BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 22, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director October 22, 1993, marks a momentous day in the history of the Iranian Resistance, which has long strived to realize the century-old aspirations of the Iranian people for democracy, equality, and popular […]
A MOMENTOUS DAY IN THE HISTORY OF IRANIAN RESISTANCE Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 21, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director In today’s Iran, the clerical regime faces a storm unlike any it has encountered in forty-five years.Crises—political, social, economic, and regional—are closing in from every direction, stripping away its stability and exposing
Iran’s Regime Under Siege: Crises Closing in from Every Direction Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 17, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director In today’s Iran, where dissent is a crime and silence is enforced by fear, a new force has risen from within the people — the Resistance Units. They are not soldiers or armed
Iran’s Resistance Units: A Nation’s Fire Against the Gallows of Tyranny Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 14, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Lasting Peace in the Region Runs Through a Free Iran As the world is taking major strides toward peace in the region, one regime stands in growing isolation – the clerical dictatorship
Lasting Peace in the Region Runs Through a Free Iran Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 9 , 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The reactivation of UN snapback sanctions has sent shockwaves through Tehran. Far from projecting confidence, Iran’s rulers have plunged into a state of heightened alert—militarily, politically, and psychologically—betraying deep fears of
Fear and Fallout: Tehran on Edge After Snapback Sanctions Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 7, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director As the world cautiously welcomes a ceasefire in Gaza and hopes for an end to months of bloodshed, Iran’s clerical regime stands defiantly apart. While nations call for calm, Tehran denounces peace
Tehran’s War on Peace: Why Iran’s Rulers Need War Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, April 24, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Today marks the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Professor Kazem Rajavi, an esteemed human rights advocate, legal scholar, and the representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in
Professor Kazem Rajavi’s Enduring Influence Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, April 21, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director In 1988, the Iranian regime carried out one of the most heinous crimes of the 20th century—a massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners, the majority of them supporters of the main opposition
A Blistering Indictment of Iran’s 1988 Massacre Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, April 16, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The nuclear negotiations between the Iranian regime and the United States have plunged the clerical dictatorship into one of its deepest crises in years. Although Supreme Leader Khamenei tried to downplay it,
NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS EXPOSE IRAN’S CRUMBLING REGIME Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, February 19, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Iran regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s latest speech on February 17 revealed a profound truth: the Iranian regime’s greatest fear is not foreign intervention but the Iranian people themselves. Speaking before a
Khamenei Unmasks His Greatest Fear: The Iranian People Read More