Infuriating: One day after competing without headscarf at Asian Climbing Competition, #Iran’s Elnaz Rekabi has gone missing, phone confiscated, @IranWireEnglish reports that she is being flown to Evin prison. Cruel doesn’t even begin to describe it: pic.twitter.com/HMkxh4n2lN— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) October 18, 2022 … [Read more...] about One day after competing without headscarf at Asian Climbing Competition, #ran’s Elnaz Rekabi has gone missing
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Morality police trying to force an Iranian teenager to wear hijab
- I’m not a Muslim.- Doesn’t matter you still have to wear Islamic hijab.This is Iran in 21st century.This morality police trying to force an Iranian teenager to wear hijab but see how she challenges all the nonsense arguments made by the harasser.pic.twitter.com/Fi2l0jxOXb— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) August 28, 2022 … [Read more...] about Morality police trying to force an Iranian teenager to wear hijab
Ebrahim Raisi, an executioner of of Iranian political prisoners, wins Iranian presidential election 2021
Conservative presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi is expected to be announced as the winner of #Iran presidential election. Invalid votes rank the 2nd, conservative Mohsen Rezaei 3rd, reformist Abdolnaser Hemmati 4th & Ghazizadeh-Hashemi 5th. The election had 4 candidates.— Abas Aslani (@AbasAslani) June 19, 2021 #Raisi is a henchman. As Chief Justice, he … [Read more...] about Ebrahim Raisi, an executioner of of Iranian political prisoners, wins Iranian presidential election 2021
COVID-19 and U.S. Iran Policy
The spread in Iran of COVID-19 (the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2) has raised questions about the possible effects of U.S. policy on the capacity of Iran to cope with the outbreak. Since May 2018, when the Trump Administration withdrew the United States from the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA), the Administration has … [Read more...] about COVID-19 and U.S. Iran Policy
Oil Market Effects from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Iran, Russia, Venezuela
Economic sanctions imposed by the United States—through enacted legislation and executive action—on Iran, Russia, and Venezuela aim to pressure the ruling governments to change their behavior and policies. Currently, these sanctions aim to either eliminate (Iran) or restrict (Venezuela) crude oil trade of as much as 3.3 million to 4.0 million barrels per day (bpd), roughly … [Read more...] about Oil Market Effects from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Iran, Russia, Venezuela