BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 15, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Iran’s November 2019 uprising marked a decisive turning point in the nation’s effort to overthrow clerical tyranny in pursuit of democracy, justice, and peace. The most significant outcome of this powerful uprising
Anniversary of the November 2019 Uprising in Iran Read More
By NCRI-US Staff – November 15, 2024 Since its inception, Iran’s fundamentalist regime has targeted women through institutionalized misogyny and oppression. The regime’s current President Masoud Pezeshkian has not only continued, but has intensified harsh measures to maintain the regime’s projected authority. These barbaric acts
Women Inside Iran Taking On the Regime Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 13, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On November 12, 1985, Iran’s sole democratic alternative to the clerical regime, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), adopted its Plan on the Provisional Government’s Relations with Religion in response
NCRI’s Historic Plan for Separation of Religion and State in Iran Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 18, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Directo Iran’s regime continues its brutal suppression of dissent, employing a multifaceted strategy of repression that extends from the digital realm to the gallows. Freedom House’s latest report ranks the regime as the
Cyber Repression and Mass Executions: Tehran’s Desperate Grip on Power Read More
By NCRI-US Staff United Nations, New York, September 24, 2024– Thousands of supporters of the Iranian resistance movement gathered in a rally in New York to protest against the presence of the Iranian regime’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, at the 79th United Nations General Assembly. Being
A Loud and Clear Call from the Iranian People to the World Read More
By NCRI-US Staff Washington, DC–On October 3, 2024, LiveNOW from FOX interviewed Alireza Jafarzadeh, the deputy director of the Washington Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI-US), who provided critical insights into the Iranian regime’s strategic motives behind its barrage of 180
Iran’s Regional Strategy and Nuclear Threat: Analyzing the Regime’s Survival Tactics Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 7, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The Iranian regime’s killing machine is operating at full force. Nearly 250 executions, including nine women, have been carried out in the two months since Masoud Pezeshkian took office as Ali Khamenei’s
Resistance Units Vital for Defeating Tehran’s Domestic Terror Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, September 18, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On September 10, United Kingdom lawmakers gathered in Parliament for a conference titled “Human Rights in Iran and the Call for Accountability,” focusing on the escalating human rights abuses under the Iranian
UK Lawmakers Join NCRI President-elect to Call for Blacklisting of IRGC Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, September 16, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On September 9 and 11, 2024, Iran’s regime executed at least 12 prisoners, including Morteza Yousefi, a former national Greco-Roman wrestling champion. Yousefi, who had spent 10 years in Noshahr Prison, held
Widespread Protests Across Iran as Executions Rise Read More
By: NCRI-US Staff Washington, DC – September 10, 2024. An expert panel titled “Iran: Confronting the Threat and Securing a Solution” was held on Capitol Hill. The speakers included former military generals and foreign affairs experts, with several U.S. House members opening the event. The
Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill: Ending the Iranian Regime’s Threat Read More