A new directive on swift judicial enforcement recalls the regime’s deadly crackdowns in 1988 and January 2026. By NCRI-US Staff WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2026 – The Iranian regime’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has called for swift and decisive enforcement of judicial rulings during a meeting
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August casts a long shadow over Iran. Thirty-eight years ago, facing one of the gravest crises in its history, the clerical regime turned its fury against political prisoners. Ali Safavi, Originally published by Brussels Signal, August 11, 2026 The result was the 1988 prison massacre,
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
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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, June 7, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The late May death of Ebrahim Raisi, known as the “Butcher of Tehran,” was an irreparable strategic blow to the clerical regime and its Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. This event has massive
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Alireza Jafarzadeh, NewsMax, May 25, 2024 First, the death of Raisi is a strategic blow to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the entirety of this regime because Raisi was groomed by Khamenei for years, especially because of the direct role of Ebrahim Raisi in the well-documented 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners
By Ken Blackwell, Originally published in Townhall, May 22, 2024 Last weekend, the Iranian regime was thrust into turmoil with the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Amir Hossein Abdollahian in a helicopter crash in Iran. This represents a significant setback for Supreme
By Ivan Sasha Sheehan, Originally published in Stars and Stripes, May 21, 2024 With the untimely death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the so-called “Butcher of Tehran,” and the country’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a helicopter crash in an eastern province of Iran near
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, April 4, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Seventy-five current and former UN human rights experts have issued a strong appeal to the UN Human Rights Council. They urge the Council to renew the mandates of two crucial bodies investigating
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, December 18, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The scheduled visit of Ebrahim Raisi to Geneva faced cancellation due to the unwavering efforts led by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Additionally, mounting pressure
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