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
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, September 9, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Shocking reports have emerged from Iran about the torture and death of Komeyl Abolhassani, a political prisoner, in the northern city of Tonekabon on August 30th. Fearing a public backlash, the regime
More Death and Torture in Detention under Pezeshkian Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 30, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Since the beginning of summer, a wave of unprecedented protests by nurses and medical professionals has swept across Iran, highlighting the dire working conditions within the country’s healthcare system. These protests have
Iran’s Nurses Hold Unprecedented Protests Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 28, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On August 26, a prisoner was barbarically executed in public in the city of Shahrud in Iran, according to the regime’s judiciary news agency. Less than a month since Massoud Pezeshkian, the
Appalling Rise in Iran Executions as Protests Spread Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 30, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Deputy director, U.S. Office, National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Washington Masoud Pezeshkian, appointed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei earlier this week as his new president, has taken office. He
Pezeshkian’s True Colors: Same as Khamenei and Raisi Read More
Ali Safavi, Originally published in Newsmax, July 26, 2024 The recent elevation of Masoud Pezeshkian to the presidency in Iran has sparked some misguided optimism among increasingly isolated quarters of the global community. Branded as a “reformist” by Tehran’s lobby and proponents of the long-discredited
Iran’s ‘Reformation’ Is an Illusion Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 19, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Eighty Nobel Laureates have issued a joint letter to world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, expressing deep concern over the deteriorating state of human rights in Iran and calling for immediate
80 Nobel Laureates Support a Democratic Republic in Iran Read More