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Monthly Archives: March 2021

Iran operating new advanced centrifuges, nuclear watchdog finds

Al-Monitor – Iran is now enriching uranium with a new type of advanced centrifuge at its Natanz nuclear facility, according to a UN atomic watchdog report obtained by news agencies.   “On 15 March 2021, the Agency verified that Iran began feeding the cascade of 174 IR-4 centrifuges” to enrich uranium hexafluoride at its underground facility, said the International Atomic Energy Agency …

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Ukraine rejects Iran’s final report on downed passenger plane

Al-Monitor – The Iranian government has concluded that the fatal shooting down of a Ukrainian plane last year was the result of human error. Ukraine, however, has rejected the findings. Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 took off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport for Kiev on Jan. 8, 2020. Shortly after takeoff, the plane was shot down by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary …

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‘No to the Islamic Republic!’ Campaign Seeks to Unify Iranian Opposition

thebulwark.com – Ever since Iran’s 1979 revolution replaced a modernizing monarchy with an Islamist totalitarian regime, the people of Iran have suffered greatly but failed to come together in one unified opposition. Ideological divisions, rivalries, and distrust have been exploited by the ruling cabal, which has used the full panoply of regime-survival tactics—from assassination of opposition leaders to disinformation operations …

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The Chinese Communist Party Is Committing Genocide. Now. You Can Stop It. | Opinion

Newsweek – In January, the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the United Nations urged every country to honor the six million Jewish victims of Nazi genocide by developing programs to prevent future genocides. In a UN ceremony, American and European leaders joined Holocaust survivors in conveying the urgent responsibility to remember the Holocaust by defending the …

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The Princeton Historian Mugged by Reality

theatlantic.com – On December 7, 2019, an American graduate student named Xiyue Wang was freed after 40 months in an Iranian prison. His captors roused him in his cell early that morning and put him on a plane to Zurich. The Swiss had offered to mediate a trade for Masoud Soleimani, an Iranian scientist arrested by the United States for …

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The whole of the Middle East will pay the price for Biden’s Iran appeasement policy

independent.co.uk – Empowering Iran will come at the expense of not only Saudi Arabia – but at the expense of Iraqis, Lebanese, Syrians and Yemenis Mohammed Khalid Alyahya 8 comments ‘The removal of the Houthis from the US government’s FTO list was meant to reduce tensions, but it achieved the opposite result’(The Associated Press) Since the Biden administration’s decision to reverse the designation of Yemen’s …

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EU agrees on China sanctions over Uighur crackdown: Diplomats

Al-Arabia – EU member states have agreed to impose sanctions on four Chinese officials and one entity over Beijing’s crackdown on the Uighur minority, European diplomats said Wednesday. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. The measures, to be confirmed by foreign ministers at a meeting on Monday, are part of a …

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Video: In Solidarity with Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iranwire – With days to go until the dawn of the new Persian calendar year on March 21, hundreds of innocent people in Iran are facing the prospect of spending Nowruz behind bars. They include activists, journalists, lawyers, prisoners of conscience, political prisoners and dual nationals: some are being held hostage, but most are there because the insecure Iranian regime …

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Women’s Rights Activist Contracts Covid-19 in Prison

Iranwire – Women’s rights activist Saba Kord Afshari has tested positive for coronavirus and has been transferred to the quarantine ward of Qarchak Prison. She had developed symptoms of Covid-19, including fever, chest pain and a dry cough, six days earlier. In the past week a number of prisoners in Cell Block Six of the notorious women’s penitentiary have presented with …

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Top general threatens Iran could ‘blow up’ Israel as rhetoric escalate

AL-Monitor – The chief of general staff of Iran’s armed forces, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, issued a fresh warning March 16 against Israel. “Iran has acquired what it takes to blow up the Zionist regime,” Bagheri said. He said the potential “removal of the child-killing, malicious, fake regime from the political geography of the region is no illusion, but rather a genuine power that …

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