{"id":80196,"date":"2025-10-30T01:08:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=80196"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:43:17","slug":"free-iran-2025-youth-gathering-in-paris-demands-democratic-republic-rejects-monarchy-and-theocracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-2025\/2025\/10\/free-iran-2025-youth-gathering-in-paris-demands-democratic-republic-rejects-monarchy-and-theocracy\/80196\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Iran 2025 Youth Gathering in Paris Demands Democratic Republic, Rejects Monarchy and Theocracy"},"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_80204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80204\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80204\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Free-Iran-2025-Youth-in-Paris-demand-democracy-reject-monarchy-and-theocracy.jpg\" alt=\"Free Iran 2025: Youth in Paris demand democracy, reject monarchy and theocracy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" 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\/10\/Free-Iran-2025-Youth-in-Paris-demand-democracy-reject-monarchy-and-theocracy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Free-Iran-2025-Youth-in-Paris-demand-democracy-reject-monarchy-and-theocracy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Free-Iran-2025-Youth-in-Paris-demand-democracy-reject-monarchy-and-theocracy-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free Iran 2025: Youth in Paris demand democracy, reject monarchy and theocracy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"286\" data-end=\"377\">International youth gathering links Europe, North America and Australia<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"484\" data-end=\"992\">On Saturday, October 25, 2025, an eight-hour international youth gathering titled \u201cFree Iran 2025\u201d brought together young supporters of the Iranian Resistance from across Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia. The meeting, held in the presence of <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" rel=\"\">NCRI<\/a> President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> on the eve of the anniversary of Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2019 uprising<\/a>, was linked live to simultaneous youth assemblies in Bonn, London, and Zurich. Political figures from several countries also joined online as observers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1465\">Over the course of the event, speakers from 32 youth associations \u2014 athletes, engineers and technical specialists, lawyers and legal experts, doctors and medical staff, students, academics, researchers, families of slain activists, and young participants in the 2019 and <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/tag\/iran-protests-2022\/page\/12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 protests<\/a> inside Iran \u2014 took the floor. The message repeated throughout the day was that Iran\u2019s younger generation sees itself not as an audience to politics, but as an organized force for change.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On October 25th, young people from 32 associations across Canada, Australia, the United States, and Europe came together in Paris for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranYouthCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranYouthCongress<\/a>.<br>Standing with the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the brave youth inside Iran who continue to fight\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zCSvkUnV7L\">pic.twitter.com\/zCSvkUnV7L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Youth for Iran (@YouthforIran_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YouthforIran_\/status\/1983573395326616057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1472\" data-end=\"1534\">Keynote: Maryam Rajavi frames the decisive historic moment<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"2347\">In her <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/2025\/10\/free-iran-2025-maryam-rajavi-urges-irans-youth-to-lead-the-final-battle-for-freedom\/80137\/\" rel=\"\">keynote address<\/a>, Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> declared that \u201cthe people of Iran and the Iranian Resistance have reached an extraordinary moment in history.\u201d She said destiny now \u201cknocks at the door, calling upon us to fulfill our great historic duty and rise up for freedom.\u201d She saluted the \u201crebellious young generation\u201d whose courage and organization would \u201cbring down the tyrannical rule of the mullahs.\u201d Mrs. Rajavi cited the November 2019 uprising that erupted in 200 cities, where protesters targeted more than 1,890 centers of repression and over 1,500 demonstrators were killed. She reiterated that the regime now faces its most decisive phase: \u201cEither the continuation of this regime, or a democratic revolution \u2014 either the rule of the mullahs\u2019 Supreme Leader or a republic founded on the people\u2019s vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Maryam Rajavi Addresses Youths\u2019 Gathering \u2013 Free Iran 2025 (Oct 25, 2025)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L3lvfEYRD04?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2429\" data-end=\"2509\">Legal professionals and political alternative: a secular, pluralist republic<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2511\" data-end=\"3240\">Speakers repeatedly framed that alternative as a secular, democratic republic. A representative of young legal professionals, Mahan Taraj, said Iran\u2019s current judiciary \u201cis itself the embodiment of injustice,\u201d accusing it of using religion to justify torture, executions, and censorship. He said the Iran they seek \u201cwill be neither a monarchy nor a religious dictatorship, but a pluralist republic based on the rule of law,\u201d citing two points from Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan: the abolition of the death penalty and the separation of religion and state. He warned that a \u201creturn to a powerful central executive without true separation of powers,\u201d as proposed by backers of a revived monarchy, would reproduce authoritarianism.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">La jeunesse iranienne en exil porte la voix des unit\u00e9s de r\u00e9sistance de l'OMPI qui en Iran luttent au prix de leur vie pour renverser la dictature des mollahs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranYouthCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranYouthCongress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2LTOfX2CzA\">https:\/\/t.co\/2LTOfX2CzA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mahan (@Mahan13601981) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mahan13601981\/status\/1983461229365739658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3247\" data-end=\"3321\">The generational cost \u2014 families of the slain and survivors\u2019 testimony<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3323\" data-end=\"3427\"><em>The generational dimension \u2014 and the cost paid by families over decades \u2014 was one of the central themes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3429\" data-end=\"3505\"><em>Several speakers introduced themselves through the losses in their families.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3507\" data-end=\"4046\">Negar Safa, a 22-year-old medical student, spoke as part of the \u201cFamilies of Martyrs\u201d delegation. She described her uncle, arrested in 1981 for supporting 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>) and later executed in <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/1988-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1988<\/a> in Gohardasht Prison. She recalled the mass executions of some 30,000 political prisoners in the summer of 1988 and said that even today there is \u201cno grave\u201d for many of them. \u201cEven if you build a parking lot over their mass graves,\u201d she said to the regime, \u201cwe will not forgive and we will not forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4048\" data-end=\"4640\">Elham Sajedian, who holds a master\u2019s degree in geology from Shiraz University and now lives in Switzerland, said her father, Mohammad Sajedian, was imprisoned under both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/who-was-mohammad-reza-pahlavi-shah-irans-last-pahlavi-dictator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shah<\/a> and the clerical regime and executed at age 34. She said that even the youngest relatives of <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" rel=\"\">PMOI<\/a> members are pressured and threatened. According to her account, authorities have tried to prevent families from even engraving names on headstones. She called the Iranian Resistance\u2019s demand to abolish the death penalty \u201cthe cure for the wounds left on a whole generation that grew up without a father or mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On October 25, the first Free Iran Youth Congress \"Onwards to a Democratic Republic\" took place in Paris, with simultaneous gatherings of youth in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured prominent political figures from around the world, remarks by Mrs. Maryam\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mDEvtZNLgJ\">pic.twitter.com\/mDEvtZNLgJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neda Amani (@NedaAmani_CH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NedaAmani_CH\/status\/1983625487000990047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"4647\" data-end=\"4717\">Testimonies from inside Iran: activists describe a society on edge<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4719\" data-end=\"4852\"><strong>Young activists who said they had taken part in recent uprisings inside Iran described a society on edge and a regime \u201cat the brink.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4854\" data-end=\"5519\">Hassan Amani, known as Farzad, introduced himself as an activist in the 2022 uprising. He said that in his city, Kermanshah, he helped form a local pro-MEK network after discovering the group through satellite television in 2016. He described how his own children, both shot with plastic rounds during protests, joined him in anti-regime demonstrations. He testified that during mass arrests, detainees found with images of the exiled former crown prince were \u201creleased quickly,\u201d while anyone suspected of supporting the PMOI faced prison, torture, or even execution. \u201cThat was when I understood,\u201d he said, \u201cthat the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-units\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> are the nightmare of Khamenei.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5521\" data-end=\"6051\">From Shiraz, Abdollah Bazrafkan described the street confrontations during November 2019 and again in 2022. He said crowds chanted \u201cNo Shah, no Supreme Leader\u201d and \u201cDeath to the dictator\u201d while teams of security forces \u201ccharged at even small groups of protesters.\u201d According to his account, some neighborhoods managed to hold off authorities for hours. He said regime officials themselves admitted they had come \u201cto the edge of collapse,\u201d and he argued that \u201cIran is not the personal property of a turbaned or a crowned dictator.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranYouthCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranYouthCongress<\/a> was like no other.<br>32 years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a> shattered every glass ceiling by introducing the MEK Leadership Council \u2014 entirely composed of women. But she didn\u2019t stop there. She took generations of women and girls under her wings and turned them into a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/14vbJ3DV1y\">pic.twitter.com\/14vbJ3DV1y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zolal Habibi \uea00 (@Ashrafi4ever) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ashrafi4ever\/status\/1982932355120586946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"6058\" data-end=\"6113\">Economic critique: resources diverted to repression<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"6115\" data-end=\"6184\"><strong>The economic cost of repression and militarization was another focus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6186\" data-end=\"7056\">Ali Bagheri, university researcher in Brussels, said that in a country he described as one of the world\u2019s top holders of oil, gas, and mineral reserves, energy shortages and infrastructure breakdowns are not \u201cmismanagement\u201d but \u201ca structural looting.\u201d He accused the regime of diverting \u201c2,000 billion dollars from people\u2019s pockets\u201d into nuclear activities and regional militias. He cited what he called basic performance figures: power plant efficiency \u201cbelow 38 percent\u201d compared with \u201cabove 45 percent\u201d in international benchmarks; and roughly \u201c20 percent\u201d of the country\u2019s gas production lost in transmission and waste. He said Iran has \u201c300 sunny days a year,\u201d but that less than one percent of the grid comes from solar energy, compared to \u201c15 percent in Turkey.\u201d For him, this shows that \u201cthe country\u2019s resources are being spent on repression, not on the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was honored to join the Free Iran Youth Congress alongside hundreds of courageous Iranian youth fighting for freedom and democracy.<br>Thank you, Mrs. Rajavi, for the opportunity to stand with you in pursuit of these noble ideals.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IStandWithMaryamRajavi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IStandWithMaryamRajavi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KX4RrT9Fb9\">https:\/\/t.co\/KX4RrT9Fb9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali Bagheri (@Bagheri_Ali_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bagheri_Ali_\/status\/1982903254175678499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"7063\" data-end=\"7124\">Health system collapse and medical professionals\u2019 appeals<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"7126\" data-end=\"7185\"><strong>Medical professionals described a collapsing health system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7187\" data-end=\"7740\">A young doctor, Samira Ardalan, said many Iranians are effectively locked out of healthcare due to \u201ca 46 percent hike in service costs\u201d and what she called a lack of national coverage. She pointed to an admission by a former senior official that around 700,000 people in Iran had died of COVID-19 by the end of the previous administration. She honored medical workers such as \u201cDr. Aida Rostami,\u201d described as having been killed \u201cfor treating wounded protesters in 2022,\u201d and pledged that \u201cno citizen should be denied treatment, medicine, or basic care.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was an honour to have had the opportunity to be part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranYouthCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranYouthCongress<\/a> in the presence of Maryam Rajavi, elected president of the NCRI, an inexhaustible source of inspiration, and hundreds of young Iranian activists from all over the world, gathered in support of a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V8vtLXJMTO\">https:\/\/t.co\/V8vtLXJMTO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samira (@samiraardalani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samiraardalani\/status\/1982918029777482096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"7747\" data-end=\"7801\">Engineers, professionals, and the misuse of talent<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"7803\" data-end=\"8571\">Engineer Behrouz Maqsoudi, representing the delegation of Iranian engineers and professionals, condemned the regime\u2019s systematic destruction of Iran\u2019s economic and industrial capacity. He said that while Iranian engineers abroad are among the most skilled and innovative in Europe, the regime at home \u201cjails inventors, executes the gifted, and turns a nation of builders into a nation of survivors.\u201d Maqsoudi pointed to the plunder of Iran\u2019s natural resources and the misuse of oil revenues for military repression instead of national development. He added that the future democratic Iran envisioned by the Resistance would prioritize investment in science, infrastructure, and renewable energy, harnessing the talents of the younger generation to rebuild the country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6756\" data-end=\"7392\">Other speakers focused on what they called the deliberate suffocation of talent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was an honour to be part of this! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRIAlternative?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCRIAlternative<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ndn5ZvJDcq\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ndn5ZvJDcq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ehsan Ayatollahi (@ehsan_ay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ehsan_ay\/status\/1982913805169705117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"8578\" data-end=\"8637\">Suffocation of talent and the diaspora\u2019s responsibility<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"8721\" data-end=\"9256\">Dr. Hanifeh Khayyeri, vice president of a Swedish research institute and an adviser on innovation policy for European institutions, said Iran is \u201cnot building a society, it is only trying to keep the regime alive.\u201d She argued that instead of investing in researchers and specialists, the authorities \u201carrest the gifted, execute the brilliant, and hang talent from the gallows.\u201d She said those who live abroad \u201chave a responsibility to act as the voice\u201d of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/category\/iranian-resistance-activities-inside-iran\/\" rel=\"\">Resistance Units<\/a> inside Iran and to \u201cmake their capacity visible and undeniable.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"9263\" data-end=\"9302\">Psychological cost and youth trauma<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"9304\" data-end=\"9360\"><strong>The psychological cost for youth was addressed directly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"9362\" data-end=\"10163\">Sahar Sanai, a psychoanalyst working with adolescents, said she grew up in a culture that teaches \u201ceveryone for themselves,\u201d while losing close family members \u2014 including her father, killed in Operation Eternal Light \u2014 to the armed conflict with the regime. She described treating children and teenagers who had watched parents beaten, sisters and mothers harassed in public, and classmates killed. She said that during the 2022 protests \u201cteenagers were writing their wills before going into the streets,\u201d and she cited witnesses who counted \u201cat least 80 children\u201d killed in the crackdown, adding that the number had been even higher in the November 2019 uprising. She called the readiness of teenagers to join Resistance Units evidence of a generation that \u201cknows it has no future under this regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Youth on fire! This is what change looks like \ud83d\udc9a\ud83e\udd0d\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranYouthCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranYouthCongress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jaD7dIQg0m\">pic.twitter.com\/jaD7dIQg0m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pegah Jahan (@pegahtron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pegahtron\/status\/1982926349015945290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"10170\" data-end=\"10234\">Youth abroad: a responsibility to keep the banner of freedom<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"10236\" data-end=\"10545\">Elaheh Mossadegh, a pharmacy student in Sweden, said her generation had \u201crisen from the ashes of repression\u201d and now regarded resistance as \u201ca responsibility, not merely a hope.\u201d Citing imprisoned students inside Iran, she vowed that youth abroad would \u201cnot lay down the banner of freedom until Iran is free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10547\" data-end=\"10968\">From the North American and European youth associations, Sepideh Orafa told the gathering that the movement\u2019s young supporters saw the struggle as \u201ca promise to those inside Iran that their courage will not be in vain.\u201d She praised \u201cthe young members of the PMOI who grew up in free societies yet chose sacrifice over privilege,\u201d calling their choice \u201ca living reminder that freedom for one Iranian means freedom for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10970\" data-end=\"11274\">Ryan Salami, another delegate from the same network, described his engagement as a personal moral duty: \u201cI see the PMOI not just as a movement, but as a living embodiment of hope and purpose,\u201d he said, adding that he joined \u201cbecause change will come only through our own unity and organized persistence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"11276\" data-end=\"11625\">Kianoush Sadeghpour, speaking after him, addressed \u201cthe enemies of Iran\u2019s freedom and independence,\u201d declaring that the young generation would not allow \u201cthe revolution of the people or its sacrifices to be stolen again,\u201d a reference to 1979. \u201cWe are the descendants of those who swept away the Shah,\u201d he said, \u201cand we will also remove the mullahs.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The regime has done everything imaginable trying to keep people from joining the Iranian resistance, and yet we see more and more young people getting inspired by Mrs Maryam Rajavi and becoming active in this struggle against the oppressors, for freedom! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranYouthCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranYouthCongress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lPrWcAo7sa\">https:\/\/t.co\/lPrWcAo7sa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elaheh \u0627\u0644\u0647\u0647 (@ela1379) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ela1379\/status\/1982889148047564896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"11632\" data-end=\"11708\">Final Youth Resolution: nine points, rejection of monarchy and theocracy<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"11710\" data-end=\"12082\">The meeting concluded with the reading of the Final Youth Resolution by Soroush Aboutalebi and Arash Momeni, who jointly summarized nine key points demanding the overthrow of the clerical regime and the establishment of a democratic republic. Their text condemned \u201cboth monarchy and theocracy\u201d and pledged to support the Resistance Units and the platform of Maryam Rajavi.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"12084\" data-end=\"12450\">Finally, Saba Rezaei delivered the closing words, reiterating the rally\u2019s theme: \u201cWe can, we are able, and we must.\u201d Rejecting both hereditary rule and religious despotism, she said, \u201cThe crown will not free us; it serves only itself. No king, past or future, can bring the democracy our people deserve. Our fight is for a free Iran \u2014 free of Shah and mullah alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Being part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranYouthCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranYouthCongress<\/a> reminded me what real leadership and perseverance look like.<br>Under Maryam Rajavi\u2019s fearless guidance, we\u2019ve learned that freedom is fought for, not given.<br>She\u2019s shown us that the strength of women and youth is the driving force of freedom,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1RtqRGeyV\">pic.twitter.com\/T1RtqRGeyV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sara (@SaraSutudumaram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaraSutudumaram\/status\/1982930632440181050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"12457\" data-end=\"12520\">Ashraf 3 as symbol and model for post-regime reconstruction<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"12522\" data-end=\"13069\">Throughout the meeting, several speakers pointed to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2019\/08\/ashraf-3-home-to-iranian-opposition-group-mek-in-albania\/12507\/\" rel=\"\">Ashraf 3<\/a>,\u201d described from the stage as \u201ca symbol of resistance, perseverance, and unwavering resolve,\u201d and \u201chome to 1,000 women described as heroines and 1,000 former political prisoners.\u201d Participants presented it as proof that, after missile strikes on Camp Liberty a decade ago that killed 24 PMOI members, the movement could regroup and physically rebuild in a short time. The argument offered was that the same model of rapid reconstruction could be applied \u201cthe day after\u201d change in Iran.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"13076\" data-end=\"13141\">Joint resolution: diagnosis of crisis and a clear alternative<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"13143\" data-end=\"13585\">The event closed with the reading of a joint resolution by youth representatives. The text described Iran as being in one of the most critical periods of its modern history after \u201c105 years of dictatorship under Shah and mullahs.\u201d It cited mass unemployment, \u201crunaway inflation,\u201d poverty, corruption, water and electricity shortages, and crises in housing and education, and said there is \u201cno prospect of reform\u201d under absolute clerical rule.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"13587\" data-end=\"14068\">The resolution declared that \u201cthe solution for Iran is the overthrow of this regime and the establishment of democracy and popular sovereignty,\u201d and argued that for the first time both \u201can explosive society\u201d and \u201can organized democratic alternative\u201d are present. It named the PMOI, with \u201c60 years of struggle against Shah and the mullahs,\u201d and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/ncri\/alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a>, with \u201c44 years of insisting on democratic and revolutionary principles,\u201d as that alternative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PARIS YOUTH CONGRESS \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83d\udd25 \u2014Generations united, inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a>\u2019s leadership and vision for a free, democratic Iran. Young Iranians across the world stand together for freedom and justice and in support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> &amp; the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tC1YWoJODG\">pic.twitter.com\/tC1YWoJODG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pouya BMT (@BMT_FreeIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BMT_FreeIran\/status\/1983276790136352979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"14070\" data-end=\"14619\">It praised the \u201cResistance Units,\u201d saying they have carried out \u201cthousands of operations against the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2023\/04\/irans-regime-irgc-a-state-sponsored-terrorist-organization\/44858\/\" rel=\"\">IRGC<\/a> and other centers of repression,\u201d and said their actions have spread a \u201cculture of resistance\u201d even among non-political prisoners. It referred to a recent \u201c12-day war\u201d and said this had once again shown that regime change in Iran will not come from foreign military intervention or diplomatic accommodation, but from \u201cthe people and their organized resistance\u201d \u2014 a line described as Maryam Rajavi\u2019s \u201cthird option: neither war nor appeasement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"14621\" data-end=\"14940\">The resolution also rejected any return to monarchy, calling \u201cthe prince and the monarchists\u201d the \u201cde facto allies of the clerical regime,\u201d and accusing them of working \u201cin the mullahs\u2019 favor and obstructing the path of overthrow.\u201d The final slogans were explicit: \u201cNo Shah, no Supreme Leader,\u201d and \u201cDeath to Khamenei.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the sidelines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025<\/a> Youths' Convention, Simay Azadi conducted dozens of interviews with participants. Tune in, as we will publish them soon on this platform! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ocnhe3crQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/7ocnhe3crQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qrdHvTPlvO\">pic.twitter.com\/qrdHvTPlvO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/1982871316899475873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"14947\" data-end=\"15011\">Commitments: support for Resistance Units, PMOI and Ashraf 3<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"15013\" data-end=\"15518\">The signatories \u2014 identifying themselves as young specialists, academics, engineers, doctors, and entrepreneurs from Europe, North America, and Australia \u2014 pledged \u201cactive political and practical support\u201d for the Resistance Units, the PMOI, and what they called \u201cthe heart of the Resistance, <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2019\/08\/ashraf-3-home-to-iranian-opposition-group-mek-in-albania\/12507\/\" rel=\"\">Ashraf 3<\/a>.\u201d They said their task was also to \u201cblock the plots and deals of those who oppose Iran\u2019s freedom and independence,\u201d and to convince \u201call international parties\u201d to recognize the Resistance Units\u2019 struggle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our U.S. delegation joined youth from Europe and Australia for a major convention for a Democratic Republic in Iran. We united to say \u201cNo Shah, No Mullahs,\u201d supporting the MEK, Resistance Units &amp; the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a> Ten-Point Plan for a free Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranYouthCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranYouthCongress<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ETG2CijWId\">pic.twitter.com\/ETG2CijWId<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iranian American Youth for a Free Iran (@IAYFFI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAYFFI\/status\/1982868199655039032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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=\"15520\" data-end=\"15913\">They committed to provide financial support to the movement and to place their skills at the service of rebuilding a \u201cfree and prosperous Iran\u201d after the fall of the current regime, \u201cwithout any personal expectation.\u201d The statement concluded with an oath to pursue that mission \u201cdown to our last breath,\u201d and closed with: \u201cLong live Iran. Long live freedom. Death to <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/10\/who-is-ali-khamenei-iranian-regime-supreme-leader\/19254\/\" rel=\"\">Khamenei<\/a>. Hail to <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi-mek-pmoi\/\" rel=\"\">Rajavi.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youth at Free Iran 2025 in Paris call for a secular democratic republic, rejecting both monarchy and theocracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":80204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3037,867,1,32],"tags":[3854],"class_list":["post-80196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-iran-2025","category-iranian-resistance","category-news","category-videos","tag-free-iran-2025-youth-gathering"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Free Iran 2025 Youth Gathering in Paris 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