October 2011
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WatchFareed’s Take: Time to re-engage Iran
“The sanctions are stifling growth, though not as much as one might imagine. So the basic effect has been to weaken civil society and strengthen the state - the opposite of what we should be trying to do in that country. By some estimates, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard - the hard-line element of the armed forces, supported by the supreme leader...
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Number of juveniles on death row: 100
Number of executions so far in 2011: 200
Increase in Iran’s execution rate under Ahmadinejad: 300%
UN Special Report, 2011
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“In Iran, we have NO political prisoners.”
– Just like we don’t have any gay people.
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“The foundation of our Islamic government is based on freedom of dialogue and...”
– Ahmadickejad to Zakaria
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WatchFareed Zakaria goes to Tehran for an exclusive with Ahmadinejad
Fareed: What is your reaction to Qaddafi’s death?
Ahmadickejad: It makes no difference. We think it is the will of the people that should prevail everywhere. Justice, freedom and respect to people is the right of all nations.
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Iran Foreign Minister: Saudis are wise enough to... →
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NYT: Iran Sees Terror Plot Accusation as Diversion... →
Iran’s leaders marshaled a furious formal rejection on Wednesday of the United States accusations that the Islamic republic had schemed to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, calling the case a cynical fabrication meant to vilify Iran and distract Americans from their own severe economic problems, highlighted by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The Foreign Ministry of Iran issued...
Feds Indict Two Iranians in Assassination Plot →
Federal authorities indicted two Iranian-born men in an alleged plot to attack embassies in D.C. and assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, MSNBC reported.
In addition to an attack on the Saudi Arabian Embassy, the plot included an attack on the Israeli Embassy.
The investigation began when one of the suspects, a naturalized U.S. citizen contacted an undercover...
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