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Iranwire – In a televised speech on Friday, January 8, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei banned American and British coronavirus vaccines from Iran and claimed:“They wish to test a vaccine on other nations to see if it works or not.” “I have said this to the officials, and I am now announcing this publicly,” he said. “If the Americans had been …

Iran-HRM – The Iranian regime breached its obligations based on international covenants on the right to life and on the health of prisoners. It brought tremendous pressure on prisoners. Prisoners of conscience and political prisoners underwent increasing pressure last year and were harassed, mistreated and tortured in prisons. Breach of the Principle of the Separation of Categories of Crimes To …

Iran-HRM – The Revolutionary Court of Dezful has sentenced three young men to a total of 40 years in prison for participating in protests over a rise in gasoline prices in November 2019. The three protesters Ra’d Hamdani, 23, Ghasi Khasraji, 19, and Sajjad Dabat, 20, were arrested in the November 2019 nationwide protests by intelligence agents in Shush county, …

gatestoneinstitute.org – There is eager anticipation among many of Washington’s foes that Mr Biden’s inauguration will result in the new president adopting a less confrontational tone with the outside world than his predecessor. China’s communist rulers, for example, are hopeful that Mr Biden will engage in the kind of meaningless trade deals so beloved of his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama. …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Because Fardid knew no German, his knowledge of Heidegger was based on scanty reading and misreading of French or Persian translations. Fardid’s understanding of Heidegger could be summed up in two erroneous beliefs: society’s need for order and the need for an unimpeachable leader to impose that order. He also claimed a visceral hatred of Marxism in all …