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The truth about the Iranian regime’s new president

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  By Sadegh Pashm-Foroush The day after the announcement of the results of Iran’s sham presidential election, Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei summoned the remaining members of the government of former regime president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. In his remarks to them—indirectly addressing new regime president Massoud Pezeshkian—he warned him and reminded him of the “model” of the president in the regime. The supreme leader repeatedly mentioned Raisi and said, “He is truly a model; we must all learn from him.” He then reiterated the concept of “heartfelt belief and practical commitment” to the regime, which Pezeshkian, like all the election candidates, had committed to. Khamenei stated, “Dear Raisi demonstrated as a model that one can possess these mental, heartfelt, and practical qualities as the president of a country and follow them in practice.” Of course, before the sham election, Pezeshkian repeatedly stated that he would continue Raisi...
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Amnesty International warns about continued human rights abuses in Iran

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 By Shamsi Saadati Iran’s regime has continued to violate the basic human rights of the Iranian people, Amnesty International warned in its latest yearly report on the state of human rights across the world. The report highlights the alarming persecution of protesters; abuses against women, ethnic, and religious minorities; torture and ill-treatment of prisoners; and the widespread use of death penalty, “including as a weapon of repression.” Amnesty also warned that regime officials continue to enjoy impunity for their involvement in past crimes, including the  1988 massacre of political prisoners . In its report, Amnesty noted that  Ebrahim Raisi , the regime’s new president, was a key player in the mass execution of political prisoners in the 1980s. “The former head of Iran’s judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, rose to the presidency in June instead of being investigated for crimes against humanity related to the mass enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions of 1988, ...
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Iranians Bode Farewell To, and Honored the Legacy of a Great Man and the Power of His Intellect

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Written by   Sedighe Shahrokhi On Monday evening, March 28, the body of the preeminent intellectual, acclaimed writer and literary scholar, Dr.  Manouchehr Hezarkhani , was laid to rest at the Cimetière d’Auvers-sur-Oise, France. The last resting place of one of the most celebrated artists in the world, the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, the cemetery once again witnessed hundreds of Iranians, both supporters of the Iranian Resistance as well as friends, family members, and admirers of Dr. Hazarkhani’s work. They came from all over Europe and wanted to say farewell to a brave soul who had devoted his entire career to those who had blessed him with praise and trust: his people. Following the funeral, a commemoration ceremony was held for Dr. Hezarkhani at the headquarters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Auvers-sur-Oise. Thousands of members of the People’s  Mojahedin of Iran Organization  (PMOI/MEK) joined the event online via Albania. Mrs.  Mary...
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Consequences of Rewarding Tehran for Its Double Speak Diplomacy

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  Written by   Shahriar Kia In his memoir in the late 1980s, Ali Akbar Velayati, the Iranian regime’s former foreign minister and a senior advisor to the current Supreme Leader wrote, “Once, I went to Imam Khomeini (former Supreme Leader), complaining about the daily Kayhan’s editorials that are derailing our diplomatic efforts to reconcile with the world. But the Imam answered, ‘Let them do their job and you do yours. If some people are listening to you, it is because of their work, not yours.’” For more than four decades, Tehran has spoken in two languages. This “double speak diplomacy” has always been a consistent doctrine of how the clerical regime in Iran has engaged with the outside world. It is a mindset that envisions terrorism on the ground as leverage at the negotiating table. When the regime took power in 1979 it did not initiate its first foreign policy encounter with a high-ranking delegation traveling abroad. It made headlines by storming the United States embass...
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IRGC must remain on America’s terrorist blacklist

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  By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh The Biden administration is reportedly considering removing the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from America’s foreign terrorist organization blacklist, but this move would be a dangerous miscalculation for several reasons. Tehran has made it crystal clear during the nuclear deal talks in Vienna that its ballistic missile program, military institutions and regional policies are non-negotiable. As a result, the Biden administration should also avoid giving any concessions that are not linked to the nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The events of 1979 gave birth to the IRGC. Ali Khamenei gave considerable power to the organization after he became the country’s second supreme leader in 1989, while sidelining other powerful clerics. Khamenei declined to merge the IRGC into the nation’s regular army and made a robust alliance with it in order to control those who oppose him and to export the regime’s revolutio...
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In Washington DC, Experts on National Security and Foreign Affairs Call On Firm Policy Against Tehran

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  Celebrating Nowruz and the new Iranian year, the Washington Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran organized a conference where former U.S. officials and experts on national security and foreign affairs, including researchers from think tanks stressed to keep the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards on the State Department’s list of foreign organizations, to increase sanctions against Tehran and supporting the Iranian fight for freedom and democracy in their country. In her opening remarks,  Ms. Soona Samsami , NCRI Representative in the United States highlighted the fact that the regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei who installed Ebrahim Raisi, a mass murderer, as president to consolidate his regime and prevent the eruption of more uprisings has ultimately failed. “Last year, Iran was the scene of major anti-regime uprisings every four months by farmers, workers, teachers, nurses, defrauded investors, steelworkers and fuel porters,” Ms. Samsami said, adding: ...
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Concessions Embolden Tehran’s Aggression, Ignore Its Vulnerability

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  Earlier this month, the Iranian regime fired a volley of missiles into northern Iraq, near a US consulate and a residential compound it alleged belonged to an Israeli national. The  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)  took responsibility for the attack. The move could therefore be easily interpreted as an open threat to other countries of the region. Of course, those warnings also confirm that the regime is committed to the preservation and further expansion of its aggression in the surrounding region. Ironically, this is happening just as nuclear talks are reaching their end in Vienna. Specifically, they are on the verge of a conclusion that lifts a number of sanctions on Iranian entities and allows the regime to once again benefit from open access to international oil markets, in exchange for few, if any, meaningful concessions on its own side. The prime beneficiary of lifting sanctions would be IRGC and powerful financial institution belonging to Khamenei’s off...
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British Lawmakers Call On UK Government To Designate Iran’s IRGC and Support Mrs. Rajavi’s Ten Point Plan

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  Written by   Mohammad Sadat Khansari Celebrating Eid Nowruz, the new year on the Persian calendar, members of the United Kingdom Parliament and members of the Iranian community living in the UK held a gathering in London on March 24. The event, held at the British House of Commons, was attended by several members of the Lower as well as the Upper House, who congratulated the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance on the New Year while condemning the growing human rights abuses in Iran. British lawmakers called for the prosecution of the Iranian regime’s officials, including the regime’s president  Ebrahim Raisi  for his active role in the Death Commission and ordering mass executions in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners. They also called on the UK government to recognize the right of the Iranian people to fight the regime and officially engage with their organized resistance. The speakers pointed to the crucial role of the regime’s Revolutionary Guards in...
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The fallacy of Khamenei’s promise of “knowledge-based growth”

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  By   Farid Mahoutchi In his  Nowruz address , the Iranian regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei claimed that all the country’s economic problems would be fixed through the development of a “knowledge-based production.” And accordingly, he declared the new Persian year as the year of knowledge-based production, adding, “To achieve economic growth and reform the economy, we must move toward a knowledge-based economy.” Khamenei’s remarks come at a time that Iran’s economy is beyond bankruptcy, with millions of people struggling with growing poverty, unemployment, inflation, and skyrocketing prices. Taken at face value, the move toward knowledge-based production is a good proposition. But when looked at from the perspective of Iran’s economy and the nature of the mullahs’ rule, Khamenei’s recommendations are no less ridiculous and inconceivable than the ones he made in his previous Nowruz addresses. Knowledge-based economy The term “knowledge economy” was coined by economist...
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