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Former UK Parliament Speaker John Bercow addresses the Free Iran Convention 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
At the Free Iran Convention 2025<\/a> in Washington, D.C., on November 15, former Speaker of the U.K. House of Commons John Bercow delivered a passionate speech celebrating the NCRI\u2019s leadership, organizational capability, and democratic principles while condemning Iran\u2019s ruling establishment as a decades-long \u201cexercise in barbarity.\u201d He praised the dynamism and professionalism of the convention\u2014especially panels led by women and young people\u2014for showcasing resilience, intellect, and unwavering moral purpose.<\/p>\n
Bercow argued that the regime\u2019s brutality, corruption, economic devastation, and sponsorship of terrorism have turned Iran into a \u201cfailed state\u201d\u2014not because of its citizens, but because of leaders who, he said, \u201cdespise their fellow human beings.\u201d Rejecting the narrative that \u201cthere is no alternative,\u201d he insisted that appeasement is pointless and asserted that the only invalid \u201cnon-alternative\u201d is a return to monarchy, offering a sharp critique of Reza Pahlavi\u2019s proposals and qualifications.<\/p>\n
He maintained that true legitimacy rests with those who stayed inside the country, built an organized resistance network, and made sacrifices for freedom\u2014namely the MEK<\/a>, the NCRI<\/a>, and the Resistance Units<\/a>. Emphasizing their dedication to pluralism, gender equality, the rule of law, and separation of religion and state, Bercow declared that change is unavoidable and urged continued determination until Iran secures a genuine, democratic future.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Excerpts of Speaker John Bercow\u2019s speech follow:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for the unparalleled warmth and generosity of the welcome you\u2019ve just extended to me, to which I don\u2019t know whether I\u2019m equal, but I\u2019ll strive my level best. Let me say Ambassador Sands, Congressman Kennedy, other distinguished dignitaries here present, and of course, paying massive respect to Secretary of State Pompeo.<\/p>\n<p>It is the most enormous privilege to be invited to be amongst your number today, and to be in the presence, perhaps not physical, but it felt almost literally physical, of greatness in the form of a political leader who is an example to women and all who aspire to political leadership in every part of the globe. And I refer, of course, to Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the joie de vivre, the raison d\u2019\u00eatre of continued life at my age, is the occasional opportunity to experience something for which I can find no precedent. I have been actively involved in politics, my friends, and I think you are my friends, for 46 years.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been very privileged to attend meetings, seminars, congresses, conferences, and conventions in virtually every part of the world, and periodically been privileged to be invited to address them. I have to tell you that I have never attended, still less been asked to address, a convention that comes anywhere near to matching the electricity, energy, or all-engrossing enthusiasm on display in this convention hall today.<\/p>\n<p>And in addition to saluting each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart, I want to say this. I\u2019ve been present for every single moment of this great convention. I don\u2019t say that because I\u2019m proud of it. I\u2019ve been fortunate, lucky, privileged to be, and I think two tributes are in order.<\/p>\n<p>First, to the NCRI for conceiving, organizing, and facilitating with almost military precision and clockwork efficiency the best convention I\u2019ve ever attended.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, my friends, is it not also appropriate to offer our salutations to the five panels whom we were fortunate to witness, and from whom we learned this morning? Each and every one sparklingly impressive, invigorating and inspiring. Intellectuals, academics, entrepreneurs, each added something, but I hope people will forgive me if I say, in that sea of unrivaled brilliance, that there were two that will remain with me for the rest of my life. And those two panels, in no particular order, were the women\u2019s panel and the young people\u2019s panel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80750\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/John-Berco-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"513\" 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\/John-Berco-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/John-Berco-1-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/John-Berco-1-768x394.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>People who\u2019ve suffered, people who\u2019ve refused to accept defeat, people who have kept going, being positive, radiating enthusiasm, demonstrating commitment, doing the hard work, standing by others. And when we talk about standing by and remembering others, let\u2019s not forget those distinguished denizens of Ashraf 3 who have sacrificed so much for so long in support of so many.<\/p>\n<p>There are many others from whom you wish to hear and from whom you will hear. I would like to focus on three points.<\/p>\n<p>First, and it does bear repetition, the regime has offered a four-and-a-half-decade-in-the-making long essay in barbarity against its own people. This is a regime characterized by intolerance, by crudity, by viciousness, by bestiality, and above all its egregious sins, by a complete incomprehension of the purpose in the minds of freedom lovers of government itself. They\u2019ve not quite got it, have they, the Ayatollahs? The purpose of government, I\u2019ll say it slowly in the hope that it might one day register, the purpose of government is to serve, to facilitate, and to empower the people of your country.<\/p>\n<p>Khomeini and his motley band of execrable thugs, think that the purpose of government is to attain power for self, and then to repress, to dominate, to terrorize, to intimidate, and to subjugate the people. They just don\u2019t get it, never have got it, never will get it. That\u2019s why they can\u2019t be improved. They have to be removed.<\/p>\n<p>And my friends, as we heard with such a combination of intellect and uncanny eloquence from so many people, Iran has become a global embarrassment. It is a veritable basket case. Not because of the inadequacies or shortcomings or lack of industry or talent of its people, but because of misgovernment, malfeasance, a government, frankly, of misanthropists, people who actually hate their fellow human beings.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why you\u2019ve got an economy destroyed, public services malfunctioning, no proper electricity or water supply, environmental degradation, mass unemployment with half the adult population not in sustainable work, [and] huge sums of money being poured into the repressive state apparatus, [and] the export of terrorism. Ladies and gentlemen, if I want to put it in three words, what have we got in this appalling government in Iran? We\u2019ve got a failed state, a failed state.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s why we know, as Secretary Pompeo has said, and as I\u2019ve heard Ambassador Sands, from whom you\u2019ll hear again, say on previous occasions, it is nonsense on stilts to think for a moment that there is no alternative. Of course there is an alternative. And the alternative isn\u2019t to appease, because these people don\u2019t respect weakness. They shudder only at a display of strength.<\/p>\n<p>So before I turn to the heroes in this debate and the sources of succor and encouragement and positivity as we move forward, allow me to focus on my second point, and that is what the alternative isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>My friends, I don\u2019t want to be too unkind, but that gives me a little bit of scope. The alternative is not, is not, is not son of Shah. No way!<\/p>\n<p>This is a guy who\u2019s lived a life of luxury, trundled around the world with enormous resources at his disposal, having scuttled away in ignominy and disgrace from the ill deeds and the consequences thereof of his late father, and who now comes forward with a blueprint, how jolly decent of the chap, for the future of Iran. An 18-month transition to a new government, but with the option of an 18-month extension on the 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>And this is a fellow who in all solemnity, without even a titter, or so much as a smile of embarrassment etched upon the contours of his visage, proposes to have the lead role in the appointment of the head of the executive branch, the head of the judicial branch, and indeed the head of the legislative branch. You know, it\u2019s sounding awfully like an old <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>. I used to think this chap thought he was the prince over the water. Perhaps he reckons he\u2019s the king over the water. I know not.<\/p>\n<p>You know, the sheer audacity, the temerity, the cheek, if I may use, as my late father would have done, an old Yiddish expression, the chutzpah of the man. The insolence of it. The brazenness of the conduct and the complete absence of any capacity for self-reflection, self-awareness, consciousness of the absurdity of putting himself forward as an alternative for the country.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80751\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" 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\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Former-UK-Parliament-Speaker-John-Bercow-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I say to Mr. Pahlavi, sir, I don\u2019t know you personally. [I have gotten on outstandingly] and with fortitude over the last 62 years without having made your acquaintance, and I daresay I shall continue to put one foot in front of the other in my remaining days on this planet. But I hope I can say on behalf of all of you in this hall, Mr. Pahlavi, you have an undistinguished past behind you. You have an undistinguished future in front of you. Don\u2019t call us, and you can be absolutely guaranteed and sure in the knowledge that we and the people of Iran will not call you.<\/p>\n<p>So my friends, I come to the third and final point, you\u2019ll be relieved to know. What is the alternative? And in particular, what\u2019s the basis? What\u2019s the basis in the course of a political debate for determining what, as an academic might say, is the determinative yardstick of who should be regarded as the authentic and legitimate alternative?<\/p>\n<p>My friends, may I politely suggest to you that the most obvious and compelling source of legitimacy is being on the ground, not having run away, organizing resistance, sticking at it, empowering others, and conducting a life that is selfless, that is based upon service, and which accepts the inevitability periodically of sacrifice. That\u2019s what the MEK has been doing for almost four and a half decades.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why 100,000 of those wonderful human beings have been slaughtered by the regime, because they stand up to it. That\u2019s why 17 are on death row as we speak. That\u2019s why last year they engaged in 39,000 acts of publicity against the depredations of this most tyrannical regime, which, as has been articulated a number of times, per capita has the worst record for the execution of its citizens of any regime in any other part of the world. It is top of the league table of murderous infamy.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the reality of this regime, and it\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" rel=\"\">NCRI<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" rel=\"\">MEK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/category\/iranian-resistance-activities-inside-iran\/\" rel=\"\">Resistance Units<\/a> that have stood up to the regime. And not only have they shown bravery and courage and the indomitable power of the human spirit, but they have fought and are fighting and will fight for recognizably pluralist values.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone objecting to a horrible regime could say I\u2019m a freedom fighter. I want something different. I want something better. You have to look at the specifics, examine the detail. Read and interpret the words, the commitments. Freedom of the press, the rule of law, gender equality, an independent judiciary, a separation between church and state, environmental husbandry, and very importantly, the right of the people to determine their own future.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s what causes me to say that the power of self-government, the right to hire and fire our rulers, the capacity freely to chart our own destiny as individuals and as nations, are inalienable features of the human condition. And the reason why the regime is doomed to fail, doomed, I repeat, utterly doomed, is that in the end, you cannot extinguish the flame of freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The reality of the matter is that love trumps hate. Hope trumps fear. Positivity trumps negativity. It will happen, as Secretary Pompeo, a man of vast experience and wisdom in these matters, knows, and he said, we don\u2019t know exactly when. What we do know is that change, and change for the better, change to democracy, change to pluralism, change to parliamentarism, is as inevitable as the passage of the seasons, or you and I going to bed tonight and getting up in the morning and having breakfast. That\u2019s how inevitable it is.<\/p>\n<p>And perhaps I can conclude by simply saying this to you. I quoted this at lunch with Ambassador Sands, hoping that I wouldn\u2019t be rebuked. I don\u2019t know exactly when it\u2019s going to happen, but I\u2019m certain it will.<\/p>\n<p>And you have to remember, I think Carla and I and others know this, and Patrick Kennedy knows this. Anybody engaged in the practice of politics knows this. In politics and campaigning, and our young friends who performed so brilliantly will know this. Quantity, persistence, and above all, repetition are even more important than the quality of your arguments.<\/p>\n<p>Now, of course, the arguments must pass muster. They have to withstand scrutiny, they have to be up to it. They\u2019ve got to be honest, truthful, credible, deliverable, supportable. But it\u2019s a huge mistake to think you can say it once, get it accepted, have it done. It doesn\u2019t work like that. You have to keep going on and on and on.<\/p>\n<p>And we who support you, and the people of Iran, I know, the people of Ashraf 3, all of you, will go on doing so until the people of Iran enjoy the freedom, the democracy, the rule of law, the independent judiciary, the gender equality, and the separation of state and religion that we have so long enjoyed, and they have too long been denied. In short, my friends, we will win, and nothing, nothing, nothing on Earth can stop us winning.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"To the PMOI supporters across Iran: I admire you and think of you constantly and support you always\" said the Rt. Hon. 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