Iran: A Besieged Regime Targets MEK Activists
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, December 2, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The Iranian regime’s sentencing to death of six political prisoners accused of membership with the largest and…
NCRI-US Deputy Director Addresses the Australian Parliament
Australian Parliamentarians Support Iranian Resistance and Call for IRGC Designation NCRI-US Deputy Director Addresses the Australian Parliament Several Senators and Representatives addressed the event, called for designating the IRGC as…
Economic Failures Plague Pezeshkian’s First 100 Days
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…
Anniversary of the November 2019 Uprising in Iran
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…
Women Inside Iran Taking On the Regime
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…
Khamenei’s Relentless Warmongering After U.S. Election
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…
The head of the snake of war and terror lies in Tehran
The NCRI-US Deputy Director Alireza Jafarzadeh tells NewsMax that the head of the snake of war & terror lies in Tehran, and so does the solution, as Iran’s people and…
Cyber Repression and Mass Executions: Tehran’s Desperate Grip on Power
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 18, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Directo Iran’s regime continues its brutal suppression of dissent, employing a multifaceted strategy of repression that extends from…
Iran’s Regional Strategy and Nuclear Threat: Analyzing the Regime’s Survival Tactics
By NCRI-US Staff Washington, DC–On October 3, 2024, LiveNOW from FOX interviewed Alireza Jafarzadeh, the deputy director of the Washington Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI-US),…
Resistance Units Vital for Defeating Tehran’s Domestic Terror
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, October 7, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director The Iranian regime’s killing machine is operating at full force. Nearly 250 executions, including nine women, have…
UK Lawmakers Join NCRI President-elect to Call for Blacklisting of IRGC
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, September 18, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On September 10, United Kingdom lawmakers gathered in Parliament for a conference titled “Human Rights in Iran…
Widespread Protests Across Iran as Executions Rise
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, September 16, 2024, Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director On September 9 and 11, 2024, Iran’s regime executed at least 12 prisoners, including Morteza Yousefi, a…