BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, January 25, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Earlier this month, the Iranian regime launched ballistic missile attacks on Iraq, Syria, and, notably, Pakistan, all within a 24-hour period. These attacks represent a desperate move by a regime whose façade
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, January 24, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director In the early hours of Tuesday, January 23, the henchmen of Iran’s religious dictatorship cowardly executed Mohammad Qobadlou, a 23-year-old imprisoned during the 2022 protests, on charges of killing a regime’s repressive
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By Ali Safavi, Townhall, January 22, 2024 In September 2023, a seismic revelation shook the foundations of U.S. national security when credible reports exposed a disturbing infiltration of the U.S. government by agents of the Iranian regime. The damning report by Semafor laid bare a
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Four decades of the Iranian regime’s terrorism have been richly rewarded. By Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director, U.S. Office, National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Washington; originally published in the Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2024 Your editorial “Iran Doesn’t Get Biden’s Message” (Jan. 17)
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, January 16, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Forty-five years ago today, on January 16, 1979, after decades of corruption, despotic rule, and mismanagement, which had led to nationwide popular uprisings against his rule, the Shah was forced to flee
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, January 11, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director According to reports compiled by the network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization, the MEK, the ruling religious dictatorship executed 834 people in 2023, the highest number in the past eight years and
In Tandem with Tehran’s Warmongering, Executions Surged in 2023 in Iran Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, January 10, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Following the bombing in Kerman during a state ceremony marking the 4th anniversary of the death of terror master Qassem Soleimani, Iranians swiftly turned to social media, accusing the regime of orchestrating
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, December 18, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The scheduled visit of Ebrahim Raisi to Geneva faced cancellation due to the unwavering efforts led by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Additionally, mounting pressure
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Ali Safavi, Originally published in Townhall, December 23, 2023 Since the massive consecutive uprisings that began in 2017, a grim reality has taken root in Iran. It is a story of widespread human rights violations that stain the conscience of the world. Yet there is
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, December 11, 2023, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Barbaric crackdowns and executions have significantly increased in Iran in line with Tehran’s further fueling of war and conflict in the region. They are the pillars of the clerical regime’s survival strategy.
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