True of Iran

THE HILL TV: IRAN UNTOLD STORY PART 2 Iran: The Untold Story is a 10-week sponsored miniseries that examines some of the under-reported challenges in the U.S.- Iran relationship and whether regime change in Tehran is possible without military intervention. The series, brought to you by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities, offers expert analysis from the front lines of the war on terror, the fight against nuclear proliferation and the effort to investigate and prevent human rights abuses inside Iran. Iran's terrorism continues: How Western authorities thwarted multiple plots in the last year Several important pieces of intelligence that alerted the West to Iran's illegal nuclear weapons program have come over the years from Iranian opposition groups, like the National Council for the Resistance in Iran which famously uncovered work sites in 2002. While most Americans believe the Obama era nuclear deal put Iran's nuclear weapon ambitions on ho...

Yes, the Iran regime has a viable alternative By Tom Ridge  Over the years, it has been my privilege to meet with Iranians whose spouses, children and friends are among the 120,000 executed since the mullahs took over the great country of Iran, whose culture is one of the world’s most sophisticated, its population one of the most literate and one of the youngest. Yet they remain under the thumb of what some in Washington still refer to as a “moderate” regime. I have been asked about the regime’s alleged moderation. Let’s look at Iranian elections in contrast to the Democratic candidacies this year, or the Republican primary last time around dozens of candidates. They don’t do that under the moderate regime in Iran. Everyone is vetted, and unless you are approved by the mullahs you can’t be a candidate. How about our First Amendment? We have more than 100 networks and television stations, free to roam, and newspapers everywhere. Freedom of press in Iran? Are t...