BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, JUNE 9, 2022 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: After the quarterly report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the IAEA, its 35-member Board of Governors overwhelmingly passed a resolution that “expresses profound concern” about Iran’s regime for failing to explain
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By Alireza Jafarzadeh, Originally Published on the National Interest, May 21, 2022 The United States should hit the Iranian regime where it hurts by supporting and empowering its people On May 16, the seventieth U.S. secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, met with Maryam Rajavi, president-elect
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By Ken Blackwell Originally Published in Townhall, May 17, 2022 Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s presence at the headquarters of the largest Iranian opposition movement this week marked a significant moment in US-Iran policy. Its impact on the strategic US outlook toward Iran may be indirect or
Why Pompeo’s visit to Tirana matters to Tehran By Robert Torricelli originally published in newjerseyglobe.com, May 19, 2022 Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s embrace of the Iranian resistance at Camp Ashraf in Albania this week may add the final chapter to the story of a new
By NCRI-US Staff, May 18, 2022 Secretary Pompeo: “I’d also like to recognize President-elect Maryam Rajavi. Under her leadership, the National Council of Resistance of Iran is laying the groundwork for a free, sovereign, and democratic republic of Iran.” Mike Pompeo, the 70th U.S. Secretary
By Sedighe Shahrokhi, originally published on NCR-Iran.org, April 27, 2022 On April 26, on the same day when the Iranian regime’s Judiciary confirmed the 16-year jail sentence for two award-winning elite students for activism against the entire ruling establishment, the regime’s Supreme Leader organized a meeting with
Washington, DC, March 25, 2022 – Distinguished policy and national security experts called for maintaining Iran’s IRGC on the list of Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) of the U.S. Department of State, argued for no sanctions relief, and highlighted the prospects for change in Iran, during a conference organized
By Struan Stevenson, originally published in the Towhn Hill, March 11, 2022 The brutal invasion of Ukraine should have sent a resounding wakeup call to Western appeasers. Those same leaders sat on their hands when Vladimir Putin effectively annexed more than 20% of Georgian territory
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, MARCH 3, 2022 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: Now after nearly one year of negotiations, the Iranian regime wants to take advantage of the war against Ukraine. After fully backing the unjust war on the Ukrainian people, and in return
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: The fact of the matter is that the desperate party and the weaker party in the Vienna talks is the Iranian regime. Why? Because they have lost the trust of their own people,
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