Three fundamental domestic and global elements are placing the regime ruling Iran on the edge of a cliff. However, a conference of Arab countries scheduled for May 30 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, has resulted in Tehran scrambling senior figures across the Middle East calling for talks and accelerating … [Read more...] about Iran deeply concerned over upcoming Arab conferences
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Iran’s new line of defense
There is no doubt that tensions have been escalating between the United States and the regime ruling Iran. Tehran has a new line of defense – inside the United States – that has caught lesser attention and yet deserves a strong response. It has been one year since U.S. President Donald … [Read more...] about Iran’s new line of defense
Report: Iran-backed Iraqi militias seeking new bases following F-35 dispatching
A source in the Iraqi Parliament Security and Defense Committee shed light on various objectives pursued by the United States in dispatching its strategic F-35 fighter jets, according to Bahrain’s Al-Khaleej daily. The F-35 is a single-seat, single-engine and all-weather stealth multirole fighters. … [Read more...] about Report: Iran-backed Iraqi militias seeking new bases following F-35 dispatching
Iran: Senior IRGC officer flees, increasing defections reported
Ali Nasiri, a former brigadier general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), previously head of this entity’s counterintelligence apparatus, has reportedly fled from Iran. Sources say an individual close to Hossein Taeb, head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization, has shed light on … [Read more...] about Iran: Senior IRGC officer flees, increasing defections reported
Is Khamenei merging the IRGC into Iran’s regular army?
Following the U.S. State Department’s unprecedented step of designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization” (FTO), there have reportedly been movements in the IRGC hierarchy, sources say. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has recently held a number of meetings … [Read more...] about Is Khamenei merging the IRGC into Iran’s regular army?
Confronting Iran’s influence in Syria is vital
While Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of the regime ruling Iran, sought to garner attention and boast victory in Syria through the recent visit of Syrian regime dictator Bashar Assad to Tehran, developments in the Levant are actually by far against the clerical regime’s interests. U.S. President … [Read more...] about Confronting Iran’s influence in Syria is vital
Israel targets sites of Iran’s IRGC Quds Force, militia groups in Syria
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1077656867931914241A variety of sites west of Damascus, Syria, associated to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force and proxy groups, were targeted in an Israeli air and missile strike Tuesday night. More than 30 missiles were launched in this attack … [Read more...] about Israel targets sites of Iran’s IRGC Quds Force, militia groups in Syria
How Iran signals future waves of crackdown, terror attacks
The recent car bombing incident in Chabahar, southeast Iran, sounds alarm bells for those familiar with the history of the Iranian regime. What is being described as a suicide car bombing outside a city police station, considering the conglomerate of Iran’s security entities, is quite suspicious to … [Read more...] about How Iran signals future waves of crackdown, terror attacks
ANALYSIS: Europe’s non-stop appeasing of Iran’s clerics
The distance Europe is going, aiming to preserve the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, can be described as shameless. While disturbing to admit, it is a stark reminder of how British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain fell to Hitler’s knees in the late 1930s, only to pave the path for World War II. One would … [Read more...] about ANALYSIS: Europe’s non-stop appeasing of Iran’s clerics
ANALYSIS: The meaning of new US sanctions for Iran
Al Arabiya Despite weeklong claims of US President Donald Trump caving in to pressure, Washington has unleashed the full measure of US sanctions against Iran’s regime. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo informed reporters Friday that, come 12 a.m. ET Monday, all sanctions will return to pre-2015 Iran … [Read more...] about ANALYSIS: The meaning of new US sanctions for Iran