The Torture and Execution of a Wrestler Undermines the Islamic Republic at Home and Abroad
The death of Navid Afkari.
September 16, 2020
The Torture and Execution of a Wrestler Undermines the Islamic Republic at Home and Abroad
The death of Navid Afkari.
On Saturday, Iran hanged the twenty-seven-year-old champion wrestler Navid Afkari, after torturing him into confessing to a spurious murder charge. Afkari’s real crime was participation in the 2018 anti-government protests—which led to the arrest and torture of hundreds of others. Since seizing power in 1979, notes Michael Rubin the ayatollahs have “executed tens of thousands of prisoners and dissidents,” but this case may be different:
September 16, 2020
The U.S. Ought Not Allow a Nuclear Saudi Arabia
The bitter fruit of the Iran deal, harvested by China.
No, Israel Doesn’t Prefer Undemocratic Regimes in the Middle East
Switzerland can embrace Iran, but Jerusalem can’t embrace Abu Dhabi?
The Faked “Gospel” That Duped Scholars and Revealed Academia’s Prejudices and Foibles
The hoax of “Jesus’ wife.”
The Struggle to Maintain the Sanctity of Jewish Burial in the Face of the Coronavirus
Kindness of truth.