By Alireza Jafarzadeh, Originally published in the New York Post, March 7, 2024 Friday’s sham elections for Iran’s Parliament and Assembly of Experts sent a shot heard ’round the world, with voters staying home in record numbers in defiance of the regime’s calls to vote.
Iran’s historically low election turnout should spell the end of the regime Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, March 7, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The clerical regime long touted the electoral farce staged on March 1 in Iran as a crucial step to reviving its shattered legitimacy, both domestically and internationally, following the 2022 uprising. The
Historic Boycott Mirrors Iranians’ Determination for Regime Change Read More
By NCRI-US Staff, March 6, 2024 The 2022 murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini at the hands of the Iranian regime sparked an uprising. It gained global attention to the plight of the Iranian people, particularly the women in Iran. The world learned more about the
International Women’s Day and Women in the Iranian Resistance Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, March 6, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Less than a week after the crushing blow dealt to Iran’s faltering regime following the historic boycott of the March 1 sham elections, the devastating fallout is already being uttered by the
Stunning Low Turnout in Iran’s Engineered Elections Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, March 2, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director
By NCRI-US Staff, March 1, 2024 In an interview with Al-Hurra, Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of the National Council of Iranian Resistance in Washington, elaborates why the March 1 sham elections held by the clerical regime are going to face an unprecedented boycott. Explaining why
By Alireza Jafarzadeh, Originally Published in Newsmax World, Thursday, 29 February 2024 As the March 1st Iranian elections loom, it is increasingly evident that they are a farce orchestrated by the oppressive regime of Ali Khamenei. Since the beginning of the regime’s mass killings in 1981
Iran’s Moribund Regime Falling Into Election Year Trap Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, February 29, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Iran’s March 1st elections are nothing but a mockery, staged by an embattled fascist regime in another desperate bid to solidify its faltering rule. Similar to the 2021 presidential elections, the mystery
The Looming Massive Election Boycott in Iran Read More
By NCRI-US Staff, February 23, 2024 On Thursday, February 22, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director of the National Council of Iran U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US), held a press conference that shed light on the upcoming Iranian parliamentary elections scheduled for March 1st. Jafarzadeh’s presentation, backed
Iran’s Sham Elections: NCRI Exposes Regime Fear and Fragility Read More
By Mike Glen, The Washington Times, February 22, 2024 Most Iranians will boycott the country’s March 1 parliamentary elections because their political system is rigged in favor of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his favored candidates, according to the National Council of Resistance of
Iranian voters will boycott country’s upcoming ‘sham’ elections, resistance group says Read More