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More Sanctions Against Iran, US-led Arms Embargo
The United States is attempting to extend an international arms embargo on Iran’s regime via a second draft U.N. Security Council resolution. If this bid is unsuccessful, Washington has threatened a return of all U.N.…
Exclusive: Videos from the Beirut Explosion
A massive explosion ripped through Lebanon’s capital Beirut Tuesday, killing at least 100 and injuring over 4,000, according to the health ministry. Reports indicate a sizable amount of ammonium nitrate, an explosive compound, was being…
Why I Got My Concealed Weapon Permit – By The Foreign Desk Intern
Just recently, one of our very own interns at The Foreign Desk underwent certification training for a Carrying a Concealed Weapon (CCW) permit. “There has been a strain on police departments amid continuing protests, that’s…
Iran Women’s Defender Faces 24 Years in Prison For Not Wearing Compulsory Headscarf
20-year-old Iranian women’s rights defender Saba Kord Afshari was arrested on June 1, 2019 and sentenced to 24 years in prison for refusing to wear a regime-mandated headscarf in public. Afshari was sent to a prison under the jurisdiction of…
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Iran Desk
More Sanctions Against Iran, US-led Arms Embargo
The United States is attempting to extend an international arms embargo on Iran’s regime via a second draft U.N. Security Council resolution. If this bid is unsuccessful, Washington has threatened…
Iran Women’s Defender Faces 24 Years in Prison For Not Wearing Compulsory Headscarf
20-year-old Iranian women’s rights defender Saba Kord Afshari was arrested on June 1, 2019 and sentenced to 24 years in prison for refusing to wear a regime-mandated headscarf in public. Afshari was sent to a…
From the ground
Babies Sold In Iran Via Instagram
Authorities have arrested three men in Iran for allegedly attempting to sell newborn babies on the photo-sharing Instagram platform. According to reporting by the semi-official ISNA news agency, the men…
Iran Sees Third ‘Honor Killing’ In A Month
Rayhaneh Ameri, 22, was recently killed in Kerman, Iran by her father for returning home late one night. In a violent rage, Rayhaneh’s father allegedly beat her with an axe,…
Iranian Student Arrested Without Warrant Catches Coronavirus
A 20-year-old computer science major arrested on April 10 at his parents’ home in Tehran by the regime forces has now reportedly contracted COVID-19 while in custody. Ali Younesi, a high-achieving…
LA Synagogue Founded by Holocaust Survivors Responds to Graffiti Attack “Free Palestine, F- Israel” Amidst Riots
It is the morning after the Beth Israel Synagogue in Los Angeles’ largely Jewish Fairfax district was vandalized Saturday night with graffiti that read “Free Palestine,” and “F- Israel.” After…
Muslim Father in Uganda Burns Daughter for Converting to Christianity
A 24-year-old woman in Uganda was beaten and burned all over her body by her father, a teacher of Islam, when he found out about her conversion to Christianity, according…
5 terror groups’ calls to Jihad following Trump’s Jerusalem announcement
As world leaders respond to President Donald Trump’s announcement Wednesday of plans to move the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, terrorist groups are also making…
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Not Without My Mullahs: Russia Declines Warsaw Conference After Iran Not Invited
Far be it from Russia to show loyalty in geopolitics, but in this case, Russia says since Iran is not invited to next month’s world conference on the Middle East taking place in Warsaw, they…
Terror strikes Israel, Mali and France
Israel ISIS claimed a first attack in Israel, when a female border patrol officer was killed in a coordinated stabbing/shooting attack Friday. Three attackers carrying knives and an automatic weapon were shot dead by Israeli…
Germany arrests ISIS Amaq news operative who broadcasted terror claims
German authorities arrested a Syrian man accused of being a member of ISIS and broadcasting the terror group’s claims for attacks in the West to its media outlets in the ‘Caliphate,’ according to law enforcement…
ISIS calls on "Muslims in France" to launch Election Day attacks
ISIS has called upon Muslims in France to “kill candidates” and “burn down polling stations” as the country prepares to vote in the second round of the presidential election this weekend. An article appearing in…
Majority of Paris attackers entered Europe posing as refugees
Seven of the nine ISIS jihadis who launched a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris last November entered Europe by posing as refugees. The attackers were part of a group of 14 who plotted…
Israel Desk
Iran Bill Bans Israeli Technology
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the implementation of a new bill that will prohibit the purchase and use of any form of technology developed in Israel. Using Israeli software platforms, products, and hardware constitutes…
Video: Dramatic West Bank Car Ramming and Stabbing Terror Attack
A surveillance camera captured a Palestinian terrorist ram his van into a an Israeli border police officer Wednesday morning, and then exiting his car attempting to stab the officer at a checkpoint between the West…