“No to monarchy, no to theocracy” demarcation expresses the lessons of Iran’s democratic struggle and the responsibility to prevent another dictatorship. By NCRI-US Editorial Staff | November 4, 2026 Opposition to Iran’s ruling clerical regime raises a question that cannot wait until the day after
Iran’s Democratic Future Cannot Return to Monarchy Read More
By Ivan Sascha Sheehan and Majid Rafizadeh Originally published in the Washington Examiner, October 30, 2026 In May 2004, 14 months after the invasion of Iraq, it was clear that weapons of mass destruction could no longer be cited as justification for it. An intelligence
From Ahmad Chalabi to Reza Pahlavi: The politics of manufactured opposition Read More
By Hossein Sadeghpour, originally published in International Policy Digest, October 29, 2026 In authoritarian states, political control is not exercised solely through arrests, censorship, and repression. Equally important is the ability to manipulate opposition movements from within. Intelligence services have long sought to infiltrate, fragment,
Belgium’s Parliament declines to officially welcome the son of Iran’s deposed Shah after its foreign minister warned against it, raising concerns about elevating a divisive exile figure with a record of failed initiatives. By NCRI-US Staff – October 21, 2026 Belgium’s Chamber of Representatives has
When Media Celebrity Is Mistaken for Opposition Leadership Read More
By entrusting its 2026 Freedom Prize for the Iranian people to an unelected and deeply divisive exile politician, Germany’s Friedrich Naumann Foundation risks turning an honor for a nation’s struggle into an exercise in manufactured political legitimacy. By NCRI-US Editorial Team – October 17, 2026
Germany’s Freedom Prize: Iran’s People Deserve Solidarity, Not a Manufactured Leader Read More
Iran’s Democratic Future Marks a Break With Both Monarchy and Theocracy By NCRI-US Staff WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2026 — A federal court ruling allowing a torture lawsuit against former senior SAVAK official Parviz Sabeti to move forward has reopened the record of repression under the
Parviz Sabeti, Senior Official in the Shah’s SAVAK, Faces Torture Case in U.S. Court Read More
By the NCRI-US Staff, July 9, 2025 In a sharply worded rebuttal, Ali Safavi dismantles Michael Rubin’s long-running campaign against Iran’s main opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI). Safavi argues that Rubin’s obsessive attacks expose not MEK’s supposed flaws, but rather his own ideological biases
Michael Rubin’s MEK Critique Reveals More About Him Than Iran’s Resistance Read More
By the NCRI Staff, July 3, 2023 In a powerful rebuttal to Michael Rubin’s recent critique of the People’s Mojahedin Organization (PMOI/MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Ali Safavi exposes the glaring contradictions, omissions, and ideological bias behind Rubin’s arguments. Safavi highlights Rubin’s
Why Iran’s Future Lies with Resistance, Not Royal Nostalgia Read More
By Ivan Sascha Sheehan, originally published in Townhall, June 21, 2025 As the day of reckoning draws nearer for Iran’s theocratic rulers, Reza Pahlavi – the exiled heir to a toppled monarchy whose 37-year reign was marked by brutal repression, the savaging of civil liberties,
Between Turban and Crown: Why Reza Pahlavi Is No Answer to Iran’s Crisis Read More
By Hollie McKay, INTERNATIONAL POLICY DIGEST, April 27, 2025 Fifty years later, Iranian activist Aziz Rezaee still bears the scars of torture on the bottoms of her frail feet. Yet, the 96-year-old’s years of abuse and political imprisonment stemmed not from the iron fist of
Tortured by the Shah, Betrayed by the Ayatollah: A Survivor’s Story Read More