Iran’s torture and execution of champion wrestler Navid Afkari is consistent with a new Amnesty International report on the regime’s flagrant human rights violations. Inadequate international censure for such abuses and for repeated breaches of the Iran nuclear deal serve to appease and embolden Iran. It also alarms regional states aligning in opposition to the belligerent theocracy.
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Ida Lichter is the author of Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices Against Oppression
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