Insight on everything happening inside (and outside) Iran — including updates on uprisings, resistance units, accountability for crimes against humanity, genocide and more
Connecting with like-mindedadvocates focused on the future of a free Iran and a better world
Hear from hundreds of government leaders and elected officials from around the world uniting in support of a democratic alternative in Iran.
In an era where ‘Resistance’ had in time turned to a thing of the past and the world saw diplomacy and appeasement as the only path forward in turbulent times, there were those who chose to stand and resist against tyrannic regimes with one motto:
We Can & We Must!
Believing that if they stood, the world would stand with them.
Through their determination resistance units were born, fear was broken, and continuous Iran protests took center stage, showcasing the resilience of the Iranian people in their unwavering quest for freedom.
Resistance can’t be extinguished. Refracting light will only enhance its brightness!
And now it’s your chance to be a part of the history in the making because resistance is the need of all who seek liberation.
Join us at the Free Iran World Summit, online and in-person, 23-24 July 2022.
SPEAKERS
Rt. Hon. John Bercow former Speaker of the British House of Commons
Amb. Ken Blackwell former US Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Commission
Hon. Tony Clement Canadian Minister of Industry (2008-2011), Minister of Health (2006-2008)
Ingrid Betancourt Presidential Candidate of Colombia
Bernard Kouchner Former French Foreign Minister
Joseph Lieberman former US Senator
Linda Chavez former Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison
Amb. Marc Ginsberg US Ambassador to Morocco (1994-1998)
Michael Mukaesy US Attorney General (2007-2009)
Amb. Robert Joseph former US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Michele Alliot-Marie Former French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defense, Justice, Home Affairs
John Baird Canadian Minister of Foregin Affairs (2011-2015)
Dr. Bassam Al-Omoush Former Jordanian Minister of Administrative Development and Ambassador to Iran
Sec. Tom Ridge Former Governor of Pennsylvania and First Secretary of Homeland Security
WHAT YOU CAN DO
The Free Iran World Summit is the most important global event of the year in support of freedom in Iran and against the Iranian regime – and your support is critical to its success. Learn more on what you can do both online and, on the ground, here.
“This is a rebellion against what is, to achieve what must come! We can and we must free Iran.”
– MARYAM RAJAVI
“We can and must forge ahead with all our might. We must prove to our people in Iran that the slogan “we can, and we must” is an objective determination, and it is accessible and practical.”
Maryam Rajavi
“Standing up for the human rights of the people of Iran is not only necessary but vital to helping ensure that the Iranian people know that America and all peace-loving people stand with them in their pursuit of liberty, democracy, and a peaceful Iran”
Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
“You today form the backbone of a growing and powerful resistance to the corrupt regime in Tehran, a resistance that with your perseverance will never ever be silenced”
Secretary Deborah Lee James, Former US Secretary of the Air Force
“The National Council of Resistance of Iran led by its president-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi is the Iranian people’s opposition to the current regime. It is a four-decade old coalition of democratic forces that has persevered against the mullahs”
Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, Women’s rights advocate
“There is only one popular, organized, magnificently led organization that can provide the democratic alternative to the existing regime. Only one group with proven leadership. Only one group with an exciting and clear vision for the future of Iran. A group led by an inspiring Muslim woman who mirrors the aspirations of the Iranian people who seek a secular republic with gender equality, separation of church and state, respect for human rights, and peaceful coexistence with its neighbors. A new Iran, a force for good, for human rights, for stability, and for peace. We join you in solidarity to raise our voice in support of a free Iran, regime change, and the strong and inspirational leadership of Madame Rajavi.”
Tom Ridge, former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary and Governor of Pennsylvania
“Now, we are facing a new step, a new benchmark, a new era; the era of freedom in Iran. We should not mix up the regime in Iran with the people of Iran. The people of Iran certainly not only believe in Madame Rajavi’s plan for free Iran but they are completely ready to build up such a new country.”
Bernard Kouchner Former French Foreign Minister, co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontieres
“The regime in Iran fears you, Maryam for what you represent and what you are. You are the unbreakable resistance; after 40 years of fighting here we are! stronger than ever. You are the beacon of hope. You are the rose in the desert. You are the force of change. And you are the phoenix rising from the ashes, for peace in Iran, and in the region, and as a guarantee of peace in the world”
Ingrid Betancourt, Presidential Candidate of Colombia
“I come here to say, never-ever give up, never-ever give in, and never-ever lose faith. I got arrested 40 times, went to jail, beaten, left bloody and unconscious on the Freedom Rides. But we didn’t give up. And people who support the people in Iran must, never-ever, give up. As long as the people of Iran are denied their basic rights as human beings – people all over the world are denied their rights. So, hang in there.”
Late Congressman John Lewis
“You have stood up and fought and sacrificed for freedom, for the right to live free, for the right to determine your own future, for the rights that are God-given.
I thank you for being an example, an example to the whole world, that those people who are willing to fight and sacrifice for freedom will achieve it, and you are an example to everyone in the world that is struggling for freedom”
Late Sen John McCain
“The resistance movementled by Madame Rajavi is at the forefront of the struggle for a free and democratic Iran and serves as a beacon of hope for millions of oppressed people in Iran. All my colleagues here from the Houses of Parliament support Madame Rajavi‘s 10-point plan. This is a plan that gives a future for Iran, which provides a clear and viable alternative to the current theocratic regime.”
Dr. Matthew Offord, MP
“Iran will be free because of your fight. It will be free because of our sister, Maryam Rajavi. Iran will be free someday and I will be there with you standing in the sunlight of the beauty of Iran and people and we will cry together because freedom has come. Never give up. And we won’t give up on the democracy of this land. And we will stand for freedom as well. And I believe that we will together join, unify, never give up.”
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
“Martin Luther King had a dream of civil and economic rights for all the people in the United States; and it came true. Gandhi had a dream to free his people from colonist oppression and it came true. Nelson Mandela had a dream to end apartheid that suffocated his people, and it came true. Mrs. Rajavi, your dream is noble, and it is enshrined a in your 10-point plan, you will make that dream come true like the other heroes of our life. Our dream is to see Mrs. Rajavi lead a free and democratic Iran. And we all will see it come soon.”
Maria Candida Almeida, Deputy Attorney General of Portugal
“Freedom ultimately involves charismatic leaders who communicate both a sense of hope, a vision of a better future, a moral cause, and an ability to connect with people. In our country, that was George Washington and his young supporter, the Marquis de Lafayette. In Italy, it was Garibaldi. I can tell you from years of having come here that in history, the name of your president-elect, Maryam Rajavi, will go down in the same tradition of fighters for freedom as Washington, Lafayette, and Garibaldi. And she’s a great leader because she has great followers, because so many of you are so dedicated. I know that this movement is going to be a movement that goes down in history as one of the great examples of the human spirit defeating the evils of dictatorship.”
Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House
“Iran must be free. The dictatorship must be destroyed. Containment is appeasement, and appeasement is surrender. The only practical goal is to support a movement to free Iran. After all, a dictatorship that appoints as its President someone who killed 30,000 people is telling you everything you need to know about the core nature of that dictatorship. “
Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House
“A special recognition, to some of the people I admire most, the point of the spear in the struggle for Iranian freedom, the residents of Ashraf, who spend their every waking hour thinking about how to maneuver the Iranian people into a new, prosperous, and free future. Every signal from every corner shows we are now writing the last chapter in this struggle for freedom.”
Senator Robert Torricelli
“There is only one organization that promises the destruction of the regime; the building of the democratic future, that can muster the resources, make the sacrifice and restore the nation; that organization is the MEK and its leader is Madame Rajavi”
Senator Robert Torricelli
“To those in Ashraf3, you are now the point of the spear. Our hopes, our prayers rest with you to destroy the mullahs and create a free Iran.
In Iran the name Rajavi is synonymous with freedom and a hope for a better future.”
Senator Robert Torricelli
SPONSORS
Learn about all of the parliamentarians and dignitaries who have pledged solidarity with the Global Summit.
Resilience is 40 years of continuous resistance for a free Iran
WORLD CAMPAIGN
Resistance is global! From the streets of Tehran to Washington, Paris, London, Stockholm, Brussels, Rome and around the world.
Take a look at a brief list of activities that took place inside and outside of Iran in the past year – all in service of making free Iran a reality.
10 July, 2021
Free Iran World Summit 2021: The Democratic Alternative of the March to Victory
11 July, 2021
Day 2 Free Iran World Summit 2021: Europe-Arab World Stand with the Iranian Resistance
12 July, 2021
Day 3 Free Iran World Summit 2021: Global Support for the Iranian People’s Uprising & the Democratic Alternative
22 July, 2021
40th Anniversary of the foundation of the NCRI
22 July, 2021
Iran Protests: Khuzestan: water shortages, 9 provinces including Tehran, Isfahan, Bushehr, Kermanshah stand in solidarity
Aug. 1-4, 2021
No to Raisi! Worldwide protests simultaneous with inaugeration of Raisi, member of 1988 massacre death commissions
10 August, 2021
Launch of Hamid Noury’s trial, for role in the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran
23 August, 2021
Rally of Iranians in Stockholm seeking justice for 1988 massacre in Iran
27 August, 2021
“International Conference with 1000 political prisoners 1988 Massacre & Genocide- No to Impunity, Yes to Accountability”
20 September, 2021
“Support a Free Iran Conference Call on the US to hold Ebrahim Raisi Accountable for the 1988 Massacre”
21 September, 2021
Demonstrations, exhibit, conference against Raisi’s address to the UN
10 October, 2021
International Day against the Death Penalty
13 October, 2021
Formal Request made for arrest of Ebrahim Raisi in Scotland
28 October, 2021
“2021 Free Iran Summit Holding Raisi Accountable for Crimes Against Humanity Genocide, Regional Meddling & Nuclear Defiance”
4 November, 2021
Italian Senate Conference: Iran, Human Rights, Justice, and the Role of the International Community
10 November, 2021
Trial of Hamid Noury transferred to Albania for testimoney by members of Iranian resistance
14 November, 2021
Conference marking anniversary of 2019 uprisings with presence of 1000 former political prisoners
November, 2021
Iran Protests: Isfahan
24 November, 2021
Briefing at French National Assembly: Middle East: Iran’s destabalizing role
6 December, 2021
100 MEPs Call on EU to Recognize the 1988 Massacre
10 December, 2021
International Human Rights Day
5 Jan, 2022
Resistance Units Torch Qassem Soleimani’s Statue in Shahr Kord
16 Jan, 2022
Conference: Hold Iran’s Regime Accountable for Genocide, Terrorism, and Nuclear Defiance
27 Jan, 2022
Iranian Regime’s State Radio & Television Disrupted
10 Feb, 2022
Mashhad Bazaar’s Audio System hacked
5 March, 2022
Women, Force for Change in Iran, Global Peace and Stability
16 March, 2022
US Senate Briefing: Iran: Nation Rises for Freedom, Democracy & Human Rights
25 April, 2022
Iranian Regime’s Ministy of Agriculture Jihad Website and portals taken down
10 May, 2022
Belgian Court of Appeals Upholds Sentences for Perpetrators of Bomb plot against Iranian resistande rally in Paris
13 May, 2022
Names of More than 33,000 staff and personnel of the Prison Organization, including prison wardens, interrogators, Intelligence agents, and exectuioners revealed
16 May, 2022
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Ashraf 3
1 June, 2022
Over 5000 Security Cameras of the Tehran Municipality compromised
6 June, 2022
Kira Rudik, Ukrainian MP Visits Ashraf 3
23 June, 2022
Vice President Pence Visits Ashraf 3
26 June, 2022
Nobel Laureate Sir Richard Roberts Visits Ashraf 3