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https://youtu.be/gMbWU_pmga8 Iran: The Untold Story, Part 6 By the early 1980s, the MEK was organizing massive rallies to protest the growing dictatorship in Iran. Meanwhile, MEK leader Massoud Rajavi [RAJ-a-vee] formed a broad coalition—the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)—inviting opposition leaders to join. But with arrests and attacks of supporters mounting, in July 1981 the MEK moved to safety in Paris. SOT: The Iran-Iraq War was raging, and the NCRI proposed a peace plan that picked up international support. But by 1986, Tehran pressured the French government to expel the NCRI and MEK. Rajavi and his supporters were…
https://youtu.be/W-9VDEy-j3M Iran: The Untold Story, Part 5 On the streets of modern Iran… open dissent: NAT SOT: “Down with Dictator! Down with Khamenei! Down with Rouhani!” TRACK: Who was behind this gutsy rebellion against an authoritarian state? Iran’s Supreme Leader left no doubt: It was the outlawed MEK. SOT: “They were prepared months ago. The media of the MEK admitted to this…” TRACK: In Iran… in 1965… three Muslim university graduates created the MEK, or People’s Mujahedin of Iran, to foster social and political change. TRACK: Iran was ruled at the time by the Shah… a US-supported monarch whose corruption…
https://youtu.be/pAJ8R-TRZIQ Iran: The Untold Story – Part Four May 16, 2019 Today, Moustafa Ahmady (AH-meh-dee) happily runs a parking business in Los Angeles. But in the 1980s, he says the Iranian regime imprisoned him for nearly 8 years—just for his political beliefs. Ahmady: “When I was in prison, I saw with my own eyes how violently the regime treats anyone accused of supporting the MEK.” As a young man, Ahmady supported the MEK, the main Iranian opposition group. The prisons were full of MEK supporters, who were tortured and executed. Today, he cries and says he is not lucky to…
https://youtu.be/X_wEzXxji6I Iran: The Untold Story – Part Three May 9, 2019 In 2015, with great fanfare, President Barack Obama announced the signature diplomatic achievement of his presidency: “Because of this deal, the international community will be able to verify that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not develop a nuclear weapon.” The deal offered Tehran billions in sanctions relief in exchange for limiting Iran’s nuclear production for 10 years. But just three years later, President Donald Trump would undo the deal. President Trump: “The fact is this was a horrible, one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made. It…
https://youtu.be/1y7v7ztAx1E Iran: The Untold Story – Part Two May 2, 2019 Last summer, crowds of Iranian advocacy groups and like-minded individuals gathered in Paris for the annual meeting of the “Free Iran” movement, calling for the end of Iran’s brutal regime. Prominent US politicians spoke, Republicans and Democrats alike, including former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. Gov. Richardson: “Are you ready for regime change in Iran?” Meanwhile, in Belgium, a plot to attack the high-profile rally unravels. Police and bomb techs surround the car of a couple accused of working with an Iranian diplomat to bomb the Paris demonstration. Belgian…
https://youtu.be/zs3vx35Rdac Welcome to Iran: The Untold Story. Here, we take a close look at Iran’s role in supporting international terrorism, its pursuit of nuclear weapons, its systematic massacring and imprisoning of political opponents, and the ongoing efforts of dissidents, including Iranian-American interest groups, to bring freedom, equality, and lasting change to Iran. Iran: The Untold Story – Part One April 25, 2019 June 1996. Terrorists attack the Khobar Towers housing complex in Saudi Arabia. Nineteen U.S. Air Force personnel are killed; hundreds of others are seriously injured. President Bill Clinton vows swift revenge. “We will not rest in our efforts to…
Amnesty International | July 23, 2021 Iran’s security forces have deployed unlawful force, including by firing live ammunition and birdshot, to crush mostly peaceful protests taking place across the southern province of Khuzestan, Amnesty International said today. Video footage from the past week, coupled with consistent accounts from the ground, indicate security forces used deadly automatic weapons, shotguns with inherently indiscriminate ammunition, and tear gas to disperse protesters. Since protests over severe water shortages erupted in Khuzestan on 15 July, security forces have killed at least eight protesters and bystanders, including a teenage boy, in seven different cities. According to official…
Department of Justice | July 13, 2021 Iranian Intelligence Services Allegedly Plotted to Kidnap a U.S. Journalist and Human Rights Activist from New York City for Rendition to Iran A New York federal court unsealed an indictment today charging four Iranian nationals with conspiracies related to kidnapping, sanctions violations, bank and wire fraud, and money laundering. A co-conspirator and California resident, also of Iran, faces additional structuring charges. According to court documents, Alireza Shavaroghi Farahani, aka Vezerat Salimi and Haj Ali, 50; Mahmoud Khazein, 42; Kiya Sadeghi, 35; and Omid Noori, 45, all of Iran, conspired to kidnap a Brooklyn…
VOA | By Lisa Schlein | June 23, 2021 A new report by the U.N. secretary-general on the human rights situation in Iran condemns the widespread use of punitive measures and state-sponsored violence to keep the population in line. Michelle Bachelet, the world body’s high commissioner for human rights, presented the report to the U.N. Human Rights Council. The report finds Iran’s slumping economy, deteriorating living standards, and increased social and political strains arising from the COVID-19 pandemic are fueling public discontent and protests. Despite these problems, the report says authorities show no willingness to adopt meaningful reforms or react…
Iran has rigged its election to favor Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner Voters may favor staying home The Economist | June 12, 2021 It is probably a bad sign when one of the few memorable moments in a presidential debate is an admission that the ballot is rigged. The candidates in Iran’s spent much of the televised event, held on June 8th, criticizing an incumbent who is not even on the ballot. Perhaps they felt there was little to discuss: most are hand-picked conservatives put there to lose. It fell to Mohsen Mehralizadeh, a former provincial governor of little note, to…