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Police arrest 3 in connection with shooting of far-right Spanish politician

November 21, 2023, MADRID (AP) — Three people were arrested Tuesday in connection with the shooting of a Spanish right-wing politician earlier this month. Alejandro Vidal-Quadras, 78, was shot in the face in broad daylight on a Madrid street on Nov. 9. He remains hospitalized.

The National Police force’s press department said two suspects were detained in southern Spain’s … Continue Reading

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Executions in Iran Top 600 in 2023, Highest in 8 Years, Says Group

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VOA | 11/3/2023

AFP, PARIS — More than 600 people have been executed by Iran so far this year, already the highest figure in eight years with two months of 2023 to go, a rights group said Friday.

There were nine executions in a single day in a prison outside Tehran this week, while two people face execution after being … Continue Reading

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Executions in Iran are up 30%,

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a new United Nations report says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) | BY EDITH M. LEDERER | November 2, 2023

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, the United Nations chief said in a new report. That’s a 30% increase from … Continue Reading

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Why is Biden ignoring Iran’s influence in the Hamas attacks?

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Why is Biden ignoring Iran’s influence in the Hamas attacks? It’s simple — politics.

THE HILL | BY LIZ PEEK | 10/12/23

Critics of Joe Biden are furious that in his denunciations of the terror attacks on Israel he has not once mentioned Iran.

They don’t get it. If Biden blames Tehran for masterminding and funding the horrific killings of … Continue Reading

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Iran: Independent investigation into schoolgirl’s critical injuries needed amid mounting evidence of a cover up

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Iran: Independent investigation into schoolgirl’s critical injuries needed amid mounting evidence of a cover up

Amnesty International | October 6, 2023

The international community must demand that the Iranian authorities allow the UN Fact-Finding Mission and other independent monitors to enter the country to investigate the circumstances leading to the hospitalization of 16-year-old Armita Garawand, who fell unconscious on a … Continue Reading

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