BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, June 2, 2021 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: The campaigning for Iran’s June 18 presidential election began on May 28. This election has already shown it will be very consequential one with huge implications for the regime’s future and the
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By Hamideh Taati, Originally published in NCR-Iran.org, 28th May 2021 Iran’s Covid-19 death toll is rapidly surpassing 300,000, according to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Yet, Iran’s regime continues its inaction and refuses to vaccinate the population. In recent days, state media acknowledged the regime’s vaccination hoax.
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By Mahmoud Hakamian, Originally published in NCR-Iran.org, 26th May 2021 In a news briefing earlier today, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, Mr. Mohammad Mohaddessin, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), spoke about the most recent developments regarding the Iranian regime’s
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, May 26, 2021 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: The Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader has always controlled the Guardian Council, an unelected body charged with vetting candidates. But what happened this week was unprecedented. Khamenei disqualified several longtime establishment figures, most
By Shahriar Kia, Originally published in NCR-Iran.org, 24th May 2021 In recent months, Iran’s state-run media have acknowledged that a low turnout in the upcoming sham presidential election will challenge the regime’s legitimacy. Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, one of the regime’s top clerics, had said: “Democracy only matters for Western
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, May 24, 2021 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: Over the weekend, the official website of the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, published a congratulatory message by Ziyad al-Nakhalah, secretary general of the Islamic Jihad, addressed to Khamenei describing him as
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, May 17, 2021 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: The Guardian Council vetting of Presidential candidates is not final, but officials including Khamenei are already expressing concern about a massive boycott. Following a call by the Iranian Resistance’s President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi,
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, May 12, 2021 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: The regime’s 13th presidential election will be held on June 18, 2021. Registration of candidates began on May 11 and will continue until May 15, 2021. The un-elected Guardian Council, half of whose
By Amir Taghati, originally published in NCR-Iran.org, 11th May 2021 Iran’s sham presidential elections will be held on June 18. As the election date approaches, the regime’s infightings increase. Thus, state-run media warn of the consequences of the factional feuding. In recent days, the regime’s Guardian Council
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, May 5, 2021 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: Today, the clerical regime withdrew the appeal against a Belgian high court’s conviction of its top Vienna-based diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, for the plot to bomb the Iranian Resistance’s 2018 Paris summit. Fearing a
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