(Washington Post) Anne Applebaum - As his justice minister, Rouhani has appointed Mostafa Pourmohammadi, one of those primarily responsible for the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988. He moved on to the ministry's foreign intelligence operations in the 1990s, during which its "achievements" included the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. We oppose Iran's nuclear ambitions because we object to the Islamic Republic of Iran, a quasi-totalitarian state that since 1979 has been led by brutal men with no respect for the rule of law. Their regime is a major problem for Iran's neighbors and the rest of the world. As long as men like Pourmohammadi are running Iran's courts and prisons, there will always be a limit to what can be achieved through any conversations with Tehran.
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