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Mayo on Milah

By Louie V. Yadua

Mayo Clinic study confirms health benefits of circumcision.

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Pakistan Redux

By Norman Bailey

The parallels between the Pakistani and Turkish situations are striking.

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Jewish Religious Rituals: Conduits To Success

By Harvey Rachlin

the observant individual has the seeds of self-discipline that can be applied to nonreligious endeavors

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Kaddish: Bridging Two Worlds

By Rabbi Zalman Eisenstock

Our loved ones seem present though we can no longer see them or be with them, just as it is with God

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Celebrating Jewish Twitter Week

By Yonatan Gordon

Where do we find this "size of following" concept in the Torah?

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Vatican, EU, Join In Fighting Anti-Semitism

By Stanley M. Bergman

2015’s 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate will increase advances in Catholic-Jewish cooperation.

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Kaballah of Sugar-Coated Cyanide (the 'Peace Negotiations')

By Yonatan Gordon

Chemistry combined with Kabbalah reveals the 'peace process' will lead to forceful land concessions.

Op-Eds / Daughters of Zion

Pro-Israel Activists Must Go on the Offensive and Reach Out

By Rachel Avraham

Pro-Israel groups must broaden their coalitions and feature more pro-Israel minority speakers.

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When Israel Supporters Use the Language of Delegitimization

By Barry Shaw

Israel must assert its legitimate claim to the land or its credibility will be forever forfeited.

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New York State Achieves Historic Funding Support for Yeshivas

By Jack Bendheim and Sam Sutton

We are certain of this: advocacy is important, but it's nothing without champions in elected office.

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A Literary Analysis of Shir Ha-shirim

By Yeshivat Har Etzion

The sacred flames of passion between the Jewish people and the Almighty expressed in Shir Ha-Shirim.

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California's Ugly Anti-Semitism Spreads East to Vassar

By Stella Paul

Multiculturalism rules at Vassar, with one exception: It’s edgy, it’s cool, it’s hip to hate Israel.

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Jewish Unity

By Michael Linetsky

The unity of the Jewish People and their tolerance for each other is of cosmic import.

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Olmert's Banana Republic (Boat) Song

By Steven Plaut

It's six K, five K, four K, Graft ! (Daylight come and da jail's his new home)

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Israel Boycott Promoters Do Not Belong in Israel Day Parade

By Rabbi Aryeh Spero

Too many Jews join in the herd sport of anti-Semitism, now permitted to them as anti-Israelism.

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Arabs No Longer Take Obama Administration Seriously

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Abbas and the Arab leaders thumb their noses at U.S. conditions, instead they set their own.

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J'Accuse the U.S. State Department! Again.

By Alan Joseph Bauer

Eight years after our attack, after having sent DoJ reams of material, our file was somehow empty.

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Why are Feminists Not Standing Up for Israel?

By Michael Curtis

These feminists are so anti-Israel that they ignore Arab women's lack of political and social freedom

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Seeking 'Peace' by Waging War?

By Steve Feldman and Christopher J. Katulka

Sabeel: all of the land is “Palestine,” Israel practices “apartheid,” the “occupation” began in '48.

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Vassar and the BDS War on Campus

By Petra Marquardt-Bigman

There is a growing militancy to the anti-Israel activists, especially on campuses.

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California Students Testify About Anti-Semitism on Campus

By AMCHA Initiative

Jewish students testified at a California government hearing about anti-Semitism on campuses.

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The Jewish People Suffer a Collective Fate

By Michael Linetsky

God judges the Jewish People as a National Entity.

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Builders Of The Jewish People

By Richard M. Joel

Students of Torah build and preserve the Jewish people through their study.

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Why The Palestinians Can’t Say Two Simple Words

By Jonathan S. Tobin

To admit Israel is a Jewish State would undo Arabs' claimed victimhood and plans to eliminate Israel.

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My Visit To Munich – Pain And Lessons Learned

By Steven Cymbrowitz

Jew hatred is again spreading like a fast-moving cancer all over the globe.

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My Exchange With An Old Haredi Friend

By Rabbi Steven Pruzansky

One can’t only take; one must give as well. Giving – not taking – is the essence of the righteous person.

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Iran Resumes Financial Assistance to Hamas

By Steve Emerson

Despite the Sunni (Hamas/rebel) / Shiite (Hezbollah/Syria) split, Iran has resumed financial assistance to Hamas.

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New Anti-Semitism Tailored for Evangelicals

By Christine Williams

"Christ at the Checkpoint" conference was a "who's who of the new anti-Israel narrative."

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Is the Arab League a Legitimate Peace Broker?

By Eli Hertz

Arab League announced in 2002: "We greet with honor and pride the valiant martyrs of the intifada."

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Can Educational Programming Lead to Shabbat Desecration?

By Yeshivat Har Etzion

It is crucial never to imply that Shabbat desecration is something with which one is at peace.

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Leprosy: Stringency and Leniency

By Michael Linetsky

The Law is not merely a societal fail-safe, but a sacred and Divine prescription.

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A 'Peace Process' That's Past its Shelf Life

By J. E. Dyer

Oslo's moment of unchallenged American supremacy and the illusion of unforced global stasis, passed.

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Putin's Iran Threat is Good for Israel

By Lauri Regan

If Russia stands with Iran, Obama will be forced to stand with Israel or lose the American people to the Republican Party.

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Falk's Departure a Victory for Human Rights (VIDEO)

By Hillel Neuer

Palestinian UN delegation tried to fire Richard Falk for Hamas support, froze his report; today is his last day.

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Palestinian People's Message to Kerry: Go Away!

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Even if Abbas is forced -- under U.S. Pressure and threats -- to make concessions, the Palestinians will not "relinquish their rights."

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Suicide Bomb 'Survivor' Beseeches Obama Not to Release Barghouti

By Alan Joseph Bauer

'My son was nearly killed by a suicide bombing Barghouti paid for. Don't release him, Mr. President.'

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Torah Study And The Defense Of Israel

By Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel

In all of Tanach, Talmud or Jewish history, Jews go out to defend their country together. There is not one time when Jews were exempt from fighting alongside their brothers because they were learning Torah.

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King David Drafted Torah Scholars Into His Army

By Rabbi Nachman Kahana

The thoughts of man, even those of the greatest talmid chacham, cannot fathom the thoughts of the Creator, for many of the Torah laws run counter to human logic.

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For The Israeli Left, Democracy Is Too Democratic

By John Podhoretz

Hard to imagine, isn’t it, that a political movement supporting economic boycotts of your own country might rain down condemnation on you within your own country.

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Social Justice for All – Except Jews

By Richard L. Cravatts

The cynical, and historically and factually inaccurate, view has meant leftists frequently denounce Western democracies as imperialistic, racist, militaristic oppressors.

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The Israeli Left Pursues The Treason Vote

By Steven Plaut

In 2012, an initiative was begun in the Knesset led by David Rotem (from the Yisrael Beitenu party), to cut the stipends and pensions paid to convicted murderers and terrorists by 50 percent.

Op-Eds / Israel

Hillel Responds to 'Outrageous' Attack on Israel Guidelines

By Sidney Pertnoy

Hillel International Board Chair: rabbi who quit made 'false, outrageous' claims about Hillel's Israel Guidelines.

Op-Eds / Analysis / News Briefs

Palestinian Arabs Spurn Peace, But Israel Will be Blamed

By Lee Bender

Is there no price to pay by the Palestinian Arabs for intransigence and rejection? Or defeat in war?

Op-Eds / Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Four Things President Obama Should Tell Mahmoud Abbas

By Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the SWC hopes President Obama will ask PA leader Mahmoud Abbas 4 important questions.

Op-Eds / Jewish / News Briefs / Russia

Is Putin a Friend to the Jews Who Deserves Support?

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

On the one hand, Putin has been a friend to Chabad and to Israel. On the other hand, Putin is a brutal dictator.

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Behind Our Masks

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

I was singing, dancing, jumping and, sweating. Just joy and happiness. One child on my shoulders after another. What happiness! And then, the little boy on my shoulders – he could not have been older than six – began to cry.

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Be A Purim Sponsor

By David Mandel

Alcohol on Purim is viewed by many as the drinking equivalent of the Autobahn: no limits, no control.

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Purim: A Rejuvenation Of The Torah

By Rabbi Ephraim S. Sprecher

Why not tell us that Purim is to be commemorated with reading the megillah, dispensing mishloach manot, giving gifts to the poor, and partaking in a Purim feast?

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A Purim Letter To Students – And The Rest Of Us

By Rabbi Akiva Males

At the core of traditional Judaism is the belief that our world has a Creator. This Creator knows all that goes on in our world, and remains actively involved in all of its events – no matter how insignificant some of those events might seem.

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March: The Moment For Change In Jewish Education Funding

By Jeff Leb

Make no mistake: the potential here is enormous. If all of these budget items are approved, they could be a game changer for Jewish day schools and their budgets.

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Does God Have an iPhone?

By Yonatan Gordon

Where Purim meets Chanukah.

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All Death and Mourning Are Felt by the Cosmos

By Michael Linetsky

The meaning of "God’s watch" here is not entirely clear.

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Feckless Fanatical Failure vs. Thinking Outside the Box

By Leslie-Ann Stoffel

Don’t Israelis and Arab Palestinians deserve more than this? Is it not time to stop the insanity?

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A Buzzing Reminder

By Faigie Heiman

At age 104, my mother was still concerned about her relationship with Hashem.

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Who's Afraid of Putin?

By Jeremy Rosen

Obama’s incompetence, the way his naive worldview and credulity have made a fool of him, are equally frightening

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Intemperate Challenger for ZOA, Mort Klein Should Win

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Klein's challenger has demonstrated a propensity to unleash poisonous vitriol, even to other Zionists

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President Obama's 'If Not Now, When?!'

By Yoram Ettinger

President Obama's foreign policy is based on fantasy.

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Needed: Protective Rabbinic Leadership

By Dr. Rachel Levmore

International Agunah Day falls annually on Ta'anis Esther, this year on March 13.

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Text and Context

By Richard M. Joel

Yeshiva University Museum recently hosted an exhibit titled “Threshold to the Sacred.”

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The New Old Antisemitism

By Ziona Greenwald, J.D.

Even a foxhole Yid has to admit that antisemitism is on the upswing.

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Do You Want Nazis as Neighbors?

By Dov Hikind

As shocking and insulting and horrifying as it is, Nazi war criminals are still living freely among us.

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Liberals Have Got What They Asked for

By Christopher Chantrill

Liberals got an Affirmative Action president who doesn't have the wisdom or the authority to change the battle plan.

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Israel and the Rest of the World

By Denis MacEoin

The world excuses Islamic murder, but focuses on flaws, often imaginary, on the part of Israel.

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Is Lebanon's New Government Threatening Israel?

By Joseph Raskas

Hezbollah is attempting to restore its shattered image by fabricating threats against it.

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Will Ukraine Send the World into War?

By Kim Zigfeld

Putin must be forced to back down.

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Of Fleas, Eagles and Gripes

By Yaacov Behrman

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's confrontation with a Lubavitch leader.

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They’re Impossible Palestinian Red Lines, But Israel Will Be Blamed

By Lee S. Bender and Jerome R. Verlin

The Palestinian Arab leadership is making it clear it has no interest in genuine, peaceful co-existence.

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Jerusalem Rally Reflections: When Thoughts Win Wars

By Yonatan Gordon

We are all soldiers in Hashem’s army, only our uniform is different.

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Jewish Self-Respect Mandated that Ramaz Not Promote Israel Hater

By Jerome M. Marcus

The Ramaz children are clearly in need of instruction.

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Ramaz and Rashid Khalidi

By Jeremy Rosen

The Ramaz School was wrong to refuse to allow Rashid Khalidi, the Palestinian apologist, to speak to its senior students.

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The Great Fix: Lapid and the Haredim Pushing Each Other's Agenda

By Menachem Rahat

Nothing will change regarding the draft issue, as both Lapid and his Haredi opponents are collaborating on a fraud.

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I Was Baruch Goldstein's Friend

By David Wilder

The agenda of articles appearing 20 years after the Goldstein episode has nothing to do with human rights or suffering.

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Robert Malley and the Shift to Appeasement

By Jonathan S. Tobin

When it became known in May 2008 that Malley had met with Hamas terrorists, the Obama campaign severed ties with him.

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To Be a Parent Is to Be a Very Special Rebbe

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

The only way for children to find a way back to the path is through parental love and understanding.

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NY Times Feature on Anti-Zionism a Reminder of the Sulzberger Legacy

By Dr. Rafael Medoff

Sulzberger, one of the most famous “religious Jews” who opposed Zionism did not change his mind even after the Holocaust.

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A Memorable Weekend for Divorced Orthodox Jews

By Naomi Klass Mauer

My involvement with Frum Divorce corresponds to a lot of the work I do at The Jewish Press helping agunot and others going through divorce.

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Our Weimar Republic

By Bruce Walker

In the last years of Weimar Germany, President Hindenburg began ruling Germany by emergency decree.

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France in Free Fall

By Guy Millière

France will have to cut taxes and spending, and reform the job market and the welfare system, or face the consequences.

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The 'Quenelle': Product of Simple Hatred or Ignorance?

By Milad Doroudian

The “quenelle” has become a form of language, a mechanism by which hatred is not just spread but normalized.

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The Real Agenda Behind the Push for 'Islamophobia'

By Raheel Raza

Islamists have been successful in building the Islamophobia industry, diverts attention from activities they would prefer not be noticed.

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Confession of a Pollard Advocate Who Lost his Way

By Ely Rosenzveig

I was the first person, save for his family and attorney, to make contact with Jonathan Pollard after his arrest.

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Modernizing Modern Orthodoxy

By Yonatan Gordon

Take the most creative and modern-minded adherents, and make sure they have a place for their creative ambitions.

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Ramaz Administration Handled Rashid Khalidi Debacle Expertly

By Daniel de Sola Marks

It's a sign of community weakness when certain issues take the forefront, so enemies can capitalize on the division.

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Americans: Israel Is the MVP

By Yoram Ettinger

Israel's popularity is at the highest since 1991, when Gallup first polled Americans on foreign countries.

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Zionism in Jassy: The Importance of History Today

By Milad Doroudian

The history of Zionism in Jassy, Romania, amidst persecution and antisemitism.

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Shabbat

By Jeremy Rosen

Imagine you take your family somewhere where there is no such thing as a day off.

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Does Size Really Matter, Mr. Kerry?

By Leslie-Ann Stoffel

Israel would find its major population areas within rocket launching range if Judea and Samaria are relinquished

Op-Eds / On Campus

Will J Street U Take the J Street Challenge?

By Daniel Mael

J Street U groups should be showing "The J Street Challenge"

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Missing the Point on Women's Issues

By Rabbi Gil Student

Traditional Jewish texts clearly discuss men and women as categories – as distinct groups – even though individual men and women vary.

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Einstein and Jewish Thought about God

By Howard Zik

The idea of a personal God implies the notion that God is more than just the sum total of the physical universe.

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The Question the Palestinians Aren’t Being Asked

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Friedman has been writing the same column for decades in which he asks Israelis whether they will leave the "West Bank."

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Overturning the Amalek Mindset

By Shandee Fuchs

Amalek tries to convince us there is no hashgacha in this world – that Hashem is not involved and doesn’t care about us.

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Blow People Up? What a Surprise!

By Douglas Murray

If we cannot see what is happening, it seems likely that we simply do not want it to be happening. But apparently not enough to try to stop it from happening.

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Predictive Journalism, Nate Silver, and the Talmudic Mind

By Yonatan Gordon

Nate Silver adapted the theorem into his "Bayesian convergence," the method of dispelling myths and opposing opinions as evidence.

Op-Eds / Aliyah

Tremping Rules of the Road

By Marc Gottlieb

If you look like someone they wouldn't invite into their home, they won't invite you into their car.

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Manufacturing Consent on Same Sex Marriage

By Doug Mainwaring

The idea of same sex marriage didn't win at the ballot box, the marketing strategy developed by leftist social psychologists did.

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Iran: Behind Rouhani's Smile, Reza Shahabi Tortured In Prison

By Shadi Paveh

Shahabi has been ordered to pay an extortionate fine of 70 million Rials (US$5,700) or his release date will be delayed by two years.

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