The Iranian government has destroyed over 100,000 satellite dishes because cable channels “deviate the society’s morality and culture,” an Iranian general said Sunday. General Mohammad Reza Naghdi, the head of Iran’s Basij militia who presided over the destruction of the dishes, claimed that “what these televisions really achieve is increased divorce, addiction and insecurity...

A Palestinian NGO has condemned the terrorist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, for issuing death sentences to three alleged Israeli spies. A 57-year-old man from Gaza City was convicted on Tuesday of sharing intelligence with Israel for over 20 years, allegedly providing information about Hamas’ tunnels, rockets, and safe houses,...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is coordinating with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes, in order to “restrain Israeli movements” in the African continent, the PA’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. The International Criminal Court has charged al-Bashir with war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Darfur, where he is accused of seeking to exterminate three non-Arab...

Over 25,000 people participated in Jerusalem’s 15th annual LGBT pride parade on Thursday, the largest such event to ever take place in the Israeli capital. Participants first gathered in Jerusalem’s Liberty Bell Park at 5:45 PM, then chanted and marched with banners calling for equality along the city’s downtown area, much of which...

The family of a British-Iranian woman who was arrested in Tehran earlier this year was told to pressure the British government “to reach an agreement” in order to close her case before trial, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was visiting family in Iran with her toddler, was detained at Tehran’s airport in...

Iranian hardliners close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are “gaining authority” in the wake of last year’s nuclear deal, Reuters reported on Monday. “Khamenei’s allies control the bulk of financial resources as well as the judiciary, the security forces, public broadcasters and the Guardian Council which vets laws and...