AP | by EDITH M. LEDERER | May 30, 2024 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s tribute to Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi was snubbed by Western and East European nations on Thursday amid protests against honoring a leader who was reviled for his crackdown on opponents. […]
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Washington Post | By Nilo Tabrizy | April 4, 2024 Iran — already notorious for its high rate of executions — has ramped up its use of the death penalty, according to an Amnesty International report published Thursday. Amnesty found that Iran executed 853 people in 2023, the highest number recorded since 2015,
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AFP | April 4, 2024 Geneva (AFP) – The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday prolonged by a year an independent international fact-finding mission investigating Iran’s deadly crackdown on protests that erupted in 2022. The United Nations’ top rights body extended the mission, and the mandate of the council’s special rapporteur on
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Suzanne Maloney – VP and director of Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution BROOKINGS | March 1, 2024 Chairman Cardin, Ranking Member Risch, and distinguished members, thank you for inviting me to contribute my views on the intensifying threats posed by Iran’s proxy network across the Middle East and how
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National Review | By LUTHER RAY ABEL | February 18, 2024 Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, the deputy commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East, was remarkably blunt when asked by Norah O’Donnell of CBS News the extent of Iran’s aid rendered to the Houthi rebels who’ve
AP | February 8, 2024 STOCKHOLM (AP) — A senior member of the Swedish security police said Thursday that Iran has planned attacks on the country, days after local media reported that two Iranians were deported for a plot to kill three Swedish Jews several years ago. Earlier this week, Swedish
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New York Post | Joe Lieberman | Feb. 2, 2024 Though many in Washington were slow to recognize it, it’s now clear to all Iran has launched a war in the Middle East against the United States and our closest allies in Israel and the Arab world.
To hit Iran, let’s back the democratic opposition, it worked in the Cold War Read More »
Politico | BY CHUCK WALD | JANUARY 19, 2024 Addressing the impact of Houthi actions is a pressing issue, but efforts to resolve the crisis should be focused on the real source behind the conflict — Tehran. Chuck Wald is a retired U.S. Air Force general and was Deputy
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Townhall | By Ali Safavi | Dec. 23, 2023 Since the massive consecutive uprisings that began in 2017, a grim reality has taken root in Iran. It is a story of widespread human rights violations that stain the conscience of the world. Yet there is a conspicuous
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AP | By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson | December 19, 2023 STOCKHOLM, Dec 19 (Reuters) – A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday upheld a guilty verdict and life sentence given to a former Iranian official convicted last year for his part in a mass execution of political prisoners in
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