Disturbing news out of Iran this week as the regime-backed newspaper daily Kayhan says Carla Bruni, first lady of France, deserves to die for her views.
Taking a stand for the rights of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two who was sentenced by an Iranian court to death …
Last Monday the European Union passed its toughest set of sanctions yet against the Iranian regime. My understanding is that finally, after many years of talk and attempts to “engage” with Iranian leadership, European leaders are finally recognizing that a brutal regime cannot be appeased with such talk - and that if anything, engagement …
From The American Spectator
by HEATHER ROBINSON
Last week, following its review of documents charging fraud in Iraq’s March 7 elections, an Iraqi court ordered a recount of votes in Baghdad.
Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi, who ran on a platform of Iraqi relations with Israel and counter-terrorism cooperation with other democracies, including …
Looks like even the U.S. State Department is saying that clearly, Iran’s nuclear enrichment effort is weapons related. At a recent event in Tehran, Ahmadinejad showcased what he said was a new generation of domestically-built centrifuges and declared Iran’s nuclear path is “irreversible.”
Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi told me last fall that he believed …
Hugely disappointing news from Iraq last week as Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi, who won his seat in Iraq’s Parliament in December, 2005 and has been a fearless champion of human rights, press freedom, and democracy, lost his seat. He has told me he believes the elections to have been fixed against …
During this week of uprising that left 12 pro-democracy protestors dead in Iran, the sister of Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, a human rights attorney and activist, was detained by the Iranian government because of her sister’s human rights work, according to Ebadi.
In a statement, the Nobel Prize winning human rights …
Distressing news out of Iran yesterday as that nation’s theocratic leaders continue to defy the international community by testing a long-range missile that could reach Europe or Israel.
In a number of interviews I have conducted with him since September, Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi has warned that Iran is much closer to …
Today The American Spectator features on its front page my piece on anti-jihadist Muslim Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury.
Choudhury will appear before a Bangladeshi court tomorrow to defend himself against charges of blasphemy, sedition and treason for holding the line against radical Islamists in his county and …
This week tens of thousands of green-clad Iranian protestors resumed their struggle for freedom on the streets of Teheran.
An argument can be made that in remaining silent during the initial days of June’s protests, President Obama was denying the mullahs ammunition to delegitimize the protestors. But the demonstrators disagree: just this week they shouted, …
Germany Must Change for EU Sanctions on Iran to Have Bite
from the Los Angeles Times
by HEATHER ROBINSON
As EU foreign ministers meet, Iran’s second-largest trading partner, Germany, has a responsibility — and leverage. It should lead, as an issue of conscience, in making sure new sanctions have teeth.
Foreign ministers of European Union member states are meeting in Brussels on Monday …