By: NCRI-US Staff, November 21, 2024 In July, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, handpicked Masoud Pezeshkian as the new President following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. Despite the facade of change and reformation, Pezeshkian’s first 100 days have proven unsuccessful. Amidst growing inflation
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Civilian workforce being used to prop up regime’s efforts By Caitlin McFall Fox News, November 21 FIRST ON FOX — Iran has turned to its commercial sector to conceal its development of ballistic missiles in a move to circumvent international sanctions, turning private companies into fronts for its illicit military dealings.
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 21, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Iranian officials’ recent statements underscore a dangerous escalation in the regime’s nuclear posture, as highlighted by the recent remarks of Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Mohammad Javad Larijani, a senior figure and
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 15, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Iran’s November 2019 uprising marked a decisive turning point in the nation’s effort to overthrow clerical tyranny in pursuit of democracy, justice, and peace. The most significant outcome of this powerful uprising
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By NCRI-US Staff – November 15, 2024 Since its inception, Iran’s fundamentalist regime has targeted women through institutionalized misogyny and oppression. The regime’s current President Masoud Pezeshkian has not only continued, but has intensified harsh measures to maintain the regime’s projected authority. These barbaric acts
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 13, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On November 12, 1985, Iran’s sole democratic alternative to the clerical regime, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), adopted its Plan on the Provisional Government’s Relations with Religion in response
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, November 12, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director A day after the U.S. presidential election results were announced, as pundits worldwide began assessing potential shifts in Washington’s approach toward Tehran, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei made a rare
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 30, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director As the embattled clerical regime’s machinery of war and terrorism weakens, it is intensifying terror and executions at home to protect itself from a restive nation seeking its overthrow. On October 29th,
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 29, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Khamenei’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has proposed a budget for the fiscal year that is a clear blueprint for further oppression, warmongering, terrorism, and economic mismanagement. This could very well set the
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‘Decades of appeasement have emboldened this dictatorship,’ Iranian dissident says By Beth Bailey Fox News, Published October 25, 2024 4:00am EDT Excerpts: A leading Iranian dissident group, the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (MEK), has provided Fox News Digital with information about a secret site where