Articles written by Mark Kirk & Irwin Cotler

Mark Kirk and Irwin Cotler, JTA|Jun 21, 2013

WASHINGTON (JTA)—Last Friday’s Iranian presidential election was fraught with fraud and fear—candidates vetted for their loyalty to the Supreme Leader and the Revolutionary Guards, the press muzzled by the imprisonment of independent journalists, and the leaders of Iranian civil society in detention. The absence of any free or fair election is a manifestation of the larger repression in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Simply put, the Iranian government imprisons and tortures thousands of activists, executes dissidents without due process, ruthl...