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Rouhani Punctures Hope for Iran-U.S. Thaw - By Ray Takeyh, CFR Expert

Sat 05 Oct 2019

There was much anticipation, even hope, as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in New York for this year’s UN General Assembly meeting. The recent attack on Saudi oil installations, which the United States and its allies blame on Iran, unsettled everyone, and spurred diplomatic efforts to avert war. Perhaps the most active on this front was French President Emmanuel Macron, who conducted his own version of shuttle diplomacy by trying to broker a meeting between Rouhani and U.S. President Donald J. Trump. Rouhani’s truculent UN address, however, should put an end to speculation about such a meeting.

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Is One Despot Trump Might Not Win Over

Sat 05 Oct 2019

Iran’s President arrived in New York City in September and left, as usual, without meeting the American one. Both Hassan Rouhani and Donald Trump professed an appetite for sitting down and talking over the ever more treacherous rift between their nations. But as Rouhani has pointed out in private, Iran’s top elected official “has no authority in foreign policy.” That authority–and nearly every other strand of power in the Islamic Republic–resides with the elderly cleric who remained 6,000 miles away, in the country he has not left for decades.

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Khomeinism vs. Trumpism: Dr. Mansour Farhang Response to Javad Zarif

Wed 02 Oct 2019

Iran’s theocracy and Trumpism have irresolvable power oriented conflicts, but they match each other’s nihilism when it comes to human rights issues.

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Human Rights

ARREST OF IRANIAN WRITER’S FAMILY MEMBERS “DEPLORABLE ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE HER”

Sun 29 Sep 2019

(New York, NY) – Earlier this week, Iranian officials reportedly arrested three relatives of journalist, author, and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad. PEN America said the arrests of Alireza Alinejad, Hadi Lotfi, and Leila Lotfi are likely retaliatory against Alinejad for her work calling for women’s rights and an alarming and reprehensible attack on free expression.

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Human Rights

Iran: Family of women’s rights activist arrested in despicable attempt to intimidate her into silence

Sat 28 Sep 2019

Iranian authorities have arrested three family members of Masih Alinejad, a prominent US-based Iranian journalist and activist as retribution for her women’s rights activism, Amnesty International revealed today.

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Human Rights

European Parliament resolution of 19 September 2019 on Iran, notably the situation of women’s rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals

Fri 20 Sep 2019

The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Iran, notably those concerning human rights, in particular those of 14 March 2019 on Iran, notably the case of human rights defenders(1), of 13 December 2018 on Iran, notably the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh(2), of 31 May 2018 on the situation of imprisoned EU-Iranian dual nationals in Iran(3), of 25 October 2016 on the EU strategy towards Iran after the nuclear agreement(4), of 3 April 2014 on the EU strategy towards Iran(5), of 8 October 2015 on the death penalty(6) and of 17 November 2011 on Iran – recent cases of human rights violations(7),

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Human Rights

Death of Iran’s “Blue Girl” Spotlights Senseless Ban on Women in Stadiums

Sun 15 Sep 2019

The death of Sahar Khodayari, a woman who set herself on fire in Tehran because she thought she would have to serve jail time for trying to watch a soccer match, has put the spotlight on the costs of a discriminatory state policy that Iranian women have been protesting for decades.

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Human Rights

Personal cost of journalism, political activism in Iran remains high

Sun 15 Sep 2019

Harsh verdicts issued against journalists and political activists show that the cost of advocacy for reform and civil liberties is still high in Iran despite pledges by moderate President Hassan Rouhani to change the status quo.

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Human Rights

Journalist Sentenced to 10.5 Years Imprisonment for Covering Labor Day Rally

Thu 29 Aug 2019

Four months after being arrested while covering a Labor Day protest, Journalist Marzieh Amiri has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison and 148 lashes by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Mohammad Moghiseh. If upheld upon appeal, Amiri, a reporter for the reformist Shargh newspaper in Tehran, would have to serve at least six years in prison before becoming eligible for parole.

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Iran is the world’s biggest jailer of women journalists

Tue 27 Aug 2019

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by a new wave of arrests and interrogations of women journalists since the start of August in Iran. The Islamic Republic is now the world’s biggest jailer of women journalists, with a total of ten currently held.

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Rouhani Punctures Hope for Iran-U.S. Thaw - By Ray Takeyh, CFR Expert

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Is One Despot Trump Might Not Win Over

Khomeinism vs. Trumpism: Dr. Mansour Farhang Response to Javad Zarif

ARREST OF IRANIAN WRITER’S FAMILY MEMBERS “DEPLORABLE ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE HER”

Iran: Family of women’s rights activist arrested in despicable attempt to intimidate her into silence

European Parliament resolution of 19 September 2019 on Iran, notably the situation of women’s rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals

Death of Iran’s “Blue Girl” Spotlights Senseless Ban on Women in Stadiums

Personal cost of journalism, political activism in Iran remains high

Journalist Sentenced to 10.5 Years Imprisonment for Covering Labor Day Rally

Iran is the world’s biggest jailer of women journalists

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