Paris, June 20: The Voice of a People Seeking Support for Freedom, Not Foreign Intervention

Amid escalating political executions, ongoing repression, and the growing role of organized resistance inside Iran, the major demonstration scheduled for June 20, 2026, in Paris carries exceptional political and moral significance. It is no longer merely an annual solidarity event, but an international platform drawing a clear line between those who stand with the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom and those who remain silent or continue appeasing a regime that relies on gallows and terror to prolong its rule.

Hossein Abedini, Deputy Director of the UK Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said: “The joint article published in Britain’s Express by Lord David Alton, Lord Steve McCabe, and MP Bob Blackman reflects growing awareness within British parliamentary circles that silence in the face of the Iranian regime’s crimes is no longer neutrality; in practice, it encourages the executioners.”

Abedini emphasized that “the message of the Paris demonstration is clear: the Iranian people are not asking for foreign military intervention. They are asking the world to hear their voice, support their right to determine their own future, and stand with their organized democratic alternative. This is the very equation the Iranian regime has long tried to obscure through the false binary of war or appeasement.”

He added: “Since mid-March, at least 25 political prisoners have been executed. The objective is clear: to prevent the next uprising by spreading fear. But the reality today is different; the regime is weaker, organized resistance inside Iran is more present and more widespread, and the Resistance Units have become a key factor in the equation for change.”

Abedini noted that “the significance of the June 20 demonstration lies in combining the humanitarian and political dimensions: it is a call to stop executions, a show of solidarity with political prisoners, and at the same time an affirmation of a clear democratic alternative represented by the National Council of Resistance of Iran and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan, based on free elections, separation of religion and state, equality, and minority rights.”

He pointed out that “the participation of around 100,000 Iranians and supporters of freedom in Paris will send a powerful message to governments and international institutions: Iran’s future belongs neither to the mullahs nor to a return to the previous dictatorship, but to a democratic, pluralistic, and secular republic.”

Abedini concluded: “June 20 is not merely a date on the political calendar; it is a moment of global conscience. As Elie Wiesel said, neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Standing with the Iranian people in Paris means standing with freedom, peace, and human dignity.”