Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Nov. 13 The Washington Post on the Nov. 7 mid-term elections: As Tuesday’s elections showed, the Republican Party continues to reap what it sowed when a GOP-nominated Supreme Court...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran is cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an “alarming” number of executions, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in the Islamic Republic...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to an Iranian women's rights activist signaled international support for democracy efforts in the Islamic Republic, and hope that the country might change from the inside. That was 20 years ago and the winner, Shirin...