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gatestoneinstitute.org – What is planned isn’t the actual writing of a new constitution but “drafting” unspecified “reforms” to a non-existent constitution. If this sounds like diplomatic gesticulation, don’t be surprised because it is exactly that. Syria today isn’t a constitutional problem. [W]hat is still lacking is a clear American strategy for reviving Syria as a nation-state, the only outcome that …

RFL/RE – The new governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province was assaulted during his inauguration ceremony by a man who rushed the stage and slapped him. The new governor, General Abedin Khorram, had just approached the podium on October 23 in the city of Tabriz when an unidentified man strode onto the stage and struck him without warning. Footage of …

Iranwire – Last August, just as many Americans were preoccupied with their summer holidays, the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan precipitated a human catastrophe: the rapid fall of the Afghan government and coming to power of the Taliban, a brutal terrorist organization now in charge of a country. While the US and many other countries accelerated an official rescue …

Iran-HRM – A woman who was tortured for three years by her husband was attacked by a prosecutor for speaking to the media. Parastoo Navardi, a 36 year old mother of two was tortured and sexually abused by her drug addict husband in Abadan located in Khuzestan Province. In a video recently shared on social media, Parastoo said her husband …

Al-Arabia – Israel’s Air Force has resumed training for a possible strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Israeli media reported on Thursday. “Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi ordered budgetary funds be set aside for drilling such a scenario, after a two-year hiatus,” according to Channel 12 and Times of Israel. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News …