57 Nobel Laureates Back Democratic Future for Iran

A new joint statement signed by "57 Nobel laureates" has voiced support for freedom and lasting peace in Iran, marking a significant expansion of international backing for the Iranian people’s right to determine their own future and build a democratic alternative free from war and renewed authoritarianism.

The statement stresses that the Iranian people have clearly rejected both "monarchical dictatorship" and "clerical rule" and are calling for a democratic republic based on popular sovereignty, free elections, and the rule of law. It emphasizes that Iran’s future must be shaped by the Iranian people themselves, not by force and not by the recycling of tyranny in any form.

In this context, the statement describes the announcement of a "Provisional Government" by the National Council of Resistance of Iran as an important and transformative step toward transferring sovereignty to the people and organizing free elections within a defined democratic transition.

It also highlights Maryam Rajavi’s "Ten-Point Plan" as a clear vision for a democratic Iran based on separation of religion and state, full gender equality, abolition of the death penalty, respect for the rights of Iran’s ethnic and social components, and a non-nuclear Iran living in peace with the world. According to the statement, this vision also contributes to the prospect of "lasting peace in the Middle East."

With this new statement added to previous Nobel-backed support for the Iranian Resistance, the total number of Nobel laureates who have endorsed this path, after excluding overlapping names, now stands at "162." The same democratic framework had already received broad support from thousands of parliamentarians in Europe, Canada, the United States, and other countries.

Politically, this development goes beyond symbolic solidarity. It reflects growing recognition that a democratic and organized alternative exists in Iran, and that the path to peace and stability lies neither in appeasement nor in war, but in supporting the Iranian people and their organized Resistance in their struggle for a democratic republic: "No Shah, no mullahs."