Author: Kalantarian Kevo

BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY: “THE TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ARMENIA SHOULD BE FREED” – INTERVIEW

APA
July 23 2012
Azerbaijan

Christopher Pincher: “Nagorno Karabakh does not exist like independent
state, so it can’t hold fair and proper elections”

Baku. Victoria Dementieva – APA. The interview of Head of UK-Azerbaijan
Inter-Parliamentary Working Group Christopher Pincher to APA

– How did your visit to Azerbaijan go? What issues were discussed
during the meeting?

– We are part of Parliamentary group for Azerbaijan, member of
Parliament in the UK had an interesting visit to Azerbaijan . Within
3 days we could visit Baku and Gabala and had meetings with British
Ambassador to Azerbaijan, the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Chief
Executive of SOCAR, OSCE office and EU mission to Azerbaijan.

In Gabala we visited piano factory, the “Jala” juice production plant
and also Olympic Sport complex in Azerbaijan. It was very packed
program, which The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS) organized for
us and much attention was paid to the details.

I enjoyed Azerbaijan. It has tolerant, respectful and secular society.

And it is rather unique I think. We could visit church, Jewish
synagogue. And it absolutely shows the respect for all the communities,
all religions here.

The regional issues, Nagorno-Karabakh were among the issues we
discussed. We visited the people, who have been displaced, and went
to one IDP camp in Gabala during our visit. They must be allowed
to return their home. The territories occupied by Armenia should be
freed and the army should be withdrawn.

– You touched on Nagorno Karabakh conflict. What is your opinion on
the so called ‘elections’ in Nagorno-Karabakh held on July 19?

– Nagorno Karabakh does not exist like independent state. So it can’t
hold fair and proper elections when people who should have been living
there have been all number exclusively displaced, so it can not be
a proper elections.

– Recently the EU reiterates to be more active in Nagorno-Karabakh
resolution by facilitating the confidence building measures. How the
UK can assist in this process?

– The Great Britain supports the OSCE Minsk Group’s activity. The
British Parliament and British government can make it quite clear
to all international organizations and Armenia that it supports the
rights of the people who have been displaced from their home.

– Are the citizens of the Great Britain aware about the conflict or
not so much?

– It becomes more because of TEAS activity for few years. But it is
truth to say that Armenia because of its Diaspora around the world has
got a lead in bringing its case and Azerbaijan should bring its case
about its rights in frames to Nagorno Karabakh. I think the British
public is hazily aware on the situation.

– How do you estimate the inter-parliamentary cooperation between
the UK and Azerbaijan?

– We have friendly relationship with UK-Azerbaijan parliamentary
relations working group. Certainly, my experience through these 3-4
years I first visited Azerbaijan, this is my third visit to your
country, we have always been welcomed by Azerbaijani parliamentarians
and our good relationship continues.

– Do you have any common projects?

– We hope that Milli Mejlis members will come to London in the next 12
months. We will meet parliamentarians and hope to discuss the future
cooperation. And I think the TEAS also organized a number of debates
that British parliamentaries have attended.

Also in Britain we have a concept of twinning. Our towns twin with
other towns of the world to strengthen friendship. Twin towns realize
school visits which is very good educational facility. As a result of
going to Gabala today I am going to looking to possibility of twinning
my own town Tamworth twin with Gabala. So young children of Tamworth
could visit Gabala and vice versa. It is not my decision to make but
I will propose it to the Mayor and local council.

-The energy sector is one of the main cooperation spheres between
the two countries. How do you see the perspectives of cooperation
between Azerbaijan and the UK?

Energy is an important issue in Britain. We have to be sure that we
have secure supply of energy and diversified it. It is even more
important in the Eastern Europe especially which rely heavily on
Russia -it is important for them to diversify their supplies. So
we very much support what have been done in Azerbaijan to get more
pipelines to get gas into Europe. We have big interest in Azerbaijan.

There are 5 thousand BP employees living and working in Azerbaijan. So
we have very good energy relationship. But I think it is important to
Azerbaijan to develops its beyond hydrocarbons and what it is trying
to do by growing in non-energy products.

And I think Britain can help in areas such designing, construction,
IT, telecoms and also in banking.

MUBARIZ GURBANLI: “THE ATTEMPTS OF ARMENIA TO BUILT AND USE AN AIRPORT IN KHANKENDI IS THE NEXT PROVOCATION, IT IS A BLOW TO NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS”

APA
July 23 2012
Azerbaijan

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA. “Today, Azerbaijan makes real
proposals for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict through
negotiations and makes great efforts to achieve peace.

But the Armenian side shows the opposite position and continues it
provocations. Of course, the impact of the third force shows itself
here. The third force is interested in using Armenia as a tool in this
issue,” said Executive Secretary of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP),
MP Mubariz Gurbanli in his interview to the website of the party,
APA reports.

According to him, Armenians always organize some provocations to
prevent the negotiations process. The Nagorno Karabakh problem, its
anatomy, progress of negotiations and proposals made up to now are
known to the society: “Armenia wants to use time for its own benefit by
prolonging the negotiations. Azerbaijan improved and strengthened its
defensive capacity. The Armenian side wants to delay the negotiations
process with certain maneuvers. But when the Azerbaijani side makes
real proposals, Armenians can’t say anything. They took steps directed
to violation of the process. The attempts of Armenia to built and use
the airport in Khankendi are the next provocation, it is a blow to
negotiations process. Which airport can be constructed in the occupied
area? What is its aim? On the other hand, there are no people in this
area to use this airport. The economic opportunities of the Armenian
people don’t allow it. It is a provocation.”

Gurbanli also added that holding of “elections” by Armenians in
the occupied areas is also the next provocation. Neither Azerbaijan
nor the other international organizations recognize these so-called
“presidential elections”: “Holding of such “elections” aims to hide
the separatist regime in the occupied areas. In fact, military robber
regime here is included into the system considered as the occupied
area and official Yerevan manages it.”

WHICH IS THE NEXT- IRAN OR TURKEY?
Naira Hayrumyan

Story from Lragir.am News:

Published: 17:33:56 – 23/07/2012

Despite the fact that Bashar Asad is still resisting, it is evident
that the solution under the current almost total isolation, is near.

The Aeroflot has already announced that it will stop flights to Damask
from August 6, and this may be the deadline for some operations.

In the context of the Syrian events, as a rule, Armenia is discussing
the issue on the Armenians living in Syria. The society is protesting
that the state does not take up necessary measures to receive
Syrian-Armenians, and the ministry of Diaspora says they don’t want
to come to Armenia. Besides, Radio Liberty reports a Syrian-Armenian
saying everything is all right in Aleppo and the Syrian protesters
promise not to touch Armenians.

However, the possible geopolitical implications of the Syrian crisis
for Armenia are ignored. The Russian media have claimed that the next
will be Iran. Although, judging by the statements of Erdogan it is
not excluded that Turkey will be the next. And Armenia will have to
prepare for the fact that such events will occur in the neighboring
state. And if in case of Syria, even Georgia, Armenia could remain
neutral, it is unlikely to succeed if the problem starts with Iran.

Tehran will clearly require a clear position.

Russian politicians called on Armenia in Yerevan to toughen its
position on the Syrian issue and express against foreign intervention.

It was noted that the West has already oriented towards Iran and is
ready to sacrifice Karabakh for Azerbaijan to become a foothold.

Mikhail Aleksandrov noted that “the U.S., the European Union and their
allies support Azerbaijan in the Karabakh issue”. Andrey Areshev noted
that Russia’s position on this issue is cardinally different from
the position of the Western forces. “Russia will never benefit from
destabilization of situation in the South Caucasus. In the meantime,
the actions of the West take the Southern Caucasus to the same deck
with the so called Big Near East, where violence boils”, he said.

Actually, Armenia will have to choose between the West and Russia
even relating to the Syrian issue. Moscow has already been applying
its traditional blackmail measures, trying to convince Armenia that
in case it supports the West, its security will be threatened. Armenia
has been neutral so far, but neutrality may be interpreted by everyone
in their own favor. Especially if the neutrality implies not the
conception of its own interests, but the principle of “waiting to
see where the thread will be cut, maybe we will be saved”.

GALIA NOVENTS WAS UNIQUE PERSONALITY, SAYS ARMENIAN ACTOR

tert.am
20:32 ~U 23.07.12

In contrast to the characters she played in the popular Armenian films,
Galia Novents was a very modest personality in life, says Sos Sargsyan,
a popular actor.

Remembering the talented actress who was reported dead on Sunday,
Sargsyan characterized her as a very restrained and predomnantly
silent personality,

“She was a very smart and good friend and a kind girl in life. And
as an actress, she was peerless and irreplaceable. We do not have
that type of self-reliant, unique and very talented [personality],”
the actor told Tert.am on Monday.

Sargsyan recalled that it was a special pleasure for him to star with
the great actress in a film.

“It is a long time I haven’t met her; probably ten years. I saw
her play in the performance, A Drop of Kindness, at the Hamazgayin
[pan-national] theatre; she was playing a wonderful role. That was
her last [part] as she was not in Armenia. She was all the time with
her grandchildren in the United States,” Sargsyan said, expressing
sorrow for the untimely loss.

THE SYRIAN OPPOSING FORCES ARE WILLING TO PROTECT THE ARMENIANS

ARMENPRESS
23 July, 2012
YEREVAN

Yerevan, July 23, ARMENPRESS: The representatives of the opposing
“Syrian free army” have announced their intention of capturing the city
of Aleppo. As “Armenpress” reports, it was mentioned by the “Syrian
free army’s” Colonel Abdel Jabar Al-Okaydi in the statement posted
on YouTube. He also stressed that national and religious minorities
living in Aleppo should not have any concerns in those activities.

“Armenian or Assyrian, Kurdish or Druze, the Syrian army will
protect everybody”, stated the Syrian Colonel. To his word the Syrian
opposition is also going to protect the Assad kinsfolk.

Meanwhile, the situation in Aleppo is still quiet. In the conversation
with “Armenpress” the representative of the Armenian community in Syria
Nazaret Elmajyan noted that the situation is still being controlled by
the forces loyal to Assad. Problems are mainly in three districts-Salah
El-Din, Alsakhur and Al-Haydaria”, mentioned Elmajyan.

Aleppo is one of the most populated with Armenians cities, while
in the mentioned districts the Armenians are not particularly in a
large number.

According to the Syrian Human Rights Organization data 17 thousand
192 people died because of the Syrian 16 months ongoing clashes. The
Arab media reports that among the dead11 thousand 897 were peaceful
civilians, and 4348 were security officers. Among the victims there
were 7 Armenians, 2 of which were the Syrian Army militaries. The
Syrian riots make the Syrians leave the country appearing in other
countries as refugees. Recently the Armenian community representatives
also leave the country. The refugee status or asylum applications from
Syria are considered in an accelerated procedure, at least ten days.

The head of the State Migration Service Gagik Eganyan in response to
the question raised by “Armenpress” stated that 6 families with 16
members applied Armenia for an asylum with a refugee status.

OUSTING SYRIA’S ALAWITES FROM POWER WILL IMMEDIATELY SHAKE SHIITE ZONE – ARMENIAN EXPERT

news.am
July 23, 2012 | 13:34

YEREVAN.- Ousting Alawites from power in Syria will immediately shake
the Shiite zone in the Middle East, Armenian political analyst Hayk
Kocharyan told reporters on Monday.

It will also weaken position of Iran and Shiite majority in Iraq.

“Intensification of Shiite factor in Bahrain was not a mere
coincidence. Saudi Arabia also has Shiite minority,” he added.

Expert in Arabic studies Saro Saroyan said shifting of political
regimes can pass without negative consequences when it is based on
political balance.

“We have been witnessing the trend of state separation over the
decades. It happened in the Middle East and North Africa: Ethiopia-
Eritrea, Sudan – South Sudan. Unless it is based on political
balance, the developments will lead to unfavorable conditions, up to
humanitarian catastrophe,” he stressed.

ARMENIAN CHURCH CONSTRUCTION TO LAUNCH IN LAS VEGAS

PanARMENIAN.Net
July 23, 2012 – 18:02 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Earlier this week, Western Prelate Archbishop
Moushegh Mardirossian visited the Las Vegas parish community to
finalize details of the construction of St. Garabed Church that is
set to begin soon, Asbarez reports.

On Thursday, July 18, the Prelate, accompanied by Executive Council
member and Prelacy Building Committee Chair Vahan Bezdikian, met with
Parish Pastor Archpriest. Fr. Avedis Torossian, Parish Council Chair
Adroushan Armenian and members, and members of the parish Building
Committee Levon Gulbenkian and Koko Darakjian.

As reported by the Church Building Committee, to date all permits for
the construction of the Church have been granted and construction
has been set to begin in August. The completion of the project is
expected to be in May of 2013.

The Prelate shared this news with the Church benefactor Larry Barnes,
who was equally pleased with the progress of the project.

Arch. Mardirossian highly commended the Pastor, Parish Council, and
Building Committee members who are diligently overseeing each phase
of this project, and wished that the progress continues smoothly
until its final completion in the coming year.

The construction of St. Garabed Church and Cultural Center has two
phases. The Church and adjacent hall will form a complex which will be
the spiritual and cultural center of the community. The construction
of the hall was completed over a year ago, and it is where Divine
Liturgy is celebrated for the time being. During his Pontifical Visit
in October of last year, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I blessed the
foundation of the Church and consecrated the dome cross.

Bettor.com
July 22 2012

Art Hovhannisyan nails Miguel Acosta via split decision to defend streak –

Posted By: Oscars Dean

Art Hovhannisyan, the surging Armenian super featherweight,
successfully defended his undefeated streak by collecting the biggest
win of his career over veteran Miguel Acosta, the former WBA World
lightweight champion, via split decision in a 10-round bout held on
July 20, 2012.

The duo headlined the pay-per-view organised and promoted by Gary Shaw
of Gary Shaw Productions. The event was televised live from Chumash
Casino in Santa Ynez, California, United States and was broadcasted as
Showtime’s weekly Friday night special edition.

In addition to the above bout, the jam-packed Chumash Casino also
witnessed Roman Morales take on Alexis Santiago in an eight-round
non-title super bantamweight bout, co-headlining the fight card.

Despite getting knocked down once by the experienced Venezuelan
pounder, Art did not lose hope at all and kept on pummelling the
former world champion. The duo literally battered each other and threw
almost 1000 jabs collectively.

Art, 30, successfully set the pace of the bout in the first round. In
the final seconds of the first round, the Armenian proud connected a
big right hand that flattened Miguel on the ring floor.

During the second round, it was Acosta who made a comeback with his
own hefty jabs eventually kneeling down Art to score a knockdown. From
third round and onwards, Miguel adopted a cautious stance and started
to interpret Art’s jab-timings.

Acosta connected higher number of jabs, 124 to be specific, most of
them landing at Art’s face. Hovhannisyan did not lose his senses at
all and in the ninth round, after realising that Acosta has worn out,
moved in for the kill and launched a barrage of fists that pounded and
battered the Venezuelan `Aguacerito’.

It was most probably the last 10th round action that aided Art in
collecting the biggest win of his career by collecting 95-93 on two
cards and 92-96 on the remaining one. After the impressive
career-boosting win, Art while sharing his thoughts stated, `I wanted
to end the fight with one punch. I was not hurt by the knockdown. It
was a flash knockdown. Every round I was getting stronger and
stronger. I could have worked better, but I know I won the fight and I
gave the fans a good performance.’

The unfortunate Acosta who has collected his second consecutive loss
and third in a total of five bouts, stated, `I’m very sure I won this
fight. Although he caught me in the first round, I landed more punches
throughout the fight. After he knocked me down, I got my confidence
back little by little with each round. I knew my conditioning was good
and it would carry me into the fight.’

Art has collected his 15th win in a total of 17 bouts whereas Miguel
has received his sixth career loss in a total of 37 bouts.

Columbus Dispatch
July 22 2012

Book Review | The Sandcastle Girls: Family’s story illuminates
genocide Chris Bohjalian

By Margaret Quamme
For The Columbus Dispatch Sunday July 22, 2012 9:58 AM

During World War I, 1.5 million Armenian civilians died at the hands
of the Turks. Some were killed; others were `relocated’ to regions
where they were left to starve or die of disease.

Like any other genocide, the `Slaughter You Know Next to Nothing
About,’ as the narrator of The Sandcastle Girls calls it, is almost
too horrifyingly immense to put into fiction.

Armenian-American novelist Chris Bohjalian, whose earlier novels are
set in contemporary times, succeeds by focusing on a few individuals
and moving fluidly among their points of view.

For a historical novel, The Sandcastle Girls is remarkably supple,
employing only the most telling of details.

The novel moves between the present and the early years of the war.
The narrator, Laura Petrosian, has grown up in an assimilated
part-Armenian family in a `tony suburban enclave outside of Manhattan
or in Miami.’ She remembers her Armenian grandparents’ home in a New
York suburb as vaguely exotic, with hookah pipes, Oriental carpets and
`the enveloping aroma of cooked lamb and mint,’ but she knows very
little about their pasts.After their deaths, she is drawn to find out
more, and what she discovers becomes the story revealed gradually in
the novel.

The woman who would become Laura’s grandmother, Elizabeth Endicott, is
a recent graduate of Mount Holyoke when she arrives with her
banker-philanthropist father in Aleppo, Syria, in 1915, with the
intent of nursing the Armenian refugees there.

Laura’s future grandfather, Armen, is an Armenian engineer who has
come to Aleppo in search of his missing wife and infant daughter. Yet
he is almost certain they have died.

The two fall in love but are separated as Armen leaves to join the
Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Turks at Gallipoli.

Their then separate stories, which appear in brief episodes, alternate
with the stories of others: a young girl rendered almost mute by what
she has seen as she is taken to Aleppo, the thoughtful American consul
in the city, two Germans who take pictures to record what has happened
to the dislocated Armenians, a desperate young widow, a Turkish
soldier torn in his loyalties.

Laura, who finds herself increasingly obsessed with her grandparents’
story, pulls the reader into an experience that might otherwise seem
too far away in time and place – and in extremity – to process.

`My sense is that if you look at anyone’s family in 1915 – an era we
see through a haze of black-and-white photographs or scratched and
grainy silent film footage, the movements of everyone oddly jerky – it
will feel rather epic. And I honestly don’t view my family’s saga as
epic.’

She and Bohjalian keep their eyes on the personal, the little moments
that illuminate broader social movements. The Sandcastle Girls doesn’t
have an entirely successful plot: Elizabeth and Armen fall in love too
fast, and Bohjalian resorts to coincidences that would make Dickens
blush. But moment by moment, and passage by passage, the novel lights
up a disturbing period of history.

The Times (London), UK
July 21, 2012 Saturday
Edition 1; National Edition

‘Recant your faith and we will give you back your daughter’

Iranian Christians tell Andrew Riley how state persecution is costing
them families, jobs and even lives

by Andrew Riley

The much-publicised case of Youcef Nadarkhani, the pastor sentenced to
death for apostasy, has highlighted the plight of Christian leaders in
Iran. Lesser known, but more pervasive, is the State’s persecution of
ordinary Christians in Iran, particularly those newly converted from
Islam. They routinely face losing their jobs, homes and even custody
of their children unless they agree to recant. Since early 2011, more
than 300 Christians in Iran have been arrested, questioned and
detained – some only for a few hours but in many cases for weeks or
months, according to figures compiled by the Christian charity Elam,
which was set up in the UK in 1988 to support the Church in Iran.

The experience of Mojdeh [not her real name] is fairly typical. She
was forced to choose in court between her faith and her 2½-year-old
daughter when her husband, a Muslim, divorced her. “The judge told me,
‘There’s only one way you can take custody of your daughter: if you
come back to Islam and recant your Christian faith, we will give you
your daughter’.” Her lawyer urged her to agree but Mojdeh stood firm.
“I told the judge that I would never deny Jesus. So the court ruled in
favour of my husband and took my daughter away from me.”

Earlier this year the Christians in Parliament all-party parliamentary
group held an inquiry into the “Persecuted Church in Iran”. MPs and
peers including David Burrowes, Baroness Berridge and Lord Hylton
heard evidence from ten witnesses assembled by Elam, as well as
written evidence gathered by other Christian groups concerned with
religious freedom such as Open Doors and Christian Solidarity
Worldwide. The inquiry’s report is due in October.

The population of Iran is some 74 million, of which 393,000 people –
about 0.5 per cent – are Christian, according to the Atlas of Global
Christianity. The majority of these “official” Christians in Iran
belong to the Armenian Apostolic Oriental Orthodox (Gregorian) Church
or to the Assyrian Church of the East, both of which have historically
been tolerated by the State as catering only to “ethnic Christians”
(those of Armenian or Assyrian descent) with services conducted in
their own language.

It is a very different story for churches which conduct services in
Farsi, which all Iranians speak, which are viewed as “proselytising” –
and hence as a threat to the stability and continued existence of the
Islamic Republic of Iran. Since December 2011 many state-sanctioned
churches in Tehran, Ahwaz, Isfahan, and other Iranian cities have been
forced to close completely, or to close their Farsi-speaking services,
and many of their pastors have been arrested. The churches affected
have been Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Anglican/Episcopalian and
Catholic. No longer is it primarily the underground “house” churches
that are being picked on: the authorities’ repression of sanctioned
churches is apparently on the increase, according to Elam.

Mojtaba Mohamadi, a wellinformed member of Elam, says: “When people
come to faith in Iran and go to a church, and the authorities find
out, they frighten these new Christians by bringing them in for
questioning. They are blindfolded on the way to the interrogation
centre, and are threatened to make them recant and to sign documents
saying they will not take part in any further Christian activity. The
authorities then fill in the jigsaw by asking for the names of all the
Christians they know.

“The authorities will normally then let them go. But if they refuse to
recant or to co-operate, they are usually put in prison and as a
result of pressure from the authorities they nearly always lose their
job and nearly always are thrown out of rented homes; they may also
lose a place at school or college or have their degree certificate
rescinded.”

For church leaders, however, the position is far worse. Precise
information is hard to obtain, but at least 14 leaders – including
Youcef Nadarkhani – are believed to be languishing in prison in Iran
having been arrested on charges ranging from engaging in Christian
activity and membership of an illegal group (a house church) to
apostasy. The real figures are almost certainly far higher, Elam
believes. Pastor Nadarkhani has been detained since 2009; despite
recent indications that the regime has softened its stance, his fate
remains uncertain. Another high-profile case is that of Pastor Farshid
Fathi, who was arrested on Boxing Day 2010. He has just lost an appeal
in Tehran against his six-year prison sentence, which has included
more than 100 days in solitary confinement.

Despite that, some estimates now put the number of new Christians in
Iran at more than 500,000 – a far cry from 1979, the year of the
Iranian Revolution, when there were fewer than 500 known Christians
from a Muslim background in Iran. Such is people’s disenchantment with
the country’s ruling Islamic regime, and the spiritual vacuum that it
has created, that Elam believes that hundreds of thousands, if not
millions, of Iranians could turn to Christianity in the next few
years. Elam itself has translated the New Testament into Farsi and has
distributed more than a million copies inside Iran.

Mohamadi [his name has been changed] grew up in a Muslim household in
Iran and converted to Christianity in the time of the Shah – a period
of relative religious freedom. Change under the Iranian Revolution
involved the murder of leaders of the evangelical churches in the
1990s. One of those subsequently labelled as a martyr, Mehdi Dibaj,
spent nine years in prison on a charge of apostasy before being
released in January 1994 after pressure from human rights groups;
Bernard Levin reproduced Dibaj’s lengthy final testament, addressed to
his jailers, word for word in his column in The Times. Dibaj’s freedom
was short-lived: he was shot dead five months later. Another Iranian
apostate from Islam, the Rev Hussein Soodmand, a leader of the
Assemblies of God church in Mashad, was hanged in prison in 1990. In
April this year his daughter Rashin told the Christians in Parliament
inquiry that her father had been buried in a part of the prison
graveyard “where we were not even allowed to put a headstone”.

Mohamadi picks up the story: “The authorities then realised that this
[murdering Christians] was counterproductive because of publicity in
the West, so they started controlling churches, as in China. Out of
that sprang the need for underground churches, in the early 2000s.
Since then the authorities have not really gone in for killing
Christian leaders – they prefer to put them in prison and torture
them. Ultimately, they want them to leave Iran.”

He believes that the sole thing that the Iranian authorities take
notice of is unwelcome publicity, “such as the campaign by The Times
to save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani”, the Iranian woman sentenced to
death by stoning for alleged adultery. He adds: “They are not afraid
of American drones, not afraid of protocols or of military
intervention. If more papers and media had picked this story up, they
would have let her go by now.”

At least 14 Christian leaders are languishing in prisons in Iran