While Making International Deals & Encouraging Tourism, Iran Should Respect Religious Minorities, Including Converts Like Saeed Abedini
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By DOUG BANDOW Nuclear negotiations with Iran continue in Vienna. Skeptics remain many: everything depends on whether the ruling elite, and not just President Hassan Rouhani, is serious about reform. Iran should demonstrate its commitment by respecting religious liberty. The most celebrated case of persecution today is Saeed…
British Woman May Face Hanging by Iran for Insulting Islam- Tourists Beware!
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British woman, Roya Nobakht may face execution for insulting Islam. The notes from Dr. Azam’s medical journal include a crushed toe, broken fingers, missing fingernails, broken ribs, a skull fracture, severe abdominal bruising, marks of flogging on her back and feet [and] extensive damage to her genitals. Dutch…
Forced Conversion to Islam Serious Threat to Religious Freedom in Pakistan- Troublesome Trend in Middle East & Africa
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Forced conversion to Islam of Christian and Hindu girls continues to rise in Pakistan. A recent report launched by the MSP (Movement for Solidarity and Peace) revealed that 1,000 Christian and Hindu girls, aged between 12 and 25, are forced to convert to Islam every year. It is…
Imprisoned U.S. Marine in Tehran Was Secretly Convicted, Lawyer Says
FreeAllThree.com: This article is encouraging in that the Hekmati family has heard very little for two years. It also sheds light on how the Iranian justice system works and interacts with its own government. Americans: we need to continue to pray for Amir, Pastor Saeed Abedini and Robert Levinson. The storm always looks worst, darkest, before the sun…
No Political Prisoners Among 920 Pardoned this week in Iran
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has pardoned 920 Iranian prisoners on the anniversary of the Islamic Republic of Iran on March 31, 2014. According to the Iranian news agencies, after Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani sent a letter to the Supreme Leader recommending pardons and reductions in the sentences of 920 prisoners, Ayatollah…
DEBKAfile Dispatches: 4.4.2014 – Israel, Iran & other Mideast News Briefs
FreeAllThree.com sifts through the weekly dispatches and recaps the items related to Mid-East developments that may be of interest. Articles are written from an Israeli perspective, but in most cases are objective. Israel lives in a tough neighborhood and these dispatches reflect that tension. The long reach of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG) often results in Iran’s fingerprints on much of the turmoil and…
Health Worsens for Father of former U.S. Marine Imprisoned in Iran
By RICK GLADSTONE Amir Hekmati’s family, including his father (center), are “all in prison” until he returns. (photo from Facebook) April 1, 2014, NY Times The doctor for the terminally ill father of Amir Hekmati, the 30-year-old former Marine imprisoned in Iran, has written to the Iranian judicial authorities asking them to release Mr. Hekmati…
Iran: Release ALL Americans Now! 