{"id":75741,"date":"2025-07-03T10:50:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=75741"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T09:02:28","slug":"sydney-rally-urges-support-for-maryam-rajavis-third-option-and-democratic-change-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-communities\/2025\/07\/sydney-rally-urges-support-for-maryam-rajavis-third-option-and-democratic-change-in-iran\/75741\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Rally Urges Support for Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Third Option and Democratic Change in Iran"},"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-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_75745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75745\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75745\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-Australia-%E2%80%93-July-1-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian-Australians Rally in Sydney Backing Democratic Change in Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"559\" 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';\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian-Australians Rally in Sydney Backing Democratic Change in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"my-0\"><strong>Sydney, Australia \u2013 July 1, 2025: <\/strong>Members of the Iranian-Australian community, who support the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), gathered in Sydney to protest against the Iranian regime and voice their support for a democratic alternative. They backed the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/regime-change-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Third Option<\/a>\u201d proposed by Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" rel=\"\">NCRI<\/a>), which advocates for democratic change led by the Iranian people and their organized resistance\u2014rejecting both war and appeasement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1306\">Demonstrators echoed <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"\">Rajavi<\/a>\u2019s message: the only viable solution for Iran is not military intervention or conciliatory diplomacy, but regime change driven by the people of Iran and the Resistance movement.<\/p>\n<p>The rally emphasized the <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" rel=\"\">PMOI<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u2019s vision for a free, democratic, and secular Iran, firmly rejecting both the current theocratic regime and any return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/who-was-mohammad-reza-pahlavi-shah-irans-last-pahlavi-dictator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monarchy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<p data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1901\">The event also highlighted the regime\u2019s ongoing human rights abuses, including systematic torture and the widespread use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/01\/iranian-political-prisoners-behrouz-ehsani-and-mehdi-hassani-face-imminent-execution-global-attention-urgently-needed\/69687\/\" rel=\"\">death penalty<\/a> against prisoners of conscience. Participants strongly condemned these violations and called for international accountability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1901\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75747\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"437\" 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\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-6-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-6-768x420.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"2051\">In line with this, the demonstrators demanded that the Iranian regime\u2019s leaders be prosecuted in an international court for crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1591\" data-end=\"1789\">Moreover, they demanded recognition of the Iranian people\u2019s right to resist tyranny, including the right of <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-units\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK Resistance Units<\/a> inside Iran to defend themselves against dictatorship and oppression.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1591\" data-end=\"1789\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75748\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" 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';\" 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