The High-Stakes Confrontation Between Trump and Khamenei
Thu 30 May 2019President Donald Trump doesn’t want conflict. Ayatollah Khamenei doesn’t want economic collapse. Yet that is where things are headed.
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The Flame of Feminism Is Alive in Iran
Sat 25 May 2019The revolution that swept through Iran 40 years ago ruptured all diplomatic ties between Iran and the United States. This we know all too well. But another bond, one between Iranian feminists and their American counterparts, was also ruptured, which, unlike the other, occurred in virtual anonymity.
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The Art of a New Iran Deal - Sanam Vakil
Fri 10 May 2019A year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal on the grounds that he wanted a bigger, better agreement.
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Human Rights
Nasrin Sotoudeh letters to her kids from prison
Wed 08 May 2019Nasrin Sotoudeh is a lawyer who has never shied away from doing what’s right in Iran. In her long and impressive career, she has exposed the injustices of the death penalty and campaigned for children’s rights.
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Latest U.S. Pressure Has Iran Over a Barrel - Ray Takeyh
Tue 30 Apr 2019Iran appears increasingly boxed in by intensifying U.S. sanctions, the latest of which will effectively cut it off from its main oil customers.
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Iran: Two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executed in abhorrent violation of international law
Tue 30 Apr 2019The Iranian authorities have flogged and secretly executed two boys under the age of 18, Amnesty International has learned, displaying an utter disdain for international law and the rights of children.
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Letter to Prime Minister of Canada
Sat 27 Apr 2019As has been widely reported, on the occasion of the 2019 International Women’s Day, French President Emmanuel Macron publicly invited imprisoned Iranian lawyer Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh to be part the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council, a body created by Canada last year at your recommendation.
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Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling
Fri 26 Apr 2019Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws, and release those detained on this basis immediately and unconditionally, said Amnesty International today.
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Iran and the Women’s Question- Haleh Esfandiari
Fri 26 Apr 2019When it comes to women and the Islamic Republic, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” For forty years, women have resisted the Islamic Republic’s attempt to deny them rights previously won. They have waged a war—on the streets, in social media and even in the privacy of their homes—for equality and against the regime’s attempts to impose on them a broad range of controls.
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Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling
Thu 25 Apr 2019Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws, and release those detained on this basis immediately and unconditionally, said Amnesty International today.
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