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Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri (who died in 2009) was the deputy to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and was even supposed to succeed him. His son, Ahmad Montazeri, recently revealed in a series of interviews in Iran that …

ISICRC Reports Bulgarian customs authorities report the seizure of  712 kilos (1,566 lbs) of heroin, valued the record heroin haul at 23 million euros ($27 million US). The shipment was found in two trucks with Iranian …

By Amir Taheri Source: Asharq Al-Awsat   Almost a week after the attack on a military parade in Ahvaz, southwest Iran, left dozens dead, there is still no consensus on who was responsible.  As in all …

Domestically, the regime will use the terrorist attack to legitimise its iron-fist policy. By Ali Alfoneh Source: The Arab Weekly   As Iran marked Sacred Defence Week, which commemorates the 8-year war with Iraq, there was …

By: SARAH DiLORENZO Source: Associated Press via Our QuadCities   SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazilian police arrested a fugitive Friday who is alleged by U.S. authorities to be Hezbollah’s financier and who has repeatedly been accused of …

By Sophie Baron   Ata’ollah Mohajerani, former regime minister of culture and Islamic guidance, who wrote a book in defense of Khomeini’s 1989 fatwa calling for the death of Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, now resides in London. …

By Ben Cohen Source: The Algemeiner Iran has bluntly rejected the president of Argentina’s appeal for its cooperation in investigations into two major terrorist attacks on Argentine soil. On a day dominated by US President Donald …

Source: Department of State  Remarks Michael R. Pompeo  Secretary of State Westin Grand Central Hotel New York City September 25, 2018   SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you. Thank you, all. Thank you. Thanks. So I’m still – it’s …

Political wing not yet proscribed as ministers wanted to keep contact with Lebanon By Patrick Wintour Source: The Guardian   Ministers are pressing to toughen the government’s stance towards Iran by proscribing the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah in Britain. …

By: Frud Bezhan Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (RFE/RL) It was supposed to honor Iranians killed during the devastating Iran-Iraq war, but a billboard in the central Iranian city of Shiraz instead provoked mockery and was removed after it emerged …

Source: The Economic Times   NEW YORK: The US will take into consideration the impact of American sanctions against Tehran will have on India’s Chabahar Port project in Iran that provides a surface link between New Delhi and Kabul, according to a senior …

Why Germany seeks to increase trade with a murderous theocracy bent on Israel’s destruction By Benjamin Weinthal Source: Tablet Magazine In a remarkable comment that was ignored by the German media last month, the president of the …

By Obeid Al-Suhaimi Source: Asharq Al-Awsat Bahrain’s Public Prosecution Logo   Manama – Bahrain’s Terror Crime Prosecution referred 169 suspects to trial for the case of formation of a terrorist group detonating a bomb, attempting murder, training on …

BY AMIR TOUMAJ Source: Threat Matrix Blog on The Long War Journal   Iranian media have confirmed the deaths of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members in recent weeks. The circumstances of their deaths thus far …

More than 100,000 foreign terrorists backed by Iran continue their activities at around 230 locations in Syria, backing the Bashar Assad regime’s in campaign against opposition fighters across the country Source: Andalou Agency via Daily Sabah …

By Amir Toumaj Source: FDD’s Long War Journal While Iranian-backed parties are moving to form a government in Baghdad that could force the US to exit the country, they face growing public anger in oil-rich Basra …

Trump’s ploy to force countries to choose between doing business with the US or Iran is working. While German firms in Iran have been preparing for months for the sanctions, the outflow of companies is not …

By Alex Lockie Source: Business Insider Analysis President Donald Trump has outraged and defied establishment experts on Iran, but his policies are deeply hurting Iran without any tangible blowback to the US. President Barack Obama and …

By Clifford Kraus Source: The New York Times HOUSTON — When President Trump announced in May that he was going to withdraw the United States from the nuclear agreement that the Obama administration and five other countries negotiated …

By Tyler Stapleton and Saeed Ghasseminejad  Source: The Hill   With its economy reeling and its currency in free fall, Iran hired a new central banker in August to restore public confidence. President Hasan Rouhani appointed Abdolnaser Hemmati to replace Valiollah …

By: Alex Rankine Source: MoneyWeek September 15, 2018   The five states bordering the world’s biggest inland body of water, which is rich in fossil fuels, have just reached a deal trumpeted as a “regional constitution”. What …

The regime launched a missile strike against innocent Iraqi Kurds in order to make a point to America. Source: Bloomberg By Eli Lake   When a regional power wants to assert itself and intimidate its rivals, it …

Ahmadinejad Lambasts Chief of IRGC’s Notorious Intelligence Organization Source: RadioFarda   Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has levelled damning charges against IRGC Intelligence Chief calling him “psychologically imbalanced” and thus not fit for the job. In …

By James Cooke Source: Telegraph   Millions of documents, including sensitive research on nuclear power plants and cybersecurity defence, have been stolen from top British universities by Iranian hackers, the Telegraph can reveal.  Infiltration of the …

The number of Shia Pakistani fighters active in the Syrian conflict is hard to verify. By Suddaf Chaudry Source: The Arab Weekly KARACHI – Members of Pakistan’s Shia community have been complaining that their relatives are victims …

Source: Radio Farda Claiming that Iran has the “upper hand” in the region, the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has dismissed the possibility of a U.S. attack against Iran. “The United States …