More than 260 parliamentary groups, human rights organizations, associations, and unions have issued a joint statement expressing their support for the Paris Free Iran Rally, scheduled to take place on June 20 in Paris.
Marking the 45th anniversary of the June 20, 1981 demonstration—commemorated as the Day of Martyrs and Political Prisoners—the Paris Free Iran Rally, held under the banner “Iran: No to Executions, Yes to Peace and Freedom,” represents an act of solidarity with the Iranian people and their struggle for freedom.
The demonstration pays tribute to the tens of thousands of Iranians who sacrificed their lives for freedom and democracy. It also echoes the legitimate demands of a nation that has stood firm for decades against repression, human rights violations, and injustice.
The solution to Iran’s crisis lies neither in war nor in appeasement of the ruling clerical regime. Rather, it rests in supporting the Iranian people’s determination to establish a democratic republic and reject all forms of dictatorship—whether that of the Shah or the Supreme Leade.
The signatories expressed their support for the initiative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) to establish a provisional government based on the Ten-Point Plan, which has been endorsed by more than 4,000 parliamentarians and 125 former world leaders.
The plan advocates fundamental principles including human rights, freedom, a democratic republic, separation of religion and state, political pluralism, gender equality, abolition of the death penalty, rejection of all forms of discrimination, a non-nuclear Iran, an independent judiciary, and peaceful coexistence.
