Iran’s Hostage Diplomacy Emboldened by Appeasement
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, September 7, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The detention of the Swedish official of the European Union for over 500 days as part of…
MEK Resistance Units: Engines of Iran’s Uprisings, Catalysts of Change
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, September 4, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Alireza Jafarzadeh, the deputy director of the Washington office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran…
Tehran’s Insider, Linked to Terrorism, Gets Podium in U.S.
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, September 1, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Alireza Jafarzadeh, the deputy director of the Washington office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran…
Iran’s Universities Targeted as Uprising Anniversary Approaches
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 31, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director As the academic year begins and the anniversary of Iran’s 2022 uprising approaches, the regime has escalated…
Captivity Extended for Political Prisoner Amid Rising Unrest
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 30, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director In the latest episode of our BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series entitled “Captivity Extended for Political Prisoner…
Leaked Documents Expose Vulnerabilities of Iran’s Regime
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 28, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director As the first anniversary of Iran’s 2022 uprising approaches, explosive classified documents have emerged from the regime’s…
Iran’s Revolution is Moving Forward
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 28, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The 2022 Iranian uprising marked an unprecedented turning point in the nation’s struggle for liberty. Initially sparked…
Rising Suppression Is Failing to Silence Iran Protests
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 23, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Iran’s regime has intensified its crackdown on rising dissent in a grim escalation of repression. They are…
Iran Regime’s Censorship Scam
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 22, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Did you know that the Iran regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and the repressive #IRGC actually run…
Remembering Raymond Tanter
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 21, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director We recently paid tribute to the remarkable life of Professor Raymond Tanter, an eminent scholar who shed…