BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series By Alireza Jafarzadeh Deputy Director, U.S. Representative Office National Council of Resistance of Iran June 18, 2022 A year ago, today, in a political circus known as “elections”, massively boycotted by the Iranian people, with lowest turnout ever, even with hugely inflated official tallies, the regime’s Supreme Leader Khamenei had Ebrahim Raisi to be announced as his president. At the time the mullahs’ propaganda machine began portraying him as a savior on a mission to resolve all crises engulfing his regime. A year after, however, people from all walks of l ..read more

BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Audio Series By Alireza Jafarzadeh Deputy Director, U.S. Representative Office National Council of Resistance of Iran June 16, 2022 Today, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned several entities of the regime ruling Iran, under Executive Order 13846, “Reimposing Certain Sanctions with Respect to Iran,” which was issued in 2018. The entities sanctioned today include Kharg, Marun and Fanavaran petrochemical companies. Marun Petrochemical Company was first exposed by the NCRI in March 2017. It is part of the "Armed Forces Social Welfare Investment Organization," one of the 14 econ ..read more

BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES - On March 25, 2022, a stellar array of policy and national security figures addressed a conference, organized by the U.S. Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the NCRI-US. The speakers discussed Iran’s internal situation and its prospects for fundamental change, Tehran’s nuclear and regional defiance, and its nefarious support for the invasion of Ukraine. The distinguished experts shared their perspectives on an effective Iran policy and underlined the imperative of maintaining the IRGC on the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (F ..read more