Iran expelled from UN Women’s Rights Commission

Iran expelled from UN Women’s Rights Commission

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler In a hugely symbolic but stinging rebuke, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been expelled from the UN’s Commission on Women’s Rights. The vote in the 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) came amid growing global outrage at the Iranian regime’s brutal and bloody crackdown on widening demonstrations […]

Anti-Islamic behavior on the rise in Iran, splitting families of 1979 revolution

Anti-Islamic behavior on the rise in Iran, splitting families of 1979 revolution

by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2022 The ruling clerics’ decades-long effort to ensure Iran stays on a strict Islamic path is facing its greatest threat yet as protests against the regime which call for more freedom continue nationwide. Though they risk the full force of the law, the protests in Iran “against the core values underpinning the […]

People power: Iran claims new flexibility as nationwide protests continue

People power: Iran claims new flexibility as nationwide protests continue

by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2022 Protests sparked by the alleged killing of 22-year-old Jina ‘Mahsa’ Amini have spurred Iran’s ruling clerics to reportedly soften their strict enforcement of the law requiring women to cover their heads in public. Iran has decided to disbanded the so-called morality police, Attorney General Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri said, adding that the law […]

World watches politely as nationwide protests shake Iran; U.S. envoys did not walk out at UN

World watches politely as nationwide protests shake Iran; U.S. envoys did not walk out at UN

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Massive and spreading protests have rocked Iran in the wake of widening social discontent following the death of a woman Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody. Her crime? Not wearing the obligatory headscarf properly. Demonstrations across the country have jolted the Islamic Republic to its core as […]

Iran on the brink? Demonstrations and their suppression much worse than those that toppled the Shah

Iran on the brink? Demonstrations and their suppression much worse than those that toppled the Shah

Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, September 26, 2022 Most of Iran’s 36 provinces saw mass demonstrations in September 2022 against the clerical Government of the Islamic Republic, and, as with earlier periodic waves of demonstrations, each occurrence prompts the question: Is this the outburst which topples the […]