The Free Iran Convention 2025 was significantly enhanced by the participation of a distinguished, bipartisan roster of international dignitaries, underscoring the high-level global concern regarding the current situation in Iran. This influential group included prominent American policy figures, such as Honorable Sec. of State Mike […]
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Dr. Sofey Saidi is an accomplished scholar-practitioner in international relations, global governance, and conflict resolution. She earned her Ph.D. in International Relations in Geneva, Switzerland, where she also served as a member of the Globecraft Institute at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations.
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Messages from Political Prisoners This powerful segment brings the audience directly inside Iran’s struggle for freedom. Voices from Iran features messages smuggled out from political prisoners—some facing execution—whose courage continues to inspire a nation. Resistance Units It also includes exclusive footage of the activities of
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By KENNETH BLACKWELL, Originally Published on Stars & Stripes, November 11, 2025 Kenneth Blackwell is a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Iran stands at a historic crossroads. The gap between a crumbling theocracy and a defiant, freedom-seeking society
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Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy director, U.S. Office, National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Washington November 7, 2025 For nearly four decades, Iran’s political future has been framed in Washington as a choice between confrontation with the ruling theocracy or accommodation with it. Yet neither approach
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By Alireza Jafarzadeh, originally published on RealClear World Iran is in a strikingly similar position to the dictatorial Pahlavi regime right before it was deposed in 1979. The last U.S. Ambassador to Iran, William Sullivan, sent a now-famous telegram to the White House in late
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A Meeting of Minds: Science Without Borders Professor Morteza (Mory) Gharib is the Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Medical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He also serves as the Director of the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT) and the Director of the
Shaping Iran’s Future: The People’s Choice for Democracy Professor Hossein Sadeghpour Professor Hossein R. Sadeghpour is a leading theoretical physicist and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (ITAMP), based at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. His work
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Panel Objective Iran’s new generation, from students and activists inside the country to young Iranians shaping policy and media abroad, is now the driving force of the struggle for freedom. This panel highlights how Gen-Z courage, digital organizing, and global advocacy are reshaping Iran’s political
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Panel Objective This panel explores how Iranian women have become central to the country’s democratic struggle. It examines the historical and structural forces, particularly since 1985, that enabled women to assume leadership roles within the organized resistance, and highlights how their sacrifice, resilience, and vision
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