Author: AIAINY

The back-and-forth between supporters and opponents of the Iranian nuclear agreement has yielded at least one positive outcome: It has put a spotlight on the human rights situation in Iran. What is happening there — the executions, imprisonments, intimidation and repression — is nothing less than a war by the regime against its own people. As we look to the future, we should recognize that blocking the mullahs’ technological paths to the bomb … Read More

A protester wearing a large mask bearing the likeness of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends an anti-Rouhani rally outside United Nations headquarters ahead of the leader’s address to the 70th session of the U.N. General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) NEW YORK (AP) — Iranian-American protesters said Monday … Read More

We’ve heard it before: “peace in our time.” And we’ve also heard the words of those who got it right, like Winston Churchill, who famously said, “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last.” Sure, the deal with Germany in 1938 is not an equivalent to the recent P5+1 deal signed with Iran, but many of the principles are the same and history has given us a lesson on how to handle them. Neville Chamberlin signed a treaty with Nazi Germany… Read More

As Maryam reflects upon her experiences as a woman in Iran, she takes a moment to sip her chai tea latte. Strands of strawberry blonde hair spill out rebelliously from beneath her Adidas visor, and through the window of the coffee shop, the bright glare from the large advertisements surrounding Times Square illuminate the side of her face. Read More Article by: Olivia Lace-Evans British multimedia journalist based in New York. Documentary specialist at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)— Hundreds gathered in Manhattan on Thursday to protest Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during his remarks before the U.N. General Assembly. Former U.S. diplomats John Bolton and Bill Richardson were expected to address the protesters. Former Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Robert F. Kennedy’s daughter Kerry Kennedy were also expected to speak. Read More

Protesters demonstrate against the government of Iran outside United Nations headquarters as the 69th session of the U.N. General Assembly convenes, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in New York… Hundreds of people gathered Thursday in a plaza outside the United Nations to protest what they said was Iran’s continued support of terrorism, its poor record on human rights and its deceptive tactics in nuclear negotiations as the country’s president delivered remarks to world leaders. Read More

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the Iranian regime to release all political prisoners and journalists including the Washington Post’s reporter and his wife who are being held in Iran. … Read More

In August 2013, twenty-four years after serving as the representative of the Supreme Leader in the mullahs’ highest security organization, the Supreme Security Council, Hassan Rouhani took office as the President of the Iranian regime. His foremost motto as the new man in office was “moderation.” Those who advocate for change from within the religious dictatorship fell head over heels for the new president, hoping for an overture with Iran while keeping the regime in power. They hope for an end to the era of extremism marked by Mohmoud Ahmadinejad, which promises to open the doors to economic trade and…

NCRI-Camp Liberty is a concentration camp where the residents have been abandoned by the US, the United Nations and its Iraqi envoy Martin Kobler, former New York mayor Rudy Guiliani has told a conference in Paris. The Iranian dissidents needed urgent protection, and should all be moved to safety – and even taken to America – immediately, he said. Mr. Guiliani also branded new Iranian president Hassan Rohani a ‘killer’ with ‘blood on his hands’. He said: “I said two years ago that Camp Liberty was going to be a concentration camp and worse, a killing field. I am very, very sad to say that…