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NCRI\u2019s Rajavi says ceasefire announcement a step forward<\/li>\n
The group calls on Iranian people to overthrow Khamenei<\/li>\n
Critics question the group\u2019s support and methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
PARIS, June 24 (Reuters) \u2013 The leader of a Paris-based Iranian opposition group said on Tuesday, following the announcement of a ceasefire in the Iran-Israel air conflict, that the Iranian people should now bring down Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<\/a>\u2019s system.<\/p>\n
Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>), made her remarks one day after the last heir to the Iranian monarchy urged Western countries to accept that \u201cregime change\u201d is needed to achieve lasting peace and regional stability.<\/p>\n
She made her comments before Defence Minister Israel Katz said he had ordered the Israeli military to strike Tehran after Iran fired missiles in violation of the ceasefire.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposal for a ceasefire and ending the war is a step forward for the third option<\/a>: neither war nor appeasement,\u201d Rajavi said in a statement, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was in place following aerial conflict that began on June 13.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet the people of Iran themselves, in the battle of destiny, bring down Khamenei and the dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cWe seek a democratic, non-nuclear republic, with the separation of religion and state, gender equality and also autonomy for Iran\u2019s nationalities.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the United States bombed Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, Trump raised the possibility of Iran\u2019s hardline clerical rulers being toppled but his administration said the aim was solely to destroy Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n
The Iranian authorities did not immediately comment on Rajavi\u2019s remarks. Tehran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes and denies seeking a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n
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Welcoming the ceasefire and end of the foreign war
Reaffirming the will of the Iranian people:
freedom and victory in the battle of destiny against religious fascism
The proposal for a ceasefire and ending the war is a step forward for the third option: neither war nor\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/HDu9TYKWC9<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n