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, and that more than half … Continue Reading
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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 Iran, Javaid Rehman, with 24 votes in … Continue Reading
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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 U.S. policy might counter these threats most effectively. It is … Continue Reading
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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 fired upon international-shipping vessels in the region. In what has been a … Continue Reading
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 broadcast SR reported that two Iranians had been suspected … Continue Reading
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