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AMNNESTY INTERNATIONAL          31 March 2026 Responding to the arbitrary and secret executions of four dissidents in Iran since yesterday as at least seven other protesters and dissidents face the imminent risk of execution, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Diana Eltahawy said: “Iranian authorities must immediately halt any plans to execute dissidents Vahid Bani Amerian and Abolhassan Montazer and protesters Mohammad Amin Biglari, Ali Fahim, Abolfazl Salehi Siavashani, Amirhossein Hatami, and Shahin Vahedparast Kolo, held in Ghezel Hesar prison, Alborz province. “It is unconscionable that even as the population is…

Fox News     |     Emma Bussey     |     3/ 25/2026 A bipartisan group of former senior U.S. officials — including former military leaders, diplomats, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — has issued a letter backing regime change in Iran and endorsing an opposition roadmap for the country’s future. The letter, signed by about 30 key individuals calls on Western governments to support Iran’s democratic opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). “With the Tehran regime discredited and weakened, not since 1979 have the Iranian people been in such a position of strength to take it back,” the letter states. “Democracy should…

Real Clear Defense     |     By Charles Wald     |     March 23, 2026 Just a few months after leaving office, President Theodore Roosevelt, in his famous speech in Paris on April 23, 1910, titled Citizenship in a Republic, famously said that “the man in the arena” is the one who counts. This ageless quote can serve as a good guide for the United States in deciding who to count on when figuring out the future of Iran. Operation Epic Fury was the right call. The Supreme Leader is dead. His defense minister, IRGC commander, and senior intelligence chiefs are confirmed killed. For forty-seven…

Written by Shamsi Saadati 20th March 2026 A group of former heads of government, ministers, lawmakers, judges, diplomats and public figures has issued a statement backing the Iranian people’s push for a democratic republic and endorsing the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s proposed provisional government under Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan. The statement, titled Iran Stands at a Historic Crossroads, argues that Iran’s political future should be decided only by Iranians and their organized resistance, and rejects both the current clerical system and any return to monarchical rule. The text describes the removal of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as a major…

FRANCE24       |       Bahar MAKOOI      |      06 March 2026  The deadly crackdown on the December 2025-January 2026 anti-regime protests saw many Iranians killed, tracked or detained. The US-Israel war on Iran has intensified the repression, but it has not stopped families from trying to trace their missing loved ones or from seeking justice for people who have disappeared into prisons and juvenile correction centres across the country. His family and friends are searching everywhere for him. The official list of detainees does not feature his name. He’s not recorded among the victims identified…

The young Iranians do not believe in a reform of the existing system. In a guest article, Maryam Rajavi, one of the leading politicians of the Iranian opposition, describes how a transition to democracy could succeed. What is currently unfolding in Iran is neither a repetition of previous uprisings nor an emotional reaction to a temporary crisis. This movement marks an advanced and mature phase in the people’s struggle against the regime – a process that began years ago and has now reached a point of no return. Until recently, the key assumptions of the global powers were that the…

NCRI     |      by Shahriar Kia     |     29th January 2026 On 29 January 2026, the European Union officially designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, following a unanimous decision by all 27 EU member states at the Foreign Affairs Council. The designation places the IRGC on the EU’s terrorist list alongside entities such as ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaida—an unmistakable signal that Europe is treating the Guard not as a conventional state institution, but as a transnational engine of repression and terror. This designation carries practical consequences. It triggers asset freezes, travel restrictions on IRGC members, and a ban…

Iran News Update     |     Mostafa Aslani     |     January 16, 2026 A televised statement by the Tehran IRGC chief exposes the lie of “terrorism” narratives and confirms systematic violence against unarmed Iranians during the nationwide uprising. A recent televised statement by Hassan Hassan-Zadeh, the commander of the IRGC’s Greater Tehran Corps, has torn through the regime’s carefully constructed propaganda. While attempting to justify the security forces’ actions during the January 2026 nationwide uprising, he declared that a “significant number of innocent and oppressed people” who were merely moving about the city for daily…

Nationwide strikes shut down major commercial hubs, including Grand Bazaar as unrest spreads to Mashhad Fox News     |     By Greg Wehner     |     December 29, 2025 Protests escalated across Iran on Monday as demonstrators confronted security forces in Tehran and Mashhad, with authorities deploying tear gas amid strikes and street clashes, according to reports. An Iranian opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, reported that a large crowd of demonstrators marched along Jomhouri (Republic) Street before moving into nearby areas, including Naser Khosrow Street and Istanbul Square in Tehran. Central parts of Tehran turned into flashpoints as protesters and regime…

France 24     |    December 23, 2025 Four Nobel laureates and several former heads of state are among the more than 400 prominent women who have signed a letter demanding the immediate release of Zahra Tabari, an Iranian engineer facing execution. The letter, organized by a London-based association, stated that Tabari faced “execution solely for holding a banner bearing the words ‘Woman, Resistance, Freedom’”. More than 400 prominent women, including four Nobel laureates and several former presidents and prime ministers, demanded Tuesday that Iran immediately release engineer and activist Zahra Tabari, fearing she faces imminent execution. The urgent public appeal charged…