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This is a cross-post by Kellie Strøm

Above: cartoon by protesters in Kafranbel, Syria. They see Obama trading away Syria under the table in order to get his Iran deal. Read more on Kafranbel’s history of protest in Rising Up and Rising Down, Amal Hanano’s October article for Foreign Policy.
A suspicion similar to the one expressed in the above cartoon [...]

This is a cross-post by Marc Goldberg
There have been many comparisons between the interim deal just signed between Iran and the West, designed to curb Iranian nuclear ambitions, and the Munich Agreementbetween Hitler, Chamberlain and the other regional powers of the time. In this scenario Obama plays the role of Chamberlain and Israel the role of [...]

This is a cross-post by Marc Goldberg
An observer could be forgiven for thinking that the Iranians had actually just fired a nuclear missile at Israel rather than agreeing not to build one.
Since before his election Benjamin Netanyahu has been preaching about the danger to Israel and the Western world a nuclear Iran represents. He hasn’t [...]

Potkin Azarmehr says a report in The Telegraph, which we linked to, about the alleged assassination of Iran’s cyber-warfare chief is “pure speculation, without any basis.”

Cross-posted from Potkin Azarmehr

When Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani was the guest speaker at the Asia Society and Foreign Policy Relations, he was asked if people in Iran were allowed to watch satellite channels in Iran.
He smiled and replied with one of his clever statements that are neither false nor tell the whole truth, by saying [...]

The Telegraph reports on the killing of the head of Iran’s cyber warfare program.
Mojtaba Ahmadi, who served as commander of the Cyber War Headquarters, was found dead in a wooded area near the town of Karaj, north-west of the capital, Tehran. Five Iranian nuclear scientists and the head of the country’s ballistic missile programme have [...]

Thus saith (where else but on Press TV?) one Rodney Shakespeare, visiting Professor of Binary Economics at Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia, co-founder the Global Justice Movement and a member of the Christian Council for Monetary Justice.
And please, don’t anyone say he’s right except for the Zionist stuff.
And speaking of Rodney and Shakespeare:

(Hat tip: Farsdunkle)

Leftwing and rightwing apologists for the Syrian regime– who see Bashar al-Assad as a brutal but secular stalwart fighting to rid his country of Islamist radicals– may be interested to learn that some of his brothers in arms don’t view it that way at all.
Dutch TV recently broadcast a fascinating video of Iranian military forces [...]

Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling on people to  show their support for Shahin Lahouti, an Iranian musician who has converted to Christianity, and was arrested last year on ‘political’ charges. He is currently serving a two and a half year prison sentence:
Shahin Lahouti is well known for his generous heart – he’s played concerts for [...]

On the question of women wearing the hijab, a contentious issue in a country with millions unhappy about the mandatory religious code, [newly-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani] said he was against the crackdown against women with loose clothing – but he stopped short of saying it should be left as voluntary.
Each summer, as the heat [...]