Posts Tagged: Ali Khamene’i
Iran Summons French Envoy Over ‘Insulting’ Cartoons
Iran summoned France's envoy in Tehran on Wednesday to protest against "insulting" cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo depicting the Islamic Republic's...
Iran’s Hardline Newspapers Praise Salman Rushdie’s Attacker
Several hardline Iranian newspapers poured praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” had...
Iran’s Khamenei Says Water Crisis Protesters Cannot Be Blamed
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Iranians protesting over water shortages in the southwest cannot be blamed, and called on officials to deal with the water problem, Iran's state media reported. "The people showed...
Iran: Supreme Leader Pardons the Sentences of More than 5,000 Detainees
i24 News – Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 5,000 detainees convicted of crimes or misdemeanors on the...
Officials, Jewish Groups Mark Anniversary of 1992 Israeli Embassy Bombing That Killed 29
Israeli, Jewish, and Argentine leaders and institutions commemorated on Wednesday the anniversary of the March 17, 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires,...
Biden’s Mixed Signals Over Iran Stoke Middle East Wariness
The prospect of a renewed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the formal name of the Iranian nuclear deal from which the United States withdrew...
Knesset Hearing Calls Social Media Companies to Answer for Antisemitism ‘Running Rampant’ as New Plan Released
The Israeli Ministries of Strategic Affairs and Diaspora Affairs on Wednesday presented a Knesset committee with an outline for a national response to hate speech...
Iran Takes ‘Final’ Stance on Nuclear Deal, Says US Must Lift Sanctions Before Tehran Rejoins
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Tehran's "final and irreversible" decision was to return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear...
US Must Lift Curbs Before Iran Rejoins Deal: Khamenei Cites ‘Final’ Stance
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Tehran's "final and irreversible" decision was to return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal...
We Need Cancel Culture to Fight Hate and Antisemitism, but Must Limit Its Abuse
In many ways, freedom of speech is the most fraught, controversial, and essential right in any democratic society. Without it, in fact, there can be...
Iran’s Khamenei Transfers Power to Son Over Health Concerns
i24 - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has transferred his powers to his son Mojtaba Khamenei due to health concerns, Newsweek reported Saturday. The news...
Ayatollah Khamenei Tests Twitter’s Policy on Holocaust Denial
i24 News - Just two weeks after social media giant Twitter said it was going to start removing posts that deny the Holocaust, Iran’s Supreme...
How Iran Illustrates the Fallacy of Social Media Censorship
JNS.org - Israeli human-rights attorney and Zionist advocate Arsen Ostrovsky hit the nail on the head during a recent Knesset committee hearing about social media....
Israeli Minister Urges Twitter to Suspend Account of Iran’s Ayatollah for Hate Speech, Incitement
Israel’s new minister of strategic affairs and public diplomacy wrote an official letter to the head of Twitter on Sunday, urging him to suspend the...
