Overview
- Organizers report commitments from 65 heads of state or government, 98 foreign and defense ministers, and more than 50 members of the US Congress, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky expected.
- Conference leadership says it has had no contact from the Russian embassy and does not anticipate Russian government participation, noting sanctions and an international arrest warrant that complicate high‑level travel to Germany.
- Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi has confirmed attendance, while the Iranian government was disinvited following a violent crackdown that the German Foreign Office warned against overlooking in any invitation.
- Munich authorities have registered a 14 February demonstration for up to 100,000 participants focused on human rights in Iran, with police preparing for a large turnout though the exact size remains uncertain.
- Three AfD Bundestag members were invited back to the conference after prior exclusions, drawing criticism and security concerns from other parties and even puzzlement within the AfD over which MPs received invitations.