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  1. Truthseeker

    The Islamic Republic in Iran is losing it's hold on the population there

    I warn Baha'is not to advocate the overthrow of the government of Iran. Any discussion should be factual only. Closing Circles: Iran’s Exclusionary 2024 Elections | Crisis Group On 1 March, Iran held its twelfth parliamentary election since the 1979 revolution as well as its sixth contest for...
  2. ronki23

    Iran and Saudi Arabia: Double Standards ?

    Why do Iranians complain about the mandatory headscarf rule in Iran while the Saudi Arabians do not appear to complain about it ? Why do we make documentaries and news articles about the protests in Iran but say nothing about Saudi Arabia ? Is Islam to blame?
  3. ronki23

    Iran's headscarf crackdown: blame Islam ?

    If girls in Iran are getting beaten, arrested and killed by security forces, is it the fault of Islam ? Does this mean Islam will decline with time as more and more Iranians rise up against the regime ?
  4. Truthseeker

    Iran Urged To Free Baha’i Poet “Unjustly” Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

    Sorry, this is 13 days late: DECEMBER 30, 2022 IRANWIRE The Australian chapter of PEN International, a freedom of expression group, has strongly condemned the detention of award-winning Baha’i writer and poet Mahvash Sabet in Tehran’s Evin Prison, where she is being held in solitary...
  5. Truthseeker

    Sanctions against the leaders of Iranian security organizations

    Mahsa Amini protests: US sanctions Iran’s ‘morality police’ The death last week of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old who was arrested in Tehran for “unsuitable attire”, has unleashed a wave of anger across Iran, as well as global condemnation. On Thursday, the US Department of the Treasury sanctioned...
  6. Truthseeker

    Fresh wave of arrests and raids across Iran as Bahá’ís absurdly accused of “colonialism”

    “Senseless cruelty”: Fresh wave of arrests and raids across Iran as Bahá’ís absurdly accused of “colonialism” | BWNS Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence issued an appalling statement of oppressive hate propaganda against the persecuted Bahá’í religious minority yesterday in an attempt to justify...
  7. Truthseeker

    An opinion that Western Media is not reporting Repression in Iran as it should

    Opinion | Western Media Aren’t Telling You the Truth About Iran There is repression going on in Iran and the Western media focuses on getting a nuclear deal, which is hypocrisy by the Western powers when they have nuclear weapons themselves! Do they really think Iran will actually use a nuclear...
  8. danieldemol

    Iran sentences German human rights advocate to 10 years in prison over 'propaganda'

    'A German-Iranian woman was sentenced to prison on Wednesday, charged with participating in "the management of an illegal group and propaganda activities against the regime," according to HRANA news agency. Nahid Taghavi was arrested at her Tehran apartment in October 2020 and has been held at...
  9. Brickjectivity

    Iran & USA information wars

    Here's an article stating that Iran is behind certain channels that it uses to fight against USA. Says that there are seven satellite stations run by Iran's totalitarian government: Al-alam, Al-kawthar, Sahar TV, Press TV, HispanTV, ifilm TV. "...there are both offensive and defensive elements...
  10. danieldemol

    Iran's hardline presidential frontrunner could take the country back to a dark past...

    Iran's hardline presidential frontrunner could take the country back to a dark past, just as Iranians are itching for change [Ebrahim] 'Raisi has played a decades-long role in a bloody crackdown on Iranian dissidents. The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has accused him of crimes against...
  11. danieldemol

    Iran Presidential Vote: Red Lines, Warnings, And Cash Promised For Newly-Weds

    There was a lot to digest in this article, let me see if I can summarise the main points; Tehran's prosecutor appeared to make vague threats towards the candidates. 'Tehran's Prosecutor Ali Alghasi Mehr told presidential candidates on Sunday "not to cross the Islamic Republic's red lines," and...
  12. danieldemol

    Iran sentences activist to 30 months jail, flogging

    'Iranian rights activist and journalist Narges Mohammadi was released from jail in October, but faces a return to jail after being handed a new sentence of 80 lashes and 30 months incarceration' Source: Iran sentences activist to 30 months jail, flogging - France 24 'Mohammadi, 49, a...
  13. ronki23

    Saudi Arabian schools to teach Ramayan and Mahabharat

    I don't know how true this is but as far as I know you're not even allowed to wear a crucifix or Star of David pendant. What is life like in Iran where there are minorities ? Maybe that can show us how it may turn out in KSA
  14. danieldemol

    John Smith lived a secret life before fleeing to Australia and changing his name

    'The Iranian-born reverend now known as John Smith was arrested twice after secretly converting to Christianity in his homeland and put into isolation. Fleeing to Australia, he was free to establish a unique church for others like him... ...Born in Iran to a Muslim family, he attended mosque...
  15. danieldemol

    Iran's use of ‘electric shocks’ on gay children is torture, says UN report

    'A UN report released Wednesday on widespread human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran contains shocking findings that the theocratic state imposed electric torture on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children. The UN Special Rapporteur for the Islamic Republic of Iran...
  16. danieldemol

    Iranian nuclear program head Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated

    'The head of Iran's nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, 59, was assassinated in Damavand, east of Tehran, Iran confirmed on Friday afternoon. "The nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated today by terrorists," the Iranian Defense Ministry wrote in a statement, not blaming any...
  17. ronki23

    How are Gulf economies sustainable ?

    No tax and government provides most public services free of charge. That oil will run out one day
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    • Thread
    • azerbaijan bahrain iran iraq libya oman qatar saudi arabia uae united arab emirates
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    • Forum: Middle Eastern Politics
  18. ronki23

    How does Arab and Persian / Iranic culture differ ?

    I'm surprised that they (Iranics) still follow Islam and the Dari, Tajik, Farsi and Urdu alphabets use Arabic script if they try emphasise how they're not the same as Arabs. I recall that Iran is the only Shia Iranic country whereas Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan (Pathans) are Sunni. Same...
    • ronki23
    • Thread
    • afghan afghanistan arabia arabs iran kurdistan pathanistan persia tajikistan
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: General Discussion
  19. danieldemol

    UAE normalization deal with Israel is ‘apostasy’: deputy speaker of Iran

    UAE normalization deal with Israel is ‘apostasy’: deputy speaker 'TEHRAN - Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, the first deputy speaker of the Iranian Parliament, denounced on Saturday a normalization deal between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi as an act of “apostasy” by the UAE. “Islam, as a religion...
  20. danieldemol

    Iran journalist who 'inspired' 2017 protests sentenced to death

    ‘Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam, accused of inspiring mass anti-government protests in 2017, has been sentenced to death. "The court has considered 13 counts of charges together as instances of 'corruption on earth' and therefore passed the death sentence," judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein...
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