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  2. Iranian Civil Society Says No to War

Iranian Civil Society Says No to War

In a statement published in Le Monde today, prominent figures from Iranian civil society have united to say No to War. Among the signatories are Nobel Peace Prize laureates Shirin Ebadi and Narges Mohammadi, Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi, along with Shahnaz Akmali, Sedigheh Vasmaghi, Abdolfattah Soltani, and Mohammad Rasoulof.

Posted on June 16, 2025
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"We, activists from Iranian civil society and signatories of this statement, demand the immediate halt of uranium enrichment by the Islamic Republic, the cessation of military hostilities, an end to attacks on vital infrastructure in both Iran and Israel, and the stopping of massacres of civilians in both countries.

Deeply committed to Iran’s territorial integrity and the inalienable right of its people to self-determination under genuine sovereignty, we believe that continuing uranium enrichment and the devastating war between the Islamic Republic and the Israeli regime neither serves the Iranian people nor humanity at large. This conflict not only obliterates infrastructure and takes civilian lives—it poses a dire threat to the very foundations of human civilization.

Uranium enrichment is in no way in the interest of the Iranian people. They must not be sacrificed for the nuclear or geopolitical ambitions of an authoritarian regime. We hold that the current leaders of the Islamic Republic lack the capacity to resolve Iran’s domestic crises or its external tensions. The only credible path to preserve this country and its people is for current authorities to step down and facilitate a peaceful transition to authentic democracy.

We call on the United Nations and the international community to take firm, immediate action: pressure the Islamic Republic to cease all uranium enrichment activities, demand that both parties halt military strikes against essential infrastructure, and end at once the massacres of civilian populations."

 

Signed by:

Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2023

Jafar Panahi, filmmaker, winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

Mohammad Rasoulof, director, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival

Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2003

Sedigheh Vasmaghi, theologian and jurist

Shahnaz Akmali, human rights activist and mother of a repression victim seeking justice

Abdolfattah Soltani, human rights lawyer


16th June 2025

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فعالان مدنی ایرانی خواهان توقف غنی‌سازی اورانیوم توسط جمهوری اسلامی و توقف جنگ و حملات نظامی به زیرساخت‌های حیاتی هر دو کشور و کشتار غیرنظامیان شدند.

 

ما، امضاکنندگان این بیانیه، با تأکید قاطع بر حفظ تمامیت ارضی ایران و حق حاکمیت واقعی مردم، خواهان توقف غنی سازی اورانیوم توسط جمهوری اسلامی ، پایان فوری جنگ ویرانگر میان جمهوری اسلامی و رژیم حاکم بر اسرائیل هستیم؛ جنگی که نه‌تنها زیرساخت‌ها و جان غیرنظامیان را در هر دو سرزمین نابود می‌کند، بلکه تهدیدی آشکار علیه بنیان‌های تمدن انسانی به شمار می‌آید.

 

غنی‌سازی اورانیوم، مسأله‌ی مردم ایران نیست. نباید ایران و مردم این سرزمین را فدای غنی‌سازی اورانیوم و جاه طلبی جمهوری اسلامی کرد. به نظر ما، هیئت حاکمه‌ی جمهوری اسلامی نه توانایی و نه ظرفیت حل مناقشات و منازعات داخلی و خارجی ایران را دارد و بهترین راه برای نجات مردم ایران و این سرزمین، کناره‌گیری هیئت حاکمه‌ی جمهوری اسلامی و فراهم‌آوردن گذار از جمهوری اسلامی به دموکراسی است.

 

ما از سازمان ملل و جامعه‌ی بین‌المللی می‌خواهیم که با برداشتن گام‌های فوری و قاطع، جمهوری اسلامی را به توقف غنی‌سازی، و هر دو‌طرف جنگ را به توقف حملات نظامی به زیرساخت‌های حیاتی یکدیگر، و توقف کشتار غیرنظامیان در هر دو سرزمین وادار نمایند.

 

جعفر پناهی

شهناز اکملی

شیرین عبادی

صدیقه وسمقی

عبدالفتاح سلطانی

محمد رسول‌اف

نرگس محمدی

 

 

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