Foreign Digest: Iran and Nicaragua

Iran: The Islamic Republic of Iran has been interfering militarily in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region periodically, including this month. It attacks several political parties who oppose the influence from theocratic Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. The Islamist Iranian regime blames Iraqi Kurds for fomenting the current protests in Iran. The Iraqi Parliament approved a resolution against Iranian interference. Nicaragua: The Organization of American States, of which the United States is a member, unanimously approved a resolution expressing concern about the deterioration of human rights in Nicaragua. The Central American State is led by a Sandinista Marxist dictator who was re-elected again last year after arresting all his opponents. The OAS cited arbitrary arrests and the incarceration of political prisoners, the closure of civil and religious organizations, particularly Catholic ones, and restrictions on press freedoms, among their concerns. In addition to these abuses I have posted about, I have also noted Nicaragua’s restrictions on the freedom to assemble peacefully.