By Shamsi Saadati, Originally published in NCR-Iran.org, 30th October 2021 November 15 marks the anniversary of the major Iran protests in November 2019. After three years, the regime is still visibly afraid of a restive society and haunted by the bitter nightmare of those protests. On
Anniversary of 2019 Iran Protests: Regime Officials and Media Warn of Another Uprising Read More
By David Amess, 14th October 2021 Human rights activists have recently joined with persons affected by the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses in order to issue formal requests for the arrest of Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran. Raisi assumed office in August following months
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By Mansoureh Galestan, Originally published in NCR-Iran.org, 13th October 2021 On Monday, the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson announced that the regime’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, would not attend the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. Responding to the reporters, the FM spokesperson claimed that ‘such
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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
Iranians are crying out for regime change, not nuclear power. The West should listen. Read More
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
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
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
By Shamsi Saadati, Originally published in NCR-Iran.org, 20th July 2021 Since Thursday, the Iranian province of Khuzestan has been the site of numerous large-scale protests over worsening water shortages. The demonstrations emerged within weeks of the start of similarly expansive protests in Khuzestan and various other regions,
Protests over Water Shortages Reflect Broader Political Trends in Iran Read More
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
As Iran Regime Falters, A Raisi Presidency Poses Challenges and Opportunities Read More