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Advocacy Congressional Hearing/Briefings Events
Senate policy briefing called for Iranian people’s right to seek a free Iran

by OIAC March 14, 2020

by OIAC March 14, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – On March 12, 2020, Iranian American communities of Maryland and Texas, members of Organization of the Iranian American Communities (OIAC), held…

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Advocacy Rallies
Rally to support Iran protests

by OIAC January 31, 2020

by OIAC January 31, 2020

Rally To Support #IranProtests2020 for a #FreeIran2020 Condemn Rights Abuses in Iran Saturday, February 8, 2020 | 11:00 AM Location: Lafayette Park, in front…

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Advocacy Congressional Hearing/Briefings Events
Congressional Briefing | Iran Uprising:The Nation Rises for Freedom

by OIAC December 13, 2019

by OIAC December 13, 2019

Rayburn Gold Room, 12/11/19 Bipartisan members of congress joined Iranian Americans from across the U.S. at a House Briefing titled,” Iran Uprising: The Nation…

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Congressional Hearing/Briefings Events
Senate policy briefing called for recognition of the alternative to the Iranian regime

by OIAC December 8, 2019

by OIAC December 8, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – On December 4, 2019 Organization of the Iranian American Communities (OIAC), held a policy briefing in US Senate, discussing the Iranian…

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Congressional Hearing/Briefings Events
Holiday Season Luncheon

by OIAC November 28, 2019

by OIAC November 28, 2019

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Congressional Hearing/Briefings Events
OIAC held a congressional briefing in the U.S. Senate to discuss the rise of domestic suppression and regional aggression by Tehran.

by OIAC November 9, 2019

by OIAC November 9, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAibPrQfMUU&feature=youtu.be On November 6, 2019, the Organization of the Iranian American Communities (OIAC) held a congressional briefing in the U.S. Senate to discuss the…

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Events Rallies
Thousands to Rally in New York To Support Iran Regime Change by Iranians, Demand Firmness toward Mullahs’ Regime

by OIAC September 14, 2019

by OIAC September 14, 2019

MEDIA ADVISORY CONTACT: Majid Sadeghpour SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 PHONE: 202-559-9232 E-MAIL: media@oiac.org WEBSITE: www.oiac.org NEW YORK, NY – On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, simultaneous…

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Advocacy Congressional Hearing/Briefings Events
Iran: 1988 Massacre, Ongoing Human Rights Violations” rally, vigil, and photo exhibition

by OIAC August 31, 2019

by OIAC August 31, 2019

OIAC Iran Human Rights Exhibition & Vigil on Capitol Hill On September 12, 2019 on the Lawn of the U.S Capitol, senior members…

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Rallies
Picket line to Free All Protesters in Iran

by OIAC February 4, 2018

by OIAC February 4, 2018

February 2, 2018 A picket line organized by Iranian American Community of Virginia @IAC_VA @OrgIAC and their friends, at D @WhiteHouse, calling @FreeAllProtesters in…

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Rallies
Rally in Support of Iranian People’s Uprising January 6, 2018

by OIAC January 20, 2018

by OIAC January 20, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC, January 6, 2018 – Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) sponsored the rally across the White House despite subzero temperature. Hundreds of…

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Organization of Iranian American Communities - OIAC

2 months ago

The final list of candidates for the Iranian regime’s sham presidential election was announced on Tuesday, May 25. Those candidates’ identities confirm what the Iranian Resistance has long said: that the election itself will be a mere farce, lending a thin veneer of legitimacy to a process that is effectively the installation of a pre-selected successor to the regime’s current President Hassan Rouhani.The leading candidate, Ebrahim Raisi, was very nearly given that position four years ago. His ascendance was very clearly backed by the regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The questionable nature of the Iranian regime’s so-called electoral process was made a matter of public record throughout the globe in 2009, when thousands upon thousands of Iranians participated in protests in response to the reselection of the regime’s then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Fearing Iranian people’s uprising amid the regime’s infightings, Khamenei in 2017 selected Rouhani. The regime’s sham presidential election also showed a general decrease in voter participation – a feature that the regime officials attempted to cover up by extending voting hours, manipulating statistics, and staging crowded scenes at polling places using members of the militia group known as the Basij.By the middle of January 2018, well over 100 cities and towns were participating in a protest movement that featured chants of both “death to the dictator,” in reference to Khamenei, and “death to Rouhani,” the so-called rival to “hardline” faction. Protesters also explicitly rejected the notion of significant political differences between the regime’s two factions, saying, “reformist, hardliner, the game is over.”The implications of that promise would not be openly tested until more than two years later, at which point the regime held its mid-term elections to select a slate of governors and members of parliament around the midway point of Rouhani’s second term. In the meantime, though, the January 2018 uprising inspired scattered protests that were described by the Iranian opposition leader Mrs. Maryam Rajavi as “a year full of uprisings,” and that movement’s slogans were later adapted to another, even larger nationwide uprising in November 2019.The latter uprising emerged spontaneously in nearly 200 localities, eliciting panic from regime authorities and leading to one of the worst single crackdowns on dissent in recent years. In a matter of only days, over 1,500 people were killed after the Revolutionary Guards opened fire on numerous crowds of peaceful protesters. But far from silencing dissent over the long term, these killings only served to reinforce the public’s simultaneous rejection of “hardliners” and “reformists” within the regime, neither of which had acted to restrain the IRGC or even criticized the violent response and in fact participated in oppressing people.Ahead of the February 2020 parliamentary elections, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) urged citizens to avoid the polls as a way of denying legitimacy to the ruling system. MEK’s “Resistance Units” conveyed this message with posters and graffiti messages, often accompanied by images of Mrs. Rajavi, that framed an electoral boycott as a “vote for regime change.” The MEK had promoted that same message ahead of most other electoral competitions including Rouhani’s original campaign and his reelection campaign. But the MEK’s calls for nationwide boycotted has been much more successful in the wake of the 2018 and 2019 uprisings, which it was credited with leading.In recent weeks, the same calls for regime change have been audible in at least 250 different localities where Resistance Units are active. This has seemingly caused regime authorities to lose faith in their ability to manufacture an image of the system’s legitimacy by either encouraging widespread participation in the June 18 election or simply falsifying reports of the public response. In order to unify his regime in face of the possible uprising, Khamenei, the Guardian Council, and the regime as a whole have reversed their prior strategy by prioritizing the outcome over the process in this election.State media now acknowledge that people will boycott the regime’s sham elections. Some claimed that the most optimistic projections for voter turnout are between 40 and 60 percent, while others have offered estimates as low as 25 percent.Unsurprisingly, all of those who passed the vetting by the Guardian Council were members of Khamenei’s faction, though not even all prominent figures of Khamenei’s faction. In this case, the selection process removed the individual who was most likely to present a challenge to Khamenei’s policy of contraction– former Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.Iranians rejected both factions and the regime in its entirety in massive numbers via the uprisings of 2018 and 2019, as well as last year’s electoral boycott. They are now poised to do the same again, with a new boycott which has been explicitly endorsed by various groups of protesters in recent weeks. These have been focused on a range of specific issues such as the rapidly shrinking value of retiree pensions and the ongoing effects of a government-run investment scam. But by aligning themselves with a boycott movement led by the MEK, they have all implied endorsement of the platform long promoted by that group and its parent coalition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran.The only meaningful solution to Iran’s problems is regime change leading to free and fair elections within a system based on principles of secularism and pluralism. As such, the Iranian Resistance rejects Raisi’s pending installation as Iran’s next president, but both the Iranian Resistance and people would similarly reject any figure whom the theocratic system attempted to promote from within. ... See MoreSee Less

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Organization of Iranian American Communities - OIAC

4 months ago

Happy #nowruz to all who celebrate the Persian New Year around the world.Organization of Iranian American Communities - OIAC ... See MoreSee Less

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