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International Dignitaries Rally for a New Iran Policy, Support NCRI as Democratic Alternative

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  Written by Shamsi Saadati Paris, France  – On Saturday, May 17, 2025, an influential international conference convened in Paris, uniting parliamentarians and prominent political figures from a wide array of countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Malta, Switzerland, Romania, Portugal, and the Netherlands. The central theme of the gathering was the urgent need for a new, decisive international policy towards Iran, with a strong emphasis on supporting democratic change and recognizing the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) as a viable alternative to the current regime. The event served as a significant platform for global lawmakers to voice their concerns over the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, the regime’s escalating domestic repression, its destabilizing regional activities, and its persistent pursuit of a nuclear program. A recurring call throughout the conference was for Western governments to adopt a firmer stance, including the ...
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UK, EU lawmakers urge support for female activists leading a push for change in Iran

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By Shahin Gobadi   A panel of 30 members of Parliament and women’s rights activists from the UK and Europe urged their governments to put human rights at the forefront of Iran policy when they participated in an online conference sponsored by the British Committee for Iran Freedom on International Women’s Day, 8 March,  writes Shahin Gobadi. The cross-party speakers called on the UK and EU governments to work together to put pressure on the regime to release all political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, protesters, and dual citizens held under arbitrary charges in Iran, especially the women. Speakers urged the UK and EU to make economic and political relations and agreements with the regime in Tehran contingent upon verifiable improvements in human rights and women’s rights. They stressed that Iran stands on the brink of change as the regime has no solutions to any of the economic and social crises facing it and that growing popular dissent in the country rejects the theoc...
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NCRI, British parliamentary committee host online event in support of Iranian women

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  Author:Zolal Habibi March 7, 2021— A global online  conference  held on Monday, March 8, marking International Women’s Day co-hosted by the Women’s Committee of the Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), The International Committee for a Democratic Iran, and the British Committee for Iran Freedom discussed the plight of Iranian women in their struggle for freedom and equal rights. The event featured speeches by politicians, women’s rights activists, and members of the Iranian opposition. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the NCRI and the keynote speaker of the event. “The outcome of the significant gender gap in Iran is the imposition of extreme poverty on women and the denial of many of their most basic rights,” Madam Rajavi said. “The misogynous regime wants to preserve its rule through repression. However, Iranian women play critical roles in challenging the regime and pushing the situation towards overthrowing the mullahs.” Madam ...
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Iranian women rise up in anger

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  By Struan Stevenson March 8 (UPI) -- On International Women's Day on Monday, if we wish any further evidence of the misogynist lunacy of the Iranian mullahs, then we should look no further than the news that  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Iran's supreme leader, has ordered that cartoon character women must wear the hijab. Now, in Iran, even animated female characters in cartoons cannot reveal their hair. It would be amusing, if it wasn't so serious. Women's dress codes are under constant scrutiny. They must wear the hijab and "morality police" are on relentless patrol to enforce the law. Women, particularly young women, are singled out for brutal attacks for the "crime" of mal-veiling. Girls who were deemed to be improperly dressed in the street have suffered horrific acid attacks and stabbings in assaults openly condoned by the mullahs. Teenage girls, arrested for the offense of posting videos of themselves dancing or singing on social medi...
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Iran: Online Conference Marking International Women’s Day 2021

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  By Shamsi Saadati Resolved and Resilient, Iranian Women Journey Toward Freedom and Equality The theocratic regime in Iran holds its grip on power through domestic repression and export of terrorism; both justified with religious “Islamic fundamentalism.” Misogyny is the regime’s nature, and a means to keep Iranian society in check. The Velayat-e Faqih principle (absolute clerical rule) is the pillar of the regime’s constitution. But the Iranian women have never succumbed to the regime’s repression and misogynistic policies. For the last four decades, they bravely challenged the regime through civil disobedience, organizing and standing at the forefront of widespread protests and uprisings, joining the ranks, and accepting a leadership role in the Iranian Resistance movement. Hence, women represent the single most prominent force for a democratic change in Iran, which will neutralize a serious global threat that is the theocratic regime, benefiting the region and the entire w...
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