Monitoring the 2026 Iran uprising: Latest press releases, televised interviews, and social media dispatches from the National Council of Resistance of Iran—U.S. Representative Office
On Newsmax today, my comment was included in James Rosen’s report on the EU’s terrorist designation of the IRGC. The EU long refused to take this step out of fear of Tehran’s terrorism. Now the regime is weaker—and the prospects for change in Iran are far greater. #FreeIran pic.twitter.com/Wfw7Hef7k4
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 30, 2026
On @NEWSMAX TV, I underscored that the IRGC’s massacre of Iran’s protesters has left the Iranian people with only one path: disarm the IRGC and fight for freedom. It’s time to recognize their right to confront the IRGC and free Iran. pic.twitter.com/msmJWYPKzj
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 30, 2026
The EU’s terrorist designation of the IRGC is urgent and long overdue—an answer to the regime’s massacre of Iran’s youth.
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 29, 2026
The IRGC is the epicenter of repression and terror export. This must be followed by closing embassies, expelling agents, cutting financial lifelines, and… pic.twitter.com/NlLKNq40iA
More @NCRIUS books on the IRGC's role in internal repression, terrorism, development of weapons of mass destruction, cyber repression, and building a financial empire to fund its terror and repression. #IRGCterrorists pic.twitter.com/iHh7XX2Fx3
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 29, 2026
Iran: The Untold Story–John Bercow, former Speaker of the UK House of Commons.
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 28, 2026
A must-watch interview about Iran, the uprising, prospects for democracy in Iran, and why Iran will not go back to the dictatorship of the Shah. #No2ShahNo2Mullas https://t.co/R18xLsViS1 @washtimes
Can Iran Finally Break From 100 Years of Autocracy? "Instead of being doomed to repeat history, they seek a government of, by, and for the people. Not authoritarian rulers who dominate and serve only themselves. This vision benefits not only Iran but also peace, stability, and… pic.twitter.com/UIfM95qzAg
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 25, 2026
This Fight Will Not Go Unnoticed
— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) January 24, 2026
Alireza Jafarzadeh joins Aubrey Shines to discuss the Iran protests and what the prospects are for those who are participating.@AubreysAmerica pic.twitter.com/YFmZdgKcVq
🚨 Iranian Opposition Leader to Newsmax: Rebellion Is 'Unabated and Irreversible'https://t.co/ah42wdD6Y3@Maryam_Rajavi: We are not asking the U.S., or any other government, to overthrow this regime. That responsibility belongs to the Iranian people and their resistance.…
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 22, 2026
🟧 Exclusive — Iranian Opposition Leader: Foreign Military Power Won’t Topple Clerical Regime, Only ‘Nationwide Resistance’ Willhttps://t.co/GdkyCKvuLW@Maryam_Rajavi rejected the notion that the regime could simply implode under pressure, arguing instead that its survival…
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 22, 2026
Only Organized Nationwide Resistance Can Bring Regime Change in #Iran, @Maryam_Rajavi Tells @BreitbartNewshttps://t.co/GEmiriMyCj
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 22, 2026
Maryam Rajavi to @NEWSMAX: "The regime's overthrow must be carried out by the Iranian people themselves and their organized resistance…This is the only path to toppling this regime. Without a combat-capable, organized resistance, this brutal and medieval system will not fall." https://t.co/1TCADaZIcS pic.twitter.com/Tru3XkpbyG
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 22, 2026
NCRI Statement: At Least 345 Executions in Persian Month of Dey, including 5 #Iranian Womenhttps://t.co/s1U1NHdCzC
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 21, 2026
🟥 The National Interest: Don’t Repeat 1979: Why Iran’s Uprising Must Not Be Hijacked by Exile Politics
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 21, 2026
Commentary by Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. and Dr. Ramesh Sepehrrad#IranProtests #IranRevolutionhttps://t.co/0IhtLvbNhy
Our pledge, mine and all of ours, is to fulfill the ideal and the demand of these martyrs: the triumph of freedom.
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 21, 2026
Yes, this is an uprising, a revolution until victory.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/9VK3TyMMuB
NCRI daily news bulletin | Iran News in Brief – January 21, 2026 #IranProtests #IranRevolutionhttps://t.co/lLNRFmIhF2
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 21, 2026
🗓️ On January 20, 1979, just 3 weeks before the fall of Shah's regime, the last group of political prisoners, including Massoud Rajavi, the sole survivor of the @Mojahedineng leadership was freed from the Shah's jails following days of #IranProtests.pic.twitter.com/4AMnaKEFfN
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 21, 2026
🔴 LIVE NOW: @SeenaSaiedian, a University of Virginia law student and policy advocate with the Organization of Iranian-American Communities, joins the show to discuss the latest out of Iran as the regime continues to crack down on dissent.
— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) January 21, 2026
America's Mayor Live 🇺🇸 https://t.co/G7xXaFHT9h pic.twitter.com/Qd8hCPoIUJ
In an exclusive interview, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, NCRI President-elect, said the NCRI is grounded in a democratic structure, a clear political program & concrete governing roadmap, with foundational principles articulated more than two decades ago in the Ten-Point Plan for… https://t.co/Sl2olnR7o7 pic.twitter.com/fJCyqqQ1fa
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 21, 2026
🔷 .@JustTheNews: Iran’s leading resistance fighter answers six key questions about future of her country
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 20, 2026
Maryam Rajavi spoke exclusively to Just the News on Iran’s future should the regime fall, and the likelihood that will happen.#IranProtests #Iranhttps://t.co/y6QA7ot9dq
This generation is keeping alive the culture of defiance and resistance against tyranny, a culture forged over 100 years of struggle against dictatorship. Nothing can stop a nation that overthrew the Shah's dictatorship & is fighting theocracy, to establish a #FreeIran republic. https://t.co/OX7LE5mPbe
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 21, 2026
🎙️ Hon. Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) talks with Alireza Jafarzadeh, Dep Dir of the NCRI-US, and the author of “The Iran Threat,” about #IranProtests on Gingrich360.https://t.co/u2nwGnVPDs@A_Jafarzadeh concludes with a call for the int'l community to recognize and support the… pic.twitter.com/YjyD6mv7mU
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 19, 2026
My interview with @ShaunKraisman of @NEWSMAX about #Iran's nationwide uprising. Take a listen.👇https://t.co/juuQTXLsmq #FreeIran2026#No2ShahNo2Mullahs pic.twitter.com/nVc269uCiD
— Ali Safavi (@amsafavi) January 20, 2026
It was great to be interviewed by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 19, 2026
Episode: 937 Iranhttps://t.co/GpPGW28vWR pic.twitter.com/Kxvxfmo0mf
Great to join Rabbi Joseph Potasnik and Reverend A.R. Bernard on @77WABCradio to examine the Systemic Oppression and Growing Internal Resistance Within Modern Iran | 01-18-26 https://t.co/cRhYzuxbAq pic.twitter.com/VLo403oBBs
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 19, 2026
"The threat of the Iran regime will not go away until we see change by the people of Iran."
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) January 16, 2026
Alireza Jafarzadeh and @VictoriaCoates discussed potential options for President Trump to help the Iranian people on Friday's "Newsline." @A_Jafarzadeh @NCRIUS @BiancaDLGarza pic.twitter.com/uqjEICZR5g
ICYMI: Always a pleasure to join the great @RitaCosby to discuss the forces for change in Iran. The Iranian people have the capability and intent, as evident in over four decades of organized resistance against the regime. Listen to the full podcast: https://t.co/LbYAzWALVq https://t.co/A3LRbjystf
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 17, 2026
The MEK released the names of six of their Resistance Units' freedom fighters killed by the regime during the nationwide uprising, who stood for freedom. Zahra (Raha) Bohlouli-Pour, 18, a Tehran University student, was killed by the regime in Fatemi St. on Jan 8, 2026. #FreeIran pic.twitter.com/ZT3MSkMzX6
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 17, 2026
🚨 NCRI-US Dep Dir @A_Jafarzadeh on @NewsMax talks about pro-democracy #IranProtests and their rejection of dictatorship of monarchy and theocracy. He explains the steps the United States and Europe need to take to effectively back the Iranians' uprising with 1000s killed.#Iran pic.twitter.com/ad2eGUaKJi
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 17, 2026
📽️ On @Fox5dc, NCRI-US Dep Dir @A_Jafarzadeh discusses the anti-dictatorial goals of the #IranProtests as they enter week 4, and what additional steps the United States and Europe should take, beyond sanctions, to meaningfully help the Iranian people topple the clerical regime. pic.twitter.com/ATce4UV9ig
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 17, 2026
.@A_Jafarzadeh: "The Iran regime has tried to survive several rounds of major uprisings, […] when they try to silence the population, the population comes back, the protests come back in a different form or shape." pic.twitter.com/obrfZMV75C
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) January 15, 2026
#BREAKING: A bipartisan letter led by @TXRandy14 & signed by 59 members of the US Congress notes #IranUprising's rejection of all forms of dictatorship, underscoring #IranProtests' "demand for a secular, democratic, non-nuclear republic"https://t.co/3ZAwot8XeC#No2ShahNo2Mullahs pic.twitter.com/sx3kPHmF7y
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 15, 2026
NBC 7 San Diego: Student activist with family in Iran raises awareness amid protests. NBC 7’s Jackie Crea spoke to Ryan Nasir, who is speaking out about the younger Iranian Americans pushing for democracy.https://t.co/S0KlhLctO9 via @YouTube
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) January 15, 2026
🚨 On @NewsMax-2's NEWS NOW, NCRI-US Dep Dir Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) discusses the ongoing #IranProtests for regime change. He says in the most conservative estimates, as of Jan 11, over 3,000 protesters have been massacred by #Iran's regime. pic.twitter.com/QV4JG8F5Dg
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 14, 2026
🚨My full interview last night with @mattgaetz on @OANN "The int'l community must make an unequivocal statement that the struggle of the Iranian people and the organized resistance to topple this regime and to confront the IRGC is legitimate," I told Matt. 👇#FreeIran2026 pic.twitter.com/raBVV3D04g
— Ali Safavi (@amsafavi) January 13, 2026
🚨 NCRI-US Dep Dir Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) on @NewsMax's 'American Agenda' discusses the ongoing #IranProtests, explaining that the Iranian regime's killing of over 3,000 protesters constitutes crimes against humanity. Europe & US must hold Tehran accountable. pic.twitter.com/nv2CBc90zW
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 13, 2026
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF TRUMP REMOVED AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI?
— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) January 13, 2026
“The whole thing is built around the Supreme Leader…for somehow he doesn’t exist…It’s not a situation that you will see the rest of the system function. Because the whole thing will crumble.” – @A_Jafarzadeh… pic.twitter.com/Eox0yqTVpY
🚨 On TBN's Allen Jackson Now show (@allenjacksonmin), NCRI-US Dep Dir Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) analyses the anti-regime #Iranprotests in Iran for a free, democratic republic. He says 3000+ protesters have been killed so far and the world must hold Tehran accountable. pic.twitter.com/IEUpfnNkK4
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 14, 2026
IRANIAN’S PROTEST REGIME: “THEY WANT FREEDOM”
— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) January 13, 2026
“The main chant in the streets is ‘Death to the dictator…Death to the oppressor….the supreme leader.’ Making it very clear that Iran is not going to go backwards, Iran is not embracing any form of dictatorship.” – @A_Jafarzadeh… pic.twitter.com/iG6IT7O8Im
📽️ NCRI-US Dep Dir Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) On @NewsMax-2's 'Conversations' with Nancy Brinker, discusses the ongoing #IranProtests, why is different from previous uprisings, and prospects for its success.#IranRevoultion #No2ShahNo2Mullahs pic.twitter.com/iTGtmst5EP
— NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) January 12, 2026