Opinion

Dictators need no excuses to crack down on dissent

The Hill: “Don’t give them an excuse to crack down on dissent,” is a favorite sophism spread among foreign-policy elites, lazy bureaucrats and big-chair academics....

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...

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...

Rouhani’s “moderate” tone contradicts his actions

The Hill: This violent incident in  Evin Prison makes two issues clear. The first is that the international community must take action immediately. Without pressure the regime...

The bright spot in Iran’s latest political repression

The Diplomat: People who care about human rights and democracy should be appalled by the recent news of the unprovoked raid on a Tehran prison...

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...

Freedom of religion or belief is a foreign policy priority

The Hill: Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen, has been serving an eight-year prison sentence since January 2012 for “threatening national security” through his...

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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Iran’s Statistics Center reports 115% food inflation

A new report by the Statistical Center of Iran shows that food inflation in March and April this year...

The Rising Cost of Food in Iran; Hidden Pressure on Large Families

The state-run magazine Niniban published a report on April 29 regarding rising food prices. The report stated: “This is...

Four Decades of Bitter Narratives: May Day as a Day of Wrath, Not Celebration, for Iran’s Workers

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