Omid Iravanipour is interviewed on what the World Cup's "Pride Match" between Iran-Egypt explaining that for the Iranian LGBTQ+ community the regime's attempt to deny the game matches it's efforts to erase the gay community within Iran. With the death penalty the ultimate price LGBTQ+ Iranians pay, repression, social exclusion and violence also play a part.
Iraq’s New Leader Faces Resistance Trying to Bring Militias Under State Control
“Iraq’s new prime minister has met with significant resistance as he attempts to bring the Iran-backed militias in his country under state control, after intense pressure from the Trump administration to rein in the armed groups. . . . [Prime Minister Ali] al-Zaidi, a political newcomer, ordered all armed groups last month to come under direct state authority. Some of the most powerful Iran-linked militias rejected the demand.”
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