According to Telegraph, Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), has called for the removal of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, blaming him for the country’s ongoing crises and the recent devastation caused by conflict.
In a statement released on June 22, 2025, Rajavi condemned Khamenei’s leadership as “unpatriotic,” accusing him of causing countless deaths and costing the Iranian people at least two trillion dollars—losses she says have now “gone up in smoke.”
Rajavi emphasized a “Third Option” for Iran’s future: rejecting both appeasement and war in favor of regime change led by the Iranian people and their organized resistance.
Founded in 1981, the NCRI is a coalition of Iranian groups seeking to establish a democratic republic based on separation of religion and state, gender equality, and non-nuclear policies.
Speaking from Strasbourg just days earlier at the European Parliament, Rajavi highlighted the deepening crisis engulfing the clerical regime and warned that the ongoing conflict in the region was a direct consequence of decades of failed appeasement policies.
She stressed that Khamenei’s regime remains committed to pursuing nuclear weapons and exporting terrorism, policies she described as pillars of its survival.
Rajavi’s call for regime change reflects a growing sentiment among Iranian opposition groups and segments of the population frustrated by economic hardship, repression, and war.
She urged the international community to support the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom and democracy, arguing that lasting peace in Iran and the region can only be achieved through the overthrow of the current theocratic dictatorship.
The NCRI’s message underscores the intensifying internal and external pressures facing Iran’s leadership amid escalating military confrontations and widespread domestic discontent.
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