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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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20 September 2012
US sanctions and the Iranian export of terrorism
The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on 117 Iranian aircraft operated by Iran Air, Mahan Air and Yas Air. With the assistance of the terrorist organisation, Hezbollah, Iran is aiding the Assad regime in continuing to commit crimes against its own people....
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14 September 2012
Iranian Revolutionary Guard takes control of churches
Iranian Revolutionary Guards have taken control of two churches in Isfahan and are using intimidation and threats of arrest against those who attempt to enter....
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10 September 2012
Iran’s crazed gay bashers
Conspiracy is rife in certain sections of Iranian society when it comes to issues such as Israel, the US, and homosexuality. Sadly, mainstream media outlets also play their part....
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06 September 2012
Iran’s failed attempt at unifying the Non-Aligned countries
At a recent meeting in Tehran, the Iranian regime did not succeed in uniting the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) against Israel. Despite this, UN Secretary General Ban Kim Moon was the only representative who protested the State-sponsored anti-Semitism propagated by the Iranian leader Ali Khamenei....
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29 August 2012
A barometer for freedom and equality in Egypt
The persecution of minorities in an Islamic society is truly a barometer of the lack of freedom and equality that prevails there....
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24 August 2012
Training ground of the dictatorship
Spokesperson of the Iranian Dervish in Europe, Dr. Mostafa Azmayesh, explains why cooperation with Islamist institutions does not lead to an open society in Iran but strengthens the dictatorship instead....
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20 August 2012
Ahmadinejad wants “no trace of America or Zionists” in Middle East
Ahmadinejad is no cleric, but he still took the opportunity to give a hate speech at a Friday prayer meeting held on Quds Day....
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17 August 2012
EU intervention in Syria
If Europe wishes to effect true democracy in the wake of the Assad regime, it must stop playing into the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood and start aiding the rebels on the ground militarily.
It has been conventional wisdom that the Syrian opposition is deeply divided, making aid and support from the international community very difficult to send. The lack of “one address” with which to coordinate also makes any thoughts of a more rob...
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16 August 2012
Iranian leaders threaten Israel with destruction
Ahead of Quds Day Iranian politicians have repeated their calls for the destruction of Israel....
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15 August 2012
Dialogue with anti-Semites: Iranian Islamists at the Frankfurt Book Fair (Part IV)
Despite international sanctions, the Iranian regime continues to find new ways in manifesting its presence in Germany. This year, the regime will have a prominent presence at the Frankfurt Book Fair....
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08 August 2012
The Anti-Semitic Iranian partner of a German university (Part III)
The University of Religions and Denominations in Qom advocates the anti-American and anti-Semitic state doctrine of the totalitarian dictatorship....
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06 August 2012
Academic collaboration with a college of Islamist propaganda (Part II)
As outlined in the first part of this series, there is a close relationship between the Institute of Religious Studies at the University of Potsdam and the University of Religions and Denominations in the Iranian city of Qom. The problem is that the Iranian institution is an adherent to the totalitarian state ideology of the “Islamic Republic of Iran”....
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