Three fundamental domestic and global elements are placing the regime ruling Iran on the edge of a cliff. However, a conference of Arab countries scheduled for May 30 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, has resulted in Tehran scrambling senior figures across the Middle East calling for talks and accelerating … [Read more...] about Iran deeply concerned over upcoming Arab conferences
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Iran: IRGC brigadier general, 122 other members arrested for espionage
On May 5, Iranian Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alavi, along with a number of his deputies, held a meeting with Major General Hossein Salami, head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), reports indicate. The meeting lasted over seven hours, according to sources. The session, … [Read more...] about Iran: IRGC brigadier general, 122 other members arrested for espionage
Iran’s new line of defense
There is no doubt that tensions have been escalating between the United States and the regime ruling Iran. Tehran has a new line of defense – inside the United States – that has caught lesser attention and yet deserves a strong response. It has been one year since U.S. President Donald … [Read more...] about Iran’s new line of defense
Report: Iran-backed Iraqi militias seeking new bases following F-35 dispatching
A source in the Iraqi Parliament Security and Defense Committee shed light on various objectives pursued by the United States in dispatching its strategic F-35 fighter jets, according to Bahrain’s Al-Khaleej daily. The F-35 is a single-seat, single-engine and all-weather stealth multirole fighters. … [Read more...] about Report: Iran-backed Iraqi militias seeking new bases following F-35 dispatching
Iran: Senior IRGC officer flees, increasing defections reported
Ali Nasiri, a former brigadier general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), previously head of this entity’s counterintelligence apparatus, has reportedly fled from Iran. Sources say an individual close to Hossein Taeb, head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization, has shed light on … [Read more...] about Iran: Senior IRGC officer flees, increasing defections reported
Is Khamenei merging the IRGC into Iran’s regular army?
Following the U.S. State Department’s unprecedented step of designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization” (FTO), there have reportedly been movements in the IRGC hierarchy, sources say. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has recently held a number of meetings … [Read more...] about Is Khamenei merging the IRGC into Iran’s regular army?
Confronting Iran’s influence in Syria is vital
While Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of the regime ruling Iran, sought to garner attention and boast victory in Syria through the recent visit of Syrian regime dictator Bashar Assad to Tehran, developments in the Levant are actually by far against the clerical regime’s interests. U.S. President … [Read more...] about Confronting Iran’s influence in Syria is vital
UPDATE: Syria’s major feud erupts between Iran-Russia camps
Following years of collaboration between Russia and Iran in propping the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad to remain in power, there have been signs recently of feuds between these two sides, according to the al-Quds al-Arabi daily. One of the latest of such indications are clashes reported between … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Syria’s major feud erupts between Iran-Russia camps
ANALYSIS: How Iranian regime sinks deeper into isolation
Al Arabiya Following Iran’s announcement of missiles tests under the pretext of “launching satellites” into space, the regime in Tehran is facing a new wave of political isolation. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement in response: “The Iranian Regime’s Ministry of Defense has … [Read more...] about ANALYSIS: How Iranian regime sinks deeper into isolation
On the dawn of a new year, here’s a look at Iran’s protest outburst in 2018
Al Arabiya Year 2018 was like no other for the Iranian regime, beginning with massive protests and a nationwide uprising. While these protests have vanished from mainstream media headlines, they have certainly not ceased. This ongoing movement came to life with the most serious and biggest … [Read more...] about On the dawn of a new year, here’s a look at Iran’s protest outburst in 2018