Iran has been suffering from the worst drought in 50 years. Already, this past July, there were protests in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province, in southwestern Iran, over the government’s inability to deal with the water crisis in that area. Now the protests over water have just erupted in Isfahan, Iran’s third largest […]
Iran: Morality police use dog-catching pole to haul unveiled woman into van
Iran is the center of Shia Islam. Some of the holiest Shia shrines are located there, as well as Shi’ite Islam’s leading figure, the Supreme leader and Marja Ayatollah Khamenei. Since Iran’s judicial system is rooted in the Sharia, women are expected to be covered, as commanded in the Quran so that “she not be […]
Iran’s Attempt to Kidnap a Dissident in the U.S. Highlights Biden’s Extraordinary Weakness
My latest in PJ Media: Why did Iran decide that now was the time to mount an audacious operation to kidnap Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident, in New York City and take her back to the Islamic Republic, where she would have faced imprisonment, torture, and possibly even judicial murder? The answer is clear, and it is […]
Islamic Republic of Iran hired private detectives in NYC to surveil Iranian dissident and allow for her kidnapping
Biden’s handlers have emboldened the mullahs. Expect more of this. An update on this story. “Masih Alinejad: How Iran threatened and attempted to kidnap a US journalist,” Reuters, July 15, 2021: The image on the alleged Iranian intelligence operative’s device was chilling: A graphic showing photos of two Iranian dissidents captured overseas. Next to them […]
Islamic Republic of Iran sent goons to kidnap Iranian freedom activist in NYC and take her back to Iran
Meanwhile, they were sitting down with Biden’s handlers to demand the end of sanctions. The mullahs know that there is nothing they can do that will make Biden’s handlers not want to give them everything they want. “Iranian Operatives Planned to Kidnap a Brooklyn Author, Prosecutors Say,” by Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, July 13, […]
Muslim cleric calls for murder of US-based women’s rights activist for criticizing Iran’s ban on women cycling
Has this cleric ever protested against Qur’an-sanctioned violence against women? What do you think? Another cleric in Iran sends me death threats. Recently, I had challenged Islamic Republic of Iran’s ban on women’s cycling. They say “it provokes men” Historically, their own saints like Zeinab & Zahra had ridden camels.Why isn’t that provocative? These clerics […]
Video: Iranian women’s rights activist slams Western feminists for wearing hijab — “This is an insult”
Real feminism, or, if you prefer, real respect for the human dignity and rights of women, will never accept the hijab, which is a manifestation of a belief system that regards women as inferior to men and entirely responsible for male self-control, such that women are subject to being brutalized and even killed if they […]
Iran: Videos show violent assaults on women for not wearing hijab
The video links in the story below do not work for me. Has Instagram taken them down? Certainly all the social media giants are racing to be Sharia-compliant, but to abandon these courageous women to their fate would be particularly outrageous. Meanwhile, this is the regime that has just been named to the UN commission […]
Video from the Islamic Republic of Iran: Man tells woman she deserves rape for not wearing hijab
This man is stating a commonplace. The Qur’an says: “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.” (33:59) The implication […]
Video from Iran: Man threatens to shove a tear gas canister down a woman’s throat for not wearing hijab
Women not wearing a hijab: forbidden in Islam. Man threatening woman for not wearing hijab: pleasing to Allah. «شالت رو سرت نکنی گاز اشک آور را فرومیکنم توی حلقومت» بخشی از اصلاحطلبان: این ویدیوها یعنی مردم را دعوت به خشونت علیه هم کردن! آقایون، خانمها! چهل ساله این خشونت وجود دارد #دوربین_ما_اسلحه_ما تصویر این خشونت […]