Mohammad Mohaddessin, Townhall, 18 January 2019 Early indications are that restored U.S. sanctions on Iran are causing real pain for the ruling regime. But the efficacy of these restrictive measures has rarely been contentious. A more pressing question is, what’s the end game? Will the
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The U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo declared in Cairo that the United States will no longer protect Iran’s ruling mullahs. He added, “We joined the Iranian people in calling for freedom and accountability.” Therefore, “The age of self-inflicted American shame is over, and so
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L. Todd Wood, Washington Times, 8 January 2019 2018 was a momentous year for the Islamic Republic of Iran, and specifically the Iranian Resistance or the People’s Mujahadeen of Iran (PMOI). After the disastrous betrayal by the Obama administration during the 2009 uprisings, and the follow-on enabling
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Ivan Sascha Sheehan, International Policy Digest, 12 December 2018 Iran has been the center of international attention in 2018. In light of unprecedented, continuous protests and strikes at home, a faltering economy, growing regional and international isolation, and the imposition of massive US sanctions, there
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Patrick Kennedy, The National Interest, 12 December 2018 The United States re-imposed the last of the economic sanctions on Iran suspended under the Iran nuclear deal in November. President Donald Trump pulled out of that agreement in May, citing its failure to generate moderation in
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NCRI-US Staff, 13 December 2018 Since Khomeini took power in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, the Iranian regime has conducted a harsh crackdown on the press, jailing and/or killing any reporter who dares to write what he or she sees. The mullahs view any
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Reza Shafiee, Special to Al-Arabiya English, 10 December 2018 Reza Shafiee is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). He tweets @shafiee_shafiee. Human Rights Day, marked on December 10, is a wake-up call for the world
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Wes Martin, TownHall, 10 December 2018 In additional to serving as the Senior Antiterrorism Officer for all Coalition Forces in Iraq, the Operations Chief for Task Force 134 (Detention Operations), and Commander of Camp Ashraf, Colonel Martin also served as the U.S. Department of Army’s
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Patrick Goodenough, CNS News, 7 December 2018 The Iranian regime’s refusal to come clean about the secret executions of thousands of dissidents 30 years ago amounts to an ongoing crime against humanity, a global human rights group says in a new report. “The fact that
NCRI-US Staff, 7 December 2018 Early November, a group of high-ranking European dignitaries visited, the new home to the members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), near Tirana, Albania. The delegation, which included current and former
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