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21 February 2013
Sham elections for a new form of totalitarian rule
Various Islamist groups in Iran are engaged in power struggles but all of them are part of the establishment of the Islamist dictatorship. All other secular groups, from socialists and communists, to nationalist and royalist are either forbidden or heavily persecuted....
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Article
19 February 2013
It’s time to brand Hizbollah a terror organisation
Hizbollah has turned out to be an important player in the international terror scene – which is why Europe finally has to take measures....
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Article
15 February 2013
Iranian newspaper praises German paper Freitag
Iranian newspaper Kayhan praises a German newspaper Freitag for defending the views of the Iranian leader Ali Khamenei. The newspaper, owned by Jakob Augstein, recently published an article about the Iranian-US dialogue shining a positive light on Iran’s actions....
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Article
05 February 2013
Iran-supported Lebanese Hezbollah carries out terrorist attack in Europe
Bulgarian authorities have established a link between Hezbollah and the Burgas bus bombing. Former Iranian General Mohssen Rezai praises Lebanese Hezbollah as an organisation founded by Iranian revolutionaries....
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Article
29 January 2013
Iranian Foreign Minister warns the West
Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, will attend a security conference in Munich 1st-3rd February 2013. While there, he will also speak at the German Council of Foreign Relations. According to him, Israel is the biggest problem in the Middle East, not terrorism....
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Article
27 January 2013
The embassy isn’t safe anymore
EFD Senior Policy Advisor Magnus Norell reports on the security situation in northern Africa....
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Article
24 January 2013
Iran: Public executions and amputations
Iran executes thieves to spread fear and terror among the Iranian people. However, it is more than a little doubtful that such harsh punishments will enable the regime to solve the social problems it faces....
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Article
24 January 2013
Russia’s many interests in Syria
EFD Fellow Anna Borshchevskaya discusses Russia's determination to support the Assad regime in Syria....
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Article
23 January 2013
Chair of the Iranian parliament: Israel is a “cancerous tumour”
Ali Larijani, chairperson of the Iranian pseudo-parliament, attended the Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union (IIPU) in Khartoum, Sudan on 21st and 22nd January, where he defended the Assad regime and spoke of Israel as a “cancerous tumour”....
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Article
21 January 2013
Hezbollah’s time is up
In addition to the European Union proscribing Hezbollah, NATO must also enforce a buffer zone between Lebanon and Israel....
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Article
10 January 2013
Made in Iran: Islamist anti-Semitism
It has been reported by Farsnews that an anti-Semitic cartoon festival on the Holocaust is being organised in response to Charlie Hebdo's latest move....
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Article
09 January 2013
Iranian leader Ali Khamenei maintains that in no other country elections are as free as in Iran
EFD'S Wahied Wahdat-Hagh discusses Ali Khamenei's statement: "Stop constantly saying that elections must be free"....
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Article
21 December 2012
Iran is in social and economic meltdown
With unemployment soaring and the advent of hyperinflation, the plight of ordinary workers just gets worse and worse....
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Article
12 December 2012
Iranian general praises the weapons of Lebanese Hezbollah
Iranian Air Force general, Amirali Hajizadeh, praises the weapons to the Lebanese Hezbollah saying their missiles are "a hundred times" stronger than the weapons of the eight-day war against Israel that "were used by the Palestinians in Gaza."...
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Article
07 December 2012
Iranian oppressors speak on behalf of the oppressed
Iranian students remember the "Day of the Student" to anti-dictatorial demonstrations, a day which recalls to 7th December 1953. But while many human rights-oriented students are arrested, the oppressors continue to speak on behalf of the student movement. At universities, gender discrimination against women increases. Worse still, Baha'is are not even allowed to study....
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Article
04 December 2012
Iran criticises German arms exports
Iran criticises deployment of German Patriot missiles to defend Turkish border with Syria. Iranian newspaper Mashregh claims Germany is attempting to increase its influence in NATO by exporting arms....
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Article
30 November 2012
Terrorist conference in Tehran
On 28th November 2012 a conference was held in Tehran to discuss the eight day war in Gaza. Star guests included Khaled Ghodumi of Hamas and Nasser Abu Sharif of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine....
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Article
21 November 2012
Just how rational are Iranian authorities?
Many politicians, scholars, and journalists believe that the Iranian authorities are "rational actors". How correct are they in making this assumption?...
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Article
18 November 2012
20,000 Basij fighters ready to fight Israel
For years Iran has supplied military aid to organisations like Hamas and Hezbollah. The leaders of the "Islamic Republic of Iran" views Gaza as the opportunity to open a front between itself and Israel. 20,000 fighters in the Basij paramilitary volunteer militia have declared themselves ready and willing to go to Gaza and fight Israel....
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Article
16 November 2012
Iran financing an asymmetrical war on Israel and the US
For years Iran has been supporting and financing aggression against Israel and the US. It’s high time that the EU outlaws Hezbollah....
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Article
09 November 2012
The Iranian regime and its hostility toward the US
Iran's foreign policy is determined by guidelines defined by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Therefore, Iran will only open dialogue with the US if it stops supporting Israel....
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Article
02 November 2012
Iran: Trade instead of sanctions
Under Ahmadinejad German-Iranian trade relations are better than even during the best years of the Pahlavi dynasty. Nevertheless, Iran’s economic problems are growing....
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Article
26 October 2012
President of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani and human rights
During a mission to Iran, German MPs met Ali Larijani in Tehran – well known for calling for the execution of homosexuals. Larijani even complained in a speech that he comes across homosexual Foreign Ministers from Europe. By this, of course, he means Guido Westerwelle, German Foreign Minister....
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Article
25 October 2012
Factory visits in Isfahan… German human rights policy in action?
While three German MPs claim their visit to Iran is to discuss human rights and culture, Iranian newspapers are reporting on their plans to visit automobile manufacturing facilities in Isfahan....
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Article
22 October 2012
Iran: Calls to commit US$10 million to manipulating Western media
Over 60 Iranian MPs have signed a petition requesting the Iranian government to commit at least US$10 million to manipulating international media in Europe and the US....
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Article
19 October 2012
Baroness Ashton – steering EU towards blasphemy laws?
The right not to be offended has no place in a democracy. Nor do blasphemy laws....
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Article
19 October 2012
Is terror propaganda being openly disseminated in Germany?
Is official Iranian news agency, the IRIB World Service, openly publishing hate propaganda on behalf of terrorist organisations in Germany in the German language?...
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Article
16 October 2012
Iran closes Christian home churches & warns Europe on further sanctions
The Iranian regime has closed at least two home churches and arrested the Iranian Christians involved. At the same time, an Iranian politician warns Europe that Iran will halt the export of gas to the continent....
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Broadcast
13 October 2012
Iran: interreligious war to trigger serious consequences
EFD's Wahied Wahdat-Hagh speaks to the Voice of Russia about the consequences of an inter-religious war in Iran....
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Interview
12 October 2012
Military intervention in Mali: « The UN fears a possible failure »
EFD Senior Fellow Bakary Sambe discusses the prospect of military intervention in Mali with Ouestafnews....
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Broadcast
11 October 2012
Sanctions on Iran: the real impact?
EFD's Wahied Wahdat-Hagh discusses the impact of international sanctions on Iran with Russian radio, the Voice of Russia....
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Article
10 October 2012
Ali Khamenei: Sanctions have nothing to do with the nuclear programme
Ali Khamenei downplays the impact of sanctions on Iran, arguing that they have been in force in various forms since 1979. He claimed that even if Iran halted its nuclear programme the sanctions would remain....
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Broadcast
09 October 2012
Bakary Sambe, EFD Senior Fellow, speaks to the BBC on the crisis in Mali
Le 19 octobre, la Cédéao, l'Union africaine et l'ONU se donnent rendez-vous à Bamako pour une réunion consacrée à la crise que vit le Mali depuis le début de l'année.
Un rencontre qui intervient après celle organisée la semaine dernière à Bamako par la Coalition pour le Mali pour dénoncer l'occupation et la partition de fait du pays.
Bakary Sambe est spécialiste du militantisme islamique et des réseaux transnationaux, pour lui, l...
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Broadcast
07 October 2012
EFD Programme Director Ahmad Mansour appears on West Deutscher Rundfunk
EFD Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour appears live on the talkshow West Art on West Deutscher Rundfunk to discuss anti-Semitism within Muslim communities in Germany....
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Article
03 October 2012
Iran: “We only need an excuse and 24 hours to destroy Israel”
The leader of the Quds Force terrorist group says, “We only need an excuse and 24 hours to destroy Israel”....
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Article
26 September 2012
Iran: Oil revenues being diverted into military & nuclear programmes
Iran has huge, fundamental economic problems. Despite this, the Islamist rulers of Iran are continuing to divert oil revenues into military hardware and the nuclear programme....
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