Stephen J. Rapp, The Washington Post, July 24, 2025 Excerpts: As a former international prosecutor, I am compelled to speak out against a pattern of escalating human rights violations in Iran, a pattern that evokes the darkest chapters of that country’s history and demands a
The next Iranian massacre is unfolding in plain sight Read More
The international community can support regime change efforts by recognizing those fighting the religious dictatorship By Maryam Rajavi, the President-Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, Monday, July 14, 2025, Originally Published in Washington Times The solution to the Iranian crisis that has influenced the
Democracy and stability in Iran can come only from within Read More
By the NCRI-US Staff, July 9, 2025 In a sharply worded rebuttal, Ali Safavi dismantles Michael Rubin’s long-running campaign against Iran’s main opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI). Safavi argues that Rubin’s obsessive attacks expose not MEK’s supposed flaws, but rather his own ideological biases
Michael Rubin’s MEK Critique Reveals More About Him Than Iran’s Resistance Read More
By the NCRI Staff, July 3, 2023 In a powerful rebuttal to Michael Rubin’s recent critique of the People’s Mojahedin Organization (PMOI/MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Ali Safavi exposes the glaring contradictions, omissions, and ideological bias behind Rubin’s arguments. Safavi highlights Rubin’s
Why Iran’s Future Lies with Resistance, Not Royal Nostalgia Read More
By Ivan Sascha Sheehan, originally published in Townhall, June 21, 2025 As the day of reckoning draws nearer for Iran’s theocratic rulers, Reza Pahlavi – the exiled heir to a toppled monarchy whose 37-year reign was marked by brutal repression, the savaging of civil liberties,
Between Turban and Crown: Why Reza Pahlavi Is No Answer to Iran’s Crisis Read More
By Saeid Sajadi, Original published in The Capital-Journal, May 18, 2025 Key points: A bipartisan majority in the U.S. House of Representatives recently supported the 10-point plan of Maryam Rajavi for a free Iran with HR 166, led by Reps. McClintock, R-California, and Brad Sherman,
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By Hollie McKay, INTERNATIONAL POLICY DIGEST, April 27, 2025 Fifty years later, Iranian activist Aziz Rezaee still bears the scars of torture on the bottoms of her frail feet. Yet, the 96-year-old’s years of abuse and political imprisonment stemmed not from the iron fist of
Tortured by the Shah, Betrayed by the Ayatollah: A Survivor’s Story Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, April 24, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Today marks the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Professor Kazem Rajavi, an esteemed human rights advocate, legal scholar, and the representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, April 21, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director In 1988, the Iranian regime carried out one of the most heinous crimes of the 20th century—a massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners, the majority of them supporters of the main opposition
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, April 16, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The nuclear negotiations between the Iranian regime and the United States have plunged the clerical dictatorship into one of its deepest crises in years. Although Supreme Leader Khamenei tried to downplay it,
NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS EXPOSE IRAN’S CRUMBLING REGIME Read More