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Iranian Americans for Liberty publicly expresses its deepest gratitude to President Donald J. Trump for his bold and unwavering words of support. In a time of immense suffering, his clear warning to the regime has touched millions of hearts. This direct message from the leader of the free world brings real moral strength and reminds us that we are not alone in our struggle for dignity and justice. We have proudly supported President Trump since 2016, standing with him through every challenge. Now, more than ever, that loyalty feels justified and rewarding. His statement is a powerful affirmation that the United States, under his leadership, will no longer turn a blind eye to the cries of the Iranian people. This long-awaited backing from the White House fills us with immense pride and renewed determination to push forward. For the first time in history, a US president has shown such forceful support for the Iranians in their fight against oppression. His words carry real strategic weight, signaling that America stands firmly on the side of those demanding an end to decades of repression, corruption, and terror imposed by the regime. These powerful words from President Trump amplify hope among Iranians who have long dreamed of a free Iran and inspire belief that change is possible and that international solidarity can help turn the tide. This moment could truly mark a historic turning point, where the regime's weakness is exposed, the people's courage is rewarded, and a path opens toward freedom, prosperity, and a brighter future for our beloved nation.  Thank you, President Trump, your leadership gives us strength to continue the fight.

بیانیه سازمان لیبرتی ۲۵ خردادماه ۲۵۸۴ شاهنشاهی بیخِرَدی و بی تدبیری دولتمردان جمهوری اسلامی، و در رأس آن رهبر این حکومت فاسد، علی خامنه‌ای، همراه با عملکرد خیانت‌بار و ضدمیهنی بخشی از نیروهای مسلح که سود ملی ایرانیان را قربانی جاه‌طلبیهای خویش کرده‌اند، ایرانِ ما را درگیر جنگ با کشور اسرائیل کرده است. اکنون زمان آن رسیده است که مردم ایران با صدای بلند خواستِ خود را فریاد بزنند. برتری و ویژگی تاریخی ایران، برآمده از همبستگی ملی میان شهروندان و اقوام گوناگون ایرانی است که هرکدام در درازای تاریخ پرتلاطم میهن، نقش ویژه، یگانه و سودمند خود را ایفا کردهاند. جغرافیای ایران، افزون بر برتری استراتژیک، منابع طبیعی و خدادادی گوناگونی را در اختیار ما قرار داده است که می‌توانیم با تکیه بر آن، در بیشتر زمینه‌های بنیادی با دیگر کشورها برابری کنیم یا حتی برتری جوییم. همبستگی ملی و پاسداری از تمامیت سرزمینی ایران، امروز خویشکاری همه‌ی ایرانیان است. سازمان سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی، چنانکه از نامش برمی‌آید، نامی که حتی واژهٔ «ایران» هم در آن نیست، نیرویی ایدئولوژیک و تروریستی است، و مرامنامه و کارنام‌اش از میهندوستی و جانبازی برای ایران تهی است. این نهاد باید خنثی گردد و پرسنل و تجهیزات آن در آینده در اختیار یک ارتش ملی قرار گیرد. این کار، خویشکاری بزرگ ما مردم ایران است؛ کاری که از نیروی ملی مردم ایران برمیآید، نه از سازمانهای فاسد و سرکوبگری که یا مانند سازمان مجاهدین خلق، ننگ خیانت به ایران را در کارنامهٔ خود دارند، یا مانند اصلاحطلبان و بازوهای دستنشانده‌شان در غرب، با لباس اپوزیسیون، جز استفاده از رانتهای اقتصادی و فاندهای میلیونی و نابودی ثروت و آیندهٔ ما، کاری نکرده‌اند. ما به هلاکت رسیدن سرداران پوشالی سپاه پاسداران را، که با ادعاهای پوچ خود کشور را به ورطهٔ نابودی کشاندند، به فال نیک می‌گیریم. زیرساخت‌های ایران، که میراث دوران اقتدار و شکوه پهلوی است، نه‌تنها در این جنگ، بلکه دیرزمانی است که بر اثر سوءمدیریت گستردهٔ اصلاحطلبان و اصولگرایان در مسیر نابودی قرار گرفته است. همین‌که ماه‌هاست برق مسکونی و صنعتی پیاپی قطع میشود و حتی مایحتاج روزانهٔ مردم بر اثر این بحران تأمین نمیگردد، نشان از فرسایش و نابودی پیوستهٔ همین زیرساختها دارد. همانا جمهوری اسلامی با سوءمدیریت ساختاری و پاسدارینکردن از زادبوم و ثروتهای ملی و طبیعی طی چندین دهه، چیزی از زیرساختها باقی نگذاشته است؛ لیکن امروز با مردمفریبی، مسئولیت این نابودی را بر دوش حملات چند روز گذشته می نهد. ناکارآمدی رژیم و نبود سرمایه‌گذاریهای آزاد، همراه با دخالتهای آمیخته با فساد سرداران سپاه و بستگانشان در بخشهای اقتصادی، سرمایه‌های ملی را فرسوده و کاسته است. بدیهی است که هر خانه یا زمینی بدون مراقبت و نگهداری درست نابود میشود؛ چه رسد به یک سرزمین بزرگ همچون ایران. نابخردان جمهوری اسلامی، ثروتهای ملی ایران را با بیکفایتی خویش بر باد دادند و کشور را به فلاکت کشاندند. امروز، گاهِ تغییر است، و ارادهٔ مردم ایران، تنها موتور حرکت دهندهٔ این تغییرات است. این تغییر نیز تنها از درون ایران و با سازماندهی مردمی ممکن است. حق ملت ایران، حکومتی شایسته‌سالار و لایق است. رهبر مردمفریب جمهوری اسلامی با بیخردی، کشور ما را به جنگی بی‌دلیل و بدفرجام کشاند: «همه کارت از یکدگر بدتر است / تو را شهریاری نه اندر خور است» اما حذف علی خامنه‌ای به‌تنهایی کافی نیست. فرزندان او، و همچنین جناحهای اصلاحطلب و اصولگرایان نیز باید از قدرت کنار بروند تا با تشکیل دولت شایسته‌سالارِ انتقالی، فضایی برای بازسازی ایرانِ گرامی‌مان فراهم شود. خویشکاری بزرگ بر دوش مردمِ درون ایران است تا خواستِ خود را بر کرسی بنشانند و این جنگ و سرکوب را پایان دهند. اکنون، هنگامِ واخواستگری و خیزش است. جمهوری اسلامی، به‌ویژه اصلاحطلبان، برای کنترل فضای رسانهای و سرکوب مردم، به بهانهٔ نگرانی برای کشته‌شدن غیرنظامیان، دست به عملیات فریب گستردهای زده‌اند. آنان با سالها سوءمدیریت و همراهی با رژیم، اعتبار خود را از دست داده‌اند. کسانی که به آرمانهای ملی ما خیانت کرده‌اند و با سرکوبگران رژیم سازش نموده‌اند، شایستهٔ رهبری نیستند. این جنبش برای همهٔ مردم ایران است، و طلایه‌داران آن باید از وفاداران به آرمانهای ملت و چهره‌های دلبسته به این خاک باشند. خواسته‌های ملت ایران آشکار است: انحلال سپاه پاسداران و ترکیب معدود نیروهای کمتر فاسد یا چه‌ بسا میهنپرست آن در ارتش ملی با مأموریت دفاع از مرزهای ایران توقف روند ساخت سلاح هستهای صلح پایدار با اسرائیل برای پایان دادن به دشمنی‌های بیهوده و بی‌ثمر حذف علی خامنه‌ای و محاکمهٔ عادلانه فرزندان و نزدیکانش بازگشت به قانون اساسی مشروطه و تشکیل یک مجلس مؤسسان برای اصلاح این قانون اساسی تشکیل دولت انتقالی برای هدایت کشور به‌سوی یک حکومت شایسته‌سالار، لایق و آبادگر کسانی که در این هنگامهٔ خیزش، نشانی غلط به مردم میدهند و مردم را به سکوت یا درخواستهایی پیش‌پاافتاده و بی‌اثری همچون اعتصاب یا حرکات نمایشی و نمادین فرامی‌خوانند – آنهم زمانی که عملاً کشور بر اثر جنگ فلج شده و حتی بازارهای اصلی تعطیل شدهاند – نمی‌توانند قطبنمای این دگرگونی بزرگ باشند. ایران در آستانهٔ دگرگونی بزرگ است، و این لحظه برای ما مردم ایران است که با همبستگی، دلیری و ایمان به آینده، ایران را پس بگیریم. با هم، سرزمینی آزاد، دادگستر و شکوفا برای نسلهای آینده بسازیم تا فَرّ ایران بار دیگر در جهان درخشان شود و جهان را درخشان سازد. پاینده ایران جاوید شاه

A group of diaspora Iranians and two opposition groups released “an open letter” to the Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden Monday appealing to him to take steps against Iran’s “human rights violation” and “global terrorism networks”. The Constitutional Party of Iran and Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) are two opposition groups leading the initiative calling on Biden to “open dialogue with the Iranian American community” over the behavior of the Islamic Republic and its “suppression of basic civil rights of the Iranian people”. Many Iranians who are opposed to the Islamic Republic and seek a regime change have been content with President Donald Trump’s tough stance against Tehran. But with presidential elections approaching in November, some fear a Biden victory could change U.S. policy to a more conciliatory approach toward Iran. “The world has long viewed the United States as a beacon of freedom and an advocate of the oppressed and the marginalized. The United States government has a moral obligation to protect and promote human rights in the face of violators anywhere and anytime. We strongly urge the U.S. to hold the Islamic Republic accountable and send a clear message that violations of basic human rights will not be tolerated.,” an official of the Constitutionalist Party of Iran said in a statement. The letter appeals to Biden for “Engagement and dialogue with the Iranian-American community to form a multi-faceted comprehensive approach in dealing with the Islamic Republic regime.” The signatories also ask for bipartisan support in confronting cyber threats from Iran against the United States. The letter also urges “Robust financial counterterrorism measures against the Islamic Republic’s funding of Hezbollah, the Houthi Rebels in Yemen, Dictator Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela”.

Washington, DC – Today, a group of independent members of the Iranian diaspora as well as two Iranian organizations, The Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) and Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) released an open letter tothe Democratic Presidential Candidate and former Vice President, Joe Biden, encouraging him to take certain steps towards countering the human rights violations, support of global terrorism networks, and suppression of basic civil rights of the Iranian people under the Islamic Republic regime of Iran. Additionally, they request an open dialogue with the Iranian-American community. “I grew up in Iran during a nearly decade-long war with Iraq. I saw firsthand how the regime has inflicted incalculable harm on its people, particularly the most vulnerable: children, women, and ethnic and religious minorities,” said Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) co-founder Dr. Daniel Jafari. Dr. Jafari, an emergency medicine physician, stated: “America is uniquely positioned to hold the regime accountable for its decades long human rights violations and most recent violent suppression of protestors.” “The world has long viewed the United States as a beacon of freedom and an advocate of the oppressed and the marginalized. The United States government has a moral obligation to protect and promote human rights in the face of violators anywhere and anytime. We strongly urge the US to hold the Islamic Republic accountable and send a clear message that violations of basic human rights will not be tolerated.,” said Ms. Haideh Tavackoli, the Secretary General of the Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat). Included in the letter are the following recommendations: Accountability for the Islamic Republic on human rights, specifically the oppression of religious and ethnic minorities, women, and the LGBTQ+ community. Robust financial counterterrorism measures against the Islamic Republic’s funding of Hezbollah, the Houthi Rebels in Yemen, Dictator Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, and other appalling actors of violence, extremism, and terror throughout the world. More aggressive cyber counterterrorism measures to ensure that the Islamic Republic’s cyber terrorism does not continue to disrupt global commerce and terrorize the United States and her allies. Engagement and dialogue with the Iranian-American community to form a multi-faceted comprehensive approach in dealing with the Islamic Republic regime. A review and redress of the travel ban enacted by the current Administration for travel between the US and Iran, such that the regime affiliates and their families are banned from entering the United States, while ordinary Iranian can travel to the US to visit their families and for other legitimate purposes.   Click here  to see the PDF copy of the letter and the full list of signatories.

Please join Iranian-Americans for Liberty and Senior Advisor Richard Goldberg of the Foundation For Defense of Democracies Sunday, August 23, 2020 at 1pm EDT. RSVP: CLICK HERE About Richard   Richard Goldberg is a senior advisor at FDD. From 2019-2020, Richard served as the Director for Countering Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction for the White House National Security Council. He previously served as chief of staff for Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and deputy chief of staff and senior foreign policy adviser to former U.S. Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois in both the U.S. House and Senate. As a staff associate for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations, Richard worked on a wide range of issues related to U.S. foreign assistance, including foreign military financing, international security assistance, international peacekeeping, development, global health and economic support funds. He was a founding staff director of the House U.S.-China Working Group and was among the first Americans ever to visit China’s human space launch center. A leader in efforts to expand U.S. missile defense cooperation with Israel, Richard played a key role in U.S. funding for the Arrow-3 program, Iron Dome and the deployment of an advanced missile defense radar to the Negev Desert. In the Senate, Richard emerged as a leading architect of the toughest sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was the lead Republican negotiator for three rounds of sanctions targeting the Central Bank of Iran, the SWIFT financial messaging service, and entire sectors of the Iranian economy. Richard also drafted and negotiated legislation promoting human rights and democracy in Iran, including sanctions targeting entities that provide the Iranian regime with the tools of repression. His Iran sanctions work was featured in the book The Iran Wars. As the governor’s chief of staff, Richard managed government in America’s fifth-largest state with oversight of all day-to-day operations, including homeland security, public safety, and public health. He also spearheaded the first-ever state legislation to divest public pension funds from companies engaged in boycotts of Israel, which sparked a nationwide initiative in state capitols around America.

Communications Intern The Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) are seeking a recent college graduate to serve in a 6 month internship program to assist our organization with all matters related to external communications. We are seeking a dynamic, self-starter to assist with external communications on social media, our community, members of the media and hill staff members.  The ideal candidate is well suited to work in a team environment and can perform these responsibilities with high proficiency:  Using Social Media Software to schedule social media posts for the week and on an ad-hoc basis.  Assist with planning and execution of e-blasts and monthly newsletter.  Drafting statements and press releases.  Interfacing with members of the media.  Interfacing with staff members on the Hill when appropriate.  Research paid advertising campaigns on social media.  *Preferred but not required: Proficiency in reading and writing Persian. *This position is not available for remote or teleworking. In person attendance in the office is required.     Hours: 25 Hours per week, Monday-Friday, 9-2 work schedule  Compensation: Monthly stipend. Inquire during interview process for details.  Location: Washington D.C. Please submit a cover letter and resume to bleib@ia4l.org   Policy Intern The Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) are seeking a recent college graduate to serve in a 6 month internship program to assist our organization with all matters related to developing policy positions. We are seeking a dynamic, self-starter to assist with all matters related to policy issues.  The ideal candidate is well suited to work in a team environment and can perform these responsibilities with high proficiency:  Interfacing via phone, email and in person with staff members of Congressional offices. Creating a weekly briefly to educate Congressional offices on the latest news regarding Iran. Drafting policy papers on key issues as outlined by IAL’s Executive Director Create legislative tracking document to track all legislation on foreign policy related to the Middle East.  Coordinating with IAL chapters around the country for grassroots organizing.    *Preferred but not required: Proficiency in reading and writing Persian. *This position is not available for remote or teleworking. In person attendance in the office is required.   Hours: 25 Hours per week, Monday-Friday, 9-2 work schedule  Compensation: Monthly stipend. Inquire during interview process for details.  Location: Washington D.C. Please submit a cover letter and resume to bleib@ia4l.org     At Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL), we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. IAL believes that diversity and inclusion among our team members is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

The Foreign Desk - March 24, 2021  Link:  GOP Representatives Double Down on Rooting out Iran’s Tentacles in the U.S.   Fox News -  March 18, 2021  Link :   Congress demands to see if Iran is paying Americans to help influence Biden policy   The Washington Free Beacon - March 16, 2021  Link:   Iranian Dissidents Claim Biden State Dept Hire is Pro-Regime Advocate   Jewish Journal - February 12, 2021  Link :  https://jewishjournal.com/news/332930/watch-persian-jews-speak-out-against-iranian-govt/

Media Inquiries: info@ia4l.org Iranian Americans for Liberty Washington, DCiranianamericansforliberty.org The Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Tarzana, Californiairancpi.party August 5, 2020 The Constitutionalist Party of Iran and Iranian Americans for Liberty Warn Against US Election Meddling by Groups with Ties to the Islamic Republic of Iran Government and Urge Democratic Delegates to Vote Against Proposals Related to Iran in The Draft Democratic Party Platform In 2015, President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Advisor Susan Rice introduced the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as the Iran Nuclear Deal. They expressed hope that the agreement would inspire change in the Islamic Republic’s behavior, motivating Iran to become a responsible member of the international community.  Contrary to the aspirations of the Obama-Biden administration, the Iranian regime turned around and used the financial rewards of the JCPOA to enhance its sponsorship of terrorism through regional and international malign adventurism. As many US policymakers predicted, the regime increased its nefarious activities once the agreement was signed. Prior to the deal, both Secretaries of State under the Obama administration – Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, repeatedly designated the regime as a state sponsor of terrorism.  Using the riches gained consequent to the JCPOA, the Islamic Republic’s financed proxy Shia militia groups in Iraq and Syria-  resulting in the death or injury to over  600 US Service Members . As the crisis in Syria escalated, sectarian violence perpetrated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) led to hundreds of thousands of innocent lives lost, including those murdered by chemical weapons.  Millions of civilians were displaced from their homes, resulting in a refugee crisis unlike the world had ever witnessed. Furthermore, the Islamic State was afforded the opportunity to grow and strengthen amidst the regional instability created by the IRGC.  Conclusively, the JCPOA failed to achieve its stated goals and only served as a tool of the Islamic Republic to buy time while it carried on with its campaign of destruction.  Witnessing the regime’s increased and continued sponsorship of terrorism and destruction, President Trump withdrew from the JCPOA and re-imposed sanctions on Iran, thereby returning to the policy that was in place during President Obama’s first term. Those sanctions were so effective that Vice President Joe Biden touted them during his 2012 vice-presidential debate with Speaker Paul Ryan.  Undeniably, US policy with Iran, under President Trump, has largely succeeded in limiting the Islamic Republic’s financial resources, stifling the flow of funding to the IRGC in Iraq and Syria. These circumstances have motivated groups in the US with suspected ties to the Iranian regime to hijack the Democratic Party’s foreign policy platform and turn it into a vessel to push an agenda supportive of the Islamic Republic.  The Constitutionalist Party of Iran and  Iranian Americans for Liberty are deeply concerned that the draft of the Democratic Party’s proposed platform fails to consider these realities. It appears no lessons were learned from previous policy errors of the Obama administration. We are particularly concerned that such misguided policy will further provide material assistance to the Islamic Republic to fortify terrorism and intensify sectarian wars in the Middle East.  Aside from the promise of a return to the JCPOA, we are disappointed in other Iran policies in the draft Democratic Party Platform; in particular, the Party’s insinuation of support for the current regime. Understandably, it is not diplomatically advisable for a foreign power to announce a formal policy of pursuing “regime change” in another nation-state. It is equally deplorable for the United States government (or a presidential hopeful) to announce as a policy that it does NOT support regime change. We believe it is up to the people of Iran to decide their desired form of government and leaders. Foreign powers should refrain from meddling in Iran and sabotaging the Iranian people’s aspiration for liberty, democracy, and justice.  Only the Iranian people – not the US government – have the undisputed right to pursue regime change, if so desired. By the mere mention of a “regime change policy,” or lack thereof, the Democratic Party is suggesting it will back the Islamic Republic in the event the Iranian people decide to replace it. This is a disconcerting gesture by the Democratic Party, which carries an honorable history of standing up to Apartheid and totalitarian regimes in support of people’s democratic aspirations.  By this action, the Democratic Party risks aligning itself with one of the most brutal regimes in modern history, a regime that has been hostile to the United States from its inception and continues to victimize the Iranian people.  The language used in the proposals suggests a monumental failure to recognize the realities on the ground in Iran and the endorsement of murder, mayhem, and bigotry. Let us not forget that this is a regime that has an extensive record of imprisoning journalists, persecuting activists, executing members of the LGBTQ+ community, and discriminatory violence against women, ethnic and religious minorities. Supporting this regime on the pretense of avoiding regime change is both hypocritical and contradictory. Many challenges facing the Islamic Republic are self-inflicted - the result of many years of incompetence and corruption. Despite the disinformation promulgated by pro-regime syndicates in the US, the Iranian people suffer because of the regime’s mismanagement of its financial resources, abysmal environmental policies, and absence of basic social liberties. The regime is at best a slightly toned-down version of ISIS. In the last three years many brave Iranians have taken to the streets in protests over the immense social and economic injustice they experience everyday- only to be slaughtered on site by the regime. The concept of blaming US policies for a myriad of problems that are expected consequences of totalitarianism in Iran are obsolete, as are redundant and futile strategies meant to camouflage the utter failures of the Islamic Republic. The “blame America first” talking point is a “go to” for pro-regime factions in the US. The agenda of regime appeasement advocated by these groups creates a deep divide within the Iranian-American community. The pro-regime factions’ dismissiveness of human rights violations in Iran, coupled with their profound hostility towards anti-regime Iranian-Americans, only furthers discord and animosity. We also wish to point out that many Iranians view the wrong-headed foreign policy adopted by another Democratic administration, that of President Jimmy Carter, as a key factor contributing to the rise of the Ayatollahs in Iran. President Carter’s policies resulted in a monumental defeat for the Iranian people, human rights and regional stability in the Middle East. We fear that once again naively aligning with the Ayatollahs will result in a similar foreign policy disaster.  We and other Iranian-Americans recently raised these concerns in  a letter  to Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign.  In closing, we disagree with the Iran-related policies outlined in the Party’s draft platform. Engaging with a regime that is a sworn enemy of the United States – whose slogan is “Death to America” – and who victimizes its own people for the past four decades, will result in no benefits to the US and only tarnish a legacy of support for freedom and liberty. We ask and encourage Democratic delegates to vote against policies related to Iran in the draft Democratic Party platform.   Diplomacy with the enemy is not congruent to appeasing it.

Our Letter to Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden Media Inquiries: info@ia4l.org Iranian Americans for Liberty Washington, DCiranianamericansforliberty.org The Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Tarzana, Californiairancpi.party July 13, 2020 Dear Vice President Biden, As members of the Iranian diaspora including Iranian Americans, we write to you to advocate for the rights of the Iranian citizens in Iran, as well as the Iranian American community’s interests here in the United States. Iran is a complex nation with thousands of years of history that have shaped the country it is today. Of key concern to us are the abysmal human rights record of the current regime, and the threat it poses to global peace and security, stability of the Middle East, and the national interests of the United States, the great country that many of us call home. President Obama’s Administration sought to slow the Iranian regime’s march toward nuclear weapons through the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the hope that the deal would change the behavior of the regime. These expectations never materialized. The economic windfall from the deal was spent on regional expansionism and support of terrorist groups instead of the well-being of the Iranian people. President Trump’s exit from the JCPOA has indeed curtailed the regime’s ability to pursue its nefarious extraterritorial adventurism. However, much like President Obama, President Trump has stopped short of addressing the most clamoring ingredient of a sound Iran policy: the suffering of the Iranian people at the hands of the Islamic Republic. Each time the Iranian people have voiced their aspirations for a just and free society peacefully, they have been met with brute force, torture, long prison sentences and death. In December 2017, the regime crushed peaceful protests which resulted in numerous deaths and long sentences for peaceful demonstrators. The Iranian women’s movement against compulsory hijab is suppressed by cruel and atrocious punishments including the sentencing of several activists to imprisonment for decades for innocuous acts of civil disobedience. Labor protests for basic rights and unpaid wages are almost daily occurrences in Iran despite harsh punishments awaiting the protest organizers. In November 2019, masses of Iranians in multiple cities and townships gathered to protest the regime’s corruption, economic mismanagement, and human rights violations. Unlike the 2009 demonstrations which were ostensibly contesting the results of the presidential elections, the 2019 protests questioned the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic regime in its entirety. In the course of those protests, more than 1,500 people were killed on the streets and thousands more were arrested. The whereabouts of many are still unknown. Recently, three young men detained in the aftermath of the protests were sentenced to execution in a “kangaroo trial” that deprived them of proper legal representation and due process. The Islamic Republic’s record is particularly abhorrent when it comes to women and children. This regime has effectively institutionalized the exploitation of these two groups. Romina Ashrafi’s tragic story may resonate with you as a father. This May, Romina, a 14-year-old girl, was murdered by her father with a farming sickle as a form of “honor killing” under the impunity afforded to him by the regime’s Sharia law. Iranian media reported that Romina’s father, prior to murdering her, consulted with an attorney to ensure his legal right to protect his “honor” by killing her. There is much about Romina’s life and death that are unacceptable: from the Islamic Republic government not tracking how many of these so called “honor killings” occur to allowing Sharia law to dictate her father’s nominal sentence for brutally slaughtering his own daughter. In Iran, the legal age of marriage is 13 and Romina was considered his chattel to dispose of however he decided. Domestic and international outcries to outlaw child marriage continue to fall on deaf ears. Reflecting upon these and many other instances of gross human rights violations, as well as concerns for the safety and well-being of our community in the United States, we felt the urgent need to reach out to you. Many Iranian Americans immigrated to the US in the past 20 years and were born into lives under the Islamic Republic. We can provide valuable perspective on how the regime and its officials operate, the aspirations of the Iranian people, and how to deal with the regime to ensure the much-deserved liberty and well-being of the Iranian people who suffer continually under the regime’s rampant corruption and incompetence. With great optimism, we offer a set of policy recommendations for your consideration. The National and Homeland Security Threat that the Islamic Republic poses to the US According to the US Treasury Department, the Islamic Republic is the primary source of funding for Hezbollah and provides this terrorist organization with an estimated $700 million annually, despite millions of Iranians living in abject poverty and repeatedly raising their voice against plundering Iran’s national wealth to fund terrorism. The criminal enterprise of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah goes beyond regional terrorism and igniting civil wars with consequent refugee crises. The regime’s proxies pursue their malign objectives globally and in the heart of the United States. Hezbollah is deeply involved in the drug trade. In 2008, a campaign launched by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) determined that Hezbollah was involved in shipping cocaine from Latin America to West Africa, as well as through Venezuela and Mexico into the United States. In 2011, DEA special agents foiled an IRGC and Hezbollah sponsored plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the US in Washington, DC. Beginning in 2013, the Mabna Institute, a private, Iran-based company affiliated with IRGC, launched a coordinated campaign of cyber intrusions into computer systems belonging to 144 US-based universities, 176 universities across 21 foreign countries, 47 domestic and foreign private sector companies, the United States Department of Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the State of Hawaii, the State of Indiana, the United Nations, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. In 2018, the US Department of Justice prosecuted 9 Iranians implicated in what they described as the defendants acting “at the behest of the Iranian government and, specifically, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.” In July 2017, a militant regime operative named Mohsen Dehnavi was denied entry into the US – despite a valid visa – under the auspices of conducting cancer research at a Boston Hospital. In Iran, Dehnavi was an active member and leader of the Basij militia (an ideological paramilitary arm of IRGC) at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology. The role of the Basij militia is to intimidate and threaten students through violent repression of pro-democracy activism as well as the suppression of political unrest in the larger society. As an active member of the “Proud Iran” (Iran-e Sarboland) party, Dehvani ran for Iran’s Islamic Parliament and was “elected” in February 2020. As Iranian Americans, we were dismayed to see some key figures within the Democratic Party voice their support for Dehnavi’s entry into the United States. As the US allocates resources to protect its national and homeland security interests against the Islamic Republic, it should be ensuring that regime officials are not exploiting its immigration system. Doing so also ensures the security of Iranian American dissidents, given the regime’s long record of assassinating its political opponents overseas. The current Administration’s travel ban has managed to keep many regime operatives outside the United States, but at a great cost to the Iranian American community. As many have proposed since the enactment of the ban, there are more effective and targeted instruments to guarantee the safety of Americans from the predations of the Islamic Republic, while ensuring that ordinary Iranians and Iranian Americans can comfortably travel between the two countries. Access to Iran is vital for keeping open lines of communication with civil and human rights activists inside Iran, especially when Internet access is restricted by the regime as a tool to suppress the free flow of information. We propose a total and absolute ban on travel to the US by regime officials and their affiliates until any hostility towards the United State and the Iranian American community ceases, and human rights conditions in Iran are perceptibly improved. It is our recommendation that the US Department of Treasury, US Department of Defense, and the National Security Agency, use their influence and capabilities in cyberspace to combat the Islamic Republic’s financial and cyber terrorism. By cutting off their financial support for proxy terrorist and criminal organizations and countering their cyber-attacks, the US will cripple the Republic’s power and influence. It is vital that the next Administration take a strong, decisive, and adaptive approach to this threat. It goes without saying that modern warfare is rapidly evolving, and to ensure that our military is not drawn unnecessarily into another foreign battlefield, it is critical to incapacitate the Islamic Republic’s nefarious cyber capabilities and operations before it is too late. The Islamic Republic’s Nuclear Weapons Capability Poses an Imminent Threat to the People of Iran and the World Despite noble intentions by the US administration, the JCPOA suffered from several issues from the outset. The US entered JCPOA in good faith to provide the Islamic Republic regime a chance to improve its relationship with the US and the West. However, the regime dismissed any calls for rapprochement and the Supreme Leader of the regime, Khamenei, declared America “the eternal enemy”. International inspectors were not permitted access to certain facilities, ballistic missiles marked with genocidal antisemitic slogans were test fired, American citizens and journalists were taken hostage, joint military operations with Russia began in Syria, and money and weapons were shipped to Houthi rebels in Yemen and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The outcome was the initiation and sustenance of chronic, non-conventional wars in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, leading to the death and starvation of millions of children and innocent civilians, and the displacement of millions more, causing several socio-economic crises, particularly in Europe. Many in the Iranian American community disagreed with the JCPOA from the start and in its entirety. It is our hope that their voices and perspective will be considered if Iran should come to the negotiation table again. We believe that any nuclear agreement with the regime should be a part of a broader deal that addresses the regime’s abhorrent record on human rights and also curtails its quest for regional dominance at the expense of ordinary Iranians as well as its involvement in global terrorism and drug trafficking. Many of us grew up in Iran during nearly a decade of conflict with Iraq and witnessed firsthand the devastation that war brought upon the Iranian people. We do not want to see another dictatorship in the Middle East cause another regional war. We hope that your administration will implement tough diplomacy to ensure nuclear and other unconventional weapons are kept out of the hands of this totalitarian regime Human Rights Abuses by the Islamic Republic The world has long viewed the United States as an advocate and protector of the oppressed and the marginalized. It has been the policy of United States government to protect and promote human rights in the face of violators anywhere and anytime. We strongly urge you to hold the Islamic Republic accountable. Your administration can and must send a clear message that violations of basic human rights will not be tolerated. The ruling regime in Iran is particularly hostile and abusive to women, ethnic and religious minorities, and the LGBTQ community. Ethnic minorities, falsely accused of being separatists, are frequently arrested and executed following kangaroo trials. Religious minorities and non-believers are persecuted with fraudulent charges such as espionage and conspiring against Shia Islam; in many cases, their cemeteries are desecrated. Same sex couples face prison or execution. Women are harassed and physically assaulted by the Sharia Police for not conforming to hijab and other oppressive dress codes. As the presumptive Democratic nominee, we would like to extend an invitation to a dialogue on US-Iran policy and how we, as the Iranian diaspora, hope to see US-Iran relations change under your presidency. We have great aspirations for Iran and its people, and enthusiastically welcome the opportunity to engage in a robust discussion on how to accomplish this. We thank you for your time and attention and have faith that our recommendations would find your consideration. Sincerely, The Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat)Iranian Americans for Liberty   Bobby Afrooz, DDS             Dental surgeon Payam Alipour, PhD             Assistant Professor of Economics at the Pennsylvania State University Shayan Arya             Central Council Committee Member, Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Parviz Bazooband, MD             Physician        5. Reza Behrouz, DO           Physician and medical researcher, San Antonio, Texs Khosrow Beitollahi             Former Imperial Air Force Pilot             Central Council Committee Advisor, Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Ally Bolour, Esq.             Attorney at Law Shima Bozorgi             Iran Expert, Washington, D.C. Foruq Canaani             Women’s rights activist Cina Dabestani, MS             Senior Transportation Engineer             Member, Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Navid Daryazad, Esq.             Attorney at Law Jessica Emami, PhD             Sociologist Shervan Fashandi, PhD             Expert in banking and finance             Board member, Iranian Americans for Liberty             Member, Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Amir Fassihi, MD             Physician, author, and activist Ramin Ghashghaei, Esq.             Attorney at Law Babak Ghotbi             Central Council Committee member, Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Daniel Jafari,  MD, MPH             Physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine             Board member, Iranian Americans for Liberty Mitra Jashni             Visual Artist and human rights activist             Iranian Americans for Liberty M.J. Javani             Novelist Khashayar “Shay” Khatiri             Ambassador Andreas Baum Fellow at the Strategic Studies Department, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS and Contributor to The Bulwark Karmel Melamed             Journalist Zohreh Mizrahi, Esq.             Attorney at Law Navid Mohebbi             Democracy Activist Afshin Nariman             Journalist and photographer Pooya Nasseri, MBA, MS             Financial adviser Ali Nayeri, PhD             Physicist Foad Pashaei             Central Council Committee advisor, Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Negin Ragh             Journalist Ali Saadat Meli Amir Sadri, MS             Central Council Committee member, Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Hamed Salimi Aliasghar Sepehri, PhD             Chemist Samuel Shahan, RN             Registered nurse and human rights advocate Ehsan Shah Hosseini, PhD             Photonics Expert Cyrus Shahrezaei             Human rights advocate and entrepreneur Amin Sophiamehr, PhD             Researcher at Indiana University Haideh Tavackoli             Secretary General, Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Nader Zahedi, PhD              Deputy Secretary General, Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat) Farahmand M. Kalayeh             President & CEO, Augknos, LLC & Iran Democracy Advocate The drafting and preparation of this letter reflects a collaboration between Iranian Americans for Liberty and The Constitutionalist Party of Iran (Liberal Democrat). The signatures above are not affiliated with either organization unless denoted.

(در پی نشست ۲۶ مهرماه ۲۵۸۴ شاهنشاهی زیر نام «حقوق بشر در ایران پس از جمهوری اسلامی») در روز بیست‌وششم مهرماه ۲۵۸۴ شاهنشاهی، برابر با هجدهم اکتبر ۲۰۲۵ میلادی، نشستی با عنوان «حقوق بشر در ایران پس از جمهوری اسلامی» برگزار شد که در آن شماری از فعالان قوم‌گرا و جریان‌های آشکارا تجزیه‌طلب حضور یافتند. در میان آنان، حضور آقای فواد پاشایی، دبیرکل حزب مشروطه ایران، که خود را پشتیبان یکپارچگی ملی و قانون اساسی مشروطه می‌خواند، مایه‌ی شگفتی و تأسف عمیق است. این رخداد، نه نخستین نشان، بلکه تازه‌ترین نمودِ روندی است که حزب مشروطه در سال‌های اخیر در پیش گرفته است؛ روندی که با از دست دادن اصول بنیادین مشروطه‌خواهی و هم‌نشینی با نیروهایی که آشکارا منافع ایران را زیر پرسش می‌برند همراه شده است. در ماجرای منشور موسوم به جورج‌تاون یا همان منشور مهسا در اوایل سال ۲۰۲۳ نیز همین حزب با شتاب و بی‌قید و شرط از متن منشوری پشتیبانی کرد که درون‌مایه‌هایی از گرایش‌های قوم‌گرایانه و تمایل به تجزیه را در خود داشت. پاسخ حزب مشروطه به هر نقدی بر آن منشور، به‌جای گفت‌وگو و سنجش اندیشه، تلاش برای خاموش کردن و طرد منتقدان بود. طرفه آنکه سرانجام منشور پس از کمتر از یک ماه فروپاشید. به عبارت دیگر، حزب مشروطه در آن زمان از پیش‌بینی یک ماه آینده در فضای سیاسی ایران ناتوان بود و نشانه‌های آشکار ناپایداری و ناهمگونی جمع شش یا هشت نفره‌ای که منشور را منتشر کرده بودند، نمی‌‌توانست یا نمی‌خواست ببیند. پرسشی که پیش می‌آید اینست که حزبی که شورای رهبری آن از پیش‌بینی یک ماه آینده ناتوان باشند، چگونه می‌‌خواهند برای آینده ایران برنامه‌ریزی کند؟ سازمان لیبرتی و اعضای آن، به‌سبب همین کژروی‌ها، نبودِ مرزبندی روشن با تجزیه‌طلبان، و بی‌اعتنایی به اصول مشترک ملی، از اوایل سال ۲۰۲۳ میلادی هرگونه همکاری با حزب مشروطه را قطع کرده و از آن زمان تاکنون از منتقدان پیگیر و آشکار این حزب بوده‌اند.  اینک که بیش از دو سال از آن دوران گذشته و گرد و خاک‌ها فرونشسته، بجاست که اشتباهات استراتژیک نه تنها حزب مشروطه که بسیاری از سازمان‌های سیاسی دیگر زیر ذره‌بین بررسی شو‌د، نه از برای سرزنش و سرکوفت زدن، بلکه از سر آسیب‌شناسی و دلسوزی برای آینده ایران و پیشگیری از تکرار این اشتباهات در آینده.  همچنین می‌باید دادگرانه و از سر انصاف کارنامه همه جریان‌ها و سازمان‌های سیاسی را سنجید، نه آنکه انگشت اتهام را تنها به سوی یک سازمان نشانه رویم. چون نیک بنگریم، حزب مشروطه تنها سازمان سیاسی نبود که در آن بازه زمانی گزینه نادرست را برگزید و از منشور ضدملی پشتیبانی کرد. بسیاری از شخصیت‌ها و سازمان‌های سیاسی دیگر نیز فرصت‌طلبانه چنین کردند و در برابر تجزیه‌طلبان و اندیشه‌های ایران‌ستیزانه خط قرمز پررنگی نشان ندادند. در میان جریان منسوب به پادشاهی، سازمان نوفدی که خود از بنیانگذاران و تدارک‌دهندگان نشست‌های جورج تاون بود، در صدر قرار داشت.  در زمان انتشار منشور مهسا در اوایل سال ۲۰۲۳، رهبران حزب مشروطه و بسیاری از شخصیت‌های سیاسی دیگر پشتیبانی بی‌قید و شرط خود از منشور را چنین توجیه می‌کردند که وقتی نوفدی که عملا در جایگاه دفتر ولیعهد (شاهزاده رضا پهلوی) است، این منشور را تایید کرده، پس ما نیز می‌باید از آن پشتیبانی کنیم. همین نمونه به روشنی نشان می‌دهد که چگونه دهه‌هاست که بی‌مسئولیتی و فرصت‌طلبی از بالا به پایین در فضای سیاسی ایران نهادینه شده و می‌شود. در چنین فضایی، خرد و وجدان فردی و رفتار بر پایه اشا (راستی، درستکاری، و سامان کیهانی) نشانه ساده‌لوحی و بی‌تدبیری شمرده شده و فرصت‌طلبی و ابن‌الوقتی و گریز از مسئولیت فردی نشانه زرنگی و هوشمندی پنداشته می‌شود. هر موضعی و هر تصمیمی — هرچند سست‌بنیاد و حتی ضدملی — تا زمانی که بتوان مسئولیت آن‌ را بر گردن دیگری انداخت، با افتخار توجیه می‌گردد. یکی از میوه‌های شوم این فرهنگ مسئولیت‌گریزی و فرصت‌طلبی آنست که مرزبندی با گروه‌ها و اندیشه‌های تجزیه‌‌طلبانه کمرنگ شده، و ایده‌های ایران‌ستیزانه که در گذشته تنها به برخی گروه‌های چپگرا محدود بود، اینک در جریان‌های میانه‌روتر که خود را ملی نیز می‌نامند، قبح خود را از دست داده است. نقش و تاثیر سازمان نوفدی در شکل‌گیری و گسترش این فرهنگ آسیب‌زا انکارناپذیر است. سازمان نوفدی که خود را سخنگو و نماینده ولیعهد (شاهزاده رضا پهلوی) می‌خواند (بی‌آنکه به قانون اساسی مشروطه یا نهاد پادشاهی پایبندی داشته باشد)، از همه سازمان‌ها و شخصیت‌های سیاسی «اعلام خاکساری» انتظار دارد، که نمونه آن را در چند ماه اخیر در کشمکش‌ها بر سر دفترچه اظطرار دیدیم. جا انداختن فرهنگ «اعلام خاکساری» از سوی سازمان نوفدی بیگمان به مسئولیت‌گریزی و فرصت‌طلبی در سپهر سیاسی ایران دامن زده است. کوشش‌های نوفدی برای نفوذ و اعمال فشار و کنترل بر سازمان‌ها و نیروهای میانه‌رو و ملی‌گرا، یکی از ریشه‌های بنیادین دگرگونی در رفتار حزب مشروطه و بسیاری از سازمان‌های سیاسی دیگر بوده است. حزبی که روزگاری داعیه‌ی پاسداری از قانون اساسی مشروطه داشت، اکنون در محافل سیاسی کنار نیروهایی می‌نشیند که موجودیت کشور ایران را قبول ندارند و آشکارا خواهان تجزیه ایران هستند. ما این روند را نه لغزشی گذرا، بلکه نشانه‌ای از سقوط اخلاقی و سیاسی و نبودِ احساسِ مسئولیت ملی می‌دانیم. از دست دادن قطب‌نمای اخلاقی در فعالیت سیاسی بیگمان به ابن‌الوقتی و فرصت‌طلبی و همچنین بی‌برنامگی می‌انجامد، اعتماد عمومی را می‌سوزاند، و هر کوشش و حرکت سیاسی را بی‌اثر و از معنا تهی می‌کند. فرجام سخن ما روشن است: اپوزیسیونی که نه بنیاد اخلاقی و نه اصول سیاسی و نه برنامه روشنی داشته باشد، ناگزیر دیر یا زود به ابزاری در دست بیگانگان بدل می‌شود. سازمان لیبرتی بر این باور است که تنها با گرامی‌داشت ارزش‌های ملی و ایرانگرایانه، پایبندی به خرد و اخلاق و مسئولیت فردی، پاسداری از قانون اساسی مشروطه، و مرزبندیِ روشن با تجزیه‌طلبان می‌توان امیدی به آینده‌ای شایسته برای ایران داشت. از همه‌ی نیروهای پادشاهی‌خواه و میهن‌دوست، چه در درون و چه در برون مرز، می‌خواهیم که از هرگونه همکاری، مشروعیت‌بخشی، یا هم‌نشینی با جریان‌هایی که در پی تجزیه ایران هستند، پرهیز کنند. همبستگی ملی، نه با آسان‌گیری در برابر تجزیه‌طلبی، بلکه با پاسداری از خط قرمزها و اصول ملی بویژه تمامیت ارضی به دست می‌آید. پاینده ایران جاوید شاه ششم آبان ۲۵۸۴ شاهنشاهی