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Iranians and Cubans: Fighting for Freedom and the World’s Attention
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Iranians and Cubans: Fighting for Freedom and the World’s Attention

“Patria o muerte”, or “ homeland or death”, is a revolutionary slogan all Cubans are taught at an early age. Reinforced by the government, the idea is that every citizen should be prepared to die for the state. On July 11, however, Cubans flooded the streets in over 40 cities shouting “Patria y...

The Truth about Iran Cannot be Untold
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The Truth about Iran Cannot be Untold

For nearly two weeks, there have been large demonstrations in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan that began over severe shortages in water supplies and quickly escalated into anti-regime protests. Other cities and townships in Iran followed suit in support of protests in Khuzestan. This...

Zarif Praises the Taliban, Iranians Push Back
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Zarif Praises the Taliban, Iranians Push Back

Images of Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s recent public meeting with the Taliban sparked backlash from Iranians on social media condemning Zarif’s endorsement of the terrorist group. One Iranian tweeted an image of Zarif with Taliban leaders captioned “Shame on you #Zarif. These images are a source...

Gay Rights are Human Rights
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Gay Rights are Human Rights

Article I of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights says “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” In 2016, the UN’s Human Rights Council went a step...

Raisi, The Iran Lobby, and the Four Stages of Grief
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Raisi, The Iran Lobby, and the Four Stages of Grief

The elections held by the Islamic Republic of Iran are not real. They are not free. They are not fair. And nothing changes as a result. Iran had one such “election” last Friday, in which Ebrahim Raisi, the butcher of Iran, was elected as the new president. It was, as expected, a mockery of...

#IranProtests in Yasuj after Election Boycott
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#IranProtests in Yasuj after Election Boycott

  Protests have spread throughout the Southwestern Iranian city of Yasuj as dissent continues to mount against the Iranian Republic’s widespread fraud in last week’s presidential election. Videos from inside the country appear to show hundreds of protesters, mainly youth, taking to the streets...

Welcome to Iran Uncensored
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Welcome to Iran Uncensored

For more than four decades, as the Islamic Republic has waged a violent war on the people of Iran, it has waged an information war in the Western world. As each year of its reign of terror saps further legitimacy from the ruling clerics, its war of disinformation abroad has escalated. The goal:...