THE leader of the Iranian resistance has called on the international community to adopt a policy in favor of the regime change in Iran to halt the march of ISIS.
In Hearing on Islamic Fundamentalism, Maryam Rajavi Makes Case for Regime Change in Iran
On Wednesday, National Council of Resistance of Iran President Maryam Rajavi appeared via videoconference before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, where she used a hearing titled “ISIS: Defining the Enemy” in order to recommend a different approach to the issue of Islamic fundamentalism, which would include overturning the theocratic regime in Tehran.
Maryam Rajavi in Congress: Iranian Regime is ISIS Godfather
The ultimate and declared goal of fundamentalists has been to establish an Islamic Caliphate and to enforce Sharia law by force,” said Maryam Rajavi in the testimony she submitted to a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. “This objective is the common denominator and the focal point of all variants of Islamic fundamentalism whether Sunni or Shiite, which render their differences secondary in light of such commonality of purpose.”
Iranians in U.S. welcome Maryam Rajavi to testify to US Congress
Iranian Resistance leader Maryam Rajavi will testify today before a US Congress subcommittee exploring what drives ISIS and Islamic fundamentalists to murder Christians and Muslims and how to counter their ideology.
Mrs Rajavi will draw on decades of wisdom from combatting the theocratic regime in Iran when she gives evidence before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
Maryam Rajavi’s views to be heard in Congress
On Wednesday, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade will hear views of Maryam Rajavi, the president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in a hearing on one of the most serious security concerns facing United States foreign policy today: the rise of ISIS.
Iranian regime has not changed since 1979 hostage taking: Scott Walker
Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker on Saturday urged President Obama to abandon his tentative deal with Iran over the sensitive issue of its nuclear arms research. “We need to tell the president to back off from a bad deal,” Walker said at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition summit in Waukee, Iowa.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran President-Elect to Testify Before Congress
By Raymond Tanter | Apr 27, 2015
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, December 15, 1791.
Iran on Pace to Set Execution Record After Nuclear Deal
Hamid Yazdan Panah is an attorney focused on asylum and immigration in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also a human rights activist focused on the Middle East and Iran.
Much has been made about the supposed benefits of the Iran nuclear deal. One of the most audacious claims has been that the nuclear deal would result in an improvement in the human rights situation inside the country. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact if the last past few weeks are any indication, Iran may very well set a new record for executions committed in the past decade. To make matters worse, the issue is being completely swept under the rug, despite claims that a nuclear deal would give the West “leverage” to promote human rights.
According to the Iranian opposition sources, the regime as many as 65 individuals this past week, with not so much as a mention in the Western Press. Instead we are left with ridiculous articles like the one penned by Peter Beinart in the Atlantic, entitled “When a Nation Is Threatened, Democracy Is an Impossible Dream”. Actually Mr. Beinart, when a nation leads the world in execution rate, and is ruled by a Supreme leader, that is when democracy is an impossible dream.
Beinart takes one of the classic excuses used by the regime, the threat of an outside enemy, and parrots it to justify the behavior of the regime. The regime has done this throughout its history, whether it has been Iraq, Israel or the “Great Satan” the United States. All totalitarian regimes do this. Iran is no exception and the current nuclear deal will not change this behavior.
Beinart assumes somehow that a nuclear deal will benefit ordinary activists, because he has consulted with Akbar Ganji, who is promoting a line which interestingly enough mirrors that of the Iranian regime. Lets make a deal and it will make your impossible dreams come true.
Nevermind that the Iranian constitution is completely contrary to principles of equality, free speech, or pluralism. Nevermind that Iran’s prisons are overflowing and the regime continues to hang people in public in medieval displays of power. These are inconvenient facts that aren’t relevant to our feel good piece.
Also lost in the article is the fact that a recent report by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Ahmad Shaheed noted that “the overall situation has worsened” with respect to human rights under the supposedly moderate Rouhani.
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an activist attorney and former political prisoner dissidents articulated the reality of the nuclear negotiations in respect to human rights. “Reaching a nuclear agreement cannot automatically improve human rights in Iran…We should distinguish these issues from one another. If a government manages to reach an agreement with the international community, it can still continue to mistreat its own citizens.
Prominent Iranian dissident, Mohammad Maleki, was quoted as saying “In my opinion, as long as people are not permitted to exercise their freedom of expression and opinion, then nothing significant will happen for the improvement of the human rights situation.”
Beinart makes the same mistake he accuses republicans and others of making on Iran, putting partisan goals over human rights. Beinart, and indeed much of the American liberal viewpoint continues to overlook the truth nature of this regime, and ignore the daily reality for Iranians on the ground. Instead of surveying Iranian dissidents abroad, Beinart would do better to examine the viewpoints of Iranians imprisoned, many of whom oppose any deal with the murderous regime in Tehran.
This is not to say that a military conflict is the solution. But it is time for some honest reporting with respect to just how inhumane and brutal this regime is. Instead we are left with worsening human rights situation and no one left to report on it.
Hamid Yazdan Panah is an attorney focused on asylum and immigration in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also a human rights activist focused on the Middle East and Iran.
Is verification regime enforceable on Iran’s nuclear program?
By Alireza Jafarzadeh : In defending the Framework of Understanding reached between the P5+1 and Tehran during the marathon talks in Switzerland, President Obama declared at the Rose Garden that Iran has “agreed to the most robust and intrusive inspections and transparency regime ever negotiated for any nuclear program in history.” The White House version of the framework insists, “Iran will be required to grant access to the IAEA to investigate suspicious sites or allegations of a covert enrichment facility, conversion facility, centrifuge production facility, or yellowcake production facility anywhere in the country.”
Iranian opposition: Iran is the center for export of terrorism and fundamentalism to region
Mr. Mohammad Mohaddessin, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said during an online question and answer session on April 17, 2015 that the involvement of the Iranian regime in Yemen, that the meddling of the Iranian regime in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as its nuclear projects brought nothing for the Iranian people except poverty, unemployment, and inflation and that all the people want it to stop.
