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The British government is edging slowly toward declaring the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization. Last week, members of the House of Commons voted in favor of such a measure. Then, on Saturday, a British-Iranian dual national, Alireza Akbari, who was Iran’s deputy defense minister nearly 20 years ago, was executed by the Iranian state. The
The clerical regime in Iran is continuing to wash its hands in blood. Over the weekend, the regime executed two men by hanging. Both were protesters in what has turned out to be the greatest challenge to the regime’s survival since the events of 1979. Like previous executions, their deaths are meant to send an unmistakable signal. The two, Mohammed Mehdi Karami, 22, and Seyed
The world has only so much attention. Crises and news events keep coming. People are busy. They lose interest. What was once a major international story, a cause celebre, can soon be forgotten. This is always a tragedy, especially to those who study genocide and advocate on behalf of its victims. For several years now, the plight of the Rohingya, a million of whom were cast
The protests in Iran continue to capture global attention. Over the past three months, millions of Iranians have marched and demonstrated, first to commemorate and protest against the murder of a young Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, who was killed by the regime’s so-called morality police and, later, to demonstrate against the entire edifice of Iran’s theocratic
The news has been particularly fraught and relentless recently; so much is happening. A major war in Europe continues, financial issues such as inflation and energy price rises sweep the world in developed and developing nations alike, and there is a World Cup to watch and dissect. In the current climate, it is hard to find time to stop and think — and harder still, sometimes,