Major General Hossein Salami made himself quite clear, but “grand jihad” is a completely unintelligible concept to the U.S. foreign policy establishment, and the foreign policy “experts” are completely indifferent to it. “IRGC Chief Commander : Zionists Have No Peace,” Fars News, May 25, 2025: The Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), Major […]
Iran unveils underground naval base in Persian Gulf with vessels ‘capable of destroying US warships and destroyers’
The Islamic Republic has been on a war footing with the U.S. for decades. See here for details. “Iran unveils new underground naval base in Persian Gulf amid tension with US, Israel,” Times of Israel, January 19, 2025: Iran unveiled an underground naval missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Saturday, state TV said, two […]
Iran: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps top dog quotes Qur’an as he launches missiles at Israel
Salami says: “In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. [The Quran says:] ‘Fight them, and Allah will punish them at your hands, put them to shame, help you overcome them, and soothe the hearts of the believers.’” That’s Qur’an 9:14-15. Once again we see the centrality of Islam to the jihad against Israel. […]
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps chief: Only ‘eradication of Israel’ will guarantee security of Palestinians
Iran is the chief financier of Hamas, along with Muslim Brotherhood-supporting Qatar. In the midst of Israel’s defensive war against Hamas, the Chief-Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Hossein Salami, stated the goal, oft-repeated among Iranian leaders, of destroying Israel utterly: “Iran’s IRGC Commander Calls For Israel’s Eradication,” Iran International, February 24, 2024: […]
France files criminal complaint against Iran regime for threats against those backing nationwide protests
This gesture by France sends the message that France will not be bullied by Iran. But many questions remain outstanding in the criminal complaint filed with Paris prosecutors, including these: Where will these regime officials be tried, and to what will they be sentenced if found guilty? France’s legal system is not recognized by the […]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps top dog threatens Charlie Hebdo over cartoons of Khamenei
This regime is an international thug that must be reined in, or it will bully the rest of the world with increasing impunity. “IRGC Commander-in-Chief Gen. Salami Threatens Charlie Hebdo: Look What Happened to Rushdie; Sooner or Later, We Will Exact Our Revenge; Arresting or Killing the Avengers Will Not Bring Back the People Who […]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps top dog quotes Qur’an: ‘Do not take the Jews and Christians as allies’
“O you who believe, do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends of one another. He among you who takes them for friends is of them. Indeed, Allah does not guide wrongdoing people.” (Qur’an 5:51) “IRGC Commander-In-Chief General Hossein Salami: We Will Turn The Upcoming ‘World War’ Into A Graveyard […]
Iran: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps top dog worried that paramilitary group is too weak to stop protests
Terror is this regime’s only tool, as per the Qur’an (3:151, 8:12, 8:60). When the regime begins to realize that terror isn’t working, that’s a huge sign that the protesters are winning. But they have not won yet. “Leaked: Iran concerned Basij paramilitary too weak to stop protests,” by Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post, December 1, […]
Iran: After IRGC top dog says Saturday would be ‘last day’ of protests, authorities clamp down hard on universities
But it doesn’t look as if yesterday will indeed prove to be the last day of the protests. Inspite of brutal oppression during the past few days in universities and the arrest of hundreds of students, many students are protesting again in multiple universities today; including in Tehran, Mashhad, Shiraz, Qazvin, Zanjan.#MahsaAminihttps://t.co/G77awmKqW5 — +1500tasvir_en (@1500tasvir_en) […]
Iran: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps top dog boasts, ‘Today is the last day of the riots’
This will only be the last day of the protests in Iran if the Islamic regime is ready to use unprecedented and savage force against its own people. It is, as terror is the only tool in its box (cf. Qur’an 8:60), but so far the Iranian people have been unwilling to be terrorized. Note […]