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)
Addressing the impact of Houthi actions is a pressing issue, but efforts to resolve the crisis should be focused on the real source behind the conflict — Tehran. By Chuck Wald, January 19, 2024, Published in Politico.eu (Chuck Wald is a retired U.S. Air Force general
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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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By Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Originally Published in the Town Hall, October 09, 2023 In 2014, Ariane Tabatabai – then a predoctoral fellow at Harvard University – published an article which pointedly advised policymakers to “Beware of the MEK.” It repeated serious accusations against the Iranian regime’s principal
Maryam Rajavi, The President-Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, September 20, 2023, Originally published in the New York Post With the Iranian regime’s president in New York, speaking to the United Nations just days after the anniversary of an uprising sparked by
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Khamenei knows he can’t offer concessions, since the smallest shift could trigger another uprising across the deprived and suppressed nation Maryam Rajavi, the President-Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran Originally published in The Telegraph, September 17, 2023 Also available on Mrs. Maryam
Ali Safavi, Townhall, August 21, 2023 When it comes to Iran policy, an all-too-familiar mantra has endured for decades among Western policymakers: Appeasement. Yet, the march of history offers a stern lesson: Appeasement exacts a weighty toll on the Iranian people while endangering the delicate
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Giulio Terzi | Townhall, Aug 01, 2023 In the history of international diplomacy quite frequently have been moments when the phone rings and an ambassador is immediately summoned to the host country’s foreign ministry. Those calls always convey a clear message: The host country feels there is
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Jorge Tuto Quiroga | Townhall, Jul 29, 2023 Recently, five other former heads of state and I visited France to attend a conference at the headquarters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. A month earlier, I joined more than 100 politicians and former high-ranking government
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