United Nations’ Bigotry Towards Israel: UNRWA Anti-semitism Poisons Palestinian Youth
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Ahmed Shaheed
How Biden, Congress can stop the UN from legitimizing antisemitism
United Nations officials urged countries in October and November to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, the global benchmark for identifying...
Policy Briefs
To fight anti-Semitism, the UN must first define it
The United States “must deal with the insanity at the center of the Human Rights Council — persistent and egregious anti-Israel bias,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft declared last...
Op-eds
Profiles of Iranian Repression
Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic
Monographs
UN Appoints New Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday appointed Javaid Rehman, a British-Pakistani...
Policy Briefs
Hunger Strikes: The Last Resort for Iran’s Desperate Prisoners
Arash Sadeghi, a political prisoner in Iran, is 13 months into a 19-year sentence in...
Policy Briefs
Iran Deal Cannot Whitewash Regime’s Deplorable Human Rights Record
As we mark the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) this week, the Iranian regime continues to repress its p...
Op-eds
Now Is Not The Time To Lift Sanctions On Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran is energetically trying to legitimize its financial sector despite a decades-long rap sheet of illicit financial activities. Since the conclusion of the nuclear deal,...
Policy Briefs
Exploring the available economic levers to enhance respect for human rights
Thank you, Chair and Honourable Senators for inviting me here today. I commend this committee for turning its attention to the promotion of human rights abroad. Multiculturalism, which according...
Legislative Testimonies
Understanding the Role of Sanctions Under the Iran Deal
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Legislative Testimonies
Terrorism, Missiles and Corruption: The Risks of Economic Engagement with Iran
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Legislative Testimonies
Iran Accountability Week
Introduction: Chairman Munson, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to appear before this distinguished committee. I applaud the Canadian Parliament for t...
Legislative Testimonies
Analysis: A Human Rights Record Worse Than Ahmadinejad’s
President Rouhani has gone to great lengths to try to put a human face on the Islamic Republic’s regime. He has failed. “The human rights situation in the country remai...
Op-eds
And Now, Iran Wins a Seat on Governing Board of UN Agency for Women
It’s not only at the nuclear talks that Iran is goose-stepping right over those polite U.S. diplomats to grab all it can get. At the United Nations, Iran has just w...
Op-eds
Still Needed: Regime Change in Iran
In December 2010, a Tunisian fruit-stand vendor set himself ablaze to protest the arbitrary closure of his business. Mohamed Bouazizi’s suicide sparked an upheaval in Tunisia that...
Op-eds
Are Iran’s Broken Human Rights Promises a Sign of Failure for Nuclear Deal?
President Hassan Rouhani has not delivered on his pledge to loosen the vice on personal freedoms in Iran’s largely closed society. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations speci...
Op-eds
Treating Our Friends Like Enemies
The Obama administration’s foreign policy provides a kind of porcelain alliance for America’s allies across the world. Three telling cases in point over the last week brought things t...
Op-eds
Analysis: If Iran Can’t Hold Human Rights Pledges, How Can it Abide by Nuke Deal?
BERLIN – The award of this week’s Nobel Peace Prize to Taliban victim...
Op-eds
Iran Rising
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Op-eds
The Islamic Republic of Iran Under President Hassan Rouhani
Thank you for providing me with this opportunity to share my analysis with you. Allow me in particular to express my gratitude to this subcommittee for raising the twin issues of the Islamic Republic’s use of terror against its own citizens, and the regime’s sponsorship of international terrorism.