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August 12, 2021

Europe Pays Homage to Iran’s Bloodstained New President

“Terrorists take their place in the first row, we in Europe in the second.”

Last Thursday, the Islamic Republic swore in its new president, Ebrahim Raisi, a veteran leader who has presided over some of the regime’s most murderous acts of oppression. Yet neither Raisi’s record nor his country’s most recent acts of piracy, kidnapping, and war-making deterred the EU from sending a delegate to the ceremony. Fiamma Nirenstein observes:

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August 12, 2021

  1. Good News about Public Opinion in the Persian Gulf

    Significant numbers support religious moderation and peace with Israel.

  2. Europe Pays Homage to Iran’s Bloodstained New President

    “Terrorists take their place in the first row, we in Europe in the second.”

  3. Hope and Disappointment in Israel’s Desert Metropolis

    Beersheba, city of the future.

  4. The Roots of American Political Division and Discontent

    The clash within liberal democracy.

  5. The Woman behind the First Printed Hebrew Prayer Book

    Penitential prayers from Piove di Sacco.