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MEK Delisting Slap in the face for Average Iranians

From On September 24, 2012 · 1 Comment

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By Leila Kashefi

As everyone knows, since the revolution of 1979, the United States and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) have been BEFs — best enemies forever. While the US occasionally offers its solidarity to the people of Iran and criticizes the regime’s human rights record, its [...]

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Message to Iran’s Leaders: “Bend to the will of the people”

From On June 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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To honor Iran’s civil rights movement and the democracy activists who bravely rose up in the summer of 2009, South African nobel laureate and human rights defender Archbishop Desmond Tutu sends a message (in English and Persian) to Iran’s leaders and the Iranian people. The clip above and the text [...]

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