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ransomnote: description of an x.com account and his post belowHouman David Hemmati, MD, PhD @houmanhemmati Board Certified MD Ophthalmologist & PhD research scientist. Biotech entrepreneur. Medicine/science author & commentator. Dad of 2. Opinions my ownSanta Monica, CAHouman David Hemmati, MD, PhD@houmanhemmati·6h🇮🇷 47 years ago, I stood at a window in Tehran as a 3-year-old boy, smelling burning tires and hearing the chants that would steal my country. I didn’t have words for what was happening. Today, I am watching smoke rise over the same city — but this time the smoke is not the end of Iran. It is, God...

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has promised a new package of laws in response to a child sexual abuse scandal that has shocked the nation. Mass protests were held after it was revealed that a former official, convicted of covering up sexual crimes at a state-run children's home, had been granted clemency. Mr Orban said there was no room for clemency in child abuse cases. There have been several resignations over the controversial pardon. President Katalin Novak, who granted the pardon, and two senior figures in Mr Orban's ruling Fidesz party stepped down last week. -snip- His government has made...