My latest in FrontPage: The party celebrating Joe Biden’s proclaimed victory was in full swing in Tehran, and then it was rudely interrupted. The New York Times reported Friday that “Iran’s top nuclear scientist, who American and Israeli intelligence have long charged was behind secret programs to design an atomic warhead, was shot and killed […]
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Saudis Alarmed At Prospect of Biden Rejoining the Iran Deal
Israel and Saudi Arabia are the two countries most threatened by Iran, and both have been well-pleased with President Trump’s withdrawal in 2018 from the nuclear deal with Iran and the imposition of crippling sanctions on the Islamic Republic, that have helped to bring that country economically to its knees. Iran’s major source of wealth, […]
Iraq: Iran-backed jihad terror groups cheer prospect of Biden presidency
Assured by the mainstream media coverage declaring Democratic candidate Joe Biden winner of the U.S. presidential race, Iran-backed terrorist groups in Iraq feel emboldened. The prospect of President Donald Trump leaving the White House, as portrayed by the U.S. and world media, comes as a relief to Iraq-based pro-Iranian terror militias. The Iranian regime is […]
Iran’s Rouhani: ‘The next US administration should use the opportunity to make up for past mistakes’
Joe Biden will show the Iranians who is boss, and Hassan Rouhani will be happy to accept the position. “Iran’s Rouhani says next US administration should make up for Trump’s mistakes,” Reuters, November 8, 2020: Iran’s president said on Sunday the next US administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trump’s mistakes, […]
Iran: ‘The UAE’s great betrayal of the Palestinian people will turn this country into a legitimate and easy target’
This is the expected reaction, but this time pragmatic considerations are getting more attention than usual, and the Islamic world is not marching in lockstep with this theme. “Iran threatens to attack UAE over Israel deal,” Arab News, August 16, 2020: DUBAI/PARIS/ANKARA: Iran issued an explicit threat on Saturday to launch an attack against the UAE […]
Iran sends petrol tankers to gas-starved ally Venezuela, Iran’s president threatens U.S. if it interferes
Venezuela is strengthening its alliance with Iran. “The first of five ships laden with Iranian petrol crossed in to Venezuelan waters on Sunday in defiance of US sanctions, after Tehran and Caracas warned Washington over any attempt to intercept them.” Iran also threatened America, should it “interfere”: Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani warned the US….that his […]
Rouhani: “Iran is closely monitoring the Americans but will never initiate any conflict or tension in the region”
“War is deceit,” said Muhammad. Iran is responsible for a great deal of the conflict and tension in the region. Just recently its vessels were harassing American ships. Iran has, in fact, been pushing for war with the United States for decades. Get the details, and the full facts of the present situation, in The […]
Rouhani Blames U.S. Sanctions For Iran’s Coronavirus Woes
After China and Italy, Iran is the country hardest hit by the coronavirus. It has reported, as of mid-March, over 12,600 cases and 620 deaths; many in Iran believe the official figures grossly understate the real numbers, and they note that the government has built gigantic pits large enough to bury many thousands. Unsurprisingly, the […]
“Iran First” Iranians Protest Islamic Rule
“We are of Aryaee [Aryan] race, we don’t worship Arabs,” chanted Iranians during protests that erupted over economic woes on December 28, 2017, and continued for weeks countrywide. Such slogans during popular upheavals rocking Iran until today indicate that after four crises-filled decades Iran’s theocratic Islamic Republic is losing support in a nation with a […]
State sponsors of jihad terror Iran and Pakistan join forces to “eliminate terrorists” along their border
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan have agreed to form “a joint force to eliminate terrorists along their mutual border, state-owned media from both countries report.” Both Iran and Pakistan are well known as state sponsors of jihad terror, so clearly their alliance is not about “combating terrorism” in the sense […]