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Tens of thousands of government supporters rallied across Iran on Friday, swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing arch-enemy the United States of instigating the biggest anti-government protests for nearly a decade, state TV reported. Tehran’s Friday prayer leader called on authorities to deal “firmly” with those responsible for igniting over a week of […]
The U.S sanctioned five Iranian entities for their work on the nation’s ballistic missile program and signaled that more punitive measures lay ahead in response to the Islamic Republic’s suppression of anti-government protests. The entities, none of which are publicly traded, are being designated for being owned or controlled by Iran’s Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group, […]
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has blamed unnamed foreign “enemies” for the antigovernment protests that have swept his country for the past week, putting the demonstrators at risk of being accused of espionage or treason. The accusation resonates for many Iranians, whose country has long been subject to foreign interference, from the American- and […]
Despite the Army’s top commander’s claims to the contrary, the protests that have rocked Iran, continue in more than a dozen cities across the country as anti-government protesters fill the streets. The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, Major Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari went so far to say to Iran’s official Fars News Agency that […]
The US has given Israel the green light to assassinate General Qassem Soleimani, commander of an elite Iranian military unit and mastermind behind Tehran’s military operations across the Middle East, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Monday. Al-Jarida quoted an unnamed source in Jerusalem who said that the two allies have made a quiet agreement after deciding that […]
President Donald Trump’s first two tweets of 2018 lashed out at two countries, threatening to cut aid to Pakistan and praising mass anti-government protests in Iran. The US’s relationship with Pakistan has reportedly deteriorated in recent months, and the Trump administration is considering withholding $255 million in aid it was set to dispense in August. […]
Several roadside IEDs were discovered and disarmed Saturday, along an established road leading to the, Kurdish–Iranian, Komala Party headquarters in Sulaymaniyah. Komala’s security chief, Dara Mustafa, disclosed to local news sources that the tactical objective of the IEDs was to, “target us, especially the convoys of the leadership of Komala,” and, “We later were able to discover the place where the […]
The recent demonstrations in Iran are centered around many Iranian’s dislike toward the Islamic Republic that was established in 1979. They have expressed profound disagreements regarding the treatment of women, the faltering economy and employment rates, the government’s involvement in Syria — the list continues. However, the government has since shut down most of the […]
The current situation in the Middle East is really not all that different from before the Islamic State took control of huge swaths of land. Small pockets of Islamic State resistance are still in existence throughout the formerly occupied regions of Iraq and Syria. As such, it is inevitable that small attacks and minor combat […]
Since Thursday, protests throughout Iran have caught the world’s attention. The rallies started in protest of the current Islamic Republic, shouting things like “death to the dictator” and other anti-Iranian government slogans. Kurdish media groups have reported that many are critical of Iran’s involvement in Syria, chanting “leave Syria, think about us,” as well as […]
Iranian riot police dispersed protesters shouting anti-government slogans in the western city of Kermanshah on Friday, as protests against corruption and rising prices spread to the capital Tehran. The outbreak of regional unrest reflects growing discontent with the government, as well as concern over the Islamic republic’s costly involvement in regional conflicts such as Syria […]
You were waiting for this… right? The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) who are backed by Iran, that they’ve helped push the Islamic State from much of Iraq, is training its sights on the remaining U.S.-led coalition troops scattered across the country. The 100,000-thousand-member force has fought both with and against Americans in Iraq. This can […]
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