BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 28, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On August 26, a prisoner was barbarically executed in public in the city of Shahrud in Iran, according to the regime’s judiciary news agency. Less than a month since Massoud Pezeshkian, the
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 14, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On the momentous day of August 14, 2002, the world awoke to the horrific nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime. On that day, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI),
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 12, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Masoud Pezeshkian, the new president of the Iranian regime, submitted his proposed cabinet list to the regime’s parliament for approval over the weekend. The list is a muddled assortment of incompetent, corrupt,
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BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, August 2, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The Iranian regime’s conduct following the sham election of Masoud Pezeshkian as its president is a massive rebuke to those suggesting this could mark the beginning of a new era of positive
Khamenei’s Killing Machine Goes into High Gear Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, July 30, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director Deputy director, U.S. Office, National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Washington Masoud Pezeshkian, appointed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei earlier this week as his new president, has taken office. He
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Ali Safavi, Originally published in Newsmax, July 26, 2024 The recent elevation of Masoud Pezeshkian to the presidency in Iran has sparked some misguided optimism among increasingly isolated quarters of the global community. Branded as a “reformist” by Tehran’s lobby and proponents of the long-discredited
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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
Free Iran World Summit Showcases the Alternative Read More