USCIRF Commissioner @GaryLBauer : “Wearing a religious headscarf should be a choice, not a government mandate
Shabtabnews - In a twitter statement USCIRF Commissioner @GaryLBauer declared : "Wearing a religious headscarf should be a choice, not…
Month: November 2020
Three Iranian guards killed by ‘terrorists’ near Turkey border
Al-Arabia - Three Iranian border guards were killed, and two others wounded in a firefight with “terrorists” in the northwest…
Al-Qaeda’s No. 2 Reportedly Killed In Secret Operation In Iran
RFL/RE - Al-Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of orchestrating the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed…
Pompeo Begins Seven-Nation Tour, Including A Stop In Georgia
RFL/RE - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Paris at the start of a a seven-nation trip…
Weekly Review of Coronavirus Disinformation in Iran: Officials Speak with a Forked Tongue
iranwire.com - In recent weeks, the proposal to lock down big cities, and specifically Tehran, has been the focus of…
Iran Risks World Chess Ban Unless It Backs Competing With Israelis
VOA - Iran risks being suspended from international chess tournaments beginning next month unless it publicly approves of Iranian players…
Fate of Vahid and Habib Afkari Unknown 60 Days After Execution of Navid
Iran-HRM - More than 60 days after the execution of Iranian wrestling champion Navid Afkari, his brothers Vahid and Habib Afkari are…
International People’s Tribunal Established to Investigate Iran Atrocities
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - An international People’s Tribunal, the Aban Tribunal, to investigate atrocities that took place in Iran…
German lawmakers demand release of Nasrin Sotoudeh
dw.com - The Iranian human rights activist was sentenced to jail for disseminating "subversive propaganda." Sotoudeh denies all charges, saying…
How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement
nationalgeographic.com - Just a few decades ago, Iran boasted the greenest government in the Middle East. An expansive national park…