MARYAM RAJAVI AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE: IMMEDIATELY FREE THOSE ARRESTED IN IRAN UPRISING

I have come here to call on Europe and the world to take urgent action for the release of thousands of young souls who have been arrested during the uprising.

Dozens of protesters have been shot dead and 8,000 arrested.

Every day we hear the news of a prisoner killed under torture.

The regime’s officials, however, ridiculously

Iran State-Run Media Not Holding Administration to Account

London, 27 Feb - The state-owned Iranian media has been emphasizing the statements made by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei regarding the problems that Iran is facing without questing his motives or his actions according to a leading Iran expert.

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh, an Iranian-American political scientist, wrote an op-ed on Arab News decrying the Iranian Press for failing to hold the senior officials to account, while acknowledging that the intrinsic links between those at the top of the administration and those running the media make it impossible for the officially sanctioned journalists to serve as the fourth estate.

The Etemad newspaper, whose editor-in-chief is a former military officer, stated that Khamenei is “fully aware of (people’s) criticisms”, making it seem as though he would soon do something to address crippling poverty, but Dr. Majid Rafizadeh advises that this is just part of Khamenei’s good cop, bad cop strategy.

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh wrote: “This shrewd policy is one of the reasons that Khamenei has been capable of ruling for nearly three decades (he is the second longest-serving dictator in the region)… In his tactical and crafted speech, he acknowledged that people are suffering because of the economy, unemployment, and injustice.”

In this way, Khamenei can look like he is on their side and separate himself from the establishments (both religious and political) that the Iranian people have problems with, whilst blame these problems on anonymous officials who do not listen to people’s concerns.

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh wrote

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Generational tensions in Iran point to looming crisis

By Iman Zayat

The Arab Weekly, February 25, 2018 - Can the aging mullahs of Iran lead a predominately young country of more than 81 million people, the majority of whom are eager to live a more liberal lifestyle?

What do young Iranians know of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which their mullahs and leaders are keen to export to Arab and Islamic countries in the region?

What is their view of this outdated ideology, which is based on a complex combination of nationalism, political populism, and Shia religious radicalism?

In a commentary published in Foreign Policy magazine in January, Dennis Ross argued that Iran’s

‘Iran’s days are numbered’ US Congressman in urgent warning to Islamic regime

By Rachel O'Donoghue

Daily Star, 25th February 2018 - The Republican said the end of the Islamic Republic is in sight, saying the regime could be kicked out of power “in the blink of an eye”.
Protests in the country have continued this month after first erupting late last year due to anger at soaring unemployment and economic problems.
These spiraled into bigger demonstrations as citizens vented their anger at the regime

KHAMENEI REGIME ONLY HAS TWO PATHS, HOPEFULLY, BOTH LEAD TO THEIR DEMISE!

A group of those who consider the Iran Deal as a “disarmament project” to overthrow the regime. An overseas regime broker named Houshang Amir Ahmadi says:

“The process proceeds in such a way that Iran must first be disarmament and economically weakened and disordered in the country and eventually overthrow the government; politics is the policy of overthrowing the regime”

Iran: a Short History of the Mek

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran or Mojahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK) is a political group dedicated to the realization of a free and democratic Iran, but how did it start?

On September 6, 1965, the MEK was founded by three engineers Mohammad Hanifnejad, Said Mohsen, and Ali-Ashgar Badizadgan.

They had previously been involved with the Freedom/Liberation Movement, created by Medhi Bazargan in May 1961, which advocated for the democratic principles that were laid out in the Iranian constitution following the 1905 resolution. The group had been allowed to peacefully assemble and advocate for political freedom and the separation of powers for two years.

However, in 1963, Ruhollah Khomeini gave a public speech criticising the monarchy and was arrested. In response, large free speech and anti-monarchy protests broke out across Iran, which the Freedom Party supported.

These protests were violently put down by the Shah’s police, with thousands of people dying in what would become known as the June Uprising. Following the protests, the Shah outlawed pro-democracy groups, like the Freedom Party, and imprisoned their leaders. Bazargan was sentenced to ten years in prison.

The MEK founders knew that the fight for democracy 

DEBUNKING THE IRAN REGIME'S LIES ABOUT THE MEK: NO, THE MEK AREN’T MARXIST

by Poorang Novak

It is no secret that the Iranian Regime (both Mullah and Shah) have used disinformation campaigns to attack and discredit the Iranian Resistance group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

One of those disinformation campaigns is the ‘Islamist Marxist’ label that the Shah’s Secret Police (SAVAK) originally used to disparage the MEK in order to undermine its support among the devout Iranian people because the Shah was scared of the MEK’s potential to mobilize Iranians- particularly the youth- against the monarchy. The Shah and SAVAK also used it to disparage other political opponents of the monarchy.

Inequality among Iranians could trigger new waves of protests

Riyadh, The Alriyadh Daily, 21 February 2018 - A recent scientific research conducted by the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies has said that the growing inequality among the people in Iran could pose real challenges for President Hassan Rouhani ’s government. The research gave clear-cut evidence of what sparked the unexpected protests that rocked Iran last December.
According to the research, titled “The protests put spotlight on the weaknesses of the Iranian regime,” and conducted by co-researcher at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Mona Alami, the protests exposed the weaknesses of the Iranian regime, threatened by internal discord and continued social discontent due to high rates of unemployment and corruption.

HOW POPULAR IS THE MEK IN IRAN?

by Mahmood Hakamian 

One of the most common reasons given for dismissing the Iranian Resistance, specifically the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), is that it is unpopular within Iran. This is simply untrue.

The MEK is the largest and most popular people’s resistance movement within Iran and it enjoys support from all sectors of the population. The Mullahs’ Regime, on the other hand, is highly unpopular among the Iranian people as evidenced by the hundreds of protests per day in 2017, which was admitted to by the Regime and finally by the recent nationwide protests and uprising in which the Iranian people clearly expressed their desire for regime change as the one and only solution to all the problems.

Getting precise numbers of

Rebellious and resilient, Iran’s women are the force for change

Women are indeed the Force for Change.

This was vividly seen in Iran throughout the past year and of course, most conspicuously during the uprising in December and January.

Although the situation in Iran is extremely oppressive for women and they have borne the brunt of repression for the past 39 years, they are not submissive contrary to the regime’s expectation.

Gender discrimination, gender segregation, and various restrictions have made Iranian women not just rebellious but also very resilient.

Look at women’s education in Iran. Low legal age of marriage and forcible marriage of

MAHSHAHR, Iran, Feb. 13, 2018. Protest gathering of "Petrochemical contracting" workers Protests of Workers, the Poor, the Looted, and Students Continue Throughout Iran

Iran Uprising – No. 79

On Tuesday, February 13, protests, strikes and demonstrations of workers, looted people, students, and other people continued throughout Iran:

1. More than 2,000 university professors and educating residents and radiology specialists staged protest gathering in front of the Ministry of Health building in Tehran. They protested against the regime's directive about allowing ultrasound devices to be used by non-specialists. Their placards said: 'Medical Equipment Mafia: How much is worth the lives of pregnant mothers?' and 'Destruction of Radiology is Destruction of the Whole Medicine'.

IRAN RESISTANCE GROUP MEK CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT PROTESTERS

By INU Staff

INU - The Iranian Regime is involved in “warmongering and belligerence” in order to fuel crises in the Middle East, according to Iran’s organized democratic forces, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

The Iranian Regime’s regional aggression has also been criticised by the Iranian people during their ongoing nationwide anti-regime protests, and the MEK are advising that the international community back the protesters’ calls for regime change in order to avoid Iran starting another war in the Middle East.

MEK representative Shahin Gobadi said: “The regime’s warmongering and belligerence is a major source of concern and tension in the region that can lead to a major war. But it can be averted. Years of the policy of appeasement by Western governments emboldened the Iranian regime. The overthrow of the Iranian regime and establishment of peace and democracy in Iran would have a lasting impact in establishment of peace and

Iran: a Short History of the Mek

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran or Mojahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK) is a political group dedicated to the realization of a free and democratic Iran, but how did it start?

On September 6, 1965, the MEK was founded by three engineers Mohammad Hanifnejad, Said Mohsen, and Ali-Ashgar Badizadgan.

They had previously been involved with the Freedom/Liberation Movement, created by Medhi Bazargan in May 1961, which advocated for the democratic principles that were laid out in the Iranian constitution following the 1905 resolution. The group had been allowed to peacefully assemble and advocate for political freedom and the separation of powers for two years.

However, in 1963, Ruhollah Khomeini gave a public speech criticising the monarchy and was arrested. In response, large free speech and anti-monarchy protests broke out across Iran, which the Freedom Party supported.

These protests were violently put down by the Shah’s police, with thousands of people dying in what would become known as the June Uprising. Following

We Should Listen Closely To Iran

Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei (Photo by Supreme Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

As the world continues to debate the recent Iranian outburst of protests, its "lack of leadership" as they claim, and the road ahead, there is no doubt in the minds of senior Iranian regime officials over who led, and continues to lead, this latest uprising that continues to rattle the very pillars of the mullahs' rule.

THE UNTOLD AND AMBIGUOUS STORY OF THE SINKING OF SANCHI TANKER SHIP.

Iranfreedom Staff 

On Sunday, Feb. 14, 2018, the members of the families of the deceased of Sanchi tanker had a protest against the absence of the Oil Minister, Behzad Zangeneh, in the scene and deficiency of information after 9 days from the accident. The families demanded abdication of the Oil Minister. 

Sanchez's Tanker's Death Penalty Family Has Obsolete Appeal to the Absence and Explanation of Zangeneh, Secretary-General, after 9 Days of Accident!

Details of Sanchi tanker that you may do not know:

IRAN REGIME’S MILITARY OFFICIAL ADMITS TO LEADING ROLE OF THE MEK / PMOI IN RECENT UPRISINGS

by Mahmood Hakamian

“The protests that erupted recently across Iran involved setting fire to the State Security Force’s motorcycles, breaking the windows of religious seminaries in Abhar and Zanjan, setting fire to police kiosks in Arak, opening fire on the IRGC with hunting rifles, assaulting a State Security Force officer with a brick….” according to Brig. Gen. Rasoul Sanai, Political Affairs Deputy for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

Sanai spoke about the behind the scenes developments of the recent unrest, “Their plan was to spread the riots from

Iran is using fake polls to discredit the nationwide protests

The tens of thousands of Iranian protesters who risked their lives earlier this year to denounce the corruption and tyranny of the regime of Tehran do not represent the views of the country's population — at least, that's what a survey by a shady organization with ties to the regime claims. Disappointingly, the survey was well-received by media outlets that have a track record of supporting appeasement toward the Iranian regime.

Conducted by

Maryam Rajavi’s Case for Separation of Religion and State in Iran

The Iranian Resistance forces, united under the leadership of Maryam Rajavi, want to see the separation of religion and government in Iran.

Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), has given many speeches advocating for an end to religious governance in Iran, which is in direct contrast to the theocratic Iranian Regime that uses Islam to oppress its own people.

What reasons does Maryam Rajavi give for the separation of religion and state?

There are many reasons that Maryam Rajavi has given to support the separation of religion and state but it all boils down to personal freedom and a skewed legal system.

Maryam Rajavi believes that by linking the laws of one country to a religion (as in the Iranian Regime’s Sharia law) creates medieval laws and punishments (like executions) that are incompatible with modern society.

Compulsory religion takes away the freedom to worship freely as you choose, according to Maryam Rajavi. It means that those who do not prescribe to the religion (in the Regime’s case, a narrow and largely inaccurate interpretation of Shiite Islam) have to worship in secret and hide their true beliefs.

NCRI Women's Committee Monthly Report - January2018

Women are the driving force of Iran protests

 Iran saw nationwide demonstrations by all social sectors in the beginning of January. The uprising revealed that the regime is sitting on shaky grounds and continues to impact the atmosphere in a society that is simmering with discontent.

Observers believe that the conditions will never go back to the pre-uprising status.

The wave of protests kicked off on December 28 in Mashhad, rapidly spreading to over 140 cities across the country in a matter of few days and carrying on incessantly for two consecutive weeks. Women played a remarkable role in these protests