• Homeless Citizens and Iran’s Housing Mafia
    Tuesday, September 1, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Jubin Katiraie Forty-one years ago, Islamic Republic founder Ruhollah Khomeini claimed that the ayatollahs’ rule would soon provide homes for impoverished people.
  • Why Is the Iranian Economy Failing?
    Tuesday, September 1, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Pooya Stone The Iranian regime has tried to convince people that sanctions are the sole reason for the failing economy, but because of infighting amongst the various factions,
  • Iran Erasing Info on Political Prisoner
    Tuesday, September 1, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Jubin Katiraie The Iranian Intelligence Ministry is trying to erase every trace of long-time political prisoner Arzhang Davoudi, years after sending him into exile in Zabol and Zahedan prisons, to prevent anyone from disseminating any...
  • Iran: The Plundering of National Resources in the Name of a ‘Comradely Capitalist System’
    Monday, August 31, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Pooya Stone Iran’s economic experts, due to their expertise and information, are exposed to the question of why the situation of Iranian society has reached such a dark season?
  • Report on Protests in Iran Last Week
    Monday, August 31, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Jubin Katiraie Iranian railway workers in East and West Azerbaijan rallied in front of the Railway Company building on Thursday to protest wages delayed by two months. They had many other complaints following the privatization of the...
  • 130 Iranians Arrested for Defending Their Homes
    Monday, August 31, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Pooya Stone Locals in Abolfazl, southwest Iran, were attacked and arrested by the regime’s security forces on Wednesday as they attempted to defend their homes from demolition in a blatant money grab by the regime.
  • New Sanctions Step Up Pressure on Iran
    Sunday, August 30, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Jubin Katiraie The Iranian government is facing an extreme economic crisis, due to the corruption and plundering by the government officials. Wasting the country’s resources and the people’s wealth, now the authorities are no longer...
  • Iran’s Stock Market Devours the Wealth of Lower Classes
    Sunday, August 30, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Pooya Stone Iran’s stock market while being on the top of Iran’s news is the new crisis that the people are facing because the government playing with the stock index in the hope to satisfy the people to invest in the stock market and...
  • Iran Plans to Block All Messaging Apps
    Saturday, August 29, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Jubin Katiraie Once upon a time, the ayatollahs frequently blamed citizens for watching satellite TV. Authorities continuously issued circulars and warnings, and state security forces were attacking people’s homes and literally...
  • Iran Hands Down Death Sentence and Hefty Prison Term to 3 Political Prisoners
    Saturday, August 29, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Pooya Stone Three Iranian political prisoners arrested during the 2018 protests were sentenced to death and heavy imprisonment.
  • Iran’s Coronavirus Death Toll Increases, the Government Seems Unworried
    Saturday, August 29, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Jubin Katiraie The latest coronavirus news about Iran’s provinces and the statistics show that the increase in businesses and people’s traffic out of the quarantine region in recent months has had a significant impact on the rise in...
  • Beirut Explosion Just the Tip of the Iceberg
    Thursday, August 27, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Pooya Stone After the Beirut explosion, the anger and discontent of the Lebanese people flared up, the streets became the scene of demonstrations,
  • Iranian Activists Under Pressure
    Thursday, August 27, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Jubin Katiraie Iranian activist Farangis Mazloum, who is the mother of political prisoner Soheil Arabi appeared in court on Tuesday, accused of “assembly and collusion to commit crime through making contacts with the People’s...
  • Iran Protests Rise This Week
    Thursday, August 27, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Pooya Stone Iran has been besieged by protests from Iranian workers over the past week, showing that the regime is unpopular in all sectors.
  • UNSC Votes for an Arms Race at the Expense of Iranian People
    Wednesday, August 26, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Jubin Katiraie On August 14, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) rejected an initiative by the United States to extend the arms embargo resolution on Iran.
  • Workers’ Protests in Iran
    Wednesday, August 26, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Pooya Stone Yet more workers’ protests rocked Iran on Monday, August 24, which coincided with the regime’s “Government Week”, an annual event where the regime supposedly chooses what projects to work on in the next year.
  • Female Political Prisoners in Iran Tortured
    Wednesday, August 26, 2020 from Welcome to Iran Focus
    By Jubin Katiraie Female political prisoners in Ahvaz’s Sepidar Prison are being insulted, harassed, brutalized, and tortured by prison authorities and dangerous inmates that are incited.
  • At Iran’s New Year Holiday, Crises Persist but there is Hope for the Future
    Friday, March 20, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    Friday, March 20, 2020, marks the Iranian New Year holiday, Nowruz. The term literally means “a new day,” but Iranians are unlikely to notice much of an immediate change. The previous year was defined by near-constant turmoil, and the...
  • Iran is Using Coronavirus as a Weapon Against Political Prisoners
    Friday, March 20, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    It was recently reported that a number of political prisoners in Iran had gone on hunger strike in order to protest their continued, arbitrary detention during a coronavirus epidemic that has potentially infected a million Iranians since...
  • Iran Regime Exploiting Coronavirus Catastrophe in the Country to Ease US Sanctions 
    Friday, March 20, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
      “Today, demarcation lines do not pass between our pros and cons. He who has chosen a place for the life of his compatriots and fights the message of death brought upon by the Coronavirus and by (US) sanctions is an Iranian and an...
  • Latest News in Brief - March 20, 2020
    Friday, March 20, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET On eve of the Iranian New Year, Mrs. Rajavi offers prayers for a speedy recovery of patients, her condolences to victims’ families
  • Iran: Prisoners Collectively Escape Khorramabad Prison, Several Shot Dead by Revolutionary Guards
    Friday, March 20, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
      Call on the international community to secure the release of prisoners to prevent a major humanitarian disaster This afternoon, March  1 9,  2020 , prisoners at the Parsilon  P rison  in Khorramabad  (western Iran) , who  we re at risk...
  • Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 7,000 in 199 Cities
    Thursday, March 19, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    On eve of the Iranian New Year, Mrs. Rajavi offers prayers for a speedy recovery of patients, her condolences to victims’ families The Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) announced this afternoon Thursday, March 29, that...
  • Iran’s Coronavirus, and Impending Public Protests
    Thursday, March 19, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    The coronavirus epidemic is only the latest in a long line of crises to visit Iran in recent months. The current crisis is different from its predecessors in terms of its indiscriminate impact upon both ordinary Iranians and regime...
  • Coronavirus Outbreak Claims More Lives in Iran: Who’s to Blame, the Regime or the Sanctions?
    Thursday, March 19, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    As the coronavirus pandemic claims more lives in Iran, there are several questions to answer: Who  must  be blamed for the spread of this deadly disease?  Who  should be  held  to account for the lack of  medications   -  the regime or...
  • Bi-Partisan U.S. Senate Focus on Change in Iran
    Thursday, March 19, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    There were two recent development s in the U.S. Senate advancing the cause of a democratic and free Iran . The first was a S enate briefing on the prospect of change in Iran, during which four S enators, including three Democrats ,...
  • Latest News in Brief - March 19, 2020
    Thursday, March 19, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 10:15 AM CET Four women’s rights activists summoned to prison following coronavirus Fatemeh Kohanzadeh, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and 50 lashes for...
  • Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 6,400 in 196 Cities
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    Confusion, chaos within the regime, local officials absent in Qom, Isfahan, no one to respond The Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced this afternoon, March 18, that the death toll for the Coronavirus disaster in...
  • US Slaps New Sanction on Iran Regime, Calls It the Source of the Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    On Tuesday, the Unites States imposed new sanctions on the Iranian regime and urged the regime to release detained Americans, amid the coronavirus outbreak . These sanctions were announced by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo,...
  • Fox News Interview With Iranian Prisoner: Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Iranian Prisons Are “Stuff of Nightmares”
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    Fox News published  an interview with an Iranian prisoner, obtained through the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) , about Iranian prison er s’ situation amid the coronavirus outbreak across Iran. According to the reports...
  • Ali Safavi: Iran’s Mullahs Are Hiding the Coronavirus Under Their Cloaks
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    Dr. Ali Safavi ,  a  member of the National Council of  Resistance of  Iran (NCRI) Foreign Affairs Committee,  in an  op-ed   published on  Comm unities  D igi tal  N ews , shed light on the current situation in Iran amid the coronavirus...
  • Latest News in Brief - March 18, 2020
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:45 AM CET Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 5,950 in 194 Cities Mrs. Rajavi calls on youth, popular councils to support and assist patients,  urges UN Security...
  • Youth Torch Khamenei’s Effigies
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    Maximum alert ,   repressive measures   cannot  prevent  Fire-fest uprising   D efiant  youth  turned   the last Tuesday of the Iranian Year,  Chaharshanbe  Suri  (Festival of Fire) ,  in Tehran and  other  cities ,  including Urmia,...
  • Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 5,950 in 194 Cities
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    Mrs. Rajavi calls on youth, popular councils to support and assist patients, urges UN Security Council to intervene urgently to secure the release of prisoners, especially in Fashafouyeh prison The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran...
  • Iran: Youth Rise up on Fire-Fest, Torch Khamenei’s Effigies Despite Suppressive Forces’ State of Alert
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    Tehran State Security Force Commander: Police on full alert in four garrisons with 1,450 motorized and 400 foot patrols Subsequent to the call on Iranians by the Social Headquarters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran...
  • Coronavirus Pandemic: Difference Between Iran and Other Countries
    Tuesday, March 17, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    The coronavirus has turned to a pandemic. Yet, there is clear difference between the coronavirus outbreak in Iran and other countries. Since the start of this  global crisis,  the  government s  of those countries affected by the  virus ...
  • Is Iran on the Verge of a Nationwide Rebellion?
    Tuesday, March 17, 2020 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRI
    An analysis by a think-tank of Khamenei’s faction   On March 14, the state-run  Mizan  daily, which is affiliated with the Iranian regime’s judiciary, published an  analysis conducted by the “ Asra  think-tank” over the Iranian...
  • Donald Trump’s Muddled East: America’s neglect and confusion aggravate problems in the Arab world
    Thursday, November 30, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section Print Rubric:  Neglect and confusion aggravate the problems of the Arab world Print Headline:  Donald Trump’s Muddled East Print Fly Title:  American foreign policy UK Only Article: ...
  • The clergy’s revenge: A modern history of Iran
    Thursday, November 16, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section Print Headline:  The revenge of the clergy Print Fly Title:  History of Iran UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The army sidelines Robert Mugabe, Africa’s great dictator Fly...
  • Fix or nix?: Bibi Netanyahu has some ideas for the Iranian nuclear deal
    Thursday, November 9, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section Print Rubric:  Binyamin Netanyahu has some ideas Print Headline:  To fix or to nix? Print Fly Title:  The nuclear deal with Iran UK Only Article:  standard article Issue: ...
  • The capture of Kirkuk: After all but defeating the jihadists, Iraq’s army turns on the Kurds
    Thursday, October 19, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section Print Rubric:  With Islamic State nearly defeated, Iraq’s army has turned on the Kurds Print Headline:  Dashed Kurdish dreams Print Fly Title:  After the caliphate UK Only Article: ...
  • Battle for Kirkuk: As Donald Trump blusters, Iran is reshaping the Arab world
    Thursday, October 19, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section Print Rubric:  As Donald Trump blusters, Iran is reshaping the Arab world Print Headline:  The next war in Iraq Print Fly Title:  Battle for Kirkuk UK Only Article:  standard article...
  • Q&A: Transcript: Interview with Hillary Clinton
    Tuesday, October 17, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section UK Only Article:  standard article Fly Title:  Q&A Main image:  20171021_blp507.jpg THIS week’s edition of “The Economist Asks”, our flagship interview podcast, features an interview with...
  • The battle for Kirkuk: A new war in Iraq, now between Shia Arabs and Kurds
    Monday, October 16, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section UK Only Article:  standard article Fly Title:  The battle for Kirkuk Location:  KIRKUK Main image:  20171021_map502.jpg WITH its rich reserves of oil and multitude of ethnicities and...
  • Raining on Iran’s parade: Scrapping the deal with Iran could embolden its hardliners
    Thursday, October 12, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section Print Rubric:  Scrapping the nuclear deal with Iran would set back efforts to contain its hardliners Print Headline:  Raining on Iran’s parade Print Fly Title:  The coming storm in Tehran UK Only...
  • A lamented Kurd: Jalal Talabani’s mediating skills will be much missed
    Thursday, October 5, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section Print Rubric:  The mediating skills of the Kurds’ Jalal Talabani will be missed Print Headline:  Kurdish and Iraqi Print Fly Title:  Jalal Talabani UK Only Article:  standard article...
  • The Economist explains: What next for Kurdistan?
    Friday, September 29, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Main image:  CALLING a referendum on Kurdish independence in Iraq was the easy part. The difficulty after the vote on September 25th concerns the route ahead. The vote took place in the three provinces that make up Iraqi...
  • Referendumania: Iran’s Kurds are growing restless, too
    Thursday, September 28, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section Print Rubric:  A referendum held by Iraqi Kurds is revving up their Iranian cousins too Print Headline:  Catching on? Print Fly Title:  Iran’s Kurds UK Only Article:  standard article...
  • The future of Kurdistan: Almost everybody is against a Kurdish referendum
    Thursday, September 14, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section Print Rubric:  Almost everybody is against a Kurdish referendum Print Headline:  Rare agreement Print Fly Title:  The future of Kurdistan UK Only Article:  standard article...
  • The endgame in Syria: The growing power of Iran and Hizbullah worries Israel
    Thursday, September 14, 2017 from Iranian Politics
    Print section Print Rubric:  A powerful position for Iran in post-war Syria has Israel worried Print Headline:  Endgame angst Print Fly Title:  Iran in Syria UK Only Article:  standard article...
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