Iranian Youth Back Women-Led Democratic Change at UN Event

At a conference held by young supporters of the Iranian Resistance in the United States, alongside events related to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, speakers highlighted the central role of Iranian women in the struggle for freedom, called for accountability for crimes committed by the Iranian regime, and voiced strong support for Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan as a democratic roadmap for Iran’s future. 

In the official framework presented by the NCRI, that plan is linked to a broader transition process, including a provisional government aimed at transferring sovereignty to the people and paving the way for free elections.

One of the speakers, Ariana Rezaeian, said she firmly believes that the Iranian people themselves can change Iran through the implementation of Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan. She expressed full confidence in the plan, saying it would lead the country toward freedom and provide a practical framework for democratic transformation.

Yalda Bolourchi also voiced her support for Maryam Rajavi, describing her as a heroic woman and a personal symbol of courage and leadership. In her remarks, she criticized claims that Reza Pahlavi represents a democratic alternative, arguing that democracy has never been delivered through a throne or a crown. She stressed that Iranian women are not merely asking to be written into history, but are insisting on writing history themselves.

Sara Darvish focused on the issue of accountability, saying she was there to demand justice for the crimes committed by the Iranian regime against women and children. She said Iranian women are demanding a future in which their rights are not conditional on the will of those in power, but protected by law. In that future, she argued, misogyny must become illegal rather than institutionalized.

The vision emphasized at the conference does not stop at women’s rights and general freedoms. It also includes justice for Iran’s ethnic communities and nationalities. 

Article seven of Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan explicitly calls for “autonomy for and removal of double injustices against Iranian nationalities and ethnicities,” within the framework of a unified and democratic Iran, consistent with the NCRI’s autonomy plan for Iranian Kurdistan.

Taken together, the speeches reflected a broader message: that the younger generation of Iranian supporters abroad is linking the cause of democratic change in Iran not only to women’s rights and legal accountability, but also to equality for ethnic communities and the rejection of all forms of dictatorship. 

The conference also underscored growing support among youth activists for a political alternative based on equality, freedom, popular sovereignty, and rights-based inclusion rather than hereditary or clerical rule.

In that sense, the event served not only as a platform of solidarity, but also as a political statement: the future of Iran, according to these young voices, should be shaped by the Iranian people themselves, with women at the forefront, and guided by a democratic vision that rejects both repression and the recycling of authoritarian power, while recognizing the rights of all of Iran’s ethnic and social components within a democratic state.