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gatestoneinstitute.org – The visit to Pyongyang was Khamenei’s the Road to Damascus moment. The lesson he learned was simple: Let others idolize you and, if things turn badly, blame those who idolize you. And, if you are in a position of weakness, just appear as a nobody or play village idiot until the tide turns in your favor. [W]hen Khamenei …

Iran-HRM – Mohammad Mehdi Mohammadi Fard, an 18-year-old from Nowshahr, was detained and sentenced to death twice by Iran’s Judiciary during the nationwide protests on September 30, 2022. Mohammad Mehdi Mohammadifard (Mehdi Mohammadi Fard) is a tattoo artist born on January 5, 2004. This year, however, he spent his 19th birthday alone behind bars. Charges against him: Iran’s state security …

Al-Monitor – Mounting economic pressure on Iranians has been accompanied by an increase in suicides, especially among the workforce. According to the the Iranian daily Etemad, at least 23 workers have committed suicide in the nine months since the start of the Iranian new year on March 21, 2022.   All the deceased were contractual or daily male workers, says the report, noting that …

Al-Arabia – British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Saturday his country had imposed sanctions on Iran’s Prosecutor General in response to Tehran’s execution of Iranian-British dual national Alireza Akbari. Sanctioning the Prosecutor General of Iran, Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri, “underlines our disgust at Alireza Akbari’s execution,” Cleverly wrote on Twitter. “The Prosecutor General is at the heart of Iran’s use of the …

Al-Arabia – French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires in Paris on Saturday over the execution of a British-Iranian national accused of spying, the ministry said in a statement. “He was also warned that Iran’s repeated violations of international law cannot go unanswered, particularly with regard to the treatment of foreign nationals whom it arbitrarily detains,” the statement added. Iran’s …