There has been a continuing deterioration in the treatment of political prisoners in Iran since the time that Hassan Rouhani became president of the mullahs’ regime. This includes denying political prisoners the right to proper medical treatment when needed.
Iran unveiled a new underground missile depot on Tuesday with state television showing Emad precision-guided missiles in store which the United States says can take a nuclear warhead and violate a 2010 U.N. Security Council resolution.
The United Nations Security Council on Monday strongly condemned an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic ties with Iran’s regime on Sunday after protesters ransacked and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and the consulate in Mashhad.
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President Obama has staked much of his foreign-policy legacy on the Iran nuclear deal, but does that deal effectively give the Iranians veto power over legislation by the U.S. Congress? That’s the question at the center of Tehran’s “outrage” at a security law passed by Congress after the Paris and San Bernardino attacks.
Saudi Arabia widened its rift with Iran on Monday, saying it would end air traffic and trade links with the Islamic republic and demanding that Tehran must “act like a normal country” before it would restore severed diplomatic relations.
Iran’s fundamentalist regime on Monday hanged a man in public in Miandoroud, northern Iran.
The young man was only identified by the initials E.B. He was accused of murder.
Saudi Arabia announced late Sunday that it would officially sever ties with Iran after having two of its diplomatic posts attacked in the Islamic republic.
Bahrain’s foreign minister on Saturday condemned a statement by the Iranian regime’s foreign ministry spokesman as an unwelcome interference in the kingdom’s domestic affairs.
Iran’s fundamentalist regime on Thursday hanged two prisoners in Mashhad, north-eastern Iran.
A group of House Republicans wants to create a committee to provide oversight of the Iran nuclear deal.
Rep. Todd Young (R-Ind.) has introduced legislation to create the Select Committee on Oversight of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) after lawmakers were unable to block the agreement earlier this year despite opposition from majorities in both chambers.
