Striking Parallels Between Iran of 1979 and 2025
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, February 17, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Iran’s clerical regime is teetering on the brink of collapse. The 2022 uprising, following years of sustained…
Paris Rally for A Democratic Republic in Iran, Harbinger of A New Dawn
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, February 14, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On February 8th, the streets of Paris echoed with the impassioned cries of thousands of Iranians, unified…
IRAN: No to Tyranny of Theocracy, No to Dictatorship of Monarchy
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, February , 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The 1979 Iranian Revolution, fueled by a century-long yearning for freedom, justice, and popular sovereignty, was a…
A Call for Global Action Against Tehran’s Oppression
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, December #, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI for the period to transfer sovereignty to the people of…
Iran: A Besieged Regime Targets MEK Activists
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, December 2, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The Iranian regime’s sentencing to death of six political prisoners accused of membership with the largest and…
Economic Collapse Fuels Unrest in Iran, Heralds Regime’s Fall
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 29, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Iran’s regime is experiencing mounting fears of collapse as its economic and social crises deepen. Official warnings…
NCRI: The Sole Viable Alternative to Iran’s Regime
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 27, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The Iranian regime’s growing panic over the sole democratic alternative, the National Council of Resistance of Iran…
Time to Snapback Sanctions Against Tehran
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 21, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Iranian officials’ recent statements underscore a dangerous escalation in the regime’s nuclear posture, as highlighted by the…
Anniversary of the November 2019 Uprising in Iran
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 15, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Iran’s November 2019 uprising marked a decisive turning point in the nation’s effort to overthrow clerical tyranny…
NCRI’s Historic Plan for Separation of Religion and State in Iran
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 13, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On November 12, 1985, Iran’s sole democratic alternative to the clerical regime, the National Council of Resistance…