NCRI - The following are excerpts from a solidarity message by Congressman Bob Filner, Senior member of Democratic Party and co –chairs of the Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus;

Dear Friends and Supporters of Democracy in Iran, It is with great pleasure that I address you tonight, as we stand in solidarity with the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom and democracy. I would also like to take this opportunity to send my warmest greetings to the brave men and women of Ashraf City.

Resistance calls for suspension of diplomatic ties and comprehensive sanctions on Iranian regime until complete halt to suppression

Nationwide uprising in Iran – Statement 69

NCRI - The Iranian Resistance described the decision by the European Union to summon the ambassadors of the religious dictatorship ruling Iran as a positive but very insufficient step against the mullahs’ illegitimate regime and its crimes against the Iranian people.

Iran’s aggressive provocations are an attempt to conceal the regime’s instability, writes Tarsem King

Published: 03 Jul 2009
Source: Telegraph.co.uk

Our government has done its best to keep out of trouble in Iran’s post-election turmoil, but the ruling theocracy is intent on forcing Britain into a fight. Ahmad Jannati, the radical cleric who heads the Guardians Council which oversaw the sham election and a top aide to supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Friday that some local British embassy staff would be put on trial for alleged involvement in the violence that erupted following the 12 June poll.

NCRI - Farsi websites on Friday carried a statement by Resistance activists inside Iran calling for gatherings to mark the July 9, 1999 student uprising.

According to their statement gatherings will be held in five parts of Tehran and other cities across Iran.

Nationwide uprising in Iran – Statement 68

NCRI - On the twentieth day of the nationwide uprising in Iran, thousands of people in Tehran gathered in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery at 18:00 local time to honor the memory of those killed by the regime’s suppressive forces in the course of the uprising. They paid their respects by placing flowers on the martyrs’ graves.

Nationwide uprising in Iran – Statement 67

NCRI - On the twentieth day of the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising on Thursday, July 2, a large portion of Tehran’s Bazaar went on strike, with the majority of owners either refusing to open their shops or closing shop by noon. Agents from the clerical regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and plain-clothes agents had attempted to preclude the strike through intimidation and imposition of pressures.

Iran will never return to the past

Which path will the rival faction choose?

As suppression of the uprising in Iran escalates and the situation begins to radicalize, leading figures of the regime’s disenchanted factions tend to further distance themselves from the uprising and try to get closer to the regime's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in order to secure their own survival within the regime.

Nationwide uprising in Iran – Statement 66

NCRI - To intensify the atmosphere of fear and terror, the Iranian regime has begun to arrest a growing number of youth in various Tehran communities under the guise of “hooligans” and “thugs.”

Nationwide uprising in Iran – Statement 65

NCRI - On the nineteenth night of the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising, on Wednesday July 1, residents of various Tehran neighborhoods went to their rooftops and shouted “God is great,” “Death to dictator” and “Death to Khamenei,” to display their rage against the ruling dictatorship as well as its suppressive measures and crimes.