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 Iran in 1988.
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Have Iran’s Mullahs Reached a Tipping Point with West Over Their
Attacks on Commercial Shipping?
Townhall | Struan Stevenson | Dec. 2, 2023
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have stepped up their drone and missile attacks on cargo vessels in the Red Sea, forcing major firms to take the … Continue Reading
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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.
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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.
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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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