Iranian delegation 'forbidden' from raising nuclear issues in US talks - report:
The planned Iranian delegation to thenegotiations in Pakistanwas told not to address the nuclear issue during talks with the US, Iran International reported on Thursday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
According to the report, the order came from officials close to Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the negotiation team was preparing to depart.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, said that the policy made the delegation's presence in Pakistan "basically useless," and called it a "death sentence" for the negotiations, and warned against adopting it, a source said.
Iranian politicianAbdolreza Davari, who personally knows Khamenei and served under former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, toldThe New York Timesthat Khamenei's form of leadership is as a "board director," appointing "board members" whom he trusts to "make all the decisions."
"The generals are the board members," said Davari...
According to the NYT, Khamenei's form of leadership differs sharply from that of his father, Ali Khamenei, who ruled with full authority before being killed in an IDF airstrike...
Minnesota Public Schools Add Prayer Rooms, Foot-Washing Stations for Muslims:
Two public schools in Minnesota have announced remodeling projects that will provide exclusive space for Muslim students to pray and to wash their feet.
“This is undoubtedly for Muslim students only,” one unidentified source told Alpha News. “I cannot understand how this can be happening in this era of no religion in schools.”
The way that taxpayer-funded schools have embraced Islam stands in stark contrast to the hostility they have shown to Christian students.
