By KENNETH BLACKWELL, Originally Published on Stars & Stripes, November 11, 2025 Kenneth Blackwell is a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Iran stands at a historic crossroads. The gap between a crumbling theocracy and a defiant, freedom-seeking society
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Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy director, U.S. Office, National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Washington November 7, 2025 For nearly four decades, Iran’s political future has been framed in Washington as a choice between confrontation with the ruling theocracy or accommodation with it. Yet neither approach
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By Alireza Jafarzadeh, originally published on RealClear World Iran is in a strikingly similar position to the dictatorial Pahlavi regime right before it was deposed in 1979. The last U.S. Ambassador to Iran, William Sullivan, sent a now-famous telegram to the White House in late
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Shaping Iran’s Future: The People’s Choice for Democracy Professor Hossein Sadeghpour Professor Hossein R. Sadeghpour is a leading theoretical physicist and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (ITAMP), based at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. His work
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Panel Objective Iran’s new generation, from students and activists inside the country to young Iranians shaping policy and media abroad, is now the driving force of the struggle for freedom. This panel highlights how Gen-Z courage, digital organizing, and global advocacy are reshaping Iran’s political
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FREE IRAN CONVENTION 2025 The Path to A Democratic, Prosperous Republic in Iran Keynote Speaker Mrs. Maryam Rajavi President-elect of The National Council of Resistance of Iran The Free Iran Convention 2025 brought together Iranian scholars, activists, professionals, and community leaders to outline a clear
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Panel Objective This panel will explore Iran’s rapidly evolving political landscape and assess the most realistic pathway to democratic change. Panelists will examine various scenarios proposed for Iran’s future—from relying on so-called moderates within the regime, to external pressure, civil disobedience, or military intervention—to determine
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Panel Objective The panel aims to analyze the objective and social conditions in Iran that indicate a society on the brink of transformative change or regime overthrow. It explores the deepening economic, political, social, and environmental crises, and how these have fueled widespread discontent, protest
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 22, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director October 22, 1993, marks a momentous day in the history of the Iranian Resistance, which has long strived to realize the century-old aspirations of the Iranian people for democracy, equality, and popular
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 21, 2025, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director In today’s Iran, the clerical regime faces a storm unlike any it has encountered in forty-five years.Crises—political, social, economic, and regional—are closing in from every direction, stripping away its stability and exposing
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