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Syrian dictator Bashar Assad blamed French foreign policy for the Paris massacre, saying France’s policies had contributed to the “spread of terrorism.”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is set to make official visits to France, Italy, and the Vatican next week. In doing so, he will be the first Iranian president to make state visits through Europe in a decade, according to reports.

Contents: Political crisis in Iran grows over nuclear agreement; Iran arrests journalists for allowing U.S. ‘infiltration network’; The coming regime change in Iran

On November 4, 1979, Muslim student revolutionaries in the Islamic Republic of Iran took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and with it claimed 52 American citizens as hostages in what became a 444-day ordeal that would go on to grip America and the world.

The 17-nation talks held in Vienna on Friday were meant to begin an international dialogue about bringing an end to the Syrian civil war. The project has already run into significant trouble due to the longstanding animosity between two of the most important regional powers, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Iran has begun threatening to quit the talks over what they describe as the “negative role” of the Saudis.

A report released this month on “The Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran” reveals that Iranians are worse off under “moderate” President Hassan Rouhani than his more conservative predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and that, based on their current trajectory, they are expected to exceed well over 1,000 executions by year’s end.

Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American citizen who helped establish a pro-Tehran lobbying group in America, has been arrested in Iran and imprisoned indefinitely.

One question remains about President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran now that congressional members of his party refused to vote down a terrible agreement: Will Tehran honor it?

A now-famous handshake between President Barack Obama and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif at the United Nations on Monday was no accident, although their chance meeting was not pre-planned.

Thousands of Iranian-American protesters gathered in New York City on Monday to announce their disapproval with the regime in Tehran, which continues to execute dissident voices at a record-pace.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani suggested on Sunday that his regime in Tehran would consider releasing three Americans held hostage in the country if the U.S. would release several jailed Iranians.

Iranian regime President Hassan Rouhani addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Monday afternoon, discussing matters such as the Hajj pilgrimage disaster and the Iran nuclear deal.

“Lasting stability can only take hold when the people of Syria forge an agreement to live together peacefully,” Obama said during his address to the United Nations. “The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran to resolve the conflict.” Obama admitted, however, that Assad had permanently damaged his legitimacy to rule after persecuting “peaceful protests,” creating an environment that led to the rise of ISIS.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the Republican presidential candidates promising to rip up President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran “is something that only the likes of Saddam Hussein would do.” When asked about

Contents: Death toll from Hajj stampede rises to 769, triggers fatalistic explanations; Iran rejects Fatalism, blames Saudi officials for ‘crime’; Muslims debate the role of the ‘Will of Allah’ in human life; Theological contradictions in omnipotence and omniscience vs free will

A stampede in Mecca on the last day of the hajj pilgrimage took the lives of over 100 Iranian citizens, as the total death toll from the incident has surged to over 700 people, and the leaders of the regime in Tehran are furious with Saudi officials for their alleged negligence.

Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the California GOP Convention on Saturday that he is deeply concerned about increases in Iran’s terrorist activity as a result of the Iran deal.

In an interview set to air Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended the “Death to America” chants often heard at government-sanctioned rallies in Iran. According to the preview clip of the interview, Rouhani suggested it wasn’t

Ali Khamenei, the theocratic dictator of Iran, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have been invited to Russia to attend the opening of the Moscow Grand Mosque.

Iran is not only the world’s leading state-sponsor of terrorism, its revolutionary Islamic government also leads the pack when it comes to trafficking boys and girls for sexual exploitation, the U.S. State Department has said in its 2015 “Trafficking in Persons Report.”

Jason Rezaian’s employers at the Washington Post have turned to the United Nations for help in freeing him from Iranian prison, following a nuclear deal in which the White House failed to even bring up U.S. citizens currently jailed in the Islamic Republic.

The New York Times published an embarrassing look at what went on behind the scenes during the long, long months of “nuclear negotiations” with Iran. Apparently, it involved a good deal of Iran shouting at the hapless U.S. team and declaring its demands non-negotiable, while Team Obama threw in one towel after another.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says “a new chapter has begun” with regard to Iran’s “collaborations throughout the world” and warned his countrymen and women not to be “deceived by the propaganda of the Zionist regime” of Israel, in a speech after the P5+1 reached a final deal with Iran on Tuesday.

As the White House hails a breakthrough in its diplomatic effort to curb Iran’s nuclear program, several under-reported facts cast a shadow over any real, or imagined, success. President Obama’s assurance that “every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off” for Iran flies in the face of reality.

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad sent a personal letter of congratulations to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Tuesday, celebrating the occasion of a nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1 world powers, state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.

In brief, the agreement trades enormous amounts of cash for Iran’s pinkie swear that they will not develop nuclear weapons now, and the blind hope that Iran’s regime will magically moderate over the next five to ten years – a hope made even more distant by the fact that this deal reinforces the power and strength of the current Iranian regime.

Fireworks exploded in the sky over Iran as word circled the globe that President Barack Obama’s “negotiating team” had capitulated to nearly all of Iran’s demands – lifting sanctions and arms embargos, and putting Iran on a path to nuclear weapons even sooner than the paltry ten years the President originally promised.

Much has been written about just how bad the proposed Iranian nuclear deal has gotten. This outcome is hardly surprising after Israel’s former ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, bravely published Ally, his memoir detailing Obama’s hostility towards Israel. But even without Ambassador Michael Oren’s personal testimony, there is overwhelming evidence that – on the issue most important to global security and Israel’s very existence – Obama has been, at best, reckless and, at worst, treasonous.

President Obama said once again on Tuesday that the U.S. would “walk away” from a bad deal with Iran. Apparently, the definition of a “bad deal” does not include one that tosses out a key commitment included in the U.S. fact sheet published in April.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was repeatedly interrupted by supporters of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a unity rally held in Tehran on Wednesday.

Internet censors in Iran are no match for Kim Kardashian’s sultry lingerie photos on Instagram.

The Iranian Barbers Union, a government agency, has decreed that spiky and other unorthodox hairstyles, deemed “Devil worshipping,” are now illegal.

Predominantly Sunni Turkey and Shia powerhouse Iran have decided to join forces towards finding a peaceful solution to the chaos in Yemen, reports Turkey’s pro-government Daily Sabah, quoting the Iranian envoy to Turkey.

In Iran, it is controversial when your president says that “the police are not tasked to enforce Islam but their duty is to enforce the law,” according to the responses of the country’s top Islamic clerics.

Australia and Iran have reached an agreement that allows for the two nations to share intelligence regarding the fight against Sunni jihadists in the Middle East, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced over the weekend.

In a show of support for Tehran’s caliphatist regime, thousands of Iranians took to the streets this weekend and expressed their hatred for the United States and Israel.