The UN currently counts 193 members, who presumably, at least externally, adhere to the purposes and principles of its charter. Iran, though, is a category on its own. After President Rouhani’s cabinet endorsed the UNESCO education 2030 guidelines (2030 agenda…
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Iran rejects UN and western values
Tagged with: Al Monitor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Education in Iran, Fars News, Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Human Rights in Iran, Iran, Iran Media Focus, Middle East, Said Peyvandi, Sohrab Salehi, Sustainable Development Goals, UNESCO, Western Values
Posted in Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Iranian Foreign Relations, Iranian Politics, Khamenei, Media Coverage
Posted in Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Iranian Foreign Relations, Iranian Politics, Khamenei, Media Coverage
Iran- Business or Principles?
The media picked up on a true dilemma facing Trump and the entire western world. The dilemma between money and ideology. In the context of the aircraft deals with Iran, foreignpolicy describes the fact that the Boeing deal with Iran…
The other side of Rouhani
During the election campaign of Rouhani and following his election, he was portrayed as the moderate leader. During the campaign he went out against extremists, calling for more freedom, supporting more engagement and negating gender discrimination. Many media outlets were…
Tagged with: executions in Iran, Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Human Rights in Iran, Iran, Iran Media Focus, Iran’s nuclear program, Middle East, Tehran, The New York Times, the wall street journal, the washington post, women's rights in Iran
Posted in Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Iranian elections, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Media Coverage
Posted in Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Iranian elections, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Media Coverage
Coverage of the Iranian elections
Massive attention was given to the Iranian presidential elections, by media outlets, think-tanks and pundits. The coverage was split between those calling the elections fraudulent and insignificant to those relating to the elections as a turning point in Iran’s development…
Tagged with: Al Arabiya, Asharq Al-Awsat, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bloomberg, Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Human Rights in Iran, Iran, Iran Media Focus, Iran’s nuclear program, Middle East, the wall street journal, the Washington Institute
Posted in Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Iranian elections, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Media Coverage
Posted in Hassan Rouhani, Human Rights, Iranian elections, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Media Coverage
Time for accountability of organizers of discriminatory sport events in Iran
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…
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
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