33 years ago, I was in the same room with Iran’s new president when he voted to execute political prisoners
CNN | Opinion by Mahmoud Royaei | Aug. 4, 2021
(CNN) August 3, 2021, marked the start of Ebrahim Raisi’s four-year term as president of Iran. The validation ceremony took place in … Continue Reading
Iran: Secret execution of young man arrested at 15 a cruel assault on child rights
Amnesty International | Aug 4, 2021
Iranian authorities have secretly executed a young man who was a child at the time of his arrest and had spent nearly a decade on death row, Amnesty International has learned. Sajad Sanjari was hanged in Dizelabad prison in … Continue Reading
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Amnesty International | July 23, 2021
Iran’s security forces have deployed unlawful force, including by firing live ammunition and birdshot, to crush mostly peaceful protests taking place across the southern province of Khuzestan, Amnesty International said today. Video footage from the past week, coupled with consistent accounts from the ground, indicate security forces used deadly automatic weapons, shotguns with inherently … Continue Reading
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Iran’s Answer to Biden’s Diplomacy
More attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and a kidnap plan in New York.
WSJ | The Editorial Board | July 18, 2021
Nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran adjourned last month and could resume after Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi takes office in August. But Iran’s behavior during the interregnum shows what it thinks … Continue Reading
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AP | By DEEPTI HAJELA and LARRY NEUMEISTER | 7/14/2021
NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to kidnap a prominent Iranian opposition activist and writer in exile and take her back to Tehran, authorities said Tuesday.
An indictment in Manhattan federal court … Continue Reading
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