Although violent sectarianism are as old as Islam itself, the goal of defeating the common infidel enemy persists, and, of course, America is the archenemy of both al-Qaeda and Iran. Take the example of Saudi Arabia: This ostensible ally of the United States also allied with Muslim Brotherhood offshoot Hamas, despite the fact that the […]
How Iran’s Young People Survive
The rial continues to sink. In 1979, when Khomeini first came to power, one dollar was worth 70 rials. Now one dollar is worth 2.35 million rials. Fuel prices have just doubled. The official unemployment rate is 9%; the real rate is 33%. The year-on-year inflation rate is 85%. Forty million Iranians — half the […]
Iranian Economy Now in Free Fall
The Trump administration’s screw-turning on Iran’s economy is having a devastating effect. How long will the people of Iran, 85% of whom say in polls that they want the regime to fall, endure this state of affairs before they come out in protest again, as they did last January? More on the economic collapse in […]
Islamic Republic of Iran: Organizers of music performance get heavy prison terms
A Shi’ite hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “And the person with the [sin of] singing (al-ghina’) will be raised [on the day of resurrection] blind, deaf and dumb. The person with [the sin of] adultery, of wood-wind, and of drum will also be raised in the same way.” And: “Whoever listens to the entertainment (song and […]
Iran’s Economic Collapse Is Slow, Steady, Inexorable
It is not American military threats, which in any case Trump keeps making and then keeps backtracking on that threat, that will bring down the regime in Tehran. It is, rather, the slow, steady, inexorable economic collapse, as described at a website of Iranian exiles and dissidents, here: “Iran’s Fuel Freeze and $127 Billion IOU: […]
Fear and Trembling in Tehran
Both a woman and a dissident, the teller of this tale has two strikes against her in the Islamic Republic of Iran. She writes about a very small but very telling event, when the Men in Black, the Basij enforcers, enter a café in Tehran and warn the owner of what can happen if politics is […]
UK: Leading Iran expert urges shutdown of Islamic Center of England over shocking links to IRGC
The links and collaborations between the Islamic Center of England and the Islamic Republic of Iran at the highest levels is indeed shocking. It is also a statement of the equally shocking neglect of duty on the part of UK politicians (and many across the West) who fail to monitor Islamic centers because of Muslim […]
Tehran billboard features Trump and his family in coffins
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s bloodlust is open and unapologetic. The leaders of Iran know that there is nothing they can do that will lose them the support of American leftists, who will, in fact, stand up and cheer if they do manage to murder Trump. İran, başkent Tahran’a ABD Başkanı Donald Trump’ı tabutta tasvir […]
What Iran Really Wants in Order to Validate Its Islamic Regime
My latest in PJ Media is a VIP article. I am happy to be able to offer you a 5% discount on becoming a VIP member at PJ Media. Just enter the code SPENCER when you sign up here. Both before and after the untimely and unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Iran’s Islamic regime has been […]
Islamic Republic of Iran: Murdering Trump and Netanyahu is ‘an unchanging element of divine justice’
The Islamic Republic of Iran considers itself to be the instrument of Allah’s will upon Earth, implementing his perfect law and exacting retribution against his enemies: “Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, and he will lay them low and give you victory over them, and he will heal the hearts of […]