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No more ‘silencing opponents [and] shackling free speech’

By Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) - Foreign Relations Committee

Iranian bravery shifts momentum: ‘Wind at your back’

By General (ret.) John M. 'Jack' Keane - Former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

Role models in Ashraf 3

By Valentina Leskaj - Member of Albania's Socialist Party Leadership, Former Vice Chair of the Council of Europe Assembly and Former Vice Speaker of Albanian Parliament

Admiration for ‘Iranian women calling for change and democracy’

By Elona Gjebrea - Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Secretary and Former Deputy Minister of Interior of Albania

‘Brave and bold’ governments need to stand up to regime

By Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew - CBE, QC, Member of the British House of Lords

‘Equal opportunities for all’

By Els Van Hoof - Member of Federal Parliament of Belgium

Firsthand account of Iran’s ‘profound destabilizing force’

By General (ret.) George W. Casey - 36th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Commander of the Multi-National Force in Iraq

In this July 18, 2020, file photo, released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani adjusts his face mask in a meeting of the national headquarters of the fight against the COVID-19, in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)

Iran’s president, FM lash out at new US push on arms embargo

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks after Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden introduced her as his running mate during a campaign event at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Kamala Harris, Joe Biden align on return to Obama-era foreign policy

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a ceremony at the General Patton memorial in Pilsen near Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Czech Republic at the start of a four-nation tour of Europe. Slovenia, Austria and Poland are the other stations of the trip. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool)

U.S. push to uphold Iran arms embargo headed for U.N. Security Council clash

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

US revises UN resolution to extend UN arms embargo on Iran

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Iran shutters newspaper after expert questions virus numbers

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, a man looks at his mobile phone in front of the flag of the Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, in Kuwait City. The GCC, a six-nation bloc of Gulf Arab nations torn apart by internal strife, unanimously endorsed on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, an extension of a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, just two months before it is set to expire. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

6 Gulf Arab countries back extending UN arms embargo on Iran

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping are greeted by children waving flowers and flags during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Frenemies at the gate: U.S. granted security access to China, Iran

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this June 29, 2019, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, western Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Russia trying to ‘denigrate’ Biden; China wants Trump to lose: U.S. intel assessments

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Iran indifferent to Trump envoy’s quitting amid embargo push

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

In this May 28, 2019 photo, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi speaks at a media conference in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) ** FILE **

Iran FM spokesman: U.S. policy advisers have ‘bitten off more than they could chew’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

US ambassador says Iran is world No. 1 sponsor of terrorism

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this June 15, 2020, file photo, the Voice of America building stands in Washington. The new chief of U.S. global media is plowing ahead with changes to the Voice of America and other international broadcasters that are heightening concerns about their future as independent news organizations. Although Agency for Global Media chief executive Michael Pack has assured Congress that VOA and its sister networks will remain independent and pledged he would consult lawmakers on significant developments, last week he initiated personnel changes and began a review of visas for foreign employees. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Chinese, Iranian employees vetting at U.S. broadcasters risking national security

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This undated photograph provided by the family of Jamshid Sharmahd shows the 65-year-old man from Glendora, California. Iran abducted Sharmahd, a leader of a California-based Iranian militant exile group, while he was in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and apparently smuggled him into Oman before bringing him to the Islamic Republic, his family told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Iran has only said they detained Sharmahd in what it describes as a &quot;complex operation.&quot; (Sharmahd family via AP)

Family tells AP: Iran abducted California man while in Dubai

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press