Former foreign correspondent, assistant managing editor, editorial writer at @washingtonpost. Now board member at @rferl
Washington, DC
Joined July 2008
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Russia has been sending abducted Ukrainian children to a summer camp in North Korea, according to a European Union document seen by RFE/RL outlining a new round of planned sanctions.
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A letter seen by RFE/RL reveals growing concern about Russian aggression in the Baltic States, speaking of a "deteriorating security environment" amid an "increased frequency of airspace violations and drone incursions."
By @RikardJozwiak
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Reza Valizadeh, an American journalist being held inside Iran's notorious Evin Prison since 2024, shared a recording where he detailed the conditions of the facility and the health of another imprisoned American, Kamran Hekmati.
Now, as the Trump administration looks to end the war in Iran, Valizadeh's lawyer Ryan Fayhee says it's essential that President Trump prioritize the release of wrongfully detained Americans in his negotiations with Iran.
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“You realize you don’t even own a towel, bed linen, a plate to eat from, anything.”
Following a family on the ground in Mariupol, @RadioSvoboda journalists document the lasting effects of Russia's war on Ukrainians forced to rebuild their lives over and over again.
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SCOOP: Ukraine has secured a major deal with Pentagon to allow export of Ukrainian drones for military testing in the U.S, two sources confirm to @RFERL
“The deal has been sealed,” one official tells me.
“It’s been signed by both sides” another source confirms
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Nearly 50 former Ukrainian POWs spoke with @RFERL’s @cxemu about systematic torture in Russian captivity.
By cross-referencing prisoner testimonies with leaked databases, public records, and law enforcement sources, journalists identified the prison doctor responsible.
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Former @RFERL journalist and American citizen Reza Valizadeh remains wrongfully detained by the Iranian regime in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. Reza’s lawyer @FayheeRyan joined @JenGriffinFNC to discuss the urgency of Reza’s situation. #FreeRezaV @freerezav
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Former @RFERL journalist Reza Valizadeh remains wrongfully detained in Iran. He managed to share a new message, featured on @CBSEveningNews, highlighting the brutal conditions of his captivity. #FreeReza @freerezav
As Iran partially lifted its nationwide internet blackout, CBS News' @MargBrennan heard an American journalist's plea for help. Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who the U.S. says is wrongfully detained inside a notorious prison, is one of six Americans being held by Iran.
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SCOOP: A confidential new CIA analysis delivered to policymakers this week concludes that Iran can survive the U.S. naval blockade for at least 3 to 4 months before facing more severe economic hardship, a finding that contradicts those hailing an imminent collapse
Jackson Diehl retweeted
Authoritarian nationalism in Hungary has just been defeated. And Orban, in a rare act of grace, appears to have accepted it. Bad day for Putin. Not a good day for MAGA. Good for the US, Ukraine, Europe, & the free world.
Jackson Diehl retweeted
The US Agency for Global Media, which is run by Kari Lake, has just failed an audit. The organization's finances are too chaotic even to assess.
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.@RFERL's @RadioFarda_ is back on satellite. Radio Farda is also available on SW and MW for audiences across Iran.
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We are distributing our Farda live blogs in English and Farsi with timely, accurate information. Our primary target audiences inside Iran have long turned to @RadioFarda_ as a trusted, vital lifeline.
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@RFERL @RFERLPress
Israel has launched a “preemptive strike” on Iran, with senior US officials confirming that American forces also carried out strikes, marking a major escalation.
Explosions were reported in Tehran and Tabriz.
Iran closed its airspace.
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Thank you @JenGriffinFNC … @RadioFarda_ exists to provide accurate information to people inside Iran, desperate for trustworthy reporting.
We report in Farsi - telling the stories of the Iranian people - and holding the Iranian regime accountable.
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Radio Free Europe provides independent reporting to many countries where media freedom is threatened.
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The world needs media freedom.
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Exactly. No American interest is served by choking America’s voice and the voices of freedom for the world. @JacksonDiehl @RFERL
I agree with my colleague @RepYoungKim: Reforms at the USAGM are necessary, but cutting the agency silences the voices of freedom-loving people around the world. Hostile actors like China, Russia & Iran will swoop in and fill the gap, endangering the USA nationalreview.com/2025/03/w…
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VOA has made a significant impact on the world since World War II and continued to do so until this past Saturday.
I’ve already told you how, during the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, many Ukrainians first learned about it through VOA radio broadcasts from the U.S. The Russian-Soviet government never informed its people that they were slowly dying from radiation exposure.
But even more recently, I’ve been receiving messages from Ukrainians living under Russian occupation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. They reached out to tell me they were watching every VOA show. For them, it was a glimpse of freedom and hope for future liberation.
To do so, they have to use fake names on social media and remain as discreet as possible because if the Russians found out they were listening to VOA, these people under occupation could pay with their lives.
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I once received an electric shock during torture only for writing for Radio Liberty: I was told that it was "a CIA structure and an enemy of Russia", and for that reason alone I was already guilty.
Now, the "enemy of Russia" is being destroyed by America itself, and my torture seems doubly in vain.
Here is a strong Washpost editorial explaining why Trump’s shutdown of Radio Free Europe, Voice of America and other U.S. broadcasters is a gift to the world’s dictators. (It’s also illegal and unconstitutional.) washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
