The People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran would hardly be better than the Islamic Republic. Iran would just get Islamic rule with different rulers. But the disquieting aspect of this story is that the Islamic Republic of Iran appears to be calling the shots as to who can and cannot protest in far-off France.
“Police order last-minute ban of Iranian opposition rally in Paris, no reason given,” Reuters, June 19, 2026:
Paris-based Iranian opposition group NCRI said on Friday that the city’s police had banned a rally it was due to hold on Saturday and that it had appealed what it said was a “bogus” decision.
The sudden ruling came hours after a call between France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, where they discussed the latest developments to end the Iran war. The French foreign ministry rejected an allegation by the Iranian group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, that the ban was linked to the call.
“This allegation is false. The (Iranian) minister did not mention this protest or request its cancellation,” the ministry said in a statement sent to Reuters.
The Paris police were not immediately available for comment on the NCRI statement, which did not say what reason had been given for the ban.
“After business hours on the evening of Thursday, June 18, the Paris Police Prefecture banned the planned demonstration of 100,000 people against the wave of political executions in Iran, scheduled for Saturday, June 20, citing bogus reasons,” it said.
Organizers had coordinated with police for two months and followed all the legal procedures, the statement said.
The Paris-based NCRI, political arm of the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran, has held frequent rallies in the French capital over the years….
jerry glenn says
France surges in the European Islamopandering derby.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
As long as the French don’t ban pro-Pahlavi rallies, that’s fine. I don’t care too much about the Mojahideen Khalq, which is a fusion of Marxism & islam. Think of it as the PLO, but populated by Iranians rather than Arabs. In fact, according to Armin Navabi, it would be even worse than the Ayatollah regime was all these years, since it would be adding communism to the brew
owensgate says
They don’t call the French “Surrender Monkeys” for nothing!