Friends of a Free and Democratic Iran

2023 is full of surprises for the Ayatollahs and their IRRGC (the Republic Revolutionary Guards Corps) cronies  For the Ayatollahs' regime in Tehran, going into field playing in Putin's team against Ukraine was their last mischief the US and its Western allies could tolerate. But they are not quite there yet. We have a saying in Iran which reads: One does not wrap one's head which does not ache. I guess the US and its Western allies' head is not ache yet! But the question is when? Ayatollahs and their cronies in the IRRGC have been under immense pressure for their uranium enrichment, other suspicious nuclear activities, their JCPOA negotiation with the West and ballistic missiles program as well as their destabilizing role in and around the Middle East and beyond to name a few. Having all these existing challenges plus the daily domestic protests by the people of Iran on streets of Iranian cities for over five months now, possibly forced the Ayatollahs in Tehran to ...

New generations of Iranians demand their country's constitution changed, that is their sovereign right Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police in Tehran on Oct. 1.  MIDDLE EAST IMAGES/AP These young Iranians, leading by women, have been on streets for more than five months now, demanding a constitutional referendum to be held in their country.  It is important to note that post 1979 Iran's revolution, the country's current constitution was written and presented to the people of Iran for vote. At that time the country has a total population of about  37 million  - over 23 million, or 63%, of which were illiterate.  Of that total population,  17.2 million, or 46.5%,  was said to had been age 18 or more with voting right. Further  16.1 million, or 43.3% , give and take, were under 14 years of age without voting right. The remaining  3.7 million, or 10% , of the population...