By NCRI-US Staff, February 18, 2022 On Friday, February 11, 2022, the Organization of Iranian American Communities held a virtual event in conjunction with the anniversary of Iran’s 197 anti-dictatorial revolution stressing their support for a democratic, secular republic in Iran. Fifty-three members of the
By Ali Safavi, originally published in Townhall, February 15, 2022 It was 3 PM on Thursday, January 27, 2022. As usual, Channel 1, the flagship network on Iran’s state-run TV, was preparing to air commercials. However, what went on air instead was historic and inconceivable.
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By Alireza Jafarzadeh, Originally published in Euronews, October 11, 2021 While envoys from Western countries were busy expressing concerns about Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile programs at the 76th UN General Assembly session for countering WMDs (weapons of mass destruction), Mohammad Eslami, head of the
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By Ali Safavi, Originally published in The National Interest, October 10, 2021 The rise of terrorists, criminals, mass murderers, and highly corrupt officials has now become a trend in Iran. nown as the “Henchman of 1988” for his key role in the massacre of political
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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
Protests in Iran Grow With Water Shortages Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 23, 2021 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: The uprising in Khuzestan is now in the second week. Despite killing several peaceful protesters, injuring dozens more and arresting many civilians, the protests continue into the 9th Day. In fact, other
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 21, 2021 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: Since July 15, 2021, defiant youths in many cities in southwestern province of Khuzestan have staged large-scale protests over the severe shortages of water caused by criminal negligence and corruption of the Islamic Revolutionary
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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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Commentary by Alireza Jafarzadeh, originally published in RealClearPolitics.com, July 3, 2021 The recent elections in Iran were an historic failure for the outlaw regime. Hobbled by a faltering economy, rampant corruption, and widespread suppression of dissent, the regime lost the support of a growing number
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By Alireza Jafarzadeh, originally published in the International Business Times, June 27, 2021 What was at stake in the recent presidential election in Iran is the much-diminished prospects for the survival of the theocratic regime, presently at its most fragile state since 1979. Don’t search
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