BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 15, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director
The three-day Free Iran World Summit 2024 in Paris, France, featured distinguished figures, parliamentarians, former world leaders, and government officials from the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. Never before has any event witnessed the convening of such a large number of global policy and political figures from all political stripes.
The Summit’s Day 1, entitled “Onward to a Democratic Republic,” commenced with an inspiring keynote address by the National Council of Resistance of Iran President-elect Maryam Rajavi. House Representatives Nancy Mace and Raul Ruiz attended the conference. They declared a House majority support for Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan for the future of Iran.
Former United States Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and former US National Security Advisors Gen. James Jones and John Bolton were distinguished speakers.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former NATO Commander General Wesley Clark, and former Commandant of the Marines James Conway also voiced their support. A bipartisan roster of U.S. senators, including Jeanne Shaheen, Tom Tillis, Gary Peters, Ted Cruz, Cory Booker, and John Cornyn, were among those who voiced their support for the pro-democracy movement in Iran and highlighted the need to fully protect the Iranian Resistance members in Ashraf-3, in Albania.
Simultaneously, thousands of pro-democracy supporters of NCRI President-elect Rajavi’s 10-point plan, united in their advocacy for a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic in Iran, rallied in Berlin, Germany.
The concurrent events, broadcast live into Iran, took place the day after the political spectacle in Iran billed as the “presidential election.” In stark contrast to the massively boycotted charade, which displayed the rejection of the entire ruling regime and its weakening status, the Paris summit and Berlin rally were powerful testaments to the political and organizational prowess of the Iranian Resistance and the global support for the uprisings in Iran for regime change.
These events highlighted the Iranian people’s demand for a democratic and secular Iran. They reflected a global front supporting a free and peaceful republic of Iran based on Mrs. Rajavi’s 10-point plan.