BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 20, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On the momentous occasion of the 20th anniversary of the revelation of the Natanz nuclear project, Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director of NCRI-US, eloquently elucidates the profound significance embedded within this pivotal event.
NCRI-US Commentary, August 8, 2023 On August 2, Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, in connection with the release of a new state-endorsed book aimed at vilifying the main opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), conducted a round
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Giulio Terzi | Townhall, Aug 01, 2023 In the history of international diplomacy quite frequently have been moments when the phone rings and an ambassador is immediately summoned to the host country’s foreign ministry. Those calls always convey a clear message: The host country feels there is
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Jorge Tuto Quiroga | Townhall, Jul 29, 2023 Recently, five other former heads of state and I visited France to attend a conference at the headquarters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. A month earlier, I joined more than 100 politicians and former high-ranking government
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Bruce McColm, Townhall, July 12, 2023 In a week marked by alarming developments, the international community was jolted by a resounding warning emanating from the United States, United Kingdom, and France. The UN Security Council bore witness to a grave revelation: Iran’s illicit trade of
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Majid Rafizadeh, Townhall, July 11, 2023 On July 1, the streets of central Paris teemed with tens of thousands of Iranian dissidents, as a notable assemblage of A-list international dignitaries joined their ranks to advocate for the establishment of a free and democratic republic in
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Ken Blackwell, Townhall, July 9, 2023 The widespread protests coursing through Iran, coupled with the burgeoning international and domestic influence of the main Iranian opposition, have laid bare the deep strategic vulnerabilities of the clerical regime. Western governments must not remain oblivious to these seismic
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The classified documents were obtained by the vast network of Iran’s main opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), inside Iran WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, June 6, 2023 — On May 31, 2023, the U.S. Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI-US)
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, June 7, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Today, a letter exchange, obtained from the office of the Iranian regime’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, was released, by a Telegram channel known as @ghyamsarnegouni, meaning “Rise to Overthrow,” which is a group
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, June 6, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director This morning, at a ceremony attended by the Iranian regime’s President Ebrahim Raisi and commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tehran announced that it had made its first hypersonic ballistic missile
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