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...fact, Hizballah's attack comes at a time when the Iranian-backed group faces intense domestic and international pressure to disband its military wing, which is credited with driving out Israeli forces from southern Lebanon in 2000 after a 22-year occupation. Hizballah refuses to disarm, saying that the resistance - as it calls its armed wing - is a vital component of Lebanon's national defense against the threat posed by Israel. Although Hizballah occasionally attacks Israeli positions in Shebaa Farms, it rarely admits to launching operations elsewhere along the border that it is widely suspected of carrying...
After being detained on the grounds of the Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, Jahanbegloo was imprisoned at the notorious Evin prison, the same prison that Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was arrested for allegedly photographing in 2003. Kazemi died after 19 days in Iranian custody, setting off a diplomatic row between Ottawa and Tehran...
...Jahanbegloo is] not only intellectually outstanding but also a staunch advocate of non-violence and an able spokesperson for the great cultural wealth of the Iranian tradition,” said the petition—circulated by Gurney Professor of History Roy W. P. Mottahedeh ’60—that called for Jahanbegloo’s release. “Knowing his character we very much doubt that he has committed any crime...
...know his deep love for philosophy and the humanities, his interest in Gandhi, for instance, and I find it hard to imagine him as a threat to this Iranian regime or any other,” Graham said...
...He’s simply a cosmopolitan intellectual that represents the very best of the Iranian tradition,” Qureshi said. “He struck me as a contemplative, quiet-spoken public intellectual...