Rising prices and food shortages have triggered widespread protests in Iran, with video footage showing demonstrators chanting “death” to the country’s ruling duo — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi. “Protests over soaring food prices continued in several cities in Iran on Saturday, according to postings on social media,” the UK newspaper Guardian noted. The oil-rich Shia Islamic […]
Iran supports Russian invasion of Ukraine, orders Iranians not to protest against Putin, but they defy the order
This is yet another sign of the deep unpopularity of the Islamic regime in Iran. It might have fallen if Biden’s handlers hadn’t thrown it a life rope in the form of billions in sanctions relief. “Iranians defy Khamenei, protest Putin outside Ukrainian embassy,” by Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, February 26, 2022 (thanks to The […]
Khamenei: What’s All This ‘Nonsense’ About Iran Wanting a Nuclear Weapon?
The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, has dismissed as “nonsense” the charge that Iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon. A report on his latest sooterkins of taqiyya is here: “Khamenei rejects ‘nonsense’ accusation Iran seeking atomic bomb,” Times of Israel, February 17, 2022: Iran’s supreme leader vowed on Thursday that his country […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Releases Video Depicting Assassination of Trump
My latest in PJ Media: It’s readily available on Twitter, of course: the website of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has released a video showing the assassination of Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the golf course at Mar-a-Lago. This comes as Iran has […]
Khamenei: ‘The factor of saving the country in different trying times is the religious zeal of the Iranian nation’
The rulers of the Islamic Republic constantly stress the Islamic character of their regime, and the centrality of Islam to all their acts. Yet this factor is routinely dismissed or ignored outright by the foreign policy “experts” in the State Department. “Leader Urges Iranian People to Maintain Religious Zeal,” Tasnim News Agency, January 9, 2022 […]
Iran’s Khamenei Threatens Trump on Twitter, Twitter Yawns
My latest in PJ Media: On Saturday, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, tweeted: “Martyr Soleimani is an eternal reality that will live on forever. His assassins – including Trump & the like – will go down in history’s garbage bin, but of course after receiving retribution in this world for the crime they committed.” This […]
Iran’s Justice Ministry, Center for Mosque Affairs, Research Center of Islamic Sciences hacked: ‘Death to Khamenei’
Trump nearly broke the Islamic Republic, but under Biden, Iran’s cash reserves have soared. “‘Death to Khamenei’ call appears on Iran’s govt websites,” RT, November 26, 2021: Several government websites in Iran have been hacked, with calls for the death of the Supreme Leader posted all over them, as well as support for the country’s […]
Iran: Protesters chant ‘Khamenei must be killed! Death to Khamenei!’
This is extraordinary, and takes immense courage. Will the Iranian people prevail? Or will Biden’s handlers prop up the mullahs and their bloody regime, as Obama did? Original video: MEMRI excerpt: “Iranian Protesters Chant: Khamenei Must Be Killed! Death To Khamenei! Khuzestan, We Support You!,” MEMRI, July 20, 2021: Protesters in Izeh, a city in […]
In Iran, the Supreme Leader is Worried
Protesters in Iran’s capital Tehran chant “death to the dictator,” a slogan used regularly in anti-government demonstrations against the country’s highest authority, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. https://t.co/3P35qwdiVU pic.twitter.com/a4Ctwk7ANR — Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) July 26, 2021 The Supreme Leader is worried. The Ayatollah Khamenei has had the army try to suppress the continuing protests in […]
Iran and Hamas Are Declaring Victory Over Israel – Thanks to Biden
My latest in PJ Media: Not long before the ceasefire was concluded, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this about Hamas: “They received blows that they didn’t expect. And I have no doubt we set them back years.” Although there was no reason to doubt Netanyahu’s word, others were framing the outcome of the conflict differently. […]