Bipartisan resolution calls on the government of Iran to end its violent crackdown against peaceful protestors following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced a resolution today … [Read more...]
BICAMERAL GROUP OF LAWMAKERS UNVEIL RESOLUTION ON ANTI-REGIME PROTESTS IN IRAN
WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today were joined by Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) in introducing a Senate resolution … [Read more...]
NCRI-US Conference to Examine Tehran’s Nuclear Agenda on the 20th Anniversary of Natanz Revelation
Distinguished national security and non-proliferation experts offer policy recommendations WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, August 18, 2022 — On Wednesday, August 17, 2022, the National Council of Resistance of Iran – U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US), held a conference on Iran on the 20th … [Read more...]
Belgium’s Shameful Treaty with Iran Opens the Path to More Terrorism in Europe
By Bruce McColm, Originally Published in The Hill, July 11, 2022 This week, the Belgian parliament will be voting on a bill that paves the way for the repatriation of a convicted and imprisoned Iranian terrorist. Assadollah Assadi and three of his associates were arrested in … [Read more...]
Over 600 Iranian-Americans Who Attended 2018 Paris Gathering Strongly Condemn the Planned Release of the Convicted Terrorist
Press ReleaseJuly 4, 2022For Immediate Release July 4, 2022—In a letter to the Belgian Prime Minister and the President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, over 600 Iranian-Americans who had attended the large gathering of the main Iranian opposition movement, the National Council of … [Read more...]
Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik Meets NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi at Ashraf-3
On Sunday, June 5, Ms. Kira Rudik, Leader of the Voice of Ukraine Party and Vice President of The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (ALDE-PACE) met with Ms. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of … [Read more...]
SFRC APPROVES STOP IRANIAN DRONES ACT
JUNE 09, 2022 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,today issued the below statements following the Committee’s approval of H.R. 6089, the Stop Iranian Drones Act, with an amendment, which … [Read more...]
Amnesty International Report 2021-2022
The State of the World's Human Rights https://oiac.org/amnesty-international-report-2021-2022/ March 29, 2022Index Number: POL 10/4870/2022 The Amnesty International Report 2021/22 highlights the human rights situation in 154 countries in 2021. It presents Amnesty International’s … [Read more...]
Iranians’ Aspirations for Freedom and Democracy in the New Iranian Year
WASHINGTON DC – On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, in a virtual policy briefing on Iran, Democratic and Republican senators came together to discuss proper U.S. policy on Iran, in light of the Iranian regime’s malign activities in the region, human rights violations, continued nuclear defiance and its … [Read more...]
Senate Policy Briefing Iran Uprising: A Nation Rises for Freedom
Senate Policy Briefing Iran Uprising: A Nation Rises for Freedom Kennedy Caucus Room December 4, 2019 Message from Senator Ben Cardin from Maryland, the ranking member of subcommittee on Western hemisphere, the transition that transnational crime, civilian security, democracy, human rights and … [Read more...]