{"id":12165,"date":"2026-07-21T03:18:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12165"},"modified":"2026-07-21T03:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:18:43","slug":"free-iran-world-summit-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12165","title":{"rendered":"Free Iran World Summit 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/07\/20\/2026-page3_photo_s1200x699.jpg?b29d98ce1f9fedfbe59307b7e4e8391d5d8ccaf4\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-category\"><strong>OPINION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/paris\/\">PARIS<\/a>, June 21, 2026 \u2014 Despite a last-minute ban imposed by the French authorities, nearly 50,000 Iranians gathered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/paris\/\">Paris<\/a> on Saturday for the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/free-iran-2026-onward-to-a-democratic-republic\/\">Free Iran 2026 \u2013 Onward to a Democratic Republic<\/a>\u201d rally, protesting the escalating wave of executions in Iran and expressing support for Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/maryam-rajavi\/\">Maryam Rajavi\u2019s<\/a> Ten-Point Plan for a democratic republic.<\/p>\n<p>Some 100,000 people had originally been expected to attend the rally, before being banned following reports by French security services that it faced \u201cthe risk of a major attack by the Iranian regime or the remnants of the Shah\u2019s regime who maintain \u201can internal security service known as SAVAK,\u201d and had allegedly threatened to plant a bomb should the demonstration be authorized.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/free-iran-world-summit\/\">Free Iran World Summit<\/a> brought together more than 100 former heads of government, ministers, current parliamentarians, diplomats, senior military commanders, and political leaders from Europe and North America, who delivered a united message in support of the Iranian people\u2019s struggle for freedom and rejected both the ruling theocracy and any return to dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeanne Shahin (D-NH), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), sent video messages in support of the Free Iran rally and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/free-iran-world-summit\/\">Free Iran World 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