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Monthly Archives: January 2023

More Foreign Policy Confusion

gatestoneinstitute.org – The recently released Biden National Security Strategy points to the “acute threat” posed by Russia to United States national security. Yet the administration continues, with the support and encouragement of the European Union, its futile attempt to restart the “nuclear deal” to enable Iran’s expansionist regime to have as many nuclear weapons as it likes and the ballistic …

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Iran’s Leader Appoints Hard-Line Police Chief Blacklisted By U.S. For Rights Abuses

RFL/RE – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed Ahmad Reza Radan as the country’s new police chief. Radan replaced outgoing Hossein Ashtari after his eight-year term of service ended, state media reported. Radan, who served as acting commander of police from 2008-2014, is known for his violent crackdown on the 2009 mass protests over a disputed presidential election. …

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The Forouhars: A Baha’i Couple Executed for Their Faith

Iranwire – The name Forouhar reminds most Iranians of Dariush Forouhar, the prominent nationalist politician who, with his wife Parvaneh, were assassinated in 1998 in what became known as the Chain Murders of intellectuals and critics of the Islamic Republic. But 16 years before these killings was the murder of an elderly couple with the same surname, Mahmoud Forouhar and his wife Eshraghieh, …

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Iranian Photojournalist Sentenced To Work As Municipal Sweeper

Iranwire – Prominent Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery says she has been sentenced to six years in prison as well as community work as part of her punishment for covering anti-government protests. In a video posted on Instagram on January 6, Moaiery appeared in an orange uniform cleaning a street with a sweep, saying she had been sentenced to work as …

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“Did You Know?” Iran Is World’s Second Top Jailer Of Women Journalists

Iranwire – In our “Did You Know?” series of articles, IranWire collects, analyses and compares reliable data to produce illuminating infographics on current events in Iran. *** Link  Did you know that nearly a quarter of all female journalists imprisoned in connection with their work around the world on December 1, 2022, were being held in Iran? According to Reporters …

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Islamic Republic Imposed “Military Rule” In Flagship City Of Zahedan

Iranwire – Iranian armed forces have imposed drastic security measures in the eastern city of Zahedan, where activists say plainclothes officers are traveling in vans, buses, and private cars to arrest people standing on the streets. The Iranian authorities have cracked down hard on the nationwide protests triggered by the September 16 death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, …

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Top Iranian Sunni Cleric Says Torture of Protesters Is Un-Islamic

VOA – A top dissident Iranian Sunni cleric on Friday denounced as un-Islamic Iran’s alleged use of forced confessions to convict detained protesters, as weekly demonstrations continued in the county’s southeast. Meanwhile, the authorities’ crackdown following nationwide protests continued with arrests, including that of a celebrity chef and a prominent journalist. Anti-government marches have been held on Fridays in the …

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Iran Deepens Its Presence Inside Latin America

gatestoneinstitute.org – “Initially, my colleagues and I thought these were embassy employees, though we noticed their car number plates didn’t belong to any embassy. We don’t know what they are transferring… Because they won’t let us examine closely. We just know that in past weeks, every day there are three to four flights to Venezuela.” — Unnamed source at Tehran’s …

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US sanctions Iran drone suppliers for arming Russia in Ukraine

Al-Monitor — The United States issued new sanctions Friday over the supply of drones used in Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure across Ukraine. The Treasury Department announced designations on six executives and board members at Qods Aviation Industries (QAI), a previously sanctioned Iranian defense manufacturer also known as Light Airplanes Design and Manufacturing Industries. QAI has reportedly worked with Iran’s Defense Ministry and Islamic Revolutionary …

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