Belgium: new sanctions against Iran and violent West Bank settlers
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Belgium: new sanctions against Iran and violent West Bank settlers
New European Union sanctions against Iran in response to the country's recent attack on Israel should include the Revolutionary Guards, Belgium's Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib said on Monday.Speaking to journalists ahead of an EU ministers' meeting in Luxembourg, Lahbib said that so far, there was no consensus on what legal basis the Guards could be added to the bloc-wide list of entities seen as terrorist organizations."We will discuss it together", she said, adding:"I also think we have to...
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Sex assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown
Iran has begun intensifying its crackdown on hijab restrictions in several cities in the past week, with violent arrests reported across the country by opposition groups and human rights agencies.The intensified assault on women across Iran comes after the regime announced the "Nour Project." The project, aimed at "dealing with anomalies," has involved a heavy presence of the "Morality Police" in several cities since this past weekend.According to Iran's Mehr News Agency, police have been...
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Biden offers 'second chances' to 16 people jailed for non-violent drug sentences
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