{"id":213699,"date":"2020-02-28T15:55:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T15:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncriranlive.wpengine.com\/en\/?p=213699"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:42:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T14:42:04","slug":"washington-times-irans-resurgent-resistance-a-book-by-prof-ivan-sascha-sheehan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/washington-times-irans-resurgent-resistance-a-book-by-prof-ivan-sascha-sheehan\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Times: Iran\u2019s Resurgent Resistance, a Book by Prof. Ivan Sascha Sheehan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_213700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213700\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Book-_Irans_Resurgent_Resistance_by_ProfSheehan_in_Washington_Times\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Book-_Irans_Resurgent_Resistance_by_ProfSheehan_in_Washington_Times.jpg\" alt=\"Book: Iran&#039;s Resurgent Resistance by Prof. Sheehan in Washington Times\" width=\"800\" height=\"739\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Book-_Irans_Resurgent_Resistance_by_ProfSheehan_in_Washington_Times.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Book-_Irans_Resurgent_Resistance_by_ProfSheehan_in_Washington_Times-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Book-_Irans_Resurgent_Resistance_by_ProfSheehan_in_Washington_Times-768x709.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Book-_Irans_Resurgent_Resistance_by_ProfSheehan_in_Washington_Times-696x643.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Book: Iran&#8217;s Resurgent Resistance by Prof. Sheehan in Washington Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIran\u2019s resurgent re<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">istance\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a book published earlier this year, By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfSheehan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professor Ivan Sascha Sheehan<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, University of Baltimore professor and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a leading Iran policy scholar was<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0introduced<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in publicity<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0by the Washington Times\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in its Thursday\u2019s edition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This book,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0which\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is about a bipartisan\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">delegation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">visit to Ashraf 3, Albania, home to thousands of\u00a0 members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK)<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0points to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a force of change inside Iran and a viable democratic alternative to the medieval Iranian regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr id=\"system-readmore\" \/>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This visit was coincident with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">annual \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering held by the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI <\/a>and MEK at Ashraf 3, which was also attended by the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a>\u2019s president-elect Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#8216;s Resurgent Resistance by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfSheehan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProfSheehan<\/a> is profiled in today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WashTimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WashTimes<\/a>. Learn what senior US officials in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Congress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Congress<\/a>, the Intelligence Community, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DHSgov<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeptofDefense<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a> are saying about the leading Iranian opposition group <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statedeptspox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDeptsPox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecPompeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pWT4iFALMj\">pic.twitter.com\/pWT4iFALMj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ivan Sascha Sheehan (@ProfSheehan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfSheehan\/status\/1233059184037548032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This book<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">debunks the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0pro-appeasement\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">western media outlets and the regime\u2019s apologist\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regurgitating<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0false allegations made by the Iranian regime\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to discredit its only viable alternative. The book by Prof. Sheehan was endorsed by renowned American Politicians such as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Joseph Lieberman, Former U. S. Senator, Governor Tom Ridge, First Secretary of Homeland Security, Louis Freeh, Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), General (Ret.) James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps and Marc Ginsberg, Former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco who were among hundreds of political\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">luminaries<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0who visited Ashraf 3 in June 2018<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following texts are excerpts of this book as published by the Washington Times<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What our delegation witnessed was truly extraordinary and deeply promising: A cohesive political opposition movement, with a long history of struggle against fundamentalism and dictatorship, guided by gifted female leadership, with a well-defined political platform, and an intricate network of passionate supporters inside Iran and across the world, eager to topple the regime in Tehran from within. It was like looking into Iran\u2019s democratic future.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We had unfettered access to Ashraf 3, including the community\u2019s many facilities and amenities, and unrestricted opportunities to visit with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK <\/a>residents. We met with real people with compelling histories and admirable aspirations for the future of Iran and the world<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The five-day conference at this epicenter of the Iranian Resistance laid bare the striking capabilities of the opposition: its discipline, structure, and unit cohesion; its ability to build and create a city on arid European soil; an unrelenting<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cC<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ommitment to overthrowing the clerical regime, and the opposition\u2019s growing presence inside the country in the form of Resistance Units. U.S.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">officials<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0visiting Ashraf 3 in summer 2019 learned that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK <\/a>is highly professional, well\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">organized<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, dedicated to an unending struggle against the regime, and extremely knowledgeable about Iran\u2019s history and contemporary politics \u2014 including the internal dynamics of the regime itself.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A real, democratic, and viable alternative has emerged to the Iranian regime in the form of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>. No other organization has the organizational prowess, the leadership, the political platform, the social network, or the capability to stand up to the regime. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK <\/a>is the bridge to Iran\u2019s brighter future.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;Iran&rsquo;s resurgent resistance&rdquo;, a book published earlier this year, By Professor Ivan Sascha Sheehan, University of Baltimore professor and&nbsp;a leading Iran policy scholar was&nbsp;introduced&nbsp;in publicity&nbsp;by the Washington Times&nbsp;in its Thursday&rsquo;s [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":213700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-213699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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