{"id":80644,"date":"2025-11-17T10:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=80644"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:10:17","slug":"free-iran-convention-2025-leaders-define-irans-democratic-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-2025\/2025\/11\/free-iran-convention-2025-leaders-define-irans-democratic-future\/80644\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Iran Convention 2025: Leaders Define Iran\u2019s Democratic Future"},"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_80724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80724\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-80724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Free-Iran-Convention-2025-Nov-15-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Free Iran Convention 2025 - Nov 15, 2025\" 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\/11\/Free-Iran-Convention-2025-Nov-15-2025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Free-Iran-Convention-2025-Nov-15-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Free-Iran-Convention-2025-Nov-15-2025-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free Iran Convention 2025 \u2013 Nov 15, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 data-start=\"436\" data-end=\"491\">A Nation on the Brink of Change<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"961\">the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-Free-Iran-Convention-Media-Kit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Iran Convention 2025<\/a> brought together hundreds of Iranian American scholars, professionals, human rights advocates, youth leaders, and community organizers from across the United States, joined virtually by supporters and dignitaries worldwide. Centered on the theme <strong>\u201cThe Path to a Democratic, Prosperous Republic in Iran,\u201d<\/strong> the all-day gathering examined the country\u2019s rapidly evolving internal dynamics and the growing momentum toward democratic transition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1332\">Morning panels highlighted the regime\u2019s deepening crisis, the expanding leadership roles of women and youth within the Resistance, and the strategic roadmap for transferring sovereignty to the Iranian people. Participants underscored that change is not hypothetical: it is imminent, driven by a well-organized, determined population prepared to reclaim Iran\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"FREE IRAN CONVENTION 2025 - The Path to A Democratic, Prosperous Republic in Iran Sat., Nov 15, 2025\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rneUi9vZF9Y?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<h2 data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1555\">Key Speeches and Highlights<\/h2>\n<h3 data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"228\">Dr. Sofey Saidi, Scholar-Practitioner in International Relations and Member of the NCRI<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"557\"><strong data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"249\">Dr. Sofey Saidi<\/strong> opened the main session, welcoming attendees and highlighting the significance of the day\u2019s discussions. She emphasized that the panels\u2014spanning political analysis, human rights testimony, and strategic planning\u2014demonstrated a common truth: Iran\u2019s transformation is no longer theoretical but underway.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"1047\">Dr. Saidi noted that hundreds of Iranian American scholars, professionals, youth, and human rights advocates, together with international supporters, had convened to examine Iran\u2019s rapidly changing internal landscape and the growing momentum for democratic transition. She stressed the importance of structure and discipline in revolutionary movements, warning that revolutions without organized frameworks risk collapse, whereas disciplined movements with clear governance succeed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Sofey Saidi highlights the growing momentum for a democratic, secular, non-nuclear Iran\u2014powered by youth, women, and organized resistance. The NCRI stands ready to guide a peaceful transition. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranConvention2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranConvention2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NIlFCaJH0a\">https:\/\/t.co\/NIlFCaJH0a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1989787928651034630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1172\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1566\">In her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/convention-in-washington-the-regimes-inability-to-enact-any-reforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keynote remarks<\/a>, <strong data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1220\">Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a><\/strong> framed the central challenge facing Iran and the world: \u201cHow can meaningful change be realized in Iran? This is the fundamental question of our time.\u201d She declared that the regime has entered its terminal phase\u2014 \u201cthe final phase of its winter\u201d\u2014marked by economic collapse, eroding social control, and a society \u201cready to bring this regime down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"2048\">Mrs. Rajavi emphasized that the roots of Iran\u2019s crisis cannot be reformed or moderated. \u201cIs it conceivable to reform this regime? Should one wait for it to become more rational?\u201d she asked, noting that both hardliners and so-called reformists have overseen mass executions, repression, and regional warmongering. She reiterated her long-standing <strong data-start=\"1914\" data-end=\"1930\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/regime-change-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Third Optio<\/a>n<\/strong>: \u201cneither appeasement nor war, but the overthrow of the regime by the Iranian people and their organized Resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2050\" data-end=\"2621\">She honored the rise of <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-units\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> and the new generation leading Iran\u2019s uprisings, describing them as \u201cthe Iranian people\u2019s great Army of Freedom.\u201d Their courage, she argued, proves how regime change will be achieved\u2014from inside the country through organized struggle. She concluded by reaffirming the NCRI\u2019s democratic program: \u201cWe seek a democratic republic, free elections, the separation of religion and state, gender equality, and autonomy for Iran\u2019s nationalities. We are not fighting to seize power. Our goal is to return sovereignty to the people of Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025Convention?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025Convention<\/a> in Washington, D.C.<br>\nConvening this assembly to examine the current grave and sensitive circumstances is both timely and indispensable.<br>\nThe war that erupted a few months ago demonstrated unequivocally that the policy of appeasement has failed, and it has\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qTcdWKsZQo\">pic.twitter.com\/qTcdWKsZQo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1989853979958800563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2628\" data-end=\"2674\">Mike Pompeo, Former U.S. Secretary of State<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2676\" data-end=\"2954\">Former U.S. Secretary of State <strong data-start=\"2707\" data-end=\"2722\">Mike Pompeo<\/strong> described the regime in Tehran as increasingly fragile, stating, \u201cThis regime is weak\u2026 more internationally isolated than ever,\u201d and noted that it survives only by \u201cfear as its only tool,\u201d pointing to the violent crackdown of 2022.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2956\" data-end=\"3457\">Pompeo highlighted regional failures, including Hezbollah\u2019s decline and Assad\u2019s loss of control, and stressed that Iran\u2019s influence is collapsing. Yet the decisive force for change lies inside Iran: \u201cA nation that has arisen from inside to oust a regime that is illegitimate.\u201d He urged Western governments to abandon appeasement, warning that cash or concessions only enable repression, and emphasized that the NCRI has never sought foreign boots on the ground\u2014only support for the Iranian opposition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mikepompeo<\/a>, Former US Secretary of State: The Iranian regime is weak, isolated, &amp; devoid of legitimacy. Internal resistance\u2014led by the NCRI and inspired by Maryam Rajavi\u2014is the force that will bring real change. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranConvention2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranConvention2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRIAlternative?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCRIAlternative<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hAVbl9x2B1\">https:\/\/t.co\/hAVbl9x2B1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1989799899727343849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3464\" data-end=\"3523\">John Bercow, Former Speaker of the U.K. House of Commons<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3525\" data-end=\"3941\"><strong data-start=\"3525\" data-end=\"3540\">John Bercow<\/strong> praised the convention\u2019s energy, calling it unlike any other he had attended in his political career. He honored the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a> for organizing the event and highlighted the women\u2019s and youth panels as especially moving. Condemning the clerical regime as a \u201cfailed state,\u201d he dismissed claims that Iran lacks a viable democratic alternative and denounced self-appointed opposition figures as illegitimate.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3943\" data-end=\"4134\">Bercow emphasized that true legitimacy belongs to those who have remained on the ground, organized, and sacrificed: \u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK<\/a> has been doing precisely that for almost four and a half decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Bercow, Former Speaker of the UK Parliament: The sheer energy, precision, and passion of this NCRI gathering is unlike any convention I\u2019ve seen in 46 years of public life. A powerful force united for Iran\u2019s freedom and dignity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranConvention2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranConvention2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B2wQwE1xEs\">https:\/\/t.co\/B2wQwE1xEs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1989807465626574950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"4141\" data-end=\"4190\">Carla Sands, Former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4192\" data-end=\"4722\">Former U.S. Ambassador <strong data-start=\"4215\" data-end=\"4230\">Carla Sands<\/strong> praised <strong data-start=\"4239\" data-end=\"4263\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi\u2019s<\/strong> leadership and noted that the convention reflected a political reality the world can no longer ignore. She highlighted that the regime\u2019s fear is focused on the MEK and its organized <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/category\/iranian-resistance-activities-inside-iran\/\" rel=\"\">Resistance Units<\/a>, not exiled monarchs or lobbyists. Sands underscored the central role of women in the Iranian Resistance, calling it \u201cthe only revolution in the Middle East led by women,\u201d historic and emblematic of the democratic future envisioned in Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlaHSands?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CarlaHSands<\/a>: \u201cThis convention is not symbolic\u2014it\u2019s proof that the Iranian people reject dictatorship and already have a democratic alternative. The NCRI is not theory. It is a government-in-waiting that survived prison, executions, and exile.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IJfbv5PW2s\">https:\/\/t.co\/IJfbv5PW2s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1989817374480994337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"4729\" data-end=\"4772\">Patrick Kennedy, Former U.S. Congressman<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4774\" data-end=\"5297\"><strong data-start=\"4774\" data-end=\"4793\">Patrick Kennedy<\/strong> emphasized the movement\u2019s depth, discipline, and readiness to lead Iran\u2019s democratic transition. Citing his visit to Ashraf-3, he described how residents maintained culture and community under siege. Kennedy framed Iran\u2019s struggle in universal moral terms, paralleling global movements against apartheid and totalitarianism. He highlighted the courage of Iranian youth and reaffirmed that the only viable path is through the democratic principles of the NCRI and <strong data-start=\"5257\" data-end=\"5279\">Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/tomorrow-s-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten-Point Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Patrick Kennedy: \u201cThis is not an Iranian fight alone. It is a universal fight for human dignity. The world must stand with the Iranian people against a regime that leads the world in executing its own citizens.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRIAlternative?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCRIAlternative<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OurChoiceMaryamRajavi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OurChoiceMaryamRajavi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uI4dGB3C52\">https:\/\/t.co\/uI4dGB3C52<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1989823536287092958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"5304\" data-end=\"5380\">Professor Hossein Sadeghpour, Harvard\u2013Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"5382\" data-end=\"5865\"><strong data-start=\"5382\" data-end=\"5414\">Professor Hossein Sadeghpour<\/strong> traced Iran\u2019s struggle for democratic governance over the last century, from the Constitutional Revolution of 1905 to the 1953 CIA\u2013MI6 coup, through the Shah\u2019s authoritarianism and Khomeini\u2019s rise. He stressed that liberty is earned through sacrifice and resistance. Prof. Sadeghpour identified the NCRI and MEK as the only organized movement capable of translating these lessons into a practical, evidence-based roadmap for Iran\u2019s democratic future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prof. Hossein Sadeghpour: Iran\u2019s struggle against Shahs and Sheikhs is a century-long fight for democracy. History repeats itself: betrayal, coups, massacres\u2014but freedom is forged through resistance, not dynasties or foreign patrons.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIranConvention2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIranConvention2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b4DwPDXw7O\">https:\/\/t.co\/b4DwPDXw7O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1989826542004793432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"5872\" data-end=\"5928\">Guy Benson, Political Editor and National Commentator<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"5930\" data-end=\"6477\"><strong data-start=\"5930\" data-end=\"5944\">Guy Benson<\/strong> closed the convention with a personal reflection, recounting experiences of the Iran\u2013Iraq War and acts of defiance by Iranian women, connecting it to the current struggle. He declared that the vision of a free, secular, democratic, non-nuclear Iran is now within reach. Highlighting the regime\u2019s structural weakness exposed by recent events, Benson emphasized U.S. support for the Iranian people and concluded with a vision of a Free Iran Convention held in a free Tehran: \u201cdiscussing not what might be, but what has been achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guy Benson: \u201cIranian women demanding freedom and equality are heroic. The regime has exposed its weakness while the people\u2019s courage shines. 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