Shiraz

November 30, 2023 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst

Deploy the Precision Strike Missile to the Middle East

The US Army is about to get its hands on a brand new long-range strike capability. In this op-ed, two FDD analysts have ideas about where it's desperately needed.

February 7, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran ‘sham’ trial of California resident sparks allegations that world powers have abandoned him

Iranian regime 'scapegoating an innocent man' over bombing allegations, Jamshid Sharmahd's daughter says

February 3, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran regime’s ‘Death to America’ wrestling head cancels match with US team after visa denial

Iranian wrestler Alireza Dabir won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Olympics

January 6, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran wrestling chief, US green card holder, calls for a violent ‘Death to America’

Dabir's statement comes a year after a former Iranian wrestling champion was executed for protesting corruption in the country

September 8, 2021 | Sardar Pashaei, Benjamin Weinthal, Alireza Nader

Why The Iranian Regime’s Murder Of A Champion Wrestler Matters

This Sunday, September 12, will mark one year since Iran’s clerical regime executed the champion Greco-Roman wrestler Navid Afkari for expressing opposition to the religious dictatorship in Iran. His...

June 17, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

California man imprisoned in Iran is blocked from legal counsel as health worsens, daughter says

The 66-year-old man has been detained by the Iranian government since July 2020

December 21, 2020 | Hossein Khosrov Ali Vaziri, Benjamin Weinthal, Alireza Nader

The Olympics must ban Iran

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and United World Wrestling (UWW) — the global governing body for amateur wrestling—squandered a chance to save the life of Navid Afkari, the Iranian champion put...

September 16, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal, Alireza Nader

Iran Must Be Banned From International Sports

The Islamic Republic in Iran has executed Navid Afkari, a young wrestler with a potentially bright future ahead of him. Navid’s execution has led to a major outcry among Iranians in Iran and among the...

September 7, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

British minister opposes death penalty for Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari

UK now joins US, Germany in urging Iran to stop execution of reportedly innocent wrestler.

September 3, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Ex US intel head urges Olympics to probe Iran’s execution of wrestler

The former US acting director of national intelligence on Wednesday urged the organizers of the Olympics to intervene in the slated execution of an Iranian national champion wrestler.

September 1, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran imposes double execution on champion wrestler for peacefully protesting regime

Courts in the Iranian city of Shiraz slapped a champion wrestler with a shocking penalty of two death sentences and whipping for protesting in 2018 against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s disastrous...

August 12, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

The tyrants’ reach

Despots now threaten free speech even in free countries

July 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran dealt new set back with Austrian airlines cancelling flights

The alpine country’s Austrian Airlines announced on Friday that it will stop service to the Iranian cities Isfahan and Shiraz, delivering another business set back to the Islamic Republic o...

February 2, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Iran’s Human Rights Failure

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s human rights record remained atrocious under the so-called moderate President Hassan Rouhani, according to a newly released Human Rights Watch report on Wedne...

September 12, 2014 | |

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.

May 13, 2014 |

The Islamic Republic of Iran Under President Hassan Rouhani

Violation of Human Rights and State Sponsorship of International Terror Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for providing me with this opportunity to share my...

May 30, 2013 | Mark Dubowitz

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Guardians of the Revolution and Violators of Human Rights

Honorable members of this subcommittee, I am privileged to appear before you today to discuss the role of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a vast system of domestic repres...

July 7, 2011 | Faster, Please! |

Iran Approaching Fission? I’m Talking Politics, Not Nukes…

The mullahs have stepped up their tempo of killing, both at home and abroad.  The main difference is that the Iranian citizens who are tortured and executed are slaughtered by fellow-Iranian...

June 13, 2010 | Telegraph

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Cash in After a Year of Suppressing Dissent

In return for standing by him in the bloody crackdown that saw thousands arrested and up to 100 people killed, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has awarded a series of lucrative oil and gas deals to G...