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Chinese Official: U.S. is Failing at Human Rights, Look at Black Lives Matter

Lisa DaftariMarch 23, 2021March 23, 2021

In a high-level meeting between American and Chinese representatives in Anchorage, Alaska last week, a top Chinese diplomat condemned human rights conditions in the U.S., particularly in light of...

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Former Iran Hostage: Biden Admin. “Relinquishing” Control of Nuclear Deal Negotiations

Lisa DaftariMarch 19, 2021March 23, 2021

A former Iran hostage believes the Biden administration is “relinquishing” control of JCPOA negotiations with the Iranian regime in its “desperate” attempts to get Iran to engage in diplomatic...

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‘Cyrus Accords’ Promise a “Hopeful Future” for Iran and Israel

Lisa DaftariFebruary 10, 2021February 11, 2021

For years, the repeated paradigm for Iran policy in Washington has been the same: Bomb Iran, or let Iran get the bomb. Generally speaking, Conservatives have taken a more...

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Not Without My Mullahs: Russia Declines Warsaw Conference After Iran Not Invited

Lisa DaftariJanuary 22, 2019January 22, 2021

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...

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Iran regime forces confront teachers’ protest with tear gas and arrests

Lisa DaftariDecember 27, 2018January 22, 2021

A gathering of Iran’s teachers in Isfahan Thursday was met with harsh contact with regime forces who threatened the protestors and sprayed tear gas, forcing them to disperse, according...

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Israeli-American Israel advocate, Ari Fuld, 45, stabbed to death by Palestinian terrorist

Lisa DaftariSeptember 16, 2018

A Palestinian terrorist stabbed and killed well-known U.S.-born Israel advocate Ari Fuld, 45, Sunday outside a busy shopping mall at the nearby Gush Etzion Junction. After being stabbed, video footage...

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UPDATE: Jordan immigrant gets death penalty in Texas “honor killings” case

Lisa DaftariAugust 15, 2018January 22, 2021

The Jordanian immigrant found guilty by a Texas jury of killing his American son-in-law and his daughter’s close friend in “honor killings” linked to her marriage to a non-Muslim...

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Jordanian man convicted of “honor killings” may receive the death penalty

Lisa DaftariJuly 27, 2018

A man of Jordanian descent may receive the death penalty after he was found guilty by a Texas jury of killing his American son-in-law and his daughter’s close friend...

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All-woman jihadi cell arrested for Westminster knife attack plot

Lisa DaftariJune 15, 2018

An all-female terror cell, the first of its kind, has been arrested and incarcerated for attempting to carry out a knife attack in Westminster, according to the Central Criminal...

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State Dept. strengthens Iran travel warning to U.S. citizens

Lisa DaftariJanuary 29, 2016January 22, 2021

U.S. citizens traveling to Iran, particularly Iranian-Americans, risk arrest and detention in the Islamic republic, the U.S. State Department said in a travel warning Friday. The notice, which was...

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