“No to monarchy, no to theocracy” demarcation expresses the lessons of Iran’s democratic struggle and the responsibility to prevent another dictatorship. By NCRI-US Editorial Staff | November 4, 2026 Opposition to Iran’s ruling clerical regime raises a question that cannot wait until the day after
Iran’s Democratic Future Cannot Return to Monarchy Read More
By Ivan Sascha Sheehan and Majid Rafizadeh Originally published in the Washington Examiner, October 30, 2026 In May 2004, 14 months after the invasion of Iraq, it was clear that weapons of mass destruction could no longer be cited as justification for it. An intelligence
From Ahmad Chalabi to Reza Pahlavi: The politics of manufactured opposition Read More
By Hossein Sadeghpour, originally published in International Policy Digest, October 29, 2026 In authoritarian states, political control is not exercised solely through arrests, censorship, and repression. Equally important is the ability to manipulate opposition movements from within. Intelligence services have long sought to infiltrate, fragment,
The January 2026 uprising underscored the strategic role of the MEK Resistance Units in confronting the IRGC’s repression and advancing the Iranian people’s struggle for democratic change toward victory. NCRI-US Commentary WASHINGTON, October 29, 2026 – The January 2026 uprising marked a turning point in
Thirty-three years after Maryam Rajavi’s election as NCRI President-elect for the transitional period, the upheavals of 2026 bring renewed attention to her tested and visionary leadership and the roadmap for transferring sovereignty to the Iranian people. NCRI-US Staff – October 22, 2026 October 22, 1993,
Beyond the Fall of Dictatorship: The Leadership That Could Shape Iran’s Transition Read More
Belgium’s Parliament declines to officially welcome the son of Iran’s deposed Shah after its foreign minister warned against it, raising concerns about elevating a divisive exile figure with a record of failed initiatives. By NCRI-US Staff – October 21, 2026 Belgium’s Chamber of Representatives has
When Media Celebrity Is Mistaken for Opposition Leadership Read More
By entrusting its 2026 Freedom Prize for the Iranian people to an unelected and deeply divisive exile politician, Germany’s Friedrich Naumann Foundation risks turning an honor for a nation’s struggle into an exercise in manufactured political legitimacy. By NCRI-US Editorial Team – October 17, 2026
Germany’s Freedom Prize: Iran’s People Deserve Solidarity, Not a Manufactured Leader Read More
A contested succession, seven months of invisibility, a depleted ruling hierarchy, and internal fractures point to a deeper crisis at the heart of the regime. Seven months after Mojtaba Khamenei succeeded his father as the Iranian regime’s supreme leader, a growing contradiction is becoming difficult
By Sofey Saidi, Washington Examiner, Published September 29, 2026 Regime change is returning to the policy discussion over Iran, not as a call for another U.S.-led intervention but as a strategic question about whether lasting regional stability is possible while the political system at the center of
Trump says the Iran endgame is here. It isn’t — without regime change Read More
Soona Samsami: The MEK’s blacklisting was a manifestation of the West’s policy of appeasement toward the Iranian regime On September 28, 2012, the U.S. State Department revoked the designation of the main organized Iranian opposition movement, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known
Anniversary of MEK’s FTO Delisting Marks Landmark Victory for Democratic Change in Iran Read More