Germany Closes Islamic Center Due to Iran and Hezbollah Ties
Berlin shut down the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) due to its ties with Iran and Hezbollah and its promotion of radical Islamism, the German Interior Ministry said on July 24. Acting...
Mykonos
Belgium Weighs Iran’s Hostage Swap Request, Convicted Diplomat for Aid Worker
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on April 27 that his government is examining a request by Tehran to release convicted terrorist mastermind and jailed Iranian diplomat...
Flash Briefs
Iranian Professor At US College Complicit In Crimes Against Humanity
Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Iran’s former ambassador to the UN, is complicit in crimes against humanity by using his position as an Iranian diplomat to cover up the 1988 executions of 5,000 dissidents in...
Op-eds
An Oberlin Professor Is Under Fire for His Past
Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Iran's former ambassador to the U.N., has been accused of trying to cover up a 1988 massacre of political prisoners.
Op-eds
Tehran Continues Its Terror Campaign In Europe – Will Europeans Respond?
The Islamic Republic of Iran is waging an assassination campaign in Europe to silence its critics and pressure European governments to adopt conciliatory measures. The uptick should serve as a wakeup call....
Op-eds
U.S. Slams Germany for Refusal to Extradite Turkish Terrorist to America
Germany's legal system, according to critics, has earned a reputation over the years as being overly lenient toward terrorists involved in the murder of US officials and Israelis.
Op-eds
Iran’s Enemies
They are many and varied.
Op-eds
Iran’s Long, Bloody History of Terror and Espionage in Europe
The Iranian regime’s potent espionage and assassination network in Europe has operated largely without interruption since the Islamic revolution of 1979. European governments have caught an...
Op-eds
Iranian Kurds Join the Fight
Co-written by Jonathan Spyer The instability that has swept over the Middle East over the past half-decade has its winners and its losers. For the most part, the much-...
Op-eds
Analysis: Is Germany Ignoring the Lessons of the Holocaust?
Berlin - German politicians and world leaders marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Tuesday with didactic warnings about preserving the memory of the Holocaust. ...
Op-eds
The Man And The Myth
Urbi et Orbi, the city and the world, Tehran and the globe. In his turban and clerical robe, softly speaking of peace, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, resembles a spiritual guide mor...
Op-eds
No Charity
On April 8, German police officers raided the offices of the innocuously named Lebanon Orphan Children Project (Waisenkinderprojekt Libanon e.V.) across six states in the Federal Republic. They&n...
Op-eds
Iran’s Nuclear Shadow
During the past decade, Western diplomats have been engaged in protracted negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran over its nuclear program. Though a deal remains elusive, Western policymak...
Op-eds
Israel Key to Berlin Hezbollah Terror Label
Israeli diplomats traveled recently to Berlin and presented court documents showing Hezbollah’s role in terrorism within the European Union. The meticulous documentation coll...
Op-eds
Princeton’s Iranian Agent of Influence
The cautionary tale of Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Op-eds
Clumsy Assassins
Roya Hakakian, Assassins of the Turquoise Palace (Grove Press, 2011), $25.00. Whe...
Op-eds
An Iranian View
Roya Hakakian, an Iranian-American public intellectual who recently visited Israel, was born and raised in Iran and has a great deal to say about her birthplace. Hakakian – a...
Op-eds
Iran Shows Its True Colours
News of a thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States is still on the front pages. Yet already, some public officials and pundits are trying to suggest that the...
Op-eds
When Tehran Attacks
Iran's secretive Qods Force is rogue, but no more so than the regime that directs its actions.
Op-eds
Terrorists at the Gates
Did we invite them over?