{"id":74616,"date":"2025-06-05T18:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=74616"},"modified":"2025-06-05T18:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:56:41","slug":"sir-alan-meale-advocates-democratic-change-in-iran-at-paris-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-2025\/2025\/06\/sir-alan-meale-advocates-democratic-change-in-iran-at-paris-conference\/74616\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Alan Meale Advocates Democratic Change in Iran at Paris Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"73827f39-aa4d-44a5-85a5-5a5054fbe474\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_74620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74620\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74620\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Minister-Sir-Alan-Meale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"554\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Minister-Sir-Alan-Meale.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Minister-Sir-Alan-Meale-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Former-UK-Minister-Sir-Alan-Meale-768x425.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former UK Minister Sir Alan Meale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"242\">On May 17, 2025, at <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-2025\/2025\/06\/the-second-free-iran-2025-conference-global-call-for-democratic-republic-and-resistance-support\/74320\/\" rel=\"\"><em data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"285\">The Second Free Iran 2025 Conference<\/em><\/a> in Paris focused on shaping a new global strategy for Iran, Sir Alan Meale, former UK Minister and veteran MP, delivered a compelling speech. The event united parliamentarians and political leaders from Europe and North America to advocate for democratic change in Iran and endorse the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/ncri\/alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>) as a credible alternative.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"242\">Sir Alan commended Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> for her pivotal role in galvanizing the Iranian diaspora into a formidable global Resistance movement. He spotlighted the leadership of Iranian women and youth, describing them as the heart of the nation\u2019s push for transformation. Pointing to widespread unrest in Iran, including strikes across various sectors, he declared these as clear indicators of an imminent \u201ctrue revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"242\">With his extensive background in human rights, Sir Alan called on international labor organizations, such as the UK Trades Union Congress and the ILO, to support Iranian workers. He advocated for the global isolation of the Iranian regime, the rejection of nuclear deals, and the urgent release of political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"242\">In his closing remarks, Sir Alan passionately emphasized that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten-Point Pla<\/a>n is more than a proposal\u2014it is the blueprint for a free, democratic Iran, deserving immediate global backing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sir Alan Meale: When <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a> said these movements are causing political earthquakes in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, she was right. The mothers know. They see the strikes and protests across society. This has never happened before.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRIAlternative?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCRIAlternative<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eJozboMoSg\">https:\/\/t.co\/eJozboMoSg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1928872512835690983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1683\" data-end=\"1728\"><strong>The full transcript of the speech follows. Portions have been lightly edited for clarity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much, it\u2019s an honor to be once again invited to this gathering of people standing in solidarity with the people of Iran. It\u2019s also about the resistance movement that\u2019s there alive and thriving in trying to get freedom to that very important country.<\/p>\n<p>But before I start on the brief address that I\u2019m going to make I want to pay tribute to in two areas. First is to you, <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"\">Madam Rajavi<\/a>, for your management of the whole mechanism to try and achieve a free Iran.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve gathered together, from the Iranian diaspora all over the world, an army of people who lead the Resistance and are organized for change and freedom in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>I know I\u2019ve been involved in human rights for a very very long time, and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a day goes by when I\u2019m not cornered by somebody from the Iranian Resistance asking me to sign something, to make contact, to be part of an organization.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not the only one.<\/p>\n<p>There are hundreds of parliamentarians getting that all the time, and I was for seventeen years a leading member of the Council of Europe and involved in the election of the judge of the Court of Human Rights. And it wasn\u2019t just in Britain \u2014 it was in Strasbourg, Brussels, in every one of the 47 countries that are members of the Council of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>And to say to you thank you for that management. And you\u2019ve done it in a very, very different way than it\u2019s been done before because you\u2019re living proof that misogyny has no place in the future of our world.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1862\" data-end=\"2054\">At the lead are many courageous women, young girls, and children who are actually pushing the pace for change \u2014 in fact, demanding it \u2014 and that\u2019s what\u2019s so exciting about this revolution.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2056\" data-end=\"2402\">Now can I just say I want to thank you for your very positive remarks. You made it clear \u2014 the truth is undeniable. Iran stands at a crossroads \u2014 a real crossroads \u2014 and as you mentioned in your speech, and the fine film showed, and the excellent address made by our colleague from Norway: the strikes by truck and lorry drivers are real.<\/p>\n<p>And they\u2019re now approaching the tenth day of action.<\/p>\n<p>And they stand alongside the many teachers who are daily going on strike, the retirees who have gone on strike, the nurses who have gone on strike and many of them have been arrested, have been threatened, some have been jailed and it\u2019s not good enough.<\/p>\n<p>And my colleague who\u2019s going to speak very shortly, sir David Crosby, is an ex leading official of the transport workers in The UK and I\u2019m the ex an ex transport minister.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2868\" data-end=\"3100\">Upon our return to the UK tomorrow, we will contact the British Trades Union Congress \u2014 the head of the unions in Britain, representing twenty-four million members \u2014 and we\u2019ll be urging them to express solidarity and offer help.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3102\" data-end=\"3285\">We will also demand they contact the ILO \u2014 the International Labour Organization in Geneva \u2014 and ask what they are doing, and push them to get involved at the forefront of change.<\/p>\n<p>As you say, I\u2019ve been involved in, human rights for a very, very long time and you get when you\u2019re involved in things, you get to see and recognize certain things are occurring.<\/p>\n<p>When Madam said that tremors and earthquakes are occurring in Iran for change \u2014 you can see it. The mullahs know what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3560\" data-end=\"3692\">They recognize the strikes, the protests, the demonstrations from every layer of society \u2014 and it\u2019s never happened like this before.<\/p>\n<p>And what they do in such a when I\u2019ve been involved in human rights in Southern America, South Africa, Eastern Europe, the Baltics, there\u2019s certain things that come to the fore every time when people who are doing violations act.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re bothered about what people read, they\u2019re bothered about what people say, they\u2019re bothered about what people wear, they\u2019re bothered about what people watch and they\u2019re bothered about what people say on the media and television.<\/p>\n<p>All that\u2019s occurring. It all occurs when things are coming to a head, when things are coming to an end and the mullahs know that.<\/p>\n<p>So there is a real revolution happening in Iran at this moment. And I believe I recognize most of the signs. And I\u2019ll say this: in the near future, people will ask themselves, \u201cWhy did it take so long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4312\" data-end=\"4430\">It happens just like that. Mandela was released just like that. Killings in the Baltics \u2014 they stopped just like that.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4432\" data-end=\"4554\">And we\u2019ll look back and say, \u201cWhy did it take so long?\u201d And then we\u2019ll move forward \u2014 because there is a future to be had.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4556\" data-end=\"4780\">Madam Rajavi delivered a truly excellent discourse \u2014 highlighting the demonstrations, the plight of the people inside and outside Iran, and the pressure the Resistance has faced \u2014 even from governments, including my own.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4782\" data-end=\"4884\">The U.S. said, \u201cThis is not the organization we want to work with.\u201d And yet \u2014 we turned it around.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4886\" data-end=\"5054\">And we did it with the help of a document that Madam Rajavi chose to produce. It was a simple document \u2014 a Ten-Point Plan for economic recovery and freedom in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>It stands today in every Parliament, we\u2019ve seen the documents coming in again and again and again. People saying this is where it\u2019s at. It\u2019s not just a piece of publicity. It\u2019s a real report, an agenda for change.<\/p>\n<p>An agenda that says: we want a free Iran.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5305\" data-end=\"5441\">Sometimes, politicians put up hurdles. But now those hurdles are nearing their end \u2014 they\u2019re being pushed aside. Appeasement has failed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5443\" data-end=\"5626\">No more deals. What we want is the introduction of the Ten-Point Plan. And we want the UN to play a real part \u2014 along with the allies who now recognize the necessity of this plan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5628\" data-end=\"5754\">We need them to accept it. We need to accept the UN Charter for change and recognize the threats posed to global security.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5756\" data-end=\"5831\">There should be no deals whatsoever on nuclear fusion or nuclear waste.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5833\" data-end=\"5848\">And I ask: why?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5850\" data-end=\"6046\">Iran is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources \u2014 gas, energy, oil. And yet, it is secretly stockpiling material to build a nuclear bomb through nuclear fusion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6048\" data-end=\"6052\">Why?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6054\" data-end=\"6161\">The direction of science is changing. Soon, if you want energy, you won\u2019t need oil and gas in the same way.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6163\" data-end=\"6282\">They will still be useful \u2014 for medicine, fertilizer, and many industries \u2014 but the way energy is produced is evolving.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6284\" data-end=\"6367\">So this nuclear program was never really about energy. It was about something else.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6369\" data-end=\"6435\">It was about nuclear weapons. That\u2019s what it was always about.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6437\" data-end=\"6611\">And while the rest of the world \u2014 working with the UN \u2014 tries to limit nuclear waste and power, this regime has tried to secretly go its own way, even blocking UN access.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6613\" data-end=\"6643\">There can be no deals on that.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6645\" data-end=\"6794\">Secondly, we must isolate the regime globally. That\u2019s already happening \u2014 organized successfully by resistance movements. But we must go further.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6796\" data-end=\"6988\">We should insist immediately on the release of all detained prisoners, and we should urge the United Nations to set up a system to examine what has occurred in Iran \u2014 in the past, and now.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6990\" data-end=\"7028\">Now you may say, \u201cThat can\u2019t be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7030\" data-end=\"7156\">But I know how the overseas budgets of governments work. You don\u2019t need to give lots of money. You need to provide judges.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7158\" data-end=\"7265\">And where better to find them than in the Iranian diaspora? There are already lawyers and judges out there.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7267\" data-end=\"7363\">We need to recruit them across Europe and the world, and give them an agenda for change.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7365\" data-end=\"7458\">And lastly \u2014 and most importantly \u2014 we must continue and expand our support for the NCRI.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7460\" data-end=\"7521\">Because without them, we would not be where we are today.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7523\" data-end=\"7607\">And if we want to win \u2014 and I believe we will \u2014 we won\u2019t get there without them.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7609\" data-end=\"7690\">The future is the Iranian people \u2014 free and democratic. Let\u2019s get on with it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UK Minister Sir Alan Meale delivers a powerful speech at a Paris conference, supporting the NCRI and urging global action for a democratic Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":74620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3037,18,1,32],"tags":[3423,3396],"class_list":["post-74616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-iran-2025","category-supports","category-news","category-videos","tag-sir-alan-meale","tag-the-second-free-iran-2025-conference"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sir Alan Meale Advocates 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