U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran has to start behaving like a “normal country,” as the United States prepares to reimpose sanctions on Tehran.
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Reports of Protests Continue Across Iran as Seminary Attacked
Sporadic protests taking place in cities in Iran, with rioters attacking a Shiite seminary west of Tehran as Iranians brace for a return of U.S. sanctions.
Imprisoned Saudi Human Rights Activists Need To Be Freed
Crackdown against human rights defenders and activists, including women’s rights activists in Saudi Arabia shows no signs of letting up
Needless Fighting is Ensured if Threats Dominate Middle East Dialogue
From my perspective, it seems Israel should go all in for the two state agreement followed up with humanitarian aid for Palestine. Israel may even gain some friends in the process.
At A Showing Of The Film Existir Es Resistir In Cadiz, Spain
While I was in Cadiz, Spain, I attended an event at the Universidad de Málaga, where there was a showing of the film Existir Es Resistir and I interviewed activist Ahmad Jaradat from Hebron, West Bank.
Bill Passed to Block Popular Egyptian Social Media Accounts
The legislation labels personal social media accounts and empowers authorities to block them as “fake news.”
Iraq Cuts Internet Services to Quell Widespread Protests
Protests over high unemployment, poor government services and corruption spread from Basra to Baghdad, Najaf, Amaraand Nasiriyah
How Egypt Uses Counterterror Laws to Prosecute Political Dissent
Before the March election the Egyptian police and National Security Agency forces carried out a wave of arrests
Shocking Allegations of Torture in UAE-Run Yemen Prisons
War crimes investigation urged into disappearances, torture and likely deaths in prisons run by the UAE in Yemen
Low-Key Funeral Held For Iran’s Longest-Held Political Prisoner
Former deputy prime minister became one of the country’s most prominent jailed dissidents