Pictures released yesterday of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the 43-year-old mother of two sentenced to death for adultery in Iran, at home with her son sparked rumors she was free. But sadly, the photos were actually part of a state “documentary” in which she “confessed” to the crimes the Islamic Republic accuses her of.
Advocates …
Just received notice from the International Committee Against Stoning (ICAS), a human rights organization that has spearheaded the international campaign to free a 43-year-old mother of two sentenced to death in Iran for adultery, that she has been released. The Huffington Post has this report as well. However, other reports …
Last Monday, Stop the Bomb, a coalition of German activists and intellectuals who protest the German government’s and German corporations’ cooperation with the Iranian regime, held a protest outside a Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Hamburg where Iranian officials were meeting with German businesspeople. United Against a Nuclear Iran (UANI), a nonprofit that …
Senator John McCain forcefully criticized President Barack Obama’s governance at this year’s forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative, a Washington-based think tank.
McCain, appearing at Sunday’s forum, specifically criticized actions of the President related to Afghanistan and Iran.
I attended the forum and asked a two-part question of the Senator: whether his concerns about corruption in the …
Today the Iranian regime is planning to execute, by hanging, a 43-year-old mother of two whose plight at the hands of Iran’s radical Islamist government has prompted an international outcry.
In September I wrote about this woman, …
Interesting piece in today’s New York Post about how Sunni sheiks and others in Iraq and Afghanistan are switching sides for fear that the U.S. will abandon them as President Obama draws down troops.
This state of affairs echoes what I’ve heard consistently from my main source in Iraq, former Parliamentarian Mithal …
The brilliant and intrepid Claudia Rosett, the investigative journalist who exposed the oil for food scandal, has a sharp blog post about a shocking incident that took place at the U.N. last week when Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, kicked out a Jerusalem Post reporter - on U.N. …
Crowds gathered yesterday at the U.N.’s Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to protest the appearance at the United Nations of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani addressed the crowd, saying: “We must confront tyrants, oppressors, bullies, and terrorists as early as possible.” These words are not …
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 …
Today former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told FOX News that Israel has until the weekend to launch a military strike on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant - or else the humanitarian risk of an attack becomes too great.
Not sure what to make of this troubling, and …