...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
has released one Danish and two Austrian citizens in an arrangement mediated by Oman and Belgium a week after a prison swap with Belgium.
"I’m very relieved that we can finally bring Kamran Ghaderi and Massud Mossaheb home after years of arduous imprisonment in Iran," Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said in a statement.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen stated that he was "happy and relieved that a Danish citizen is on his way home to his family in Denmark after imprisonment in Iran," without naming the individual. He thanked Oman and Belgium who "played an important role" in securing the person’s release.
Schallenberg also thanked his Omani and Belgian counterparts for their "valuable support."
The three Europeans were departing Iran for Oman and then to Belgium, Alexander De Croo, the prime minister of Belgium, said on Twitter. "We’ll continue advocating for the release and humane treatment of all Europeans unjustly held in Iran," he said.
Last week Iran conducted a prisoner swap with Belgium mediated by Oman, freeing an Iranian diplomat convicted of a bomb plot and a Belgian aid worker charged with spying.
Iran's Mizan news agency said the three were released on humanitarian grounds. Iran is accused of detaining foreigners and dual nationals and using them as bargaining chips with the West.
Ghaderi and Mossaheb are Austrian businessmen who were arrested in 2016 and 2019 on charges of spying for the United States. They were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each.
Oman is a frequent mediator between the West and Iran. Sultan Haitham bin Tarik visited Tehran this week and met Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
On May 6, Iran executed Habib Farajollah Chaab, a Swedish-Iranian national accused of terrorism. Chaab was from the Arab minority in Iran and led the Swedish Branch of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz (ASMLA).