Three years after being jailed in Iran,I am calm and unflappable. But the anger is still there. I know because my relationship to anger has changed so dramatically.
The regime usually hits out via proxies in the Middle East but now it has launched a direct attack. How did Iran get here – and can the era of the ayatollahs last?
Nazanin Boniadi,recipient of the 2023 Sydney Peace Prize,says Iran is playing word games when it comes to Gaza to win over progressives in the West.
It was unclear whether the exchange might bring progress on the many issues that divide the two nations,including Iran’s nuclear program.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed off on the deal late last week,but Congress was not notified of the decision until Monday.
For more than a year,Johan Floderus appeared in adverts to entice Swedes to apply for the bloc’s civil service. His jailing was kept a closely guarded secret.
The contemplated move also would represent an extraordinary commitment in the Mideast by US forces as the Pentagon tries to focus on Russia and China.
Rebounding sales are the most tangible sign yet that Iran is reasserting itself,repairing regional ties and even begun a tentative diplomatic engagement with Washington.
Coalition and Greens MPs on a Senate committee are expected to form a rare unity ticket to recommend the move,but there are questions about the legality.
The sanctions are aimed at a “key economic pillar of the Revolutionary Guard,which funds much of the regime’s brutal suppression.
Australians,including the media,need to pay greater attention to the plight of the Iranian community and defend its rights to speak out in opposition against a tyrannical regime.