Ghalibaf is unlikely to be frightened over Trump’s threats at the UN. It’s the winner who dictates terms to the loser. The Islamic Republic is still in power, and so it considers itself to have won its war with the U.S., and now it is dictating terms. The U.S. is likely to come around, in […]
New speaker of Iran’s parliament used gunfire on student protesters in 2003, vows revenge for killing of Soleimani
Iran’s parliament has elected Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a former mayor of Tehran who is tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as its speaker, “solidifying hardline control of the body as tensions between the US and the Islamic Republic remain high over the collapsed nuclear deal.” The new position also places Qalibaf in Iran’s Supreme […]