David Keyes

The diplomats in Vienna wanted to talk about absolutely anything but Iran’s record of hanging gays and torturing human-rights activists. So I not-so-gently raised the subject.

The supposedly moderated president hugs a genocidal tyrant and bans elections while the world remains silent.

Let’s hold off on the slavish praise of another Saudi dictator.

American diplomats pay lip service to human rights while tens of billions of dollars in arms are shipped to the Kingdom of Hate, where you can be executed for 'sorcery' or tweeting about Islam.

Americans are giving in to North Korean blackmail—and it will only get worse.

Congress wants to christen the street in front of the Chinese Embassy after jailed Nobel Prize winner and dissident Liu Xiaobo—and Beijing’s not thrilled.

The hanging of poet Hashem Shaabani tells you everything you need to know about Iran's regime.

Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Moscow today to do a diplomatic victory lap with his Russian allies over America’s withering influence in the Middle East.

By ignoring the issue of human rights during nuclear negotiations, the U.S. is giving the regime a free hand to continue its brutal repression of dissidents.

After releasing Majid Tavakoli due to an outcry at home—and an article on The Daily Beast—Iran’s regime has quietly reimprisoned the famous dissident.