Monday, June 17, 2019
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), is a broad coalition of organizations, groups and democratic personalities. It was founded in 1981 in Tehran by the initiative of Masoud Rajavi, leader of the Iranian resistance.
Friday, May 31, 2019
A Non-Nuclear Iran
The regime's nuclear weapons program remained a secret until 2002 when the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a press conference in which revealed the existence of uranium enrichment facilities in Natanz and a heavy water plant in Arak.
These revelations, based on information provided by the community networks of the People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran or the Mujahedin-e Khalq, encouraged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to conduct an investigation that eventually took the nuclear dossier of the Iranian regime to the Security Council of the United Nations for punitive sanctions.
These revelations, based on information provided by the community networks of the People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran or the Mujahedin-e Khalq, encouraged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to conduct an investigation that eventually took the nuclear dossier of the Iranian regime to the Security Council of the United Nations for punitive sanctions.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Deputy Director of the NCRI'S US Office Examines the IRGC's FTO Designation
Alireza Jafarzadeh of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner on Sunday, April 21. Entitled ‘Iran’s guard gets a long-overdue but much-deserved terrorist designation’, the piece examines the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and analyses the recent designation of the group as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) by the US State Department.
Jafarzadeh began by welcoming the designation. “This is a major step towards effectively countering Tehran’s systemic use of terrorism as a tool of statecraft,” he said.
The IRGC Meets the State Department's Criteria
In order for an entity to be eligible for inclusion in the US government’s terror blacklist, it must meet the State Department’s criteria:
It must be a foreign organization.
It must engage in acts of terrorism or retain the capability and intent to engage in acts of terror.
It must threaten American nationals or the national security of the United States.
Jafarzedah states that IRGC adequately meets these three criteria. “It is the core apparatus of repression, the primary driver of war and export of terrorism, and it runs Iran’s nuclear weapons and missile projects,” he writes.
The Move was Welcomed by the Iranian Opposition
Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK Iran) and the leader of the opposition, President-elect Maryam Rajavi, have long called for the IRGC’s inclusion on the US terror blacklist. Following the announcement, Mrs. Rajavi issued a statement praising the US’s response to a “long-standing and righteous demand of the Iranian Resistance.”
She called the designation an “urgent and necessary step to end war and terrorism throughout the region and the world.”
Jafarzadeh began by welcoming the designation. “This is a major step towards effectively countering Tehran’s systemic use of terrorism as a tool of statecraft,” he said.
The IRGC Meets the State Department's Criteria
In order for an entity to be eligible for inclusion in the US government’s terror blacklist, it must meet the State Department’s criteria:
It must be a foreign organization.
It must engage in acts of terrorism or retain the capability and intent to engage in acts of terror.
It must threaten American nationals or the national security of the United States.
Jafarzedah states that IRGC adequately meets these three criteria. “It is the core apparatus of repression, the primary driver of war and export of terrorism, and it runs Iran’s nuclear weapons and missile projects,” he writes.
The Move was Welcomed by the Iranian Opposition
Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK Iran) and the leader of the opposition, President-elect Maryam Rajavi, have long called for the IRGC’s inclusion on the US terror blacklist. Following the announcement, Mrs. Rajavi issued a statement praising the US’s response to a “long-standing and righteous demand of the Iranian Resistance.”
She called the designation an “urgent and necessary step to end war and terrorism throughout the region and the world.”
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Overthrow of Iran's Rulers Has Never Been Closer
In a small town north of Paris, an Iranian opposition group is trying to mount another revolution.
Their leader, Maryam Rajavi, supports U.S. sanctions against Iran and says their movement, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), is ready to bring about the collapse of clerical rule through their “resistance units” inside the country.
Maryam Rajavi said that protests since 2017 show growing opposition towards the government.
Members of NCRI rallied in Paris on February 8, to mark the revolution's anniversary, joined by Iranians from the diaspora and some French officials and personalities including the son of former President Francois Mitterand.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has attracted prominent supporters, including U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton and U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Guiliani, who spoke at the NCRI's conference outside Paris last year.
Maryam Rajavi says the U.S. sanctions have effectively weakened the government, by squeezing them of resources that fund the Revolutionary Guard's activities.
“The people's suffering is the result of embezzlement, stealing and the regime's spending the money outside Iranian borders…” she said.
MEK Iran began as a group of Islamist leftists opposed to Iran's late Shah but fell out with Shi'ite clerics who took power after the 1979 revolution. The group was one of the largest factions immediately after the 1979 revolution.
Maryam Rajavi said:” The overthrow of the regime is more achievable now than at any other time in the past. The regime is in a critical situation and very shaky. The people are discontent and they want regime change, and at the same time the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) is more prepared than at any other time to organize an uprising and bring about the overthrow of the regime”.
She emphasized: “The illusion of moderation is over. Of course, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) knew it right from the beginning and has repeatedly said that the viper will never give birth to a dove. But Western countries thought this regime could work out, although it was a justification for their policy of appeasement. But the people of Iran last year rejected this idea by chanting in the street, 'Reformist, hardliner, the game is over.' Now, everybody can see that the governments that claim to be moderate are advocating and pursuing what the supreme leader is demanding”.
Their leader, Maryam Rajavi, supports U.S. sanctions against Iran and says their movement, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), is ready to bring about the collapse of clerical rule through their “resistance units” inside the country.
Maryam Rajavi said that protests since 2017 show growing opposition towards the government.
Members of NCRI rallied in Paris on February 8, to mark the revolution's anniversary, joined by Iranians from the diaspora and some French officials and personalities including the son of former President Francois Mitterand.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has attracted prominent supporters, including U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton and U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Guiliani, who spoke at the NCRI's conference outside Paris last year.
Maryam Rajavi says the U.S. sanctions have effectively weakened the government, by squeezing them of resources that fund the Revolutionary Guard's activities.
“The people's suffering is the result of embezzlement, stealing and the regime's spending the money outside Iranian borders…” she said.
MEK Iran began as a group of Islamist leftists opposed to Iran's late Shah but fell out with Shi'ite clerics who took power after the 1979 revolution. The group was one of the largest factions immediately after the 1979 revolution.
Maryam Rajavi said:” The overthrow of the regime is more achievable now than at any other time in the past. The regime is in a critical situation and very shaky. The people are discontent and they want regime change, and at the same time the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) is more prepared than at any other time to organize an uprising and bring about the overthrow of the regime”.
She emphasized: “The illusion of moderation is over. Of course, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) knew it right from the beginning and has repeatedly said that the viper will never give birth to a dove. But Western countries thought this regime could work out, although it was a justification for their policy of appeasement. But the people of Iran last year rejected this idea by chanting in the street, 'Reformist, hardliner, the game is over.' Now, everybody can see that the governments that claim to be moderate are advocating and pursuing what the supreme leader is demanding”.
Monday, April 22, 2019
NCRI Welcomes IRGC Designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
The representative in Washington for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), welcomed the designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the Secretary of State, which took effect last week.
“The IRGC is not just a terror machine. It controls the lion’s share of the Iranian economy. It controls many economic conglomerates, from oil, gas and petrochemicals, to pharmaceutical, food, and farm products to banking, investment, the auto, airline, aerospace, and shipping industries, ports, highway and railway construction, and much more,” said the NCRI US representative, adding, “All such entities must be identified and blacklisted.”
The MOIS and the IRGC actively work together in hatching terror plots and assassinations outside Iran.
Since 1981, the National Council of Resistance of Iran and its main component, the Mujahedin-e Khalq, also known as MEK Iran, have repeatedly underscored the role of the IRGC in domestic repression, warmongering, terrorism and hostage-taking abroad.
In a series of books, publications, as well as press conferences and panels, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has detailed the Rise of the Revolutionary Guards Financial Empire and, how with the blessing of the regime’s Supreme Leader, it managed to gradually gain control of a large segment of the Iranian economy, using the revenues and the profits to fund its terrorist operations in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq and beyond.
“The IRGC is not just a terror machine. It controls the lion’s share of the Iranian economy. It controls many economic conglomerates, from oil, gas and petrochemicals, to pharmaceutical, food, and farm products to banking, investment, the auto, airline, aerospace, and shipping industries, ports, highway and railway construction, and much more,” said the NCRI US representative, adding, “All such entities must be identified and blacklisted.”
She emphasized that with the IRGC now designated, it is time to focus on classifying the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) as an FTO. “Just in 2018, five Iranian regime diplomats, including an Ambassador were expelled by France, The Netherlands, and Albania, all on terrorism charges, one diplomat is in jail for delivering the deadly explosives in a failed terror plot in Paris, and a dozen other MOIS agents have been detained in Europe and the United States,” the representative recalled.
The MOIS and the IRGC actively work together in hatching terror plots and assassinations outside Iran.
Since 1981, the National Council of Resistance of Iran and its main component, the Mujahedin-e Khalq, also known as MEK Iran, have repeatedly underscored the role of the IRGC in domestic repression, warmongering, terrorism and hostage-taking abroad.
In a series of books, publications, as well as press conferences and panels, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has detailed the Rise of the Revolutionary Guards Financial Empire and, how with the blessing of the regime’s Supreme Leader, it managed to gradually gain control of a large segment of the Iranian economy, using the revenues and the profits to fund its terrorist operations in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq and beyond.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
The National Council of Resistance of Iran was founded in 1981 in Teheran. As the parliament-in-exile of the Iranian Resistance, it is a democratic coalition of various Iranian groups and personalities representing different political outlooks. NCRI has 560 members, including representatives of Iran's religious and ethnic minorities. It embraces representatives of Iran's diverse religious and ethnic population including the Kurds, Baluchis, Arabs, Persians, Turks, Turkomans, Muslims, Armenians, Jews and Zoroastrians. It also includes atheists and adherents to various other persuasions and schools of thought.
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) seeks to establish a pluralistic, multi-party and democratic system in Iran. Half of the members of the NCRI are women. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi is the President-elect of the NCRI for the transitional period after the clerical regime's overthrow. As a national and unifying figure, Mrs. Rajavi guarantees a smooth transition of power to the people. Maryam Rajavi consistently promotes secularism and advocates tolerance towards all religions and faiths. She bases that on a moderate interpretation of Islam, (ie. that Islam rejects forcing religious beliefs on others) and considers the followers of all religions equal in the eyes of the law.
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has established 25 committees to serve as the basis for the Provisional Government. Each committee is chaired by a prominent political personality who is an expert in that specific field. NCRI plans to run the country for no longer than six months, during which time its primary task will be to set up free and fair elections for a National Legislative and Constituent Assembly.
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