{"id":26774,"date":"2026-03-06T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/26774\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:08:10","slug":"bern-rally-backs-ncri-provisional-government-as-irans-democratic-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/26774\/","title":{"rendered":"Bern Rally Backs NCRI Provisional Government as Iran\u2019s Democratic Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84395\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BernMarch3.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian Resistance supporters rally outside the Iranian regime\u2019s embassy in Bern, expressing support for the NCRI Provisional Government.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\"  \/>Iranian Resistance supporters rally outside the Iranian regime\u2019s embassy in Bern, expressing support for the NCRI Provisional Government.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"814\">Bern, Switzerland \u2014 March 3, 2026 \u2014 Supporters of the Iranian Resistance, along with Kurdish compatriots, demonstrated outside the Iranian regime\u2019s embassy, calling for the overthrow of the clerical establishment and endorsing the official announcement of a Provisional Government by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/ncri\/alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NCRI<\/a>), a coalition of democratic Iranian opposition forces. The rally highlighted support for the NCRI\u2019s initiative as a viable democratic alternative for Iran following the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/10\/who-is-ali-khamenei-iranian-regime-supreme-leader\/19254\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Support for NCRI Provisional Government and Democratic Transition in Iran<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"2019\">Protesters at the rally reiterated their rejection of both the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/who-was-mohammad-reza-pahlavi-shah-irans-last-pahlavi-dictator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">monarchical<\/a>\u00a0system and the current religious dictatorship, arguing that Iran\u2019s future must be determined by its people through democratic governance. They expressed strong support for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/tomorrow-s-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ten-point plan<\/a>\u00a0proposed by Mrs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, President-elect of the NCRI, describing it as a comprehensive framework for a transitional government based on universal suffrage, gender equality, individual freedoms, and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2021\" data-end=\"2297\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The NCRI\u2019s Provisional Government declaration,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-resistance\/2026\/02\/announcement-of-a-provisional-government-by-the-national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/84244\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">issued<\/a>\u00a0on February 28, outlines a roadmap aimed at transferring sovereignty to the Iranian people and dismantling institutions associated with absolute clerical rule, paving the way for the establishment of a democratic republic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84399\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bern-March-3-pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84400\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bern-March-3-pic-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84401\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bern-March-3-pic-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84402\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bern-March-3-pic-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iranian Resistance supporters rally outside the Iranian regime\u2019s embassy in Bern, expressing support for the NCRI Provisional Government.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[104,16337,16338,16339],"class_list":["post-26774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bern","tag-bern","tag-democratic-republic","tag-iranian-communities","tag-ncri-alternative"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116183335069404575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}