Iran

An Iranian-born writer and activist for women’s rights in her home country wrote that, forced by the regime, “my sister publicly disowned me on prime-time Iranian television,” in an op-ed published Tuesday in The New York Times. Masih Alinejad, a journalist and founder of the My Stealthy Freedom movement, which...

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In just four months the value of Iran’s currency, the rial, has dropped by half — now it takes 102,000 rial to buy a dollar — Agence France-Presse reported Monday. In March, the rial’s value had dropped to the point that it cost 50,000 rial to buy a dollar. The latest reported...

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In early July, Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi was arrested and charged with acting as a foreign agent and conspiracy to commit murder following his alleged involvement in a failed bomb plot targeting a gathering of Iranian opposition groups in Paris. This thwarted terror attack, the latest in a long Iranian...

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When the United States, Canada, and European Union wanted someone to rescue members of the Syrian Civil Defense organization, also known as the White Helmets, from southwestern Syria as the Assad regime and its allies were closing in last week, who did they call? They called Israel. And Israel came...

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A United States cybersecurity firm has identified a “highly active” group of hackers reportedly based in Iran, who are attacking corporate and government networks across the Middle East, The Hill reported Wednesday. A report issued by Symantec said that the hacking collective, which has been dubbed “Leafminer,” has attacked networks...

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Responding to a tweet earlier this week, in which United States President Donald Trump warned Iran not to threaten the U.S., Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani threatened that in a war with Iran the U.S. would suffer an “annihilation of all your means,” Iran’s semi-official PressTV...

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