{"id":75982,"date":"2025-07-10T09:48:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=75982"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:48:42","slug":"iran-159-french-mps-call-for-a-democratic-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-2025\/2025\/07\/iran-159-french-mps-call-for-a-democratic-alternative\/75982\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: 159 French MPs Call for a \u201cDemocratic Alternative"},"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_75985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75985\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75985\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-4.jpg\" alt=\"France, Paris - July 8, 2025 \u2013 A group of 159 French Members of Parliament have signed a statement expressing their support for a \u201cdemocratic alternative\u201d in Iran.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" 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\/France-Paris-July-8-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">France, Paris \u2013 July 8, 2025 \u2013 A group of 159 French Members of Parliament have signed a statement expressing their support for a \u201cdemocratic alternative\u201d in Iran.<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"366\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Iran: 159 members of the French Parliament have called for \u201ca democratic alternative\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"366\"><strong data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"165\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">AFP \u2013 July 8, 2025<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> \u2013 A group of 159 French Members of Parliament have signed a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.iranfocus.com\/news\/resistance\/20099-iran-159-deputes-francais-appellent-a-une-alternative-democratique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressing their support<\/a> for a \u201cdemocratic alternative\u201d in Iran, according to an announcement made Tuesday by the Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran (CPID), which brings these MPs together.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Resistance against tyranny is the natural right of people. In the statement of the Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> (CPID), 150 representatives of the French National Assembly called for the recognition of the Iranian people's desire to overthrow the regime and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6iBpbfEPM2\">pic.twitter.com\/6iBpbfEPM2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1790446293866692676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"366\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Christine Arrighi, a member of the French National Assembly from the Green (Ecologist) Party, said:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"366\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u201cWe cannot sit idly by and watch this regime continue its bloody actions against democracy.\u201d <\/span><\/span><br data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"565\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">She added: \u201cWe fully support the possible alternative in Iran.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"762\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Among the signatories of the statement are Philippe Gosselin from the Republicans (LR) and Herv\u00e9 Saulignac from the Socialist Party.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"1021\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">MPs who gathered outside the French National Assembly to deliver the statement emphasized its cross-party nature and, according to Jean-Pierre Brard, a former MP and member of the committee, the need for \u201ca democratic Iran\u201d with \u201cneither Shahs nor mullahs.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paris \u2013  27 May 2025- Iran\u2019s opposition leader Maryam Rajavi was invited to speak at a conference in the French Parliament (National Assembly), organised by the Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran (CPID)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iran_policy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/isjcommittee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@isjcommittee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRIAlternative?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCRIAlternative<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3M0EMAVpeq\">pic.twitter.com\/3M0EMAVpeq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Firouz Mahvi (@FirouzMahvi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirouzMahvi\/status\/1927500202795008209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1268\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran, founded in 2008, includes MPs and senators from across the French political spectrum. It works to raise awareness about human rights in Iran and promote the establishment of a democratic system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1548\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The MPs, reiterating the committee\u2019s support for the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), an opposition movement in exile, warned that severe repression continues in Iran, where all dissidents and women fighting for freedom face imprisonment or the risk of death.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1550\" data-end=\"1691\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Just a few steps away, hundreds of portraits of Iranian citizens executed during waves of repression by the Islamic Republic were on display.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1865\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">This initiative was organized by the Committee to Support Human Rights in Iran, which is currently running a campaign in France to raise awareness about executions in Iran.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1867\" data-end=\"1944\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Passersby and committee members walked among the portraits of those executed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201c Le d\u00e9sir ardent de D\u00e9mocratie du peuple <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iranien?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iranien<\/a> ne saurait se concr\u00e9tiser par une quelconque ing\u00e9rence, mais par notre enti\u00e8re et inconditionnelle solidarit\u00e9  envers sa souverainet\u00e9  \u201d <\/p>\n<p>Merci aux D\u00e9put\u00e9.e.s qui s\u2019unissent pour soutenir la revendication du peuple iranien en\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QUHUoQliP0\">pic.twitter.com\/QUHUoQliP0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udce3Ella Kelian (@EllaKelian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EllaKelian\/status\/1942643531325268285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1946\" data-end=\"2362\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Among the attendees was a woman originally from northeastern Iran, a former political prisoner now a refugee in France. She looked carefully at the commemorative faces and said:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1946\" data-end=\"2362\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u201cWe must not close our eyes. I am not afraid of this regime.\u201d <\/span><\/span><br data-start=\"2187\" data-end=\"2190\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">She added: \u201cWe will stand together, hand in hand, until the fall of this regime\u2014toward a democratic republic with separation of religion and state, and without executions.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1946\" data-end=\"2362\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75987\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" 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\/France-Paris-July-8-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75988\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"661\" 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\/France-Paris-July-8-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-2-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75989\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" 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\/France-Paris-July-8-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75990\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" 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\/France-Paris-July-8-4-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-4-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/France-Paris-July-8-4-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>159 French MPs call for a democratic alternative in Iran, denouncing repression and supporting a secular republic without executions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":75985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3037,18,867,1],"tags":[3483,554,52,2746],"class_list":["post-75982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-iran-2025","category-supports","category-iranian-resistance","category-news","tag-159-french-mps","tag-international-support","tag-iranian-resistance","tag-ncri-alternative"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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