We Run Iran: Iranian People Lead the Overthrow while External Forces Accelerate the Collapse
Iran is at war not because of foreign aggression, but because a dying regime finally collided with reality. Missiles, nuclear deceit, and decades of lies have brought the clerical dictatorship to the brink—and now the world must confront the truth it spent years avoiding: the only solution is regime change, by the people themselves.
NCRI Speakers Available:
Robert G. Torricelli: Former U.S. Senator, NCRI Spokesman
Ambassador Robert Joseph, NCRI Spokesman
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Deputy Director of NCRI
Shahin Gobadi: Member of NCRI Parliament in Exile
Ali Safavi: Member of NCRI Parliament in Exile
**Other Speakers, to include former Political Prisoners in Iran available upon request**
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has been warning about this moment for more than thirty years. Today, everything it exposed—covert nuclear sites, missile programs, regional terror networks—has erupted into open conflict. Yet even now, Western media and policymakers hesitate, as if the future of the country were still a theoretical debate.
It is not.
In a forceful message to the Iranian people, Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI for the transitional period, made the Resistance’s position unmistakably clear: the country’s destiny will not be decided by foreign armies, secret negotiations, or recycled dictatorships. It will be decided by the people—through organized resistance, national uprising, and the overthrow of the clerical regime.
That does not mean pretending the current military reality does not exist. The NCRI does not condemn strikes aimed at the regime’s nuclear and missile infrastructure, because those weapons were built to preserve tyranny, not defend the nation. But let there be no confusion: foreign firepower cannot deliver Iranian freedom. Only the people can.
They will address what most analysts still avoid:
– Why appeasement failed and escalation became inevitable
– Why the people reject both the Shah and the mullahs
– Why the IRGC is cracking from within
– Why the NCRI’s Ten-Point Plan is not aspirational—but operational
This is not about war.
This is about ending one—by removing the regime that started all of them.
People, not rulers.
And they are done waiting.
Relevant Article(s):
Live updates: US and Israel strike Iran | AP News
NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi’s Transition Message to Iranians – NCRI
OPTIONAL Q&A:
- NCRI has been adamant that it doesn’t want foreign military intervention, that it wants the people to overthrow the regime without it. Why is not condemning U.S. military intervention?
- For decades the NCRI warned about nuclear and missile programs while much of the West dismissed those warnings. What does the current conflict prove about those early disclosures?
- Maryam Rajavi has said her country’s future cannot be imposed from the outside, yet the regime now faces external military pressure. How do you reconcile Iranian self-determination with today’s reality?
- What distinguishes the NCRI’s vision of regime change from both Western-led intervention and internal reform narratives promoted by Tehran?
- Why do the Iranian people reject both the ruling clerics and any return to monarchy, and how real is that rejection on the ground?
- What role are Resistance Units and internal defections playing right now, and how close is the regime to a breaking point?
- How does the NCRI’s Ten-Point Plan move from theory to practice in a post-regime Iran?
- If Western governments truly want stability, what should they stop doing immediately—and what should they start doing instead?
ABOUT ROBERT G. TORRICELLI…
Senator Robert Torricelli served 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 9th district of New Jersey until January 1997, when he was elected as Democratic Senator from the state of New Jersey. While in the Congress, he was the leading voice for a free Iran and has been advocate of a free and democratic Iran for the past three decades.
In 1999, he joined the Democratic Leadership as the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Senator Torricelli served in the House Foreign Affairs Committee as the chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Senator Torricelli earned his law degree from Rutgers University and completed a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Before becoming a member of the U.S. Congress, Torricelli served as associate counsel to then-Vice President Walter Mondale.
ABOUT AMBASSADOR ROBERT JOSEPH…
Ambassador Robert Joseph was the United States Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation. Prior to this post, Joseph was the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, a position he held until January 24, 2007. He was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Proliferation Strategy at the White House.
Ambassador Joseph is known for being instrumental in creating the Proliferation Security Initiative and as the architect of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. He was also the US chief negotiator to Libya in 2003 who convinced Qaddafi to give up Libya’s WMD programs.
ABOUT ALIREZA JAFARZADEH…
Alireza Jafarzadeh serves as the Deputy Director of the Washington Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). He is also the author of The Iran Threat (Palgrave MacMillan, New York, 2008).
A recognized expert on Iranian policy, Jafarzadeh has been at the forefront of efforts to prevent the Iranian regime from acquiring nuclear weapons. His groundbreaking work in 2002 and 2003 led to the discovery of key illicit nuclear sites in Iran, including the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, the Arak heavy water plant, the Kalaye Electric centrifuge testing facility near Tehran, and the Lashkar Ab’ad laser enrichment facility. These revelations prompted the first-ever inspections of Iranian nuclear sites by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Jafarzadeh is a frequent guest on major television and radio networks, including CBS Evening News, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, and France 24. His insights have also been featured in leading publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Time, and The Hill.
ABOUT SHAHIN GOBADI…
Shahin Gobadi, a U.S.-educated nuclear engineer, is a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Iran’s Parliament-in-Exile.
An astute observer of Iranian affairs for over three decades, Gobadi is an expert on topics including Iranian state-sponsored terrorism, proxy groups in the Middle East, the Iranian nuclear and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs, Western policy toward Iran, and internal Iranian affairs.
He has been interviewed by major international media outlets, including CNN, Fox News, BBC, Sky TV, GB News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Reuters, and the Associated Press. Gobadi’s writings have appeared in prominent media across the U.S. and Europe.
ABOUT ALI SAFAVI…
Ali Safavi is a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Iran’s Parliament-in-Exile.
A sociologist by training, Safavi studied and taught at UCLA, California State University Los Angeles, and the University of Michigan. He was an active participant in the anti-Shah student movement in the 1970s in the United States and has been deeply engaged in Iranian affairs ever since.
Safavi has lectured and written extensively on Iran, Iraq, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and Middle Eastern politics. He has appeared in interviews on networks such as CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, BBC, Sky TV, Newsmax, and France 24. His articles and commentary have been published in leading outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, The Boston Herald, The Washington Times, and The Financial Times.
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