AFP, 27 February 2018 Demonstrators gathered outside the UN in Geneva Tuesday and some diplomats left in protest over an address by Iran’s justice minister to the rights council, despite facing Swiss and EU sanctions over rights violations. Alireza Avaie took the podium at the

NCRI, 5 February 2018 NCRI – Two female political prisoners, Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee, started an indefinite hunger strike on Saturday, February 3, to protest their “illegal transfer” to Qarchak prison. The two political prisoners issued a letter announcing that they have given ten days

NCRI, 4 February 2018 Iranian regime launched a show visit to Evin prison on January 30, by a number of the regime’s parliamentarians, to cover the disgrace of their crimes against the prisoners of the uprising. This show took place while after the killing of

NCRI, 4 February 2018 NCRI – The warring factions in the Iranian Regime are now divided over how to handle the people’s uprising, which has been dominating the country for over a month. Many in Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s faction believe that they can placate

Tahar Boumedra, The Hill, 31 January 2018 Among analysts and commentators who have been paying attention to the state of affairs in the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is widespread agreement that the fallout from recent protests, which spread to as many as 140 cities

EU Reporter Correspondent, EU Reporter, 24 January 2018 In an official visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday (24 January), Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) rebuked Europe’s silence and

Congressional Record, 18 January 2018 HON. TOM McCLINTOCK of California in the House of Representatives Thursday, January 18, 2018 Mr. McCLINTOCK: Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the following op-ed, written by Mrs. Rajavi, the elected President of the National Council of Resistance of

NCRI, 18 January 2018 The recent uprising in Iran which began on December 28 late last year, has sent shockwaves around the world, including the current debates among Iran policy circles in the United States. Many policy experts, analysts, and commentators now view and describe

Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times, 16 January 2018 Iran’s rulers have inflicted death by torture and gunfire on citizen protesters in a crackdown since the Dec. 28 street uprising erupted, the main opposition group said Tuesday. The Europe-based National Council of Resistance of Iran says the Islamic republic’s

Eric Shawn, Fox News, 13 January 2018 They are risking their lives to bring freedom to Iran, and vow to continue their protests. “These uprisings have just begun. People are not at all willing to give up,” one activist told Fox News from the streets