International | Newly elected Iranian President Hassan Rohani said his June 14 win
was a “victory of wisdom and moderation” over “extremism and
immorality.” He pledged to bring peace, stability, and “expansion
of ties”
International |
While executive surveillance overall has proliferated, the Obama
administration since 2011 has made mosques off-limits to FBI
agents. Surveillance and…
International |
The State Department on Tuesday released its 2012 International
Religious Freedom Report. In particular, the report highlights
“undue and inappropriate…
International |
The seamstress who survived for 17 days buried inside the
Bangladesh garment factory collapse told the BBC: “Even in my
wildest dreams I did not…
International |
More on the UN report on Somalia’s famine, which killed more than a
quarter-million Somalis in less than two years. We all watched it
unfold, made worse by…
Religion |
Iranian authorities released American pastor Saeed Abedini from
solitary confinement today after forcing him to spend the week of
his birthday in a “small…
Religion |
Iranian officials have denied medical treatment for
Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini as he suffers from internal
bleeding from beatings by prison guards,
Newsworthy |
Boston update. President Barack Obama addressed the media shortly
before noon today, giving a brief update on the investigation into
yesterday’s bombings in…
Iran |
Imprisoned in Iran for almost a year, Christians Marziyeh
Amirizadeh and Maryam Rostampour now can share their ordeal: ‘In
Evin Prison, everything is a…
Iran |
Last Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry finally addressed the
case of Saeed Abedini, the Iranian-American imprisoned in Iran for
his Christian faith. In…
Religion |
WASHINGTON—Six members of Congress continued pressuring the State
Department to act on behalf of jailed Iranian-American pastor Saeed
Abedini in a letter to…
