Campaign & Rally to Stop Ebrahim Raisi From Entering U.S.

September 21, 2022; OIAC

New York, September 23, 2022 – Capping a weeklong series of exhibitions and daily picket lines, some 3,000 Iranian Americans from across 40 U.S. states held a major rally at New York’s Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to denounce Raisi and stand in solidarity with the ongoing nationwide protests in Iran calling for regime change.

According to the latest reports by the main Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), dozens have been killed by the Revolutionary Guards in protests in 100 cities and 30 provinces in Iran.

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Rights group says scores killed in Iran protests as crackdown intensifies

September 27, 2022; France24

More than 75 people have died in Iran's crackdown on 11 nights of unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a rights group said, as Western nations pile pressure on the Islamic republic to end the violence.

The semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday that "around 60" people have been killed, up from the official death toll of 41 authorities reported on Saturday.

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IACNT Condemns Belgium’s Reprehensible Deal with Iran’s Regime to Free a Convicted Diplomat Terrorist

DALLAS, TEXAS, July 2, 2022 - Iranian-American Community of North Texas (IACNT) strongly condemns the presentation of a bill by the Belgian government, paving the way for releasing Assadollah Assadi, a convicted diplomat terrorist of the Iranian regime serving his 20-year sentence in Belgium. This bill is being hastily introduced in Belgium Parliament next week and may be ratified as law.

Many of IACNT members from North Texas attended ‘‘Free Iran 2018–the Alternative’’ summit in Paris which was the target of a foiled bomb plot by the Iranian regime and its Vienna-based diplomat Assadi. He and his three accomplices were later convicted by the Belgian court.

More than 250 bipartisan members of the US Congress showed their support for the Iranian people in H. Res. 118 and resolved that the House of Representatives:

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Former Vice President Mike Pence Meets With Iran Resistance Leadership in Albania

June 24, 2022; OIAC

On Thursday, June 23, the 48th Vice President of the United States, the honorable Mike Pence and former second lady, Mrs. Karen Pence visited Ashraf 3 in Albania and met with Maryam Rajavi, the President Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).

Mr. and Mrs. Pence attended a large gathering of members of the Iranian Resistance and expressed strong support for the fight and the sacrifices of the Iranian people throughout the four decades-long fight against the clerical dictatorship.

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Iran building collapse feeds protest anger

June 1, 2022; France24

Paris (AFP) – The deadly collapse of a building in southwestern Iran has accentuated anger over price rises and economic deprivation that sparked protests which have now lasted three weeks and show no sign of abating, observers say.

With video footage showing the use of bitter slogans against the government and even supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the protests present a hugely delicate moment for the Islamic republic's leadership.

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