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‘You Left Us Behind,’ Freed Hostage Calls Out Biden For Forgetting Them in Iran Nuclear Deal
Former members of the Obama administration have said for years that the crowning achievement of their eight years was the Iran Nuclear Deal — hostages who were actually in Iran, however, were left out of the negotiations and feel a bit differently.
Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese national, was detained in Iran from 2015 to 2019. He was accused of spying for the United States, as reported by the Free Beacon.
Zakka took personal offense to Biden’s tweet that said, “Mohamed Amashah is finally home after 486 days in Egyptian prison for holding a protest sign. Arresting, torturing, and exiling activists like Sarah Hegazy and Mohamed Soltan or threatening their families is unacceptable. No more blank checks for Trump’s ‘favorite dictator.'”
Zakka’s tweet slammed Biden for not including the freeing of American hostages as part of the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Biden was referring to the Trump administration’s close relationship with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. He was speaking specifically about Mohamed Amashah — an Iranian-American medical student who was recently released from Iranian prison after over a year.
Amashah was arrested in March 2019 for protesting in Iran and holding a sign that read “Freedom for all prisoners” — he was charged with misusing social media and aiding a terrorist organization.
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Mental health crisis spikes among Afghan women after Taliban regained control two years ago
The women of Afghanistan are suffering a mental health crisis since the Taliban regained power two years ago. According to a joint report from three U.N. agencies released Tuesday, approximately 70% of women experience feelings of anxiety, isolation and depression.
The numbers continue to rise, as there has already been a significant jump between April and June of this year alone, with an increase from 57% the preceding quarter.
The report, conducted by U.N. Women, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, interviewed women online, in-person and in group consultations as well as individual telesurveys.
592 Afghan women in 22 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces took part in the study. The Associated Press reports:
They have barred women from most areas of public life and work and banned girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade. They have prohibited Afghan women from working at local and non-governmental organizations. The ban was extended to employees of the United Nations in April.
Opportunities to study continued to shrink as community-based education by international organizations was banned and home-based schooling initiatives were regularly shut down by the de facto authorities — a term use by the U.N. for the Taliban government.
Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education and the rights of Afghan women and children are on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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