After Nuclear Deal, the West Should Focus on Real Change
Soona Samsami, Townhall, 22 May 2018 On May 8th, US President Donald Trump announced an American withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Up until the last moment, European officials…
Iran Blocks Telegram, Citing Threats to National Security
NCRI-US Staff, 2 May 2018 On Tuesday, May 1st, the Iranian regime blocked the popular messaging app Telegram from the country. Iranian regime authorities claimed that the messaging app, used…
International Support Empowers Iranian Protesters
NCRI-US Staff, 25 April 2018 A number of different activist movements have been steadily gaining traction in spite of the clerical regime’s well-known history of repression. In late December images…
Iranian Regime Under Fire for Faltering Economy
NCRI-US Staff, 25 April 2018 On Tuesday April 10th, the Iranian government declared the exchange rate for the United States Dollar (USD) to be 42,000 Iranian Rials (IRR) and prohibited…
No End in Sight: A New Wave of Protests
NCRI-US Staff, 22 April 2018 On April 17, 2018, a new wave of protests broke out in Iran in the cities of Baneh, Marivan, Saqqez, Javanrud, Sardasht, Kazerun, Saman, Ahvaz,…
Iran: An Overview of the Uprising
NCRI-US Staff, 18 April 2018 Just a few months after protests erupted in Iran, Professor Ivan Sascha Sheehan of the University of Maryland published a comprehensive report and analysis of…
Trump Orders Strikes on Syria While Calling on Iran to Withdraw
NCRI-US Staff, 15 April 2018 At four in the morning on Saturday, April 14, 2018, the sounds of explosions were heard across the city. The United States, France and Great…
Why Is Iran’s Exchange Rate Falling After the Lifting of Sanctions?
NCRI-US Staff, 15 April 2018 Iran’s currency, the rial, has experienced unprecedented inflation since the regime’s president, Hassan Rouhani, took office in 2013. The rise has not slowed as economists…
Iranian Silence on Chemical Attack Speaks Volumes
NCRI-US Staff, 13 April 2018 The Assad regime’s recent chemical attack against innocent civilians marks another atrocity in Syria’s multi-year human catastrophe. Hospital reports indicate that the victims all showed…
Will This Year’s Festival of Fire Fuel Another Resistance in Iran?
Ali Safavi, Al Arabiya, 13 March 2018 This year, the Iranian fire festival of Chaharshanbe Suri, will be marked on Tuesday, March 14, 2018. It may also mark the beginning…