Posts Tagged: Iran Human Rights
Another Leading Iranian Export? Religious Persecution
JNS.org - In a welcome statement issued this week, the US State Department drew attention to the continuing persecution of the small Baha’i religious minority in...
With Iran Backtracking on Hijabs, Regime Senses Its Own Weakness
JNS.org - Iranian Vice President Massoumeh Ebtekar made a surprising statement on Wednesday: that women in Iran shouldn’t be forced to wear the hijab. “Our position is that it’s...
EU Parliament Deems Anti-Iran Art ‘Too Controversial,’ Cancels Display
JNS.org - An exhibition of caricatures seeking to expose the Iranian government’s human-rights abuses has been rejected for display at the European Parliament on the grounds...
Win or Lose, Iranians Want Regime Change
JNS.org - For the first time in nearly a decade, one dares to believe that the Islamist clerics who have ruled Iran since 1979 will not...
Will Iran’s Regime Again Unleash Immense Brutality Against Protesters?
JNS.org - In 2009, shortly after former President Barack Obama entered office, millions of people rose up against the ruling theocratic regime of Iran. The demonstrations...
Will Mass Protests Divert Iran’s Attention Away From Israel?
JNS.org - Thousands of protesters took to the streets this weekend in cities throughout Iran to demonstrate against the Islamic Republic’s strained economy, corrupt regime and...
Rouhani Faces Pressure to Improve Human Rights in Iran
In the week before the May 19 presidential election in Iran, the eventual victor, Hassan Rouhani, criticized the judiciary and the powerful Revolutionary Guards with...
Iran Now Vets Academics for Ideological Commitment
It's the latest round of intellectual oppression in Iran: the Islamic Republic has embarked upon officially vetting master’s and doctoral candidates at Iranian universities to ascertain whether...
Obama Administration Assures Skeptical Lawmakers Iran Deal Being Fully Implemented
The Iran nuclear deal is being fully implemented, according to Obama administration officials who told skeptical lawmakers Wednesday that they'll continue to sanction Tehran for...
Iranian Supreme Court Sentences Man to Have Eye Gouged out, Under Sharia ‘Retribution Laws’
The Iranian Supreme Court has sentenced a man to have his eye gouged out after blinding another man in a street fight. The 28-year-old, identified only...
As Tehran Frees American Pastor, Persecution of Iranian Christians Rages On
JNS.org - While a high-profile Christian pastor saw his freedom as part of Iran’s recent release of five American prisoners, the persecution of Christians in Iran...
Argentina and the Cost of Collaborating With Iran
JNS.org - Next month marks the first anniversary of the death of Alberto Nisman, the Argentine federal prosecutor who spent a decade investigating the 1994 Iranian-backed...
What Iran Has Done While Our Eyes Were Turned Away
It’s been nearly two months since the so-called “adoption day” when Iran officially began the process of scaling back its centrifuges and retrofitting some its...
American Jews Should Not Forgive Supporters of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the United States to meet with President Obama, and no doubt did his best to mend fences after their nasty...
