Commentary by Soona Samsami, originally published in the RealClear Politics, July 24, 2021 You may have missed it, but since July 15 large anti-regime protests by young people have flared up in more than a dozen cities in the southwestern Khuzestan province of Iran. The
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Statement by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US), July 21, 2021 Repressive forces from Isfahan, Lorestan, and Tehran dispatched WASHINGTON , DC, July 21, 2021 — Since July 15, 2021, defiant youths in over a dozen cities in the oil-rich
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By Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Originally published in NCR-Iran.org, 19th July 2021 The Uprising of the Thirsty – No. 4 Repressive forces attacked, fired on demonstrators in Susangerd, injuring many Despite the dispatch of the anti-riot State Security Force (SSF)
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By Shamsi Saadati, Originally published in NCR-Iran.org, 20th July 2021 Since Thursday, the Iranian province of Khuzestan has been the site of numerous large-scale protests over worsening water shortages. The demonstrations emerged within weeks of the start of similarly expansive protests in Khuzestan and various other regions,
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Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), July 14, 2021 The Iranian Resistance strongly condemns the clerical regime Intelligence Ministry’s plot against Ms. Masih Alinejad and four other Iranians in Canada and the United Kingdom, as reported by the U.S. Department of
Democrats, Republicans join together for rare moment of bipartisan unity By John Bowden, The Independent, July 11, 2021 Lawmakers from both parties broke through the partisan wasteland that is Washington DC this weekend to show support for Iran’s largest opposition movement and call for an
Slovenian envoy summoned over prime minister’s remarks By David R. Sands, The Washington Times, July 11, 2021 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a parade of former officials and current lawmakers from countries around the world told a mass virtual gathering of Iranian exiles over the weekend that
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By Alireza Jafarzadeh, originally published in InsideSources, July 11, 2021 Iran is slowly crumbling from within. In the last two weeks, oil companies in 10 of Iran’s 31 provinces were crippled by strikes involving half of Iran’s contract workers in the energy industry. And a
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By Associated Press, The Washington Post, July 11, 2021 BERLIN — The Iranian government has expressed anger over the appearance of senior European and U.S. politicians at a rally in support of an opposition group that has long sought to overthrow Iran’s theocratic rulers — and
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By Adam Shaw, Fox News, July 10, 2021 Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday urged Iranian dissidents to “keep up the fight” against the hardline regime in Tehran — as a top dissident group gathered in a summit to renew calls for a secular
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