Benjamin Weinthal
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Benjamin Weinthal is a writing fellow at the Middle East Forum.
Contributor
Benjamin Weinthal is a writing fellow at the Middle East Forum.
The United States has revoked the permanent residency of Alireza Dabir, the president of Iran’s Wrestling Federation and a staunch loyalist of Iran's Supreme Leader, a US government official told Iran International.
Five years after Iran executed champion wrestler Navid Afkari, the Islamic Republic continues to silence athletes and protesters alike—making action against its repressive sports authorities imperative.
Disgraced former Iranian UN envoy Mohammad Jafar Mahallati has resurfaced in Iran, presenting himself as an Oberlin College professor, despite allegations that saw him removed from his position in the US for covering up mass executions and committing sexual misconduct.
An Iranian man wanted by the United States on terrorism charges worked for Swiss university lab which received state and European Union funding, the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported.
As Israel continues striking Iran and Tehran fires missiles in retaliation, a new German intelligence report warns that Iranian efforts to acquire missile-related technology in Europe surged in 2024.
Germany’s Federal Prosecutor says the investigation into the 1992 murder of dissident Iranian singer Fereydoun Farrokhzad remains open, following claims by an ex-IRGC official that the Islamic Republic ordered the killing in Bonn.
A crackdown on the Iranian Baha'is in Isfahan has prompted German-Iranians to urge the mayor of the southwestern German city of Freiburg to pull the plug on its municipal partnership with Isfahan.
While the UN has accused Israel of exacerbating hunger in Gaza, Iran International observed aid deliveries entering the territory through the Kerem Shalom crossing. However, it could not verify whether the food was reaching those in need.
Germany's intelligence services are investigating alleged espionage activities involving 700 people linked to the Iranian state-run Al-Mustafa Institute in Berlin, according to the Bild newspaper.
SOUTH LEBANON—The vast Hezbollah tunnel system built below the Shiite village of Rab El Thalathine is less than 2.5 kilometers from the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona.
