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Monthly Archives: April 2021

Iran’s Foreign Minister VS. Iranian State TV, Round 2

Iranwire – Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif has lot on his plate these days: A deal just inked with China, scrambles for possible talks with the new administration in the United States, which could revive his signature legacy (the 2015 nuclear deal), and calls for him to run in the presidential elections in June. Yet, on March 31, when he …

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The Baha’i Doctor Tortured and Killed after Eradicating Malaria in Hamedan

Iranwire – Health workers are the front line in our defense against the coronavirus pandemic – including hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and nurses. But they are not in Iran; instead, they live in countries around the world, treating their patients, where they are admired and praised by the people and governments of the countries where they live. The one country …

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Iran-China Pact Violates Constitution

CHRI – The signing of a 25-year pact between the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran has generated strong reaction among Iranians, many of whom took to social media to object with some describing it as a “plundering of Iran’s resources.”  Lack of information about the agreement has put the spotlight on Article 153 of Iran’s Constitution, …

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Iran: Prisoner Alireza Ghorbani Executed Days Before Nowrouz

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder was executed in media silence days before Nowrouz, the Iranian New Year, in Shiraz Central Prison.  According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner executed in Shiraz Central Prison on Sunday, March 14. The prisoner whose identity has been established as Alireza Ghorbani, was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. “Alireza …

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2020 Report: Nationwide Protests and the Hunt for “Necks for Their Nooses”

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – In 2020, Mostafa Salehi and Navid Afkari, arrested in relation to the nationwide protests in Iran, were both executed on charges of murdering security officials; charges that were vehemently denied by them and with no evidence against them. At least eight other protesters are still at risk of execution.  In 2020, Ruhollah Zam, a journalist …

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The Biden Administration Can’t Afford To Walk Into Iran’s Trap

thefederalist – The Iranian regime only responds to strength. Instead of capitulation, the Biden team must show Khamenei what four more years of pressure would look like.No single foreign policy issue will be as politically charged and controversial as President Biden’s moves to re-enter the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran. While the Biden administration shows positive signs in …

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Iran adds advanced machines enriching underground at Natanz -IAEA report

(Reuters) – Iran has started enriching uranium with a fourth cascade, or cluster, of advanced IR-2m machines at its underground Natanz plant, a report by the U.N. atomic watchdog obtained by Reuters on Thursday showed, in a further breach of Iran’s nuclear deal. “On 31 March 2021, the Agency verified at FEP that: Iran had begun feeding natural UF6 into …

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If Iran ‘can kill Navid Afkari who’s so beloved, they would kill anybody’

JPost – Popular American podcast host Joe Rogan devoted part of his show on Tuesday, which has 9.5 million followers, to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s execution of the champion Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari.While discussing international wrestling with American Olympic Gold Medalist Dan Gable, Rogan said about Afkari and the regime in Tehran: “It seems like what they were/are doing was just …

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Zarif throws full weight behind contentious Iran-China deal

Al-Monitor – Iran’s top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, dismissed criticism against a 25-year partnership agreement that the Islamic Republic signed with the Chinese government in Tehran on March 27. Addressing a packed Clubhouse meeting, Zarif said the deal with China was merely a nonbinding road map toward a setup for future bilateral ties. Iranian officials have been applying multiple titles in reference to …

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