BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 22, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The late Sheila Jackson-Lee, an esteemed member of the U.S. Congress from Texas, has left an indelible mark on the world through her steadfast support for human rights and democracy. For nearly
Late Sheila Jackson-Lee: A Fearless Advocate for Freedom in Iran 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Our revelations have shown that Tehran’s nuclear program has always been about building the nuclear bomb,’ Iran dissident group say Peter Aiken, Fox News, June 25, 2024 FIRST ON FOX – A new report from an Iranian resistance group alleges that the Islamist regime has attempted to