of human rights violations. Iran hasn’t retaliated for decades of sanctions on its nuclear program. But it is in high dudgeon over sanctions for human rights violations imposed only since last October. Not only has it imposed counter-sanctions as described above, but now it says it will start “The Human Rights News Agency” to carry stories on human rights violations in the US and EU that are ignored by the Western media. One of the first cases Iran cites is the use of tasers by American police. The tasers have injured many people and killed a few, it says, pointing to that as shocking conduct. Its source for that information? A report by the US Justice Department questioning taser use.