https://redstate.com/author/hamidenayat/feedConservative News & Politicsen-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 18:57:11 -0400<![CDATA[In this Nov. 21, 2012, file photo, an activist of India&#8217;s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds a portrait of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab with a noose around his neck during celebrations of his execution, in Mumbai, India. India executed Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, four years after Pakistani gunmen blazed through India&#8217;s financial capital, killing 166 people and throwing relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors into a tailspin. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)]]>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:15:18 -0400<![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]>https://redstate.com/hamidenayat/2020/07/22/alarming-wave-of-executions-in-iran-n248514<![CDATA[In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei talks to clerics in his Islamic thoughts class in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Iran&#8217;s supreme leader on Sunday backed the government&#8217;s decision to raise gasoline prices and called angry protesters who have been setting fire to public property over the hike &#8220;thugs,&#8221; signaling a potential crackdown on the demonstrations. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)]]>Tue, 19 May 2020 08:47:39 -0400<![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]>https://redstate.com/hamidenayat/2020/05/19/with-blind-faith-in-supreme-leader-irans-regime-sacrifices-citizens-to-covid-19-n137583<![CDATA[On Thursday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appeared on state television and floated the idea that public gatherings might be canceled during Ramadan, which begins at the end of April and last through much of May. The non-committal tone of his announcement was consistent with the Iranian regime’s inconsistent and often contradictory statements about the country’s coronavirus outbreak. But even if Tehran follows through with the social-distancing measures, it will do little to make up for the harm that the regime has caused in the midst of the crisis so far.]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]>https://redstate.com/hamidenayat/2020/04/10/iran-urges-citizens-to-stay-home-but-too-late-and-for-the-wrong-reasons-n134042