{"id":88556,"date":"2026-07-25T07:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=88556"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:34:44","slug":"rita-bernardini-iran-is-global-epicenter-of-executions-ncris-ten-point-plan-offers-path-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-2026\/2026\/07\/rita-bernardini-iran-is-global-epicenter-of-executions-ncris-ten-point-plan-offers-path-to-democracy\/88556\/","title":{"rendered":"Rita Bernardini: Iran Is Global Epicenter of Executions; NCRI\u2019s Ten-Point Plan Offers Path to Democracy"},"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_88531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88531\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88531\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rita-Bernardini-former-Italian-MP-and-representing-the-association-Nessuno-tocchi-Caino-Hands-Off-Cain.jpg\" alt=\"Rita Bernardini, representative of Hands Off Cain, addresses the Rome conference on Iran, July 17, 2026.\" 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\/2026\/07\/Rita-Bernardini-former-Italian-MP-and-representing-the-association-Nessuno-tocchi-Caino-Hands-Off-Cain.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rita-Bernardini-former-Italian-MP-and-representing-the-association-Nessuno-tocchi-Caino-Hands-Off-Cain-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rita-Bernardini-former-Italian-MP-and-representing-the-association-Nessuno-tocchi-Caino-Hands-Off-Cain-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rita Bernardini, representative of Hands Off Cain, addresses the Rome conference on Iran, July 17, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Rome, July 17, 2026 \u2014<\/strong> Former Italian MP and representative of the association \u201cNessuno tocchi Caino\u201d (Hands Off Cain) Rita Bernardini brought a strong human-rights perspective to <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-2026\/2026\/07\/international-leaders-in-rome-reject-war-and-appeasement-endorse-democratic-alternative-led-by-maryam-rajavi\/88522\/\" rel=\"\">the conference<\/a> \u201cIran Beyond War, the Power of the People,\u201d focusing on Iran\u2019s record of executions and the democratic alternative offered by the NCRI.<\/p>\n<p>Bernardini recalled her organization\u2019s mission since 1993 for the global abolition of the death penalty and described Iran as the global epicenter of state-sanctioned executions. She noted that Iran ranks second in the world only to China despite having a fraction of China\u2019s population, making it a stark \u201cconcentrate of violence and lack of fundamental human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turning to the political roadmap, she offered a powerful endorsement of the democratic alternative led by the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" rel=\"\">NCRI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the strategic blueprint put forward by the movement\u2019s leadership, she affirmed: \u201cYes, they serve Iran to arrive at free elections, to arrive at democracy, to arrive at the rule of law.\u201d She praised Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>s vision as providing the precise structural foundation needed to move the country from tyranny toward a secular, democratic republic.<\/p>\n<p>Bernardini further stressed the global significance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/tomorrow-s-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten-Point Plan<\/a> amid international instability: \u201cThose ten points serve above all at this moment when geopolitics is going a bit crazy, they serve democratic states so that they respect those principles which are fundamental principles, and others so that they manage to conquer democracy, freedom, the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She concluded by expressing profound solidarity with the courage of the Iranian Resistance.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Italian MP Rita Bernardini highlights Iran\u2019s extreme use of the death penalty and strongly endorses Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan for democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":88531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4132,18,867,1,32],"tags":[1112,2746,4719,760],"class_list":["post-88556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-iran-2026","category-supports","category-iranian-resistance","category-news","category-videos","tag-international-conference","tag-ncri-alternative","tag-rita-bernardini","tag-rome"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rita Bernardini: Iran Is Global Epicenter of Executions; 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