Former Vice President Joe Biden is universally respected for his compassion and humanity—a capacity to stand with people in their darkest moments of personal grief and collective suffering. With the Coronavirus pandemic devastating the Iranian people, Biden has made the question of providing humanitarian relief to the Iranian people a test of American leadership. In an April […]
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The Islamic Republic of Iran is a failed state In response to President Trump’s escalation of tensions with Iran, the Senate voted on Feb. 13 to require the president to seek congressional authorization for military action against Iran. Mr. Trump himself has claimed that he wants a better Iran nuclear deal — not a war
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A year ago, President Donald Trump wrote of his support for the Iranian people’s basic economic and political rights. “The great Iranian people have been repressed for many years,” he tweeted. “They are hungry for food & for freedom. Along with human rights, the wealth of Iran is being looted. TIME FOR CHANGE!” Trump has
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By Khosrow B. Semnani, for The Washington Times. Published: December 18, 2019 What Iranians want now is an end to the death of their children In his 2017 historic speech before leaders of more than 50 Muslim nations gathered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump reset U.S.-Iranian relations by declaring his solidarity with the
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By Khosrow B. Semnani, for The Washington Times. Published: December 18, 2019 In his 2017 historic speech before leaders of more than 50 Muslim nations gathered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump reset U.S.-Iranian relations by declaring his solidarity with the Iranian people. The president concluded his address with a prayer for “the day
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By Khosrow B. Semnani, For the Deseret News. Published Sep 20, 2019, 7:00am MDT Fortunately, President Donald Trump is taking a measured approach to a most difficult situation. It was an audacious assault on the world’s largest oil production plant. The Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabia at Abqaiq and Khurais, the world’s largest processing
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By Khosrow Semnani, For the Deseret News. Published May 20, 2019, 7:00pm MDT President Trump does not want an Iran war. The president’s detractors — among them some of our European allies — have characterized Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on Iran’s ayatollahs as the opening salvo of another catastrophic
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By Khosrow Semnani For the Deseret News. Published: March 16, 2019 9:00 a.m. As the sun rose on Friday, Muslims around the world prepared for their morning prayers and heard the horrible news of the shootings in two mosques in New Zealand. From time zone to time zone, the prayers of Muslims — and all
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Khosrow Semnani spoke at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C. on Oct. 30 about how Ayatollah Khomeini’s ideology laid the foundation for corruption in Iran’s resources by denying the sovereignty of the Iranian people.Read more in Persian
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The Islamic Republic continues squandering Iranians’ most vital resource: the energy that could drive their prosperity and fuel their future. Washington D.C., October 30, 2018 — As Iranians experience a deteriorating economy, sinking currency, and rising joblessness, a new study published by Omid for Iran and the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics lays
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