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The Khomeiniist Regime is Losing the Middle East, no Matter How Hard Its Apologists Claim Otherwise

November 10, 2019 Editor 29 Views Adel Abdul-Mahdi, American soldiers, Bahrain, Barack Obama, Bashar Assad, circumscribe, Civil war, demoralized, director-general, dominance, Egypt, European Union, exert influence, fund, Hashd Al-Shaabi, Houthi allies, implode, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), John Chipman, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), mercenary armies, military and financial aid, negotiation, Obama administration, opposition groups, Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Prime Minister, proxies, regional politics, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, seize control, Shi'a rebels, tipped balance, Western policy, Yemen

By The Free Iranian Staff On November 7th, Dr. John Chipman, the Director-General of a United Kingdom-based think tank, International

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Ex-CNN editor nixed for supporting terror-linked cleric gets gig with U.S. taxpayer-funded Arabic channel

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Editor 63 Views Alhurra TV, any basis, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Bush administration, CNN Worldwide, consultant, credibility, discriminate, equal opportunity employer, evil actions, expressing sympathies, Grand Ayatollah, health complications, Hezbollah-tied cleric, Holocaust, honor killing, Inc. (MBN), international news-gathering, Islamic Jihad, Islamic terrorist, Israeli citizens, massive operation, media outlet, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Middle Eastern, Middle Eastern affairs, military personnel, Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, North African, Octavia Nasr, Parisa Khosravi, promoting women’s rights, publicly-funded Arabic TV station, revamp, senior CNN editor, senior vice president, Shariah law, Shi’a cleric, spiritual leader, spokesperson, tacit support, technical issues, the network, tribal system, tweet

Source: BPR   A former senior CNN editor who was fired from the network for being too open about her

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Reza Pahlavi: “Italy should stop financing the Teheran terrorist regime”

October 6, 2019October 9, 2019 Editor 118 Views advocate, allies, an affront, assertive role, attacks, biography, citizens, civil disobedience, compatriots, constituent assembly, convictions, countrymen, critical component, culturally, disastrous consequences, economically, embolden, equality of all people, escalate the confrontation, European countries, financially engaging, freedom-loving individuals, fundamental rights, futile, future of Iran, global terror, human dignity, humanity, inherently flawed, Italian government, leader, leading role, lose-lose proposition, Mahan Air, massive campaign, maximum pressure strategy, military operations, military reaction, nuclear agreement, Obama administration, operate flights, oppression, Paolo Mastrolilli, Parliament, parliamentary, personal opinion, political ideologies, popular movement, popular referendum, predicament, prerogative, principles of freedom, ree and fair elections, Regime change, regime’s campaign of domestic and global terror, representatives, Rome and Milan, Saudi oil facilities, secular democracy, security, separation of religion and state, system of government, terror arms, the Iranian people, the regime’s behavior, Trump administration, uniting the opposition, violated, vision, war, weaken the regime, Western leaders, Western Powers., wreak havoc

By Paolo Mastrolilli  Source: La Stampa (Italy) Paolo Mastrolilli: Your biography describes you as “a leader and advocate of the

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German intelligence reports on Iran’s illicit nuclear activities met with silence from European powers

October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Editor 90 Views acquire and redistribute, Angela Pley, Arms Control and Regional Security Project, Banking and Business Forum Iran Europe, building nuclear weapons, centrifuges, chemical-biological, compliance, Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, conference in Berlin, conventional weapons, Department of Economic and Sustainable Development, electrical engineering, Emily B. Landau, espionage, European powers, foreign intelligence services, Fredrik Dahl, German intelligence, German state of Hesse, higher education system, illegal attempts, Institute for National Security Studies, intelligence services, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian regime, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), North Korea, nuclear weapons technology, Pakistan, political leadership, procurement activities, proliferation, regional and international crisis situations, State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Syria, technical know-how, Tel Avi, transport routes, university institute, uranium enrichment, US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), zero attention

By Benjamin Weinthal Source: FoxNews Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Serious questions have emerged about the International Atomic Energy

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Karma visits Javad Zarif

September 30, 2019October 7, 2019 Editor 202 Views a defense, Abbas Abdi, arrested, Bob Levinson, Brian Hook, cancer treatment, charges, city of Mash'had, Columbus Circle, comrade, convicted, delegations, dichotomy, diplomat, distortion, dying, editorial board, enfant terrible, examples, exchange, exiled, faked, FBI agent, headquarters, hospital, hostage-taker, hostages, human rights violations, hypocrisy, imprisoned in Iran, Iranian girlfriend, irony, JFK airport, Journalist, Judiciary, Long Island City, Machiavellian, Majid Takht Ravanchi, Manhattan, medical care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Michael White, mission, ousting, parameters, political action, prohibited, proviso, radius, raise hell, reformist faction, restrictions, Richard Grenell, Robert Levinson, Salam newspaper, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, social media sites, Supreme Leader, trademark, tweet, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), United Nations General Assembly, US citizens, US Embassy in Tehran, US Navy veteran, US State Department, US State Department’s special representative for Iran, US technology, whereabouts

By Banafsheh Zand and Sophie Baron In July, Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Khomeinist regime’s foreign minister, traveled to New York

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The Real Warmongers in Washington

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 Editor 114 Views ad nauseam, apocalyptic, beating the drums of war, Ben Rhodes, cadre of pundits, campaign, Democratic politicians, destructive behavior, diplomacy, disseminate, excursion, far-left, headlines, Hossein Salami, imaginary war, impending war, intention, Iran experts, Iran nuclear deal, Iranian-American community, Jamal Abdi, Journalist, left-wing media, mass hysteria, Missiles, motif, National Iranian American Council (NIAC), Negar Mortazavi, Obama’s appeasement policy, op-ed articles, opportunity, pathological dishonesty, peace-keeping, peace-loving, Persian Gulf, policies, policy director, President Trump, pro-regime elements, Propaganda, public deception, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), rhetoric, Soviet Union, talking points, the American people, the Communist Party, the Left, Trita Parsi, Trump administration, Twin Towers, U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, USS Abraham Lincoln, verbatim, war scare, war with Iran, warmongers

By falsely claiming that Trump is provoking Iran, leftists actually push the two countries closer to war. By Reza Behrouz

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Human Rights Watch analysis shows lopsided coverage of Iran versus Saudi Arabia

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 Editor 110 Views abuses, Alavi Foundation, Amnesty International, anti-Shah policy, Aryeh Neier, breakthrough, Carter administration, civil status, Columbia University, commentary, coverage, critical perspective, David Feith, disproportionate, Eastern Province, emeritus, executions, Executive Director, FOREIGN MINISTER, foreign policy, founding chairman, free country, Gary Sick, genocidal, Gulf/2000 project, homosexuals, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Idlib, Iran nuclear deal, Iranian Revolution, Israeli citizens, Javad Zarif, Johnathan Foreman, Kenneth Roth, Kingdom, lift restrictions, LobeLog, lopsided, male guardians, media, Middle East and North Africa Division, minimum age, Mohammed bin Salman, moral principles, Mostazafan Foundation, National Iranian American Council (NIAC), National Security Council, negative coverage, news releases, NGO, Obama administration, online coverage, organization, passport control, passports, per capita, personnel, pro-Iran bias, retweets, Robert L. Bernstein, Saudi Arabia, small amount, statements, Syrian attacks, tenure, think tank, traveling abroad, Trita Parsi, tweets, US foreign policy, violations, widespread, without permission

Source: Al Arabiya   While Saudi Arabia earlier this month introduced breakthrough changes allowing women over the age of 21

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Turkish prosecutor listed letter from US senators as evidence of terrorism against critics

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 Editor 85 Views Alaeddin Kaya, basic principles, Chuck Schumer, criminal evidence, Democracy, dictatorship, Dumanlı and Karaca, education, Ekrem Dumanlı, enemies of Turkey, equal opportunity, Erhan Karakaya, European standards, Fethullah Gülen, free enterprise, free society, general manager, government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Gülen movement, Hakan Atilla, Hidayet Karaca, High Criminal Court, human rights violations, İlhan İşbilen, indictment, institutions, interfaith dialogue, Jewish lobby, judge Selfet Giray, justice system, Koza İpek Media Group, members of Congress, multiculturalism, Muslim scholar, parallel state, pro-government, propaganda campaign, prosecutor Serdar Coşkun, Reza Zarrab, Roger Wicker, Salih Ay, Samanyolu Media Group, sanctions buster, Secretary of State John Kerry, Senators Bob Menendez, Serhat Albayrak, Terrorism, Terrorist Organization, Turkish court, Turkish judiciary, TV network, UN conventions, universal principles, US senators, US Senators Charles E. Schumer, US-based, Zaman daily’s editor-in-chief

Source: Nordic Monitor   Official documents obtained by Nordic Monitor revealed that a Turkish court treated the call of 74

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Jamal Abdi Says Protest against NIAC Were Organized by the State Department

July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 Editor 224 Views astroturf groups, demonstration in Washington, fake news, fake Twitter personas, Fox News, fraudulent report, Islamofascist regime, Jamal Abdi, Maryam Memarsadeghi, National Iranian American Council (NIAC), NIAC president, Regime change, State Department, UrduPoint, US State Department-funded propaganda program, Zeeshan Aziz

  By the Apadana Chronicle Editorial Board   A suspicious news website has published a fraudulent report claiming activists “allegedly linked to a

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BREAKING : BBC Accepts Iran’s Demand Of Blackout On Its Persian Sites Amid Regime’s Attacks On Press

July 15, 2019October 8, 2019 Editor 306 Views Arabic Service, BBC correspondent, BBC Persian, BBC Persian digital editor, British broadcaster, broadcasting service, Chinese government, citizen journalists, Death penalty, director-general, Evin Prison, foreign correspondent, harassment, HuffPost, Iranian government, Martin Patience, media organizations, Persian-language channel, press freedom, Reporters Without Borders, threats, Tony Hall, United Nations, World Press Freedom Index

A deal to not share reporting from Iran on BBC Persian has angered staffers who see it as complicity with

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