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Iran’s future cannot be made in Washington

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  U.S. should empower the Iranian people, denying the regime regrouping time By Carla Sands – Wednesday, August 26, 2026 OPINION: For more than four decades, the regime in Tehran has fueled terrorism, destabilized the Middle East through proxy militias, pursued nuclear weapons capability and brutally oppressed its own people. Successive American administrations tried diplomacy, sanctions and accommodation. None has fundamentally altered Tehran’s behavior. By confronting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and refusing to accept the regime’s long-held assumption that it can threaten American interests without consequence, President Trump has changed the strategic landscape. Still, military action alone does not guarantee lasting political victory. The recent weakening of the regime has created a historic strategic opportunity. Continuing the maximum pressure campaign, the United States should embrace a political strategy that empowers the Iranian people, denying the regime tim...

Maryam Rajavi: WORKERS’ PROTESTS IN STEP WITH THE UPRISING DISPLAY IRANIAN SOCIETY’S IMMENSE POTENTIAL FOR A REVOLUTION

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  Message on International Workers’ Day Dear workers and farmers, Exasperated workers, who refuse to accept oppression, inequality, and repression, and have risen up to protest and revolt! Happy  International Workers’ Day  to all of you. To the millions of honorable men and women whose whole being has been shackled by the mullahs with temporary contracts, unpaid wages, miserable salaries, unstable jobs, poverty, insecurity, discrimination, and repressive controls. Today in Iran, under the most brutal system of exploitation in the world – the religious dictatorship – the workers’ anger and their ongoing protests in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising against the regime demonstrate the immense potential of Iranian society for revolution. From the protests of petrochemical workers in Asaluyeh and Kangan who rose up with the slogan of “down with Khamenei” during the height of last October’s uprising, to the strikes of workers in 110 factories and industrial enterpr...