BITCHUTE - HUNGARY REPRESSION SHOCK: Viktor Orbán’s party offices raided by police, computer servers removed
Aired On: 7/24/2026
NYTIMES (Amy Qin) - Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Seeking Asylum Is Arrested by ICE
Shaoping Wu was working as a contract delivery driver for Amazon when he was pulled over in Pennsylvania. He had championed personal and religious freedom for Chinese citizens.
NYTIMES (Julie Turkewitz) - Repression Turns to Rage After Quakes in Venezuela
Venezuelans are publicly expressing their anger over their government’s disaster response, despite the risk of imprisonment.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Sam Faddis) - A deep dive on Iranian chief negotiator Ghalibaf – the regime’s enforcer
Originally posted by AND Magazine
The chief negotiator for Iran in the ongoing talks with the United States is Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf . He is the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iran’s Parliament / Majlis). He has held this role since May 2020 and was re-elected after the 2024 parliamentary elections. Since we are told that Iran’s current leaders are more moderate and reasonable than those who preceded them, it seems appropriate to take a deep dive into the background of this central figure. Ghalibaf has held a wide variety of senior positions in Iran. At one point, he was Deputy Commander of the IRGC Basij Resistance Force. The Basij are charged with internal security in Iran. They beat you in the streets. They also make you disappear. Ghalibaf created…Open
NYTIMES (Milana Mazaeva and Neil MacFarquhar) - The Russian Film Director Who Chooses Moments to Challenge Putin
Alexander Sokurov has questioned the Russian president about government repression but he is still controversial among his country’s exiles.
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NEWSNATIONNOW (Diana Falzone) - Iranian regime sends text messages warning civilians they could be executed
The Iranian regime is sending messages to individuals that they deem “affiliated with hostile foreign media."
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CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (David Wurmser) - Qalibaf the monster
Over the last few days, the name of Muhammad Baqr Qalibaf, the former mayor of...
Over the last few days, the name of Muhammad Baqr Qalibaf, the former mayor of Tehran, keeps bubbling up as some sort of “Delcy Rodriguez” type figure, namely a relatively “moderate” regime figure with whom we might be able to do business were the government to fall to his control. Moreover, there are voices in Iran itself maneuvering to install Qalibaf instead of Mojtada Khamenei, son of the late, Ali Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader. This is a dangerous proposition that will make things worse for the United States, to say nothing of Iran and other affected countries. Venezuela is nothing like Iran. And for all her evils, Delcy Rodriguez, successor to Venezuelan cartel leader Nicolas Maduro, is practically benign compared to…Open
NYTIMES (Aurelien Breeden) - Erfan Soltani, Iranian Protester Who Reportedly Faced a Death Sentence, Is Released on Bail
Mr. Soltani, 26, was arrested last month as Iran brutally repressed anti-government demonstrations.
NYTIMES (Ephrat Livni) - Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Arrested in Iran for Criticizing Regime
Mehdi Mahmoudian, co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident,” was one of several people detained after signing a letter objecting to the crackdown on protests.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Adam Mill) - Inside Iran’s Notorious Section 209 Political Prison
Arash’s mother never got the chance to serve the sunny-side-up eggs she made for her son before the knock on the door came. It was […] Source