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Iraq: Iranian tear gas grenades among those causing gruesome protester deaths

Sun 10 Nov 2019

Amnesty International has conducted further research into the 40mm “less lethal” grenades killing protesters during the recent violence in Baghdad. The new analysis showed that, in addition to the Serbian Sloboda Ĉaĉak M99 grenades already identified, a significant portion of the deadly projectiles are in fact M651 tear gas grenades and M713 smoke grenades manufactured by the Defense Industries Organization (DIO) of Iran.

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Human Rights

Iran: Worsening situation for free expression must be addressed in upcoming UPR

Tue 05 Nov 2019

ARTICLE 19 and Access Now have jointly submitted a report for consideration ahead of the third UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Iran. The submission highlights a deterioration of freedom of expression in the country, with an unprecedented crackdown on freedom of expression online, and the harsh repression of protesters and human rights defenders. No progress has been made on the implementation of UPR recommendations previously accepted by Iran. However, the development of a law on freedom of information, could, with some reforms and proper implementation, enable progress for public access to information.

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Iran Student Leader Says He Regrets 1979 US Embassy Attack

Sun 03 Nov 2019

His revolutionary fervor diminished by the years that have also turned his dark brown hair white, one of the Iranian student leaders of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover says he now regrets the seizure of the diplomatic compound and the 444-day hostage crisis that followed.

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Why the Islamic Republic of Iran keeps taking hostages

Sun 03 Nov 2019

On November 4, the Islamic Republic will again “celebrate” the taking of the US Embassy forty years ago. Regime loyalists will chant “Death to America” and the spectacle will be broadcast around the world, no doubt prompting statements of outrage from the US and other governments.

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Women

Trump must stand with Iran’s women activists

Wed 30 Oct 2019

Women leaders in Iran courageously resisted the tyranny that followed their country’s revolution in 1979. In the 40 years since, Iran’s theocrats have been vindictive toward women who dare to challenge their authority.

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Human Rights

Iran: Sanctions Threatening Health

Tue 29 Oct 2019

The Trump administration’s broad sanctions on Iran have drastically constrained the ability of the country to finance humanitarian imports, including medicines, causing serious hardships for ordinary Iranians and threatening their right to health, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The administration in Washington should take immediate steps to ensure a viable channel exists for trade of humanitarian goods with Iran.

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GHOST TOWERS The view from Iran’s housing crisis

Sun 20 Oct 2019

After the Iranian Revolution, in 1979, the theocracy called on women to breed a new Islamic generation. It lowered the marriage age to nine for girls and fourteen for boys; it legalized polygamy and raised the price of birth control. By 1986, the average family had six children.

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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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Articles

Iraq: Iranian tear gas grenades among those causing gruesome protester deaths

Iran: Worsening situation for free expression must be addressed in upcoming UPR

Iran Student Leader Says He Regrets 1979 US Embassy Attack

Why the Islamic Republic of Iran keeps taking hostages

Trump must stand with Iran’s women activists

Iran: Sanctions Threatening Health

GHOST TOWERS The view from Iran’s housing crisis

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

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