Tzvi Kahn

August 8, 2024 | |

Iran Executes 36 Convicts in 24 Hours

Iran executed at least 36 prisoners in the space of 24 hours, the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) reported on August 7. According to the Norway-based nonprofit...

May 9, 2024 | |

Canada’s House of Commons Presses Trudeau to Designate IRGC

The Canadian House of Commons unanimously passed a motion on May 8 to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization under the Criminal Code....

August 30, 2023 | Tzvi Kahn |

U.S. hostage deal with Iran endangers Canadians

A U.S. policy that rewards Iran for taking hostages only increases the threat to Canadian citizens while undermining Ottawa’s ability to seek justice for the victims of Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752.

August 18, 2023 | |

Iran Arrests 12 Human Rights Activists Ahead of Nationwide Protests Anniversary 

Latest Developments  The regime in Iran arrested 12 human rights activists on August 16, about a month before the first anniversary of nationwide protests. The activists, 11 women and one man,...

March 18, 2022 | Tzvi Kahn |

Canada Must Bar Iranian Officials From Entering the Country

It was, at first glance, an unremarkable sight. A man in his 60s, sporting a green T-shirt and blue shorts, walks on a treadmill in a Toronto-area fitness center. Younger men and women exercise on adjacent...

October 25, 2021 | Tzvi Kahn |

The West Must Act to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program

“Time is running short.” So declared U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this month, and so it is. Since June, the Islamic Republic of Iran has refused to return to the bargaining table...

April 2, 2021 | Tzvi Kahn |

New State Department Report Documents Grave Abuses in Iran

Impunity for Iran’s systematic human rights abuses “remained pervasive throughout all levels of the government and security forces,” according to an annual review the State Department released on...

December 9, 2020 | Alireza Nader, Tzvi Kahn

Biden Must Prioritize Iran’s Human Rights Abuses In Future Talks

In his new memoir, Barack Obama recalls a moment that shocked the world. In 2009, as protestors swarmed the streets of Iran’s capital, the clerical regime’s Basij militia shot and killed a young...

October 20, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

UN Secretary-General Condemns Iran for Human Rights Abuses

The “overall situation of human rights” in Iran “remains of serious concern, owing to persistent and gross human rights violations,” the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, stated in a report...

May 1, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

USCIRF Denounces Iran’s Religious Freedom Violations

Religious freedom conditions in Iran “remained egregiously poor” in 2019, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday. The report...

April 23, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

COVID-19 in Libya

The coronavirus has barely affected Libya, according to official statistics, but the true number of cases is likely underreported. An ongoing civil war, a large refugee and migrant population, and a deficient...

March 12, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

State Department Report Documents Iran’s Systematic Human Rights Violations

The regime in Tehran commits abuse “as a matter of government policy,” with impunity for perpetrators “throughout all levels of the government and security forces,” according to an annual review...

March 6, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

Iran’s journalists are under siege

Excerpt Iran’s journalists are under siege. The Center for Human Rights in Iran reported earlier this month that the regime in Tehran was “summoning journalists, raiding their homes and confiscating...

February 25, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

U.S. Sanctions Five Members of Iran’s Guardian Council

The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned five officials who sit on Iran’s 12-member Guardian Council, which screens parliamentary and presidential candidates to ensure their fidelity to Iran’s...

January 21, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

U.S. Sanctions Iranian General for Role in Killing Protesters

The State Department on Friday sanctioned a key Iranian military official who presided over the killing of 148 protesters during the November demonstrations in the Iranian city of Mahshahr. The designation...

November 26, 2019 | Tzvi Kahn |

U.S. Sanctions Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology

The Trump administration sanctioned Iran’s minister of information and communications technology (ICT) on Friday for his longstanding role in suppressing Iranian citizens’ access to the internet. The...

November 21, 2019 | Tzvi Kahn |

So long as Iran dominates the Middle East, a new Baghdadi will rise

Excerpt On the day after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death, President Trump identified an unlikely partner in the global fight against ISIS. “Iran is right there,” he said, along with Russia, Syria,...

December 11, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn |

U.S. Urges Iran to Release Women’s Rights Activist on Hunger Strike

The State Department on Friday called on Iran to release women’s rights activist Farhad Meysami immediately, noting that his “lif...

August 28, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn

US should sanction Iran’s brutal Basij commander

An excerpt from the op-ed follows: “Move aside, animal!” the Iranian policewoman ...

August 6, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn |

US should sanction Iran’s higher education minister

In July, Iran sentenced scores of students...