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Iranian Americans welcome support from U.S. lawmakers, await matching policies

Foreign Policy News
Dr. Majid Sadeghpour
It is rare to see America’s policymakers set aside party affiliations or agree to join one another in support of a cause, yet last week, more than 50 members of congress found an exception. From across the U.S. these political figures took part in a virtual conference last week, organized by […]

Blinken says Ukraine sanctions on Russia not linked with Iran nuclear talks

Reuters
March 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – The sanctions imposed on Russia over its Ukraine invasion have nothing to do with a potential nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday, after Russia’s demand a day before on written guarantees from Washington that its punitive measures won’t harm cooperation on […]

Biden Plans Renewed Nuclear Talks With Russia While Punishing Kremlin, Adviser Says

The New York Times

By David E. Sanger

Jan. 3, 2021

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s incoming national security adviser said on Sunday that the new administration would move quickly to renew the last remaining major nuclear arms treaty with Russia, even while seeking to make President Vladimir V. Putin pay for what appeared to be the largest-ever hacking […]

UN human rights experts urge Iran to abandon restrictive internet bill

GENEVA (1 March 2022) – UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Iran to abandon its efforts to enact a new law that would effectively isolate the country from the global internet.
The Iranian Parliament may soon ratify the “Regulatory System for Online Services Bill” – more commonly referred to as the “User […]

Belgian Court Hands Iranian Diplomat 20 Years for Terrorism Plot

By Jamie Dettmer
February 04, 2021

Police patrol during the trial of four persons, including an Iranian diplomate and Belgian-Iranian couple at the courthouse in Antwerp, Belgium, Feb. 4, 2021.

An Iranian who claimed diplomatic immunity from prosecution was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Belgian court on Thursday for an attempted 2018 bombing in Paris.
The court […]