Iran sentenced the three men and three women who danced to Pharrell’s song “Happy” to one year in prison and 91 lashes. The judge suspended the sentences for three years, but if any of them are arrested again, the government
Iranian blogger Soheil Arabi, 30, was sentenced to death due to numerous Facebook posts that insulted the Prophet Mohammed. One source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) that Arabi can appeal the verdict on September 20
The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention strongly condemned Iran for jailing American pastor Saeed Abedini. He is currently serving his second year of an eight year sentence because he practiced his Christianity in the Muslim
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Shiite rebels and Sunni militiamen battled in the streets of the Yemeni capital for a second day Friday in fighting that has killed at least 120 people, driven thousands from their homes and virtually shut down
Iran and six world powers return to the negotiating table on Friday with only two months left to reach a deal on ensuring Tehran’s nuclear program poses no military threat. No major breakthroughs are expected at the talks that are
On September 15, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it is over $900,000 short of what is needed to adequately fund the monitoring of Iran’s nuclear activities. This news comes as “the [temporary] deal agreed upon between Iran and
President Obama’s pledge to dismantle ISIS, drive it from Iraq, and to strike at its bases in Syria has Secretary of State John Kerry embarking on a coalition-building tour of Gulf and Arab capitals. Kerry’s task is complicated not only
The deputy chief of Shia Islamist group Hezbollah said that his terror outfit is desperately needed in Syria to stave off the advances of the Sunni Islamic State. Nabil Qaouk said Monday at a military ceremony in Aita Shaab that
Editor’s Note: The BBC reported this story from the front lines of Northern Iraq. The US has carried out airstrikes in Iraq in support of troops who were being attacked by Islamic State (IS) fighters, the US military has said.
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry refused be drawn into a “back and forth” with Iran on Monday following Tehran’s assertion that it had rebuffed a U.S. request to coordinate a response to the Islamic State jihadist group. “I’m not
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed that the United States has had “back channel” conversations with Iran on the threat posed by Islamic State terrorists, but insisted that there was no plan to coordinate military actions against the group
NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel accused the Obama administration of talking to itself and “living in a delusion” in its strategy to combat ISIS on Monday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC. “The hard part is when you have to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com President George W. Obama presents his ISIS strategy Obama pledges ‘to degrade and ultimately destroy’ ISIS CIA increases estimate: ISIS has 20,000 to 31,500 fighters Iran faces a double threat from ISIS President George
The Iranian regime is definitely the biggest loser of Minister Nouri Al-Maliki withdrawing his candidacy for a third term as Iraq’s Prime Minister. During eight years of divisive and sectarian rule, Maliki had proved himself to be the Iranian regime’s
Israel on Wednesday voiced support for U.S.-led efforts to form an alliance to fight Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq but expressed concerns of a rapprochement between Washington and Iran. On the eve of President Obama’s prime-time address on
Yemeni police killed seven militants from the Shiite Houthi rebellion on September 9, when they open fired on hundredsof demonstrators trying to storm the government headquarters in Sana’a, capitalof Yemen. According to the organizers of the protest march, there were
British-Iranian Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, has been locked up in Iran’s infamous Evin prison for over two months because she dared to attempt to watch a men’s volleyball game in Tehran. On June 20, Ghavami and over a dozen others tried
Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon on Tuesday called for world intelligence agencies to work together against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. “In order to stop and overcome the Islamic State, we have learnt since 9/11 that there must be
(Reuters) – A small group of people pick through putrefying human remains laid out on plastic sheets by the side of a road in northern Iraq, searching for any trace of missing friends and relatives. Some had brought spades to
(Reuters) – Iran has failed to address concerns about suspected atomic bomb research by an agreed deadline, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday, a setback to hopes for an end to an international stand-off over Tehran’s atomic activity. The lack of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel preparing for ‘very violent’ war with Hezbollah Sierra Leone announces three-day Ebola lockdown across entire country Ebola pandemic may mean the end of the ‘Africa Rising’ dream Israel preparing for ‘very violent’ war
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities have arrested a Ukrainian national suspected of sabotage at the country’s sole nuclear power plant, an Iranian newspaper reported on Sunday. The report in the Hamshahri daily said the “Ukrainian expert” was affiliated with
Friday at the State Department press briefing, deputy spokesperson Marie Harf said America will not necessarily lead or even decide who can join the coalition currently being formed by the Obama administration to fight ISIS. Harf said, “This isn’t about
On Wednesday, President Obama, speaking from Estonia, launched a series of bizarre comments at the Islamic State. After announcing that America “will not be intimidated” by the Islamic State – a bizarre statement from the most powerful man on the
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) reminded me of an eat-as-much-as-you-like curry buffet: there’s loads to choose from but its all crap. Talk of ISIS was filled with so much regret, so much anger and no desire to do anything to
