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gatestoneinstitute.org – The CCP, as the Chinese Communist Party is informally known, has now lost hearts across the country. China throughout the Communist period has witnessed demonstrations, but most of them are, as Burton noted, “highly localized” and “directed at malfeasance, corruption, and incompetence of lower level Communist functionaries.” Now, however, the anger is directed at the Party itself. In …

Iranwire – A professor of law at Tehran University says 10 Iranian teenagers under the age of 18 will be put on trial on charges of “waging war against God” and “spreading corruption on earth”, which carry the death penalty. Mohsen Berhani tweeted on November 27 that the teenagers will be tried before the Revolutionary Court, which he said has …

VOA – An Iranian general on Monday acknowledged that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest surrounding nationwide protests, giving the first official word on casualties in two months. That estimate is considerably lower than the toll reported by Human Rights Activists in Iran, a U.S.-based group that has been closely tracking the protests since they erupted …

VOA – The Iranian men’s football team takes on the United States in a pivotal World Cup match Tuesday, with Iran’s players facing conflicting pressures on their behavior from their government and from Iranians supporting a nationwide protest movement. The Iranian and U.S. teams enter their final first round match with the U.S. needing a win to advance to round …

When Iran’s football team met England at their first match of this World Cup the Iranian players refused to sing the national anthem in support of the ongoing anti-regime protests back home. This act of solidarity and political courage should not be taken lightly since actions like these are met with fierce repercussions against the players themselves or their families …