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Could Narges Mohammadi unite Iran’s opposition? Husband says imprisoned Nobel laureate still fighting
Where’s the Opposition in Iran to Oust Regime?
David Asman and Jonathan Schanzer analyze the ongoing US military campaign in Iran, Operation Epic Fury, where CENTCOM reports over 10,000 targets struck. They discuss the decimation of Iranian regime leadership and the surprising reluctance of European allies to fully support President Trump’s aggressive strategy, citing past diplomatic disputes and potential economic pressure. The segment also explores the challenges of an internal opposition movement amid severe human rights abuses.
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EXCLUSIVE: As Iran’s opposition struggles to find a unifying figure amid war, repression and near-total internet blackouts, the husband of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi says his wife remains physically battered but politically unbroken, even as she sits in prison after what he describes as a brutal arrest and beating.
«Narges is a human rights activist and an advocate for civil society,» her husband, Taghi Rahmani, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview from Europe in exile. «In mobilizing society, and in organizing and shaping civil institutions, she is an active and courageous woman.»
At a moment when Iran’s ruling establishment is reeling from the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes, a fragile ceasefire, economic collapse and intensified crackdowns, Mohammadi’s name is emerging in a new light: Not only as a global symbol of resistance, but potentially as one of the few opposition figures whose legitimacy comes from suffering inside the system rather than exile, dynasty or factional politics.
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Mohammadi, awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize while imprisoned, has spent decades as one of Iran’s most prominent women’s rights and human rights activists.
Trained as an engineer and later a journalist, she served as vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, founded by fellow Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi and became internationally known for campaigning against compulsory hijab laws, solitary confinement, prisoner abuse and the death penalty.
Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist and vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, poses for a portrait in an undated photo. (Reuters)
Now, according to her husband, her condition has worsened dramatically.
«Narges is currently detained in Zanjan prison,» he said. «She was arrested in Mashhad during the month of Dey (around January) and was severely beaten. During her arrest, she received numerous blows, resulting in severe injuries to her chest, head, body and lungs.»
Rahmani said prison medical authorities determined she should be transferred for treatment under her own physician’s supervision in Iran, but that Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence is refusing the transfer and insisting she remain in Zanjan.
«Spiritually and mentally, Narges remains steadfast,» he said. «She believes the Islamic Republic is not desirable for the Iranian people, and advocates for a system based on freedom, human rights and open relations with the world. Physically, however, she has sustained severe trauma and urgently requires medical attention.»
Rahmani said the last time he spoke with his wife was the night before she left for Mashhad, Iran, where she was later arrested.
The Nobel banquet at the Grand Hotel in Oslo on Sunday, in connection with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023. Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi is imprisoned in Iran and is therefore represented by her children Ali and Kiana Rahmani and her spouse Taghi Rahmani, in Oslo, Norway Dec. 10, 2023. (NTB/Rodrigo Freitas via Reuters)
His account offers a rare inside look into the life of one of Iran’s most internationally recognized dissidents at a moment when questions over who could realistically lead opposition to the regime are intensifying.
«We hear a great deal about the Iranian opposition, yet media in the free world often lack a precise definition and a full understanding of what the Iranian opposition actually is,» Iranian anti-regime activist Maryam Shariatmadari told Fox News Digital.
Shariatmadari, one of the most recognizable faces of Iran’s «Girls of Revolution Street» movement, a wave of anti-regime protests that began in 2017 when Iranian women publicly removed their hijabs and stood in defiance of the country’s mandatory veiling laws, was sentenced to prison in 2018 after publicly removing her hijab in protest.
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Ali Rahmani, son of imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, speaks after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 on her behalf at Oslo City Hall in Norway. (Fredrik Varfjell/NTB)
According to Shariatmadari, one camp consists of Iranians who view the 1979 Islamic Revolution itself as the foundational national disaster, believing Iran’s trajectory was derailed when the Shah fell. The second includes former revolutionaries, reformists, communist factions and groups such as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), many of whom emerged from or once supported the revolutionary system before later opposing it.
«The first group considers the 1979 revolution a disaster and seeks a return to Iran’s previous path,» she said, while the second includes «those who participated in the revolution but later became opposition figures after being excluded from power.»
That distinction, she argues, helps explain why Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah, remains uniquely recognizable among many anti-regime Iranians despite spending decades outside the country.
Lisa Daftari, foreign policy analyst and editor-in-chief of The Foreign Desk news platform, told Fox News Digital, «Inside Iran, Pahlavi remains one of the only opposition figures with broad name recognition, and his message clearly resonated during the January protests, which is why his name still carries weight for many Iranians both inside the country and in the diaspora.»
Pahlavi himself sharpened that message Friday after a series of European appearances, accusing both European politicians and journalists of ignoring the scale of Iranian suffering.
«I spent the past several weeks traveling across Europe, speaking to members of parliaments, governments, and the press,» Pahlavi said in a video statement on his official X account. «My visit had one objective: to give a voice to the millions of Iranians held hostage by the Islamic Republic … But I can now say with confidence that silencing, that censorship is not just happening at the hands of the regime in Iran, but by the international and particularly the European media.»
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Iran’s Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Shah Reza Pahlavi, is protected by security after he was attacked with a red fluid, following a news conference in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2026. (Markus Schreiber/The Associated Press )
He went on to condemn what he described as European indifference to the mass killing of protesters and political executions, saying that across two press conferences in Stockholm and Berlin attended by more than 150 journalists, «not a single one» asked about the tens of thousands he says were killed during January’s crackdown or the political prisoners facing execution.
«Whether or not Europe stands with us … I will fight for my people and my country,» Pahlavi said. «We will fight until Iran is free.»
Still, even some supporters acknowledge why the administration has hesitated to openly embrace him as a transitional figure.
Daftari warned that overt Western backing could backfire by making him appear externally imposed rather than domestically legitimized.
«The Trump administration’s decision not to more openly embrace him as a transitional figure likely reflects several factors: a deep wariness of making regime change the explicit end goal or appearing to engineer it after Iraq and Afghanistan, concern that overt U.S. backing could put an even bigger target on his back and a strategy that is currently focused less on anointing a successor and more on degrading the regime’s capacity to threaten its own people, the region and the United States,» she said.
If Pahlavi represents dynastic memory and explicit regime-change politics, Mohammadi represents something profoundly different.
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Reza Pahlavi, son of Iran’s former Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, speaks during a press conference in Paris June 23, 2025. (Thomas Padilla/AP)
Mohammadi’s place within that landscape is distinct due to her unique kind of legitimacy at a time when many Iranians are searching not only for opposition to the regime, but for a figure who embodies endurance under it.
For now, however, Rahmani warns that Iran’s domestic conditions may make any mass uprising extraordinarily difficult.
«As you know, war serves as an excuse to suppress domestic forces within a country,» he said. «This war has now increased the intensity of the regime’s actions against the opposition.»
He argued that despite internal divisions, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has effectively consolidated power, militarized the streets and severely weakened civil society.
«The Islamic Republic has practically taken control of the streets during wartime and has severely weakened Iran’s civil society, which is the guarantor of democracy. In our opinion, this war, under these conditions, is not to the benefit of Iran, nor to the benefit of the Iranian people.»
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A picture of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on the wall of the Grand Hotel in central Oslo before the Nobel banquet, in connection with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, in Oslo, Norway, Dec. 10, 2023. (NTB/Javad Parsa via Reuters)
That may be the defining challenge for Iran’s opposition today: not simply finding a leader, but surviving long enough under extraordinary repression for one to emerge.
Whether Mohammadi can become that figure remains uncertain. But from prison, her husband says, she has not stopped believing Iran’s future can be different.
The Iranian mission to the United Nations did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication.
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Guatemala: La CONRED recomienda activar la alerta anaranjada por la tormenta tropical Cristina
La CONRED informó este lunes que, por la influencia de la Tormenta Tropical Cristina, realizó una reunión virtual con integrantes del Sistema CONRED para compartir información técnica sobre las condiciones previstas y reforzar la preparación y la respuesta en el país.
De acuerdo con la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres, la mayor parte del territorio podría registrar lluvias de moderadas a fuertes, con los mayores acumulados en el Sur, Bocacosta y SurOccidente.
Según la Secretaría Ejecutiva de la CONRED, se recomendó a las autoridades territoriales adoptar el nivel de Alerta Anaranjada en sus jurisdicciones, conforme al Plan Nacional de Respuesta.
El organismo advirtió que ese escenario puede favorecer inundaciones y crecidas repentinas de ríos, además de derrumbes, deslizamientos de tierra y descenso de lahares en los volcanes Fuego y Santiaguito.
Por eso, mantiene un monitoreo permanente de las zonas con mayor susceptibilidad.
La medida habilita procedimientos operativos como convocar enlaces institucionales, activar Centros de Operaciones de Emergencia (COE), preparar recursos para la atención de emergencias y promover acciones de prevención y respuesta.
La SE-CONRED reiteró el llamado a autoridades y población a mantenerse informadas por canales oficiales. También indicó que las Coordinadoras para la Reducción de Desastres facilitan la coordinación interinstitucional, la toma de decisiones y la atención de emergencias en el territorio.
CONRED emitió este lunes un aviso informativo alertando a la población sobre las condiciones climatológicas que afectarán al país durante los próximos días. De acuerdo con el reporte oficial, derivado de la inestabilidad en el océano Pacífico y el paso de ondas del este, se prevé un notable cambio en el clima a nivel nacional a partir de hoy, lunes 8, y hasta el próximo viernes 12 de junio.
Las autoridades meteorológicas e institucionales detallaron que las principales condiciones esperadas para esta semana incluyen un incremento significativo en el ingreso de humedad, formación de neblina, lluvias generalizadas y actividad eléctrica. Según el pronóstico, estos fenómenos climáticos no se limitarán a un horario específico, sino que podrían presentarse de forma intermitente durante el día, la tarde y la noche.
El impacto de este sistema de baja presión y las ondas del este afectará de manera directa a la gran mayoría de las regiones del país. CONRED ha puesto bajo vigilancia las siguientes zonas: Altiplano Central y Occidente; Bocacosta y la región del Pacífico; Franja Transversal del Norte y región Norte; Valles de Oriente y la región del Caribe.
Bajo la premisa de que “la prevención es tarea de todos”, la institución ha emitido una serie de recomendaciones críticas para resguardar la vida de los ciudadanos ante posibles incidentes provocados por las lluvias. Las autoridades instan a la población a mantener lista la “mochila de las 72 horas”, identificar con anticipación las rutas de evacuación locales y, de manera crucial, evitar el cruce de ríos crecidos.
Asimismo, se hizo un llamado a la calma y a la acción comunitaria: de identificarse cualquier situación de riesgo, emergencia o desastre, se solicita activar de inmediato el Sistema CONRED reportando el incidente a los cuerpos de socorro, a las autoridades de su localidad o comunicándose directamente al teléfono de emergencia nacional 119.
El impacto humano de las precipitaciones sigue en aumento. El consolidado histórico de la presente temporada detalla las siguientes cifras:
- Personas afectadas: Un total de 2,908 personas han sufrido algún tipo de impacto directo indirecto por las lluvias (7 de ellas reportadas en las últimas 24 horas).
- Víctimas mortales: Lamentablemente, el informe oficial confirma el fallecimiento de 5 personas en lo que va de la temporada.
- Damnificados directos: Se contabilizan 657 personas damnificadas (asociadas a 657 familias), quienes sufrieron daños severos en sus bienes o viviendas.
- Albergados: Hasta el momento, 11 personas han requerido el traslado a albergues temporales oficiales.
El reporte de CONRED evidencia un impacto considerable en el patrimonio familiar, destacando un alto número de inmuebles bajo evaluación:
- Viviendas con daño moderado: Es el rubro más alto, sumando 608 casas con afectaciones parciales.
- Viviendas en riesgo: Las autoridades mantienen bajo la lupa 107 viviendas en situación de vulnerabilidad o riesgo inminente, sumando 24 alertas habitacionales nuevas en las últimas 24 horas.
- Daño leve y severo: Se registran 20 viviendas con daños leves y 29 con daños severos.
Por el momento, el informe del Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación (MAGA) y el desglose de infraestructura pública (escuelas, carreteras, edificios públicos) se mantienen en cero daños severos o pérdidas registradas, concentrándose la emergencia principalmente en el sector habitacional y vial local.
El mapa de incidentes refleja que las lluvias no han afectado al país de manera uniforme. Las regiones del norte, centro y sur-occidente concentran la mayor cantidad de emergencias:
- Alta Verapaz: Es el departamento con mayor actividad, registrando 67 incidentes.
- Guatemala: La región central reporta 39 emergencias.
- Chiquimula: Suma 32 incidentes en el oriente del país.
- Sacatepéquez: Registra 26 incidentes.
Por el contrario, departamentos como Sololá se mantienen con cero reportes de emergencia hasta la fecha.
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Platner floats jailing billionaires in fiery pre-primary speech pushing far-left agenda
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Scandal-plagued Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner used a fiery pre-primary address to pitch universal health care, wealth taxes, a Green New Deal and other far-left agenda items, like floating an idea that billionaires should be jailed for looking at political ads «the wrong way» in remarks about campaign finance reform.
The comment about jailing billionaires earned the candidate backlash from his Republican critics, who pointed out some of Platner’s biggest endorsers are funded by billionaires, highlighted the «Marxist dystopian» nature of the remarks, and joked that Platner must have some sort of affinity for locking people up against their will, referring to recent allegations from an ex-girlfriend.
«We need to get money out of politics. We need to get rid of Citizens United. And, if I had my way, elections would last two months, they will be publicly funded and if a billionaire looked at a TV ad the wrong way, we’d put ‘em in jail,» Platner told a crowd of constituents Sunday night in Maine, earning applause. The comments came as Platner was laying out his far-left agenda and railing against conservatives, including calling President Donald Trump «dumb.»
«That’s one way to thank some of his own supporters for their generosity!» quipped veteran Republican strategist Colin Reed, who pointed to Platner’s prominent endorsers, like Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who received several contributions last month from billionaires like George Soros, Pat Stryker, Jon Stryker and Jennifer Pritzker, according to campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets.
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Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks to an overflow crowd outside a campaign event Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
«Why worry about slowly slipping into a Marxist dystopia? With Graham Platner, you can sprint toward it!» Jason Savage, Executive Director of the Maine GOP, said in response to Platner’s stump speech remarks about jailing billionaires.
«Dude is big on locking people in rooms against their will, apparently,» joked CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings, an apparent reference to recent reporting on Platner’s past romantic relationships, including one ex-girlfriend’s allegation that he once twisted her arm behind her back, pushed her into a bedroom and held the door shut from the other side. Platner has denied the allegations.
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Platner’s campaign has been dogged by controversies since he emerged as a progressive challenger in Maine’s closely watched Senate race against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, including recent complaints from multiple ex-girlfriends about his behavior during their relationships. The reports included accusations from one of Platner’s ex-girlfriends, Lyndsey Fifield, who told The New York Times about being trapped in a room by Platner during their relationship more than a decade ago.
«The Platner campaign has already spent more than $14 million and we aren’t even past the primary,» Shawn Roderick, a spokesperson for the Collins campaign told Fox News Digital. «Does Graham Platner really think that American taxpayers should be paying his high-priced political consultants and the tech billionaires who own the platforms where he does his advertising? He is floating this idea to distract from the many disturbing problems his campaign has faced over the past two weeks.»
Platner has also been facing backlash for exchanging sexually explicit messages with multiple women early in his marriage on the platform Kik. Following those reports, Platner was found to still have an active profile on Kik, an anonymous messaging app that has faced criticism from child-safety groups and law enforcement officials. The profile reportedly featured a shirtless mirror selfie of Platner with a towel around his waist, which Republican staffers later appeared to mock outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee by showing up in towels.
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Republican staffers, including National Republican Senatorial Committee staffers, protest outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., wearing towels to mock Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s reported Kik profile photo. (Nicholas Ballasy/Fox News Digital)
Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, reportedly disclosed the messages to campaign officials during an internal vetting process, and the campaign has acknowledged the messages existed while arguing the matter was addressed privately between Platner and his wife.
Meanwhile, Platner has argued that the allegations from former girlfriends are politically motivated, while his campaign has accused critics and national media outlets of focusing on private matters and personal attacks rather than the issues affecting Maine voters.
By the time those controversies hit the news, Platner had already faced scrutiny over a tattoo that critics identified as a Nazi-linked symbol, which he later covered up and said he was not aware of its meaning when he got it. One of Platner’s former staffers, Genevieve McDonald, alleged that even though Platner has said he was unaware of the symbol’s association with Nazis when he got the tattoo years ago, he has been aware of its meaning for some time.
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Platner also apologized after his old Reddit posts resurfaced in which he made a series of inflammatory comments about rape, race, political violence, police, rural Americans and military veterans. Platner has said his views have changed and that some of his past comments reflected a darker period in his life after military service.
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that had previously been an image recognized as a Nazi symbol, during an interview on Wednesday in Portland, Me. (WGME via AP)
Fox News Digital reached out to the Platner campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.
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