Newsweek Claims that If Iran Falls, ISIS Will Rise Again

(Jerusalem Post) Seth J. Frantzman - The cover of Newsweek's Dec. 27 issue offers a photo of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei with the title: "If Iran Falls, ISIS Rises Again." Alireza Nader, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote that Newsweek "is basically arguing for the preservation of the Islamic Republic." Mike Doran of the Hudson Institute wrote, "A once great magazine is reduced to spreading propaganda for the Islamic Republic." It's unclear why the article uses the term "fall" for any democratization that would remove the theocratic dictatorship in Iran.


2019-12-16 00:00:00

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