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Facebook ordered to allow ‘death to Khamenei’ posts

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A woman holds a jersey with the name of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran at the age of 22, as she takes her place in the stands ahead of the World Cup group B soccer match between Wales and Iran, at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) ** FILE **

Iran government supporters confront protesters at World Cup

By Isabel Debre and Ciaran Fahey - Associated Press

Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi competes during the women's Boulder & Lead final during the IFSC Climbing Asian Championships, in Seoul, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. Rekabi left South Korea on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation's mandatory headscarf covering, authorities said. Farsi-language media outside of Iran warned she may have been forced to leave early by Iranian officials and could face arrest back home, which Tehran quickly denied. (Rhea Khang/International Federation of Sport Climbing via AP)

Worry grows for Iran woman athlete who climbed without hijab

By Hyung-jin Kim and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, photo taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, protesters make fire and block the street during a protest over the death of a woman who was detained by the morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran. Iranians saw their access to Instagram, one of the few Western social media platforms still available in the country, disrupted on Wednesday following days of the mass protests. (AP Photo)

Violent unrest continues in Iran; state TV suggests 26 dead

Associated Press

FILE — In this March 1, 2020 file photo, a medic treats a patient infected with coronavirus, at a hospital in Tehran, Iran. Dozens of medical staffers have died of COVID-19 in Iran. Doctors and nurses and other staffers have been hard hit. During the first 90 days of the virus outbreak alone, about one medical staffer died each day. (Ali Shirband/Mizan News Agency via AP, File)

Doctors and nurses suffered as Iran ignored virus concerns

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

In this photograph taken Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, Iranian police officers take position while protesters gather in front of Amir Kabir University in Tehran, Iran, to remember victims of a Ukrainian airplane shot down by an Iranian missile. On Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, online videos purported to show that Iranian security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic's initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner. (AP Photo)

Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump back Iran protesters against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 1979 file photo, demonstrators burn an American flag atop the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, where students have been holding American hostages. Nov. 4, 2019, will mark the 40th anniversary of the start of the 444-day hostage crisis that soured relations between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic for decades to come. (AP Photo/Thierry Campion, File)

Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at the New Hampshire Republican Party summit in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Rick Santorum, former GOP presidential hopeful, rips Donald Trump’s ‘horrible’ Syria policy

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Mike Pompeo, the United States Secretary of State, sits next to a picture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, as he waits for the start of meeting with their Prime Minister in New York, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. In the background is a picture of . (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US closes consulate in southern Iraq following attacks

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

2 alleged agents of Iran arrested for spying in US

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Illustration on Europe’s indifference to Iranian protesters by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

European Union declines to support oppressed Iranians

By Clifford D. May

White supremacists once again can easily access Stormfront.org, the internet's oldest-operating hate site, after its sudden disappearance last month. (Associated Press/File)

Iranian hackers targeting aviation and petrochemical industries in U.S. and abroad: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Jury finds that NYC skyscraper owner violated Iran sanctions

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Florida man freed in Iran-US prisoner swap files lawsuit

Associated Press

Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, Ben Rhodes, speaks during a news briefing in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. Rhodes discussed the refugee and conflict conditions in Northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Who answers for government lies?

By Andrew P. Napolitano

This image provided by the FBI shows an undated picture of Saif al-Adel, also known as Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi, who was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at the Cairo airport but has has denied the link, saying it is a case of mistaken identity. (AP Photo/FBI)

Iran released five top al Qaeda terrorists in prisoner exchange

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Sen. Mark Kirk, Illinois Republican, told The Washington Times that "Movements.org brings 21st century tools to the fight against human rights abusers and closed societies." (Associated Press)

Movements.org connects dissidents in repressive countries with those who can help

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iran executed at least 289 people in 2014, according to Amnesty International, making the Islamic republic the world's second most prolific practitioner of capital punishment. Women and children in Iran also struggle under harsh, discriminatory laws despite numerous calls for reform from human rights groups and the international community. (Associated Press)

Iran human rights abuses of women, children worsen amid Obama nuclear talks

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times