U.S. Should Sanction Judge of Iran’s Brutal Kangaroo Court
September 3, 2018 · Web Only, Politics, Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Court functions primarily to prosecute Tehran’s ideological opponents.
Tzvi Kahn is a foreign policy analyst focused on Iran, sanctions policy, and human rights in the Middle East. He is a senior research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard between 2014 and 2018 examining Iranian government abuses and U.S. sanctions policy.
Iran’s Revolutionary Court functions primarily to prosecute Tehran’s ideological opponents.
It's time for the U.S. to sanction the leaders of the LEF.
How to explain America’s failure, after 20 years of efforts, to impose genuinely crippling sanctions on Iran? Start with the penchant of the executive branch—from Presidents Clinton to Obama—for excluding Congress from the process.