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iran news: I rise today to honor the profound courage and sacrifice of a woman whose story embodies the enduring struggle for freedom and human dignity in Iran. A woman known simply and lovingly as "Aziz," meaning "dear" or "beloved." Her full name is Aziz Rezaei , and she is a "Mother of Resistance." Aziz was born as Zahra in 1929 in Tehran. And like many mothers around the world, she married young, raised a large family, and worked to give her children a better future. But the tides of Iranian history pulled her family into the heart of political repression and terror. Aziz endured a heartbreak that no parent should ever face: the loss of nine members of her family. Four sons, three daughters, two sons-in-law—all killed across two successive dictatorships that feared the voices of those seeking democracy and basic rights. First under the Shah, and later under the clerical regime that replaced him. Her children’s only so-called "crime...

In a speech delivered to the gathering of tens of thousands of Iranians in Brussels on September 6, 2025, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence honored the PMOI’s six decades of struggle and praised the Iranian people’s courage, saying: Sixty years ago, a movement was born “deep in the hearts of the Iranian people” that endured “the brutality of the Shah’s dictatorship and the cruelty of the theocracy that replaced it.” “Today, that movement — the PMOI — is stronger, more inspired, and more powerful than ever,” he said.  Pence delivered a message to Iranians secretly listening inside the country: “You are not alone. You are not forgotten. The day of your freedom is closer than ever . The free world stands with you for a democratic, secular , non-nuclear Iran .” Highlighting the growing activities of Resistance Units, Pence said, “All across Iran today, young men and women in Resistance Units risk their lives to keep the flame of liberty alive. The Resistance Units inside Iran are t...

iran news:  By Jackson Thompson Fox News EXCLUSIVE: A coalition of athletes penned a letter condemning the Iranian regime for its death sentence of boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, Fox News Digital has learned. The signees include women's sports activist Riley Gaines, women's tennis legend Martina Navratilova, U.S. Olympic gold medalist swimmer Nancy Hogshead, UK Olympic medalist swimmer Sharron Davies, U.S. Olympian cyclist Inga Thompson, U.S. ultrarunner Carilyn Johnson and others. The letter calls for the United Nations, international sports federations, and world governments to intervene to prevent Vafaei Sani's sentence. "We, athletes and sports figures from around the world, strongly condemn the Iranian regime’s decision on 4 October 2025 to uphold the death sentence of Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, a 30-year-old boxing champion and coach from Mashhad," the letter writes. "Mohammad Javad has spent more than five years in prison under torture an...

iran news: You will certainly ask what must be done to bring about this great transformation. Look to the Resistance Units who, through their relentless struggle, have kept the flame of uprising and revolution burning. When your hands, young people, join with the hands of your fellow fighters, they become the mighty arm of the people; the force that sets the uprising and the Army of Freedom into motion. Know this: You, the teenagers and youth living thousands of kilometers away from your homeland, in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia, have many ways to contribute to the revolution and fight for freedom . You can awaken every young Iranian to join the fight to overthrow the clerical regime, and to become a supporter and comrade of the Resistance Units. Choose a path of selflessness for the liberation of a captive nation. The more you give to this path, the freer and more empowered you become; you transform into individuals worthy of a liberated, advanced, and progressive ...

iran news: Struan Stevenson  Once again, Iran's death machine is operating at full throttle, and once again, the West looks away. Is no one paying attention because the world’s focus is fixed on Gaza and Ukraine? While the global headlines are dominated by those conflicts, Iran’s rulers are quietly carrying out one of the most barbaric killing sprees in modern history and getting away with it. In just 14 and a half months, under President Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian regime has executed over 2,000 people. Let that sink in. Over two thousand lives snuffed out by hanging, often in secret, always without fair trial, and sometimes for nothing more than political dissent. That’s an average of nearly five executions a day . Yet the world, seemingly numbed or distracted, offers little more than murmurs of disapproval. Where is the outrage? Where are the resolutions? Where are the sanctions? Where is the moral backbone? In a desperate and courageous act of defiance, 1,500 prisoners in Un...

iran news: By Linda Chavez When Americans think of Iran — if they do so at all — it is usually because of Iran’s support for terrorist movements around the world and its efforts to build its own nuclear arsenal. But despite successful U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear program inside Iran, the killing of many of Iran’s proxies in Hezbollah and Hamas, and the removal of the Iranian regime in Syria, 92 million Iranians remain hostage to a murderous dictatorship. Many of them face execution — a sober reminder as we commemorate World Day Against the Death Penalty . Iran executes more people than any other nation. In 2024 alone, Iran hanged over 1,000 prisoners. In the first 9 months of 2025, the regime has already exceeded that number. These were not violent criminals — but political prisoners whose major crime was speaking out against human rights abuses in Iran . But not all the thousands of political prisoners will die by hanging — many will die by medical neglect. One person w...

iran news: On October 10, 2025, the global community marks the 23rd World Day Against the Death Penalty , spotlighting a surge in executions led by Iran, where authorities have carried out at least 1,105 this year, surpassing three-decade highs and often targeting women, ethnic minorities, and dissidents for non-violent offenses.  The United Nations and Amnesty International emphasize that capital punishment does not deter crime or serve victims, while the European Union and rights groups like the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty call for moratoriums and universal abolition . Activists, including Maryam Rajavi , accuse Iran's regime of using executions to suppress protests, amid rising international condemnation and events like a London conference organized by Iran Human Rights Activists . Maryam Rajavi said at this conference: On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, I pay tribute to all those who were executed for their struggle for freedom. On this day, the world’s ...