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Op-Ed

Eye-for-an-eye incivility

New York Times:  The death penalty is an abhorrent attempt to sate an irrational cultural bloodlust. According to a 2014 report from Amnesty International, “only nine...
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Can Iran be trusted?

Philadelphia Inquirer: The Iranian regime had appointed Hamid Abutalebi as its new envoy to the United Nations, a decision that triggered a strong rebuke from...
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How Rouhani treats political prisoners in Iran

The Hill: On the morning of April 17, more than 100 prison guards and intelligence agents carried out a brutal raid at Tehran’s notorious Evin...
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What we left behind

New Yorker: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is seeking a third term. Many Iraqis fear another civil war, and think that Maliki is to blame. In the...
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MEP: EU should forcefully condemn attacks on political prisoners Iran

Marietje Schaake: Last week an unprecedented attack was launched on political prisoners in Evin prison Tehran. Labelled ‘Black Thursday’ witnesses speak of the worst attacks...
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Right to reject Abutelabi

The Hill: Much is being made inside the Beltway about the appointment of Hamid Abutalebi as Iran’s next ambassador to the United Nations. He is...
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Sheldon: Iran’s best friend

New York Times: It occurred to me the other day that the zealously pro-Israel billionaire and Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, actually have one big...
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Obama’s wishful thinking about Iran nuclear threat

Chicago Sun-Times: In the Netherlands last week, President Barack Obama confessed a fear: “I continue to be much more concerned, when it comes to our...
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