A Historic Gathering in Brussels
On September 6, 2025, Brussels became the stage for a defining moment in Iran’s struggle for democracy. The Free Iran 2025 Rally brought together Iranian expatriates, global leaders, and supporters of freedom. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), delivered a powerful speech marking the 60th anniversary of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Sixty Years of Unbroken Resistance
Maryam Rajavi opened by honoring six decades of relentless struggle — fourteen years under the Shah, forty-six under the clerical regime. “Not a single day or hour of pause,” she emphasized, celebrating the PMOI’s sixty unextinguished flames of resistance.
She paid tribute to martyrs from Ahmad Rezaii, the first, to Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, whose 40th day of martyrdom had just passed. She also honored political prisoner Mehran Bahramian, newly fallen in the struggle.
Honoring Loyalty, Sacrifice, and Founding Principles
Mrs. Rajavi described the PMOI’s essence as loyalty to the pledge of freedom, boundless sacrifice, and the union of politics with honor. She praised Mohammad Hanifnejad, the founder, for breaking deadlocks and rising against both fundamentalism and the distortion of divine messages from Prophet Mohammad and Jesus Christ.
The Secret of PMOI’s Endurance
Facing prisons, torture, bullets, and execution, the PMOI endured and prevailed. “The Shah fell, and the mullahs will fall as well,” Rajavi declared. Despite relentless demonization, the organization emerged each time from the ashes, now forming, within the NCRI, the only democratic and independent alternative for Iran’s future.
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The PMOI/MEK was founded 60 years ago, fighting 14 years against the Shah’s tyranny, and 46 years against the mullahs, without even an hour of pause. It is hard to believe but it is true. Today, the PMOI lights 60 shining… pic.twitter.com/5aoKzSP6Q3— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) September 6, 2025
International Support and the Exposed Deception of the Mullahs
Mrs. Rajavi welcomed distinguished guests: former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Prof. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, the Hon. John Bercow, and the Hon. Patrick Kennedy, among others.
She quoted Mike Pence’s 2022 visit to Ashraf 3, where he dismantled the regime’s biggest lie — that there was no alternative. “Well-organized, fully prepared, perfectly qualified,” Pence had said, confirming the PMOI as the solution the world had long overlooked.
Rajavi lamented that earlier recognition of this alternative could have prevented wars, crises, and decades of suffering. She revisited history, recalling the 1953 coup against Dr. Mossadegh — a turning point that restored dictatorship and ultimately paved the way for Khomeini’s rise.
The Ten Immediate Tasks After Regime Change
Mrs. Rajavi detailed the NCRI’s blueprint for a six-month interim government after the regime’s overthrow. Originally defined in 1982, these ten urgent tasks include:
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Freeing all political prisoners.
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Disarming and dissolving all repressive forces, including the IRGC, Basij, and censorship bodies.
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Restoring rights to unjustly purged workers, teachers, and retirees.
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Inviting patriotic experts, at home and abroad, to return and rebuild.
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Ensuring full gender equality and ending all oppression of women.
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Granting autonomy to Iranian Kurdistan within Iran’s territorial integrity.
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Holding public trials for crimes of the Shah and Khomeini regimes with full due process.
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Guaranteeing the right to defense and the independence of the bar.
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Ensuring universities’ independence and council-led governance.
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Formally recognizing all rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
She reminded listeners that these principles evolved into the internationally recognized Ten-Point Plan in 2006.
The PMOI’s Greatest “Crime”: Giving Power Back to the People
Mrs. Rajavi underlined that the PMOI seeks no power for itself. Its goal is freedom and the transfer of sovereignty to the people — a crime in the eyes of Iran’s rulers. From Khomeini’s fatwa for annihilation to Khamenei’s new death sentences, the regime continues to fear the PMOI’s persistence.
Pride in Resistance: From Exposing Lies to Leading Women’s Equality
Mrs. Rajavi listed the Resistance’s defining achievements — rejecting the Velayat-e Faqih constitution, exposing false religious claims, raising the banner of peace during the Iran-Iraq war, dismantling the regime’s war machine, exposing nuclear ambitions, forming a Liberation Army, establishing Resistance Units, and championing gender equality.
She paid tribute to the pioneering women who have led the PMOI: Fahimeh Arvani, Shahrzad Sadr, Mahvash Sepehri, Beheshteh Shadrou, Mojgan Parsaii, Sediqeh Hosseini, Zohreh Akhiyani, and now Zahra Merrikhi — all shaping a new model of leadership for a free society.
A Democratic Revolution and a Democratic Republic
Echoing Massoud Rajavi’s 1979 declaration, she reaffirmed the demand: “A Democratic Revolution!” She called for a Democratic Republic, democratic rights, and freedoms for all Iranians — nothing less.
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We want a democratic revolution, a democratic republic, and democratic rights and freedoms for all!#MEK60pic.twitter.com/kz3FQioG2k— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) September 6, 2025
The Third Option: Regime Change by the People and Their Resistance
Mrs. Rajavi rejected both appeasement and war as solutions to Iran’s crisis. The only path forward is the “Third Option” — regime change by the Iranian people and their organized resistance.
She urged Western nations:
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Designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization now.
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Enforce UN Security Council resolutions against the regime’s nuclear program now.
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Recognize the Resistance Units’ right to resist now.
“This decisiveness,” she stressed, “serves the Iranian people and ensures regional and global peace.”
A Call to Action: Uprising, Overthrow, and Victory
Closing her speech, Rajavi turned directly to the Iranian people: “The time for uprising and rebellion has arrived. Look within yourselves — you will find the rebel for freedom.”
She warned the mullahs: “No executions, prisons, torture, or economic suffering will save your decaying regime.”
And to Iran’s vanguard generation — women, youth, all who seek democracy and equality — she declared: “It is in your hands. You will ignite the uprising. You will liberate Iran. You will achieve victory and build the future. It can be done — and it must be done!”
A Roadmap Toward a Free Iran
From Brussels to Tehran, from sixty years of sacrifice to the promise of victory, Maryam Rajavi’s speech was not merely a commemoration — it was a blueprint for Iran’s democratic future. The Free Iran 2025 Brussels Rally has reaffirmed the unstoppable march toward liberty, equality, and a republic founded on the will of the Iranian people.
