{"id":75802,"date":"2025-07-04T09:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=75802"},"modified":"2025-07-04T09:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:05:38","slug":"european-parliaments-fofi-group-backs-maryam-rajavis-third-option-amid-iran-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/supports\/2025\/07\/european-parliaments-fofi-group-backs-maryam-rajavis-third-option-amid-iran-crackdown\/75802\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament\u2019s FOFI Group Backs Maryam Rajavi\u2019s \u201cThird Option\u201d Amid Iran Crackdown"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_75806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75806\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Important Statement by FOFI: Support for Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Third Option<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"904\">The Friends of Free Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FOFI_EP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOFI<\/a>), a cross-party group in the European Parliament, has issued a powerful statement condemning the Iranian regime\u2019s recent wave of repression and aligning itself with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/regime-change-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Third Option<\/a>\u201d for democratic change.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"904\">In a tweet posted on July 2, 2025, FOFI reaffirmed its support for Iran\u2019s organized resistance and denounced the regime\u2019s escalating violence, arbitrary executions, and suppression of dissent.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"1253\">\n<p data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"926\">\u201cFOFI Statement:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"1253\">\n<li data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"975\">\n<p data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"975\">Alarmed by regime\u2019s intensifying crackdown<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"1047\">\n<p data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"1047\">Wave of mass arrests\/worsening conditions for political prisoners<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1155\">\n<p data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1155\">Increasing use of arbitrary executions and systematic violence is regime\u2019s attempt to silence dissent<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1253\">\n<p data-start=\"1160\" data-end=\"1253\">Supports <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%23IranThirdOption&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IranThirdOption<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FOFI Statement: <br>\u2013 Alarmed by regime\u2019s intensifying crackdown<br>\u2013 Wave of mass arrests\/worsening conditions for political prisoners<br>\u2013 Increasing use of arbitrary executions and systematic violence is regime's attempt to silence dissent<br>\u2013 Supports <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranThirdOption?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranThirdOption<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GmN5uY8Sof\">pic.twitter.com\/GmN5uY8Sof<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Friends of a Free Iran \u2013 EP (@FOFI_EP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOFI_EP\/status\/1940739607249015037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1698\">The full statement, co-signed by FOFI Co-Chairs Petras Au\u0161trevi\u010dius (Lithuania) and Milan Zver (Slovenia), strongly condemns Iran\u2019s newly adopted espionage law, which criminalizes dissent, journalism, and online discussions related to human rights or political opposition. Alarmingly, the law allows for the death penalty under charges classified as national security threats, including discussions held in venues like the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"2006\">FOFI also emphasized that the Iranian regime\u2019s strategy of inciting conflict abroad is meant to justify oppression at home. The statement highlights the growing movement led by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" rel=\"\">NCRI<\/a>) and its President-elect, <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, as a viable and democratic alternative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speech at the European Parliament- Strasbourg<br>Today, from the home of the peoples of Europe, a unified voice was heard in support of the people of Iran, the Iranian Resistance, and the network of Resistance Units in Iran. That voice declared that the only solution to this crisis\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CyF5WJtcnk\">pic.twitter.com\/CyF5WJtcnk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1935344180332482854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2123\">Rajavi\u2019s message, echoed during a June 18 meeting with Members of the European Parliament, outlined a clear path:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2124\" data-end=\"2271\">\n<p data-start=\"2126\" data-end=\"2271\">\u201cThe solution lies neither in appeasement nor in war, but in the third option: regime change by the people of Iran and the organized resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2273\" data-end=\"2359\">The FOFI group urged the EU and its member states to adopt firmer policies, including:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2360\" data-end=\"2559\">\n<li data-start=\"2360\" data-end=\"2442\">\n<p data-start=\"2362\" data-end=\"2442\">Designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2023\/04\/irans-regime-irgc-a-state-sponsored-terrorist-organization\/44858\/\" rel=\"\">IRGC<\/a>) as a terrorist entity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2443\" data-end=\"2504\">\n<p data-start=\"2445\" data-end=\"2504\">Linking diplomacy with the release of political prisoners<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2505\" data-end=\"2559\">\n<p data-start=\"2507\" data-end=\"2559\">Supporting UN access to monitor human rights in Iran<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2561\" data-end=\"2754\">This marks another bold stance by FOFI, a group established in 2003 that has consistently advocated for human rights and democratic change in Iran, despite being targeted by the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Friends of 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