Canadian MP Judy Sgro Champions Democratic Transition in Iran, Condemns Regime Brutality
Canadian MP Judy Sgro addresses the 2026 Free Iran World Summit on June 20, 2026
Written by
Mahmoud Hakamian
Speaking at the Free Iran 2026 World Summit,Canadian Member of Parliament Judy Sgro strongly condemned the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown following the January 2026 uprisings. Representing a cross-partisan Canadian delegation, Sgro highlighted the severe human rights crisis in Iran, pointing to the mass casualties, widespread arrests, and the escalating wave of executions targeting political prisoners. She specifically cited the upheld death sentence of engineer Zahra Tabari as a tragic symbol of Tehran’s systemic use of execution to suppress the organized opposition.
Despite this unprecedented repression, Sgro expressed renewed confidence in the Iranian people’s impending freedom, praising the resilient Resistance Units and the pivotal leadership of women under Maryam Rajavi. Sgro firmly dismantled the regime’s narrative that a democratic alternative does not exist, denouncing it as deliberate disinformation designed to fuel international appeasement.
Instead, she championed the historic February 2026 establishment of a provisional government grounded in Mrs. Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan. Recognizing the coalition’s four-decade commitment to pluralism, the separation of religion and state, and gender equality, Sgro urged the global community to unconditionally support the NCRI. She concluded by calling for an immediate halt to executions and unified international action to ensure a peaceful, democratic transition.
The full script of Judy Sgro’s speech follows:
Judy Sgro: I have to share that I have been coming here for more years than I’m going to admit to. And every year, I get more inspired. I leave here even more confident of what is coming is freedom for the Iranian people. So, it’s a great privilege to join you in support of the… pic.twitter.com/ZDmfLckWnx
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Thank you very much. Thank you.
I want to take a moment and introduce the Canadian parliamentarians that are with us as well on the stage. Of course, we have the Honorable John Baird, who’s well known by all of us who attend this event. Honorable Candice Bergen, Michael Cooper, Kerry Diotte, Senator MacDonald, and to all of our Canadian friends of Iranian background, it’s wonderful to be with you here today.
I have to share that I have been coming here for more years than I’m going to admit to, and every year, I get more inspired.
I have to say to all of the wonderful speakers who spoke today, I think we were all wondering where this was going when we came. Were we still going to have a movement to support after what has gone on and after the war that was happening?
I leave here even more confident [that] what is coming is freedom for the Iranian people.
It’s a great privilege to join you in support of the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom, democracy, and human rights.
The Iranian people continue to face, as you all know, one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world. Following the nationwide uprising of January 2026, the regime responded with unprecedented repression. Thousands of protesters were killed, tens of thousands were arrested, [and] many were subjected to torture and enforced disappearances.
Yet, despite this brutality, the Iranian people and the courageous Resistance Units continue their struggle for freedom and justice.
Women, of course, have played an important role in this movement led by Madam Rajavi.
I want to highlight the broader human rights crisis that is truly facing Iran, particularly the escalating wave of executions and the persecution of political prisoners.
A recent example is Ms. Zahra Tabari, an Iranian political prisoner and supporter of PMOI and the MEK. Mrs. Tabari is an electrical and energy engineer who holds a master’s degree from the University of Borås in Sweden.
Her death sentence has once again been upheld solely because of her political beliefs and support for the Iranian Resistance. Her case symbolizes the regime’s fear of organized opposition and the systemic use of executions as a tool of repression that we have heard a lot of today.
Judy Sgro, MP 🇨🇦, joined the two-day #100KFreeIranRally and Summit in Paris, standing with the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom, democracy, and an end to executions.
“The NCRI has spent over four decades building a democratic coalition for freedom, pluralism, gender… pic.twitter.com/ijNJRh4ISp
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Canadians call for an immediate halt to all executions in Iran and the unconditional release of all political prisoners.
The regime and its lobbyists continue to spread false narratives that no organized democratic alternative exists, and [that] the fall of the clerical dictatorship would lead to nothing but chaos, insecurity, civil conflict, or even the disintegration of Iran. This is a deliberate deception designed to justify continued appeasement and discourage support for democratic change.
But the facts tell a different story. For more than four decades, the National Council of Resistance of Iran has served as a democratic coalition committed to freedom, pluralism, gender equality, and the separation of religion and state.
Therefore, we strongly welcome and support the timely announcement made by the NCRI on the 28th of February 2026, establishing a provisional government based on Madam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan.
This initiative provides a clear roadmap for a peaceful, democratic transition, the transfer of sovereignty to the Iranian people through free elections, and the establishment of a democratic republic.
As we are hearing today, the international community, all of us—East, West, South, and North—must stand together, must stand behind Madam Rajavi and the Ten-Point Plan, and push back on all of the disinformation that continues to happen [and] that we know is disinformation. It’s up to each and every one of us to push it all back.
I would like to ask now my colleague, the Honorable John Baird, to say a few words.