UMVA has learned that a dramatic shift in the Iranian landscape is unfolding, as a prominent gathering of Iranian dissidents in Paris has issued a bold call to action against the Tehran regime.
Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, a former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine, addressed the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an exiled Iranian opposition coalition, and urged dissidents to seize what he described as a historic opening. "The window is open wider than at any moment in a generation, and windows do not stay open forever," Kellogg warned.
Kellogg framed any potential disarmament agreement not as an endpoint, but as "the first step of something far larger," saying it should become the foundation for Iran’s future without the current regime. He invoked the NCRI’s 2002 disclosure of Iran’s Natanz and Arak nuclear sites, emphasizing the need for strict verification of any agreement.
The remarks came as tensions simmered outside, where French authorities had banned a planned outdoor rally, citing security threats. Despite the ban, demonstrators gathered at the site on Saturday, and police ordered the crowd to disperse, arresting around 20 people.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that several high-profile speakers, including former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, expressed solidarity with the Iranian opposition. Johnson called the French ban a "tragic mistake," while Kuleba linked Ukraine’s struggle against Russia to the Iranian opposition’s fight against Tehran.
The NCRI’s president-elect, Maryam Rajavi, argued that a peaceful, non-nuclear Iran is possible only through the overthrow of the current regime by the Iranian people and their organized Resistance. She emphasized that any international agreement to end the war should include an end to executions of political prisoners and the killing of protesters.
Sources have confirmed to UMVA that the NCRI's main member organization, the People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), has been a major thorn in the side of the Tehran regime and has been the target of alleged Iranian plots in the U.S. and Europe.
The Iranian opposition’s fight against Tehran has gained momentum, with many calling for a regime change. The question remains: will the current window of opportunity be seized, or will it close forever?
