congres toesprak.<\/p>\n<p>De oorlog bracht geen vrijheid voor de Iraanse bevolking. Elk volk heeft recht op democratie, mensenrechten en democratisch verkozen leiders. Straks spelen onze Rode Duivels tegen het team van de ayatollahs. Laat\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zz7VAaJ97d\">pic.twitter.com\/Zz7VAaJ97d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; kathleen depoorter (@KDepoorterMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KDepoorterMP\/status\/2068740835164717442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 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;\">I&#8217;m here, of course, to reaffirm my support to Mrs. Rajavi. What a leader you have, what a woman she is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And, of course, what&#8217;s even more important is the Ten-Point Plan\u2014the plan she has for Iran, for democracy, for freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It offers a clear democratic alternative: a republic based on elections; the separation of religion and state; equality between men and women; an independent justice; autonomy for Iran&#8217;s nationalities; and a non-nuclear Iran in peace with the world, in peace with us, in peace with Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a program for a democratic, secular, and peaceful Iran where women are leaders. I can only support that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Where no one is imprisoned, no one is executed just for their beliefs, and where power belongs to the people\u2014not to clerics, not to kings, not to the Revolutionary Guard, just to the people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Europe must choose the side of the people; it must now choose clarity over appeasement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political executions must stop. The death penalty must not be treated as just an internal matter. It is universal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IRGC must be kept accountable for what it&#8217;s doing, and human rights must just be a condition for any relation with Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Too many illusions, too much silence, and too many chances have been given to a regime that executes citizens and spreads instability around the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To the brave people in Iran, and especially to all the young women who are leading this struggle: Keep on going strong. We&#8217;ll get there. Just keep on going strong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You are the ones who frighten the regime. You are the ones who will help to determine the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a Belgian parliamentarian, one of my greatest hopes has been to see a free and democratic Iran in the near future. And I&#8217;m here to stand with you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But I have to add one more thing. I won&#8217;t be able to stay here until the end of the conference because I have to go back to Belgium where my people say that the most important side issue besides politics is going on: football.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you know who we are facing tonight? Oh yeah, my team, my national team, the Red Devils, will be facing the mullahs&#8217; team of Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And we won&#8217;t let them win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I hope for a 4 to 0, and every goal I will dedicate to you, to your Iranian Resistance, and to a free Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing the Free Iran 2026 World Summit in Paris on June 21, 2026, Belgian parliamentarian Kathleen Depoorter delivered a forceful condemnation of the Iranian regime, urging European leaders to abandon 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