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Resistance leader encourages young people seeing regime change in Iran

by Saeed

On 10th February, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, addressed a gathering named “Iran Uprising, Iranian Youths for Regime Change”. The event also marked the anniversary of the 1979 anti-monarchic revolution.

The young population of Iran versus ageing leadership

by Armin Baldwin

Former chief justice, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, travelled to Germany from Iran on 8th January for medical treatment, Shahroudi is a high official within the Iranian ruling system and he holds great power. It has been rumoured that he could be the successor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The sixty-nine-year-old Ayatollah is said to be suffering from poor health, just like the Supreme Leader.There have been claims in recent months that Khamenei is being treated for prostate cancer.

European Lawmakers and Dignitaries Solidarity With Iranian People

 by Staff writer, SF

Dozens of lawmakers and political dignitaries from Italy, Germany, Britain, France, Poland, Ireland, Romania, Switzerland, Malta, Lithuania and Portugal, as well as Ms. Ingrid Betancourt, former Columbian presidential hopeful, participated and addressed the conference on Friday, February 9, 2018.

Weak Support for NIAC among Iranian-Americans, as Backing for Iranian Resistance Grows the

by Staff writer, SF
The Iran lobby’s leading organizer, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), has been perceived to be a non-partisan, human rights group that advocates for the welfare of Iranian-Americans.

Iran: Workers Protest, as the People Continue to Stand Up to the Regime

by Azita Carlson
While the Iranian regime tells international community that the recent uprising that occurred in late December / early January has ended, in fact various protests are ongoing — particularly as Iranian workers continue to protest on a variety of issues.

Iran’s Explosive Domestic Situation

National Council of Resistance of Iran
October 2017

The Iranian regime is going through one of the most turbulent phases of its 38‐year rule. While the world is more focused on its illicit nuclear weapons program and the malign activities of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its proxies in the region, a nationwide movement against the regime is gaining momentum at home.

New Hunger Strike by Iranian Political prisoners

 

by Atousa Pilger

In a statement released on February 7th, Amnesty International demanded that Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights activists and her husband Arash Sadeghi. It has been reported that all three have begun hunger strikes following the transfer of Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee to Shahr-e Rey (Gharchak) prison in Varamin outside Tehran.

Dropping the Mandatory Hijab is only a Small Part of the Change the Iranian People Desire

by Saeed
In a series of short films created by filmmaker Joshua Seftel that are entitled, “The Secret Life of Muslims,” Muslim American women, who chose to wear the hijab, discuss common misconceptions about it, and answer basic questions about the head covering, such as whether you must wear one in the shower, or to sleep in.

Iran-trained Extremists Arrested by Bahraini Government

by Navid  Felker

 Emergency and rescue workers were called to a fire in at oil pipeline in Buri village south of Manama, Bahrain, on November 10th, 2017.
“The incident was an act of sabotage and a dangerous act of terrorism aimed at harming the higher interests of the nation and the safety of the people,” the interior ministry said at the time. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah al-Khalifa was quoted as saying, “Terrorist acts witnessed by the country in the recent period are carried out through direct contacts and instructions from Iran.”

An IRGC Qods Force entity operating under the guise of a private company

Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
October 2017

Report by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

October 27, 2017