Only a month ago (March 15) we ran a piece about sports discrimination in Iran, due to the expelling of the teen siblings from chess tournaments. Here we stand only a month later, with two more incidents of sports gender…
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Iran and the Chemical strike in Syria
In October 2012, the Obama administration set a red line on the use of chemical warfare in Syria, stating that crossing that red line would trigger American military retaliation. As reported in realclearpolitics the inaction of the US at the…
Tagged with: Human Rights, Iran, Iran Media Focus, Iranian Foreign Relations, Middle East, SN4HR, syria and iran, The Guardian, The New York Times, UANI
Posted in Iranian Foreign Relations, Iranian Politics, Media Coverage
Posted in Iranian Foreign Relations, Iranian Politics, Media Coverage
Amidst chaos, Iran unites Arab world
Hosted by Jordan, Arab leaders convened end of March for the 28th annual summit of the Arab League, under the shadow of turmoil and chaos in the Middle East. The Arab world seems divided and split on just about every…
Tagged with: counter-terrorism, Human Rights, Human Rights in Iran, Iran, Iran Media Focus, iraq, libya, Middle East, Saddam Hussein, Syria, the Arab League, Yemen
Posted in Iranian Foreign Relations, Iranian Politics, Media Coverage
Posted in Iranian Foreign Relations, Iranian Politics, Media Coverage
Rouhani – unplugged and unveiled
As we near the presidential elections in Iran, only two months away, a few articles and papers have been released about the true character of Rouhani. Since his election, Rouhani has been upheld to be a moderate and a reformer.…
Tagged with: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Human Rights in Iran, Iran, Iran Media Focus, Iranian Foreign Relations, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, John Hannah, Lawrence Haas, Middle East, Saeed Ghasseminejad, Sanctions, Tehran, the wall street journal
Posted in Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Khamenei, Media Coverage
Posted in Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Khamenei, Media Coverage
Presidential Elections in Iran – Time to Focus on Reality
As Iranians prepare for the presidential elections in May, one can be sure that propaganda will be increased to persuade them to focus on the big western enemies, out there “to get them”, and not on the gloomy reality of…
Tagged with: Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Human Rights, Human Rights in Iran, Iran, Iran Media Focus, Iran’s nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Relations, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Michael Rubin, Middle East, Sanctions, Tehran
Posted in Human Rights, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Media Coverage
Posted in Human Rights, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Media Coverage
Sports Illustrated Iran Style
Recently, a few occurrences demonstrated to the public that Iran’s idea of freedom and of international sports is very different to the accepted norm. Starting with the Darya Safai’s tweet, which stated in short form the gloomy reality: “Dorsa Derakhshani ,…
Creation of a wide un-united front against Iran?
Only recently we devoted a column to the Swedish bowing and curtsying to Iran, which we called betrayal of western values – bowing to Iranian gender discrimination. Turned out that despite all the Swedish kowtowing, they still got the cold…
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