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Rouhani has not increased freedoms in Iran, U.N. chief says
Reuters ^ | Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:09pm EDT | Stephanie Nebehay

Posted on 03/11/2014 5:19:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his election, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday.

Rouhani, who won a landslide in June, led Iran to an initial nuclear deal with world powers. But, perhaps wary of further antagonizing powerful hardliners, he has not made significant reforms at home that moderate voters had hoped for. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: eritrea; iran; lebanon; rop; rouhani; russia; syria; un; waronterror

1 posted on 03/11/2014 5:19:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

wow I am shocked


2 posted on 03/11/2014 5:20:21 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

Yes; the UN actually admitted this.


3 posted on 03/11/2014 5:22:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

There won’t be freedom in Iran until all the mullahs are strangled with their head rags.


4 posted on 03/11/2014 5:34:11 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Olog-hai

Gee Banki, what ever gave you that idea?
these morons would be funny if it wasn’t so
dangerous to others health.


5 posted on 03/11/2014 5:36:10 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Olog-hai

duh


6 posted on 03/11/2014 5:44:04 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Olog-hai

well everything the U.N. chief says is true, and that truth is not good, but who in the hell cares what the U.N. chief says to begin with, as if ONLY if he speaks can we know the truth of the mullahs’ dicatatorship in Iran.


7 posted on 03/11/2014 6:47:24 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: yldstrk
wow I am shocked

At the fact that Iranians did what they always do or that some moron believed their lies? Iranians getting whatever they want from democrats since jimah cahta.

8 posted on 03/11/2014 6:59:00 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Olog-hai.

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9 posted on 03/12/2014 4:09:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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