Maximum Pressure on Iran Is Working. That’s Why It’s Lashing Out – Nazee Moinian (Daily Beast via Daily Alert)
Jan. 2, 2020 Maximum Pressure on Iran Is Working. That’s Why It’s Lashing Out – Nazee Moinian (Daily Beast) In a clear sign that the Islamic regime in Iran is worried about its survival, it has increased its attacks on American interests in Iraq. In response, the U.S. engaged in some signaling of its own, hitting […]
Read More →In Iran, It Is a Crime to Be a Christian by Majid Rafizadeh (Gatestone Inst.)
Dec. 29, 2019 Three of the Islamist judges known to preside over the trials of Christians are Mashallah Ahmadzadeh, Mohammed Moghiseh, and Ahmad Zargar. The international community needs to consider imposing sanctions on them. Converts to Christianity from Islam, according the Iran’s Islamic law, can face the death penalty. The Iranian Islamist judges generally resort […]
Read More →U.S. Says Iranian Forces May Have Killed more than 1,000 Protesters – Carol Morello and Missy Ryan (Washington Post via Daily Alert)
Dec. 6, 2019 U.S. Says Iranian Forces May Have Killed more than 1,000 Protesters – Carol Morello and Missy Ryan Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative for Iran, said Thursday, “As the truth is trickling out of Iran, it appears the regime could have murdered over 1,000 Iranian citizens since the protests began,” including at least […]
Read More →The United States and the Iranian Policy of Escalation – Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser (JCPA via Daily Alert)
Dec. 5, 2019 The United States and the Iranian Policy of Escalation – Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi KuperwasserIran’s interest is to avoid any escalation into a full-scale war, in which the U.S. would enjoy a clear advantage, but to push the brinksmanship to the point where it appeared that Iran retained the option of full-scale war. […]
Read More →3 from Daily Alert re: Iran & its feifdoms, Iraq & Lebanon
Nov. 28, 2019 Iraqi Protesters Burn Down Iranian Consulate in Najaf – Alissa J. RubinIraqi protesters in the southern city of Najaf burned down the Iranian Consulate there on Wednesday night in an outburst of anger at Iran. Video showed sizable crowds outside the consulate shouting “Out, out Iran!” as the building burned. The attack “sends […]
Read More →Summaries of 4 articles by Daily Alert re: the protests in Iran & the government crackdown, with links
Nov. 27, 2019 Iran Strengthens Response to Protests – Farnaz Fassihi and Rick GladstoneAuthorities in Iran strengthened their reprisals on Tuesday over the protests that engulfed the country last week, arresting 100 “ringleaders and masterminds” and penalizing Iranian journalists overseas who publicized the mayhem. Mobile phone access to the Internet remains blocked. Videos and photos were […]
Read More →Iran Supresses Popular Protests – Iran Desk (JCPA via Daily Alert)
Nov. 26, 2019 Iran Supresses Popular Protests – Iran Desk (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) The protests against the Iranian regime have not subsided. Radio Farda published the names of 138 dead and reported on the arrest of at least 4,800 civilians in 18 provinces. With the partial resumption of Internet connection, hundreds of civilians sent […]
Read More →Protests in Iran (summaries of 2 articles by Daily Alert, Nov. 20, 2019)
Amnesty: At Least 106 Killed in Iran Protests – Jon GambrellAmnesty International said Tuesday it believes at least 106 people have been killed during protests in Iran. It “believes that the real death toll may be much higher, with some reports suggesting as many as 200 have been killed.” The protests began Friday and quickly spread […]
Read More →From Israel: Ouch!!, by Arlene Kushner
Oct. 12, 2019 The situation I address here is awash in complexities and troubling aspects. This past Sunday, October 6, President Trump, after a phone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced a very sudden decision to pull US troops out of northern Syria. This was in the face of Turkish threats to invade […]
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