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Quote of the Day.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve always defended the rights of the people. Human rights have been the most foundational base upon which I worked.\u201d\u00a0 Iran\u2019s president-elect Ebrahim Raisi.\u00a0 \u201cMultiple rights groups have also specifically condemned his alleged involvement with a four-person “death panel” in 1988 that oversaw the mass execution of up to 5,000 political prisoners. Raisi has never commented on the death panel allegations. When asked about the executions during Monday’s news conference, he instead defended his track record as a prosecutor and judge. \u2026 Raisi added that he was “proud” that throughout his career he has defended human rights and said that he would continue to do so as Iran’s next president. Amnesty International demanded on Saturday that he be investigated for alleged crimes against humanity over the mass executions.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cIran’s hardline president-elect Ebrahim Raisi says he will not meet with Biden,\u201d<\/a> Tamara Qiblawi, Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto, Ramin Mostaghim and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, June 21, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAll of Raisi’s serious rivals were barred from the race and overall voter turnout was 48.8%, the lowest figure since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979.\u201d\u00a0 I think it was much lower than 48%.<\/p>\n

The headline says it all.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s Raisi says ballistic missiles, regional presence \u2018not negotiable\u2019 \u2014 and he doesn\u2019t want to meet Biden,\u201d<\/a> Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, June 21, 2021.<\/p>\n

An unexplained shutdown.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s sole nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown,\u201d<\/a> AP, June 21, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhite House: Khamenei still ‘decision-maker’ after presidential election in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Katherine Doyle, Yahoo, June 21, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018I am innocent\u2019: Urgent pleas to release Australian-Iranian citizen held in Tehran prison,\u201d<\/a> Anthony Galloway, Sydney Morning Herald, June 21, 2021.<\/p>\n

Thank you Guyana.\u00a0 \u201cGuyana checks Winsome ways of Iran-linked tanker,\u201d<\/a> Lloyd\u2019s List, June 21, 2021.\u00a0 \u201cGuyana\u2019s flag registry is one of 18 developing countries in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific regions used by flag-hopping owners of tankers engaged in subterfuge shipping.\u201d\u00a0 This enables crime and proliferation, etc.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran: Stop imminent execution of young man arrested and tortured at 17,\u201d<\/a> Amnesty International, June 21, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quote of the Day.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve always defended the rights of the people. Human rights have been the most foundational base upon which I worked.\u201d\u00a0 Iran\u2019s president-elect Ebrahim Raisi.\u00a0 \u201cMultiple rights groups have also specifically condemned his alleged involvement with a four-person “death panel” in 1988 that oversaw the mass execution of up to 5,000 political … <\/p>\n

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