BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 17, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director In the recent Iranian presidential sham election, a staggering 91% of the population boycotted the vote, according to the monitoring of over 2,000 polling stations in 248 cities and 60 villages across
Khamenei’s Regime Shaken by Historic Election Boycott Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 15, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The three-day Free Iran World Summit 2024 in Paris, France, featured distinguished figures, parliamentarians, former world leaders, and government officials from the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. Never before has
Free Iran World Summit Showcases the Alternative Read More
By Dr. Ramesh Sepehrrad, Originally published in The Hill, July 14, 2024 The recent presidential election in Iran, marked by historically low voter turnout and pervasive public rejection, underscores the profound disillusionment and frustration coursing through society. Masoud Pezeshkian, while touted by some as a reformist, epitomizes
Iran’s illusion of reform masks the crumbling of Khamenei’s regime Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 7, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director During the Free Iran 2024 Summit in Paris and Berlin, a bipartisan group of members of the U.S. House of Representatives announced that a House Resolution had surpassed the support of the
House Majority Support for Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan for Future Iran Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 5, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director During the Free Iran 2024 Summit in Paris and Berlin, prominent bipartisan U.S. Senators announced the introduction of a Senate Resolution titled “Protecting the Iranian political refugees, including female former political prisoners,
The US Senate Expresses Bipartisan Support for Ashraf 3 Read More
A TEDx presentation by the NCRI-US Deputy-Director Alireza Jafarzadeh, July 1, 2024 By integrating personal and professional experience, Mr. Alireza Jafarzadeh argues that the key to the success of the freedom movement in Iran, which would have a global impact, is the leadership role of
Women Fighting for Freedom: Force for Change in Iran Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, June 26, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director This Saturday, June 29th, a monumental event will unfold in Germany. Tens of thousands of pro-democracy supporters of the Iranian Resistance, united in their advocacy for a democratic, non-nuclear republic in Iran,
Berlin Grand Rally to Back Iranians’ Struggle for Regime Change Read More
How unlikely Iranian activists are undermining Iran’s regime ahead of Friday’s elections. By MARCO GIANNANGELI, Defence and Diplomatic Editor, Originally published in London Express, July 24, 2024 BY day, they are office workers and school teachers; ordinary citizens who struggle to make their salaries stretch
The fearless women who risk it all to undermine Iran’s oppressive regime Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, June 24, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director In recent weeks, the surge of misinformation and propaganda originating from Iran against the Iranian Resistance and its key component, the MEK, has significantly intensified. The Resistance and its President-elect Maryam Rajavi’s
Tehran’s Futile Propaganda Targets the Iranian Resistance Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, June 21, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The West’s unending appeasement of Tehran and cowardly capitulation to its hostage diplomacy constantly reaches new heights. The Swedish government handed over Hamid Noury to the terrorist regime in exchange for two
Disgraceful Capitulation to Tehran’s Hostage Diplomacy Read More