Iran is suffering from “a long-term economic tailspin” because its rulers made a “decision to prioritize an ideological agenda over the welfare of the Iranian people,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a speech on Sunday mapping out the Trump administration’s policy towards Iran. The Secretary of State began by mapping...

Just days after United States President Donald Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom sparked a grotesque protest – a giant balloon depicting Trump as an angry baby holding on to a smart phone was flown over central London – a real despot is coming to town. The Emir of Qatar,...

At least 44 Iranians have been arrested in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas for “damaging public virtue” by publicizing their businesses on Instagram, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Citing an account in Iran’s official IRNA news agency, the AP reported that eight women and 36 others in photography, beauty,...

On his way out, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has betrayed yet again the trust of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual citizen currently lingering in an Iranian jail on what can only be described as trumped-up charges. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who worked for the Thomson-Reuters Foundation, was detained in April 2016 at...

For the first time, an Israeli expert has been chosen to chair the United Nations Human Rights Committee, a panel of experts who reviews the adherence of members states to the organization’s rights charter. The Times of Israel reported that Yuval Shany, who is deputy president of the Israel Democracy...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and other NGOs banded together to block initiatives launched by the United States to reform the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), The New York Times reported Wednesday. The report surfaced following a critical letter United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley wrote to...