Nuclear physicist Dr. Hadi Issa Dalloul said in a November 5, 2019 interview on Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that what the West really fears is Iran's technological and medical development. Dr. Dalloul said that the University of Tehran is on the verge of producing an alternative medici...
Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, Supreme Leader Khamenei’s representative in the Khorasan Razavi Province, said in a Friday sermon on November 1, 2019 in Mashhad, that the day will come when America will be toppled and destroyed. Addressing people who claim that chanting “Deat...
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said in a November 6, 2019 interview on Al-Mamlaka TV (Jordan) that he thinks the situation in Iraq will become much worse than it is and that the current demonstrations in Iraq are mostly in response to Iranian influence. He said this is r...
Under the shadow of intensified social and political protests in Iraq, including in the country's Shi'ite areas, Iran fears that it will lose its strategic status there, and is playing a role in suppressing the unrest – which is aimed against it as well.
So far, there are rep...
General Abdolrahim Mousavi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, said in a November 4, 2019 speech at a rally celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran that the conflict between America and Iran is about values, be...
Iraqi Sunni tribal leader Sheikh Raad Suleiman, the head of the United Council of Tribes in Iraq, said in a November 4, 2019 interview on Al-Mamlaka TV (Jordan) that Iran has been interfering in Iraq’s political, military, and religious affairs since 2003. Giving an example, he s...
Introduction
On November 5, 2019, Iran announced that it was taking its fourth step to cut back on its obligations under the JCPOA nuclear agreement. This step includes reviving uranium enrichment at the Fordo nuclear facility and activating an array of advanced centrifuges t...
On November 4, 2019, Hamoon TV (Iran) aired a report about Iranian schoolgirls demonstrating in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province on the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which led to the Iran hostage crisis. The girls told the reporter that they a...
Ali Akbar Salehi, the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said in a November 4, 2019 interview on IRINN TV (Iran) that Iran has activated 30 IR6 centrifuges, that its production capacity has increased from 6,000 SWU to 8,660 SWU in the past two months, that its...
On November 5, 2019, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani announced that Iran will begin injecting centrifuges with uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas at the Fordo nuclear plant. Rouhani said that this enrichment activity will be done under the supervision of the IAEA. Rouhani clarified ...
IRGC General Gholamreza Jalali said in a September 27, 2019 interview on Channel 5 (Iran) that the Stuxnet cyber attack on Iran had the positive effect of causing Iran to pay attention to cyber security in its nuclear installations. He said that the nuclear sites experience as ma...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with students ahead of the November 4 anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover. At the meeting, Khamenei said that the youth must be reminded that the Islamic Revolution was carried out against America. He stated that Iran must no...
Ayatollah Mohammad Saidi, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative in Qom Province, said in a November 1, 2019 Friday sermon in Qom that the main source of strife, lack of security, backwardness, dispute, and plundering of property in Iraq is the U.S. Embassy in Baghd...
Dr. Reza Sadrolhosseini, an Iranian expert in West Asian affairs, said in an October 30, 2019 show on Channel 4 (Iran) that there is doubt regarding whether the late Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was really killed by American forces and that Al-Baghdadi might b...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said at an October 30, 2019 military officers’ graduation ceremony that aired on Channel 1 (Iran) that America and Western intelligence services are causing the riots in Iraq and Lebanon with the financial support of “reactionary” cou...
On October 29, 2019, Fars News Agency (Iran) released a video titled "The Terrorist Scenario." The video compared President Trump's announcement about the death of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi to President Obama's announcement about the death of Osama bin Lade...
Jordanian analyst Muhammad Faraj said in an October 3, 2019 interview on Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that the only way for Jordan to solve its economic, social, and political problems is to turn its back on its historical alliances with the U.S. and Israel and turn to Iran, which he sa...
Pakistani PM Imran Khan meets with Iranian President Hassan Rohani in Tehran.
On October 13, 2019, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Tehran and held talks with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rohani. The trip was followed by a visi...
Mojtaba Zonnour, the Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in Iran's Majlis, said in an October 11, 2019 interview on Channel 5 (Iran) that Iran employs a strategy of deterrence and asymmetric warfare that renders its enemies' strengths ineffective by exploit...
Mojtaba Zonnour, the Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in Iran’s Majlis, said in an October 11, 2019 interview on Channel 5 (Iran) that Iran employs a strategy of deterrence and asymmetric warfare that renders its enemies’ strengths ineffective by exploit...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech he delivered at a ceremony at the IRGC's officer training academy that Iran will never give up in its resistance against America, in which he encouraged the youth of Iran to persist. IRGC members, including special fo...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech he delivered at a ceremony at the IRGC’s officer training academy that Iran will never give up in its resistance against America, in which he encouraged the youth of Iran to persist. IRGC members, including special fo...
By: A. Savyon and M. Avraham*
Introduction
Although since President Trump's May 2018 announcement on the matter, the U.S. is regarded as having withdrawn from the JCPOA nuclear deal,[1] it in effect remains in the agreement because it continues to provide significant waive...
IRGC Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani said in an October 7, 2019 speech at an IRGC senior command conference that the IRGC has "expanded" the Islamic resistance such that it spreads across half a million square kilometers in the Middle East. He said that Iran has create...
Yemeni Minister of Health Nasser Ba'aom said in a September 28, 2019 interview on Yemen TV that the Yemeni government's only goal is to eliminate the Iranian "project" that is spreading in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen. He warned that the "Shiite crescent" will become a "full m...
Dutch scholar Nikolaos van Dam, who has previously served as the Dutch Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, Germany, and Indonesia, said in a September 19, 2019 interview on Palestine TV (Palestinian Authority) that since Israel violates human rights on a daily basis, the European Union sh...
IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Hossein Salami said in an October 3, 2019 speech that aired on Ofogh TV (Iran) that the sidelining of the U.S. in the region's security and political decisions, the accelerated decline of Western domination, and the paralyzing of the "cobweb regime...
Iranian cleric Ebad Mohammadtabar said in a September 7, 2019 sermon that aired on Hamoon TV (Iran) that when the Hidden Imam arrives, the whole world will have to convert to Islam or die. He also said that the Muslims will confront the Jews, whom he said the Quran describes as t...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei spoke before the members of the High Council of Commanders of the IRGC on October 2, 2019. Khamenei said that Iran should not limit itself to protecting its own "four walls." He continued to say that Iran's "strategic extension" beyond its bord...
On October 1, 2019, a video of a woman at the entrance to a hospital in Shiraz, Iran was uploaded to the Internet. Encouraging others to join her in protest, the woman shouted: "My child is hungry [and] our people are hungry... [Our leaders] are thieves [and] they should leave th...
In August 2019 Yousuf Al-Nasseri, an official in the Shi'ite Iraqi pro-Iranian militia Harakat Hizbullah Al-Nujaba, called to dissolve the "mercenary" Iraqi army and replace it with Al-Hashd Al-Sha'bi [the Popular Mobilization Units – PMU], the umbrella of Shi'ite mil...
Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi, a former IRGC General who has previously served as Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani's advisor, said in a September 26, 2019 interview on Dijlah TV (Iraq) that Iran will respond to any American attack in any location that the Americans...
In a September 20, 2019 interview on Channel 5 TV (Iran), Cuban Ambassador to Iran Alexis Bandrich Vega was asked if Cuba is interested in having missiles and drones like the ones that Iran possesses and produces. Ambassador Vega responded that Cuba has a defense system called "a...
Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a senior official in Iran's Islamic regime who is a member of the Guardian Council and former chairman of the Assembly of Experts and the judiciary, recently lashed out at Ayatollah Amoli Larijani, another senior Iranian official, accusing him of financi...
Former IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Yahya Safavi, who currently serves as Supreme Leader Khamenei's Special Military Advisor, said in a September 23, 2019 interview on Channel 2 TV (Iran) that Iran's military strategy has changed over the past two years because Iran has acquir...
Former IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Mohsen Rezaee, who currently serves as the secretary of Iran's Expediency Council, said in a September 22, 2019 interview on Channel 2 TV (Iran) that there can be no security in the Persian Gulf unless America, England, and other foreign cou...
Under the shadow of intensified social and political protests in Iraq, including in the country's Shi'ite areas, Iran fears that it will lose its strategic status there, and is playing a role in suppressing the unrest – which is aimed against it as well.
So far, there are rep...
Pakistani PM Imran Khan meets with Iranian President Hassan Rohani in Tehran.
On October 13, 2019, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Tehran and held talks with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rohani. The trip was followed by a visi...
Mojtaba Zonnour, the Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in Iran's Majlis, said in an October 11, 2019 interview on Channel 5 (Iran) that Iran employs a strategy of deterrence and asymmetric warfare that renders its enemies' strengths ineffective by exploit...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech he delivered at a ceremony at the IRGC's officer training academy that Iran will never give up in its resistance against America, in which he encouraged the youth of Iran to persist. IRGC members, including special fo...
In August 2019 Yousuf Al-Nasseri, an official in the Shi'ite Iraqi pro-Iranian militia Harakat Hizbullah Al-Nujaba, called to dissolve the "mercenary" Iraqi army and replace it with Al-Hashd Al-Sha'bi [the Popular Mobilization Units – PMU], the umbrella of Shi'ite mil...
Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a senior official in Iran's Islamic regime who is a member of the Guardian Council and former chairman of the Assembly of Experts and the judiciary, recently lashed out at Ayatollah Amoli Larijani, another senior Iranian official, accusing him of financi...
Former IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Mohsen Rezaee, who currently serves as the secretary of Iran's Expediency Council, said in a September 22, 2019 interview on Channel 2 TV (Iran) that there can be no security in the Persian Gulf unless America, England, and other foreign cou...
Iranian officials have rejected the claims of U.S. officials that Iran was behind the September 14, 2019 large-scale attack on the oil infrastructures of Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil company. According to American sources, the attack was carried out by cruise missiles and suicide dr...
Following the September 14, 2019 Iranian attack on the oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, many Saudi officials called on the international community to take active measures against Iran's regional policy and play a role in defending the world's energy supply.[1] Similar calls w...
In a September 17, 2019 article titled 'Rescue the World from the Persian Nazism,' Ahmed Al-Jarallah, editor-in-chief of the Kuwaiti English-language daily Arab Times, wrote that the issue of confronting Iran is no longer just a matter of thwarting the Persian expansion project b...
Following the September 14, 2019 Iranian attack on the Saudi oil facilities, which was carried out by the Houthi militia and shut down half the kingdom's daily oil production,[1] the Houthis threatened further attacks on the same facilities, and warned “foreigners and companies” ...
On September 14, 2019, two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia – Khurais, the second-largest oil field in the country, and Abqaiq, the world's largest crude oil stabilization plant – were attacked using 10 drones armed with special munitions. The attack, for which the Hout...
The Ashura[1] ceremony held annually by the Iranian regime was attended this year by Muqtada Al-Sadr, a senior Shi'ite leader in Iraq known for calling to preserve Iraq's political independence. Moreover, Al-Sadr was given a place of honor beside Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamen...
Former Iranian Justice And Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi, who currently serves as an advisor to Iran's Head of the Judiciary, said in a May 31, 2019 Friday sermon in Kerman, Iran that the narrative about Israel being established because the Jews needed to escape Nazi cr...
In two articles he published recently in Qatari dailies, Faisal Al-Qassem, a host on the Qatari Al-Jazeera network, harshly attacked the U.S. policy on Iran, which he said serves Iranian interests at the expense of the Gulf countries and Turkey. In the first article, published in...
On August 22, 2019, IRINN TV (Iran) aired a report about the unveiling of the Iranian-made Bavar 373 long-range air defense system. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who was present at the unveiling, said that the Bavar 373 system is superior to the Russian S-300 system and that ...
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On July 30, 2019, the Syrian opposition website Ein Al-Porat published a report on its Facebook page detailing the locati...
On July 4, 2019, British forces detained an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar. On July 19, commando forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) had seized an empty British-flagged oil tanker, the Stena Impero, which was en route from the UAE port of Fujairah to Saudi...
Iranian General Hossein Dehghan, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's advisor on defense affairs, said in a July 26, 2019 interview on the Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) that Iran's downing of an American drone in June 2019 proved that Iran is strong enough to take "significant measures" ag...
In recent days, senior Iranian officials have made threats against Britain for the latter's July 4, 2019 seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar, as well as threats to Europe's security for what they say is its failure to meet its obligations under the JCPOA nuclear deal. O...
Iranian Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani, a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts and the Expediency Council, said in a July 5, 2019 Tehran sermon that aired on Channel 1 TV (Iran) that, starting on July 7, Iran will enrich uranium in any form, level, or amount that is "nec...
On June 26, 2019, Iran's Channel 1 and Ofogh TV stations aired shows discussing Iran's June 20, 2019 downing of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Channel 1 TV host Mohsen Maghsoudi said that the "lion cubs" of Iran's air defense units had shot down the drone in...
Mojtaba Zonnour, the chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Majlis, said in a June 30, 2019 interview on Al-Alam TV (Iran) that America has 36 military bases in the region, the closest of which is home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahra...
Overall, the reactions by Iranian regime officials and mouthpieces to the June 20 downing of the U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk drone reflected pride, depicting it as a legal and immediate reaction to an American invasion of Iranian airspace. Iranian armed forces naval commander Hossein K...
Gen. Hossein Dehghan, former Iranian defense minister and currently defense affairs advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said in a June 20, 2019 interview on Iraq's Al-Nujaba TV that the Americans are fully aware that their assets in the Middle East can be "obliterated...
On May 29, 2019, Khalijefars TV [Iran] aired an animated short that discussed the potential benefits of the establishment of a national intranet. The narrator compared Iran's current Internet connection to traveling from Tehran to Shiraz through Germany, and, reminding the viewer...
The Russian media outlet Vesti.ru[1] commented on how revenues from the wider Caspian basin have been distributed, after the five Caspian states, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan signed the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, on August 12, 201...
In recent weeks, Saudi and UAE targets, and most recently American targets, have been attacked by Iran and its proxies in the resistance front (see below).
During this time, the U.S. has taken conciliatory measures vis-à-vis Iran: delaying the entrance into the Persian Gulf of...
On June 13, two oil tankers – the Kokuka Courageous and the Front Altair - caught fire in the Gulf of Oman in an attack.[1] The US immediately accused Iran of responsibility for the attack. The US also blamed Iran for four other attacks on tankers that occurred outside the Strait...
On May 31, 2019, Hamoon TV (Iran) aired a music video to a song titled "Death = America," by Iranian singer Hamad Zamani. The video shows Zamani sculpting a skeleton holding stone tablets and a Jewish menorah in the fashion of the Statue of Liberty. Zamani sings: "How many people...
Following the recent spate of attacks on oil tankers and oil facilities in the Gulf of Oman, and U.S. accusations that Iran is behind them, Iranian spokesmen have in effect denied all connection to them, claiming that their timing is suspect and that they could have been carried ...
In recent statements and speeches, Yahya Al-Sinwar, head of Hamas's political bureau in Gaza, and Ziyad Al-Nakhalah, secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), threatened new confrontations with Israel and praised Iran for its support of their organizations. Some o...
Pro-Kremlin Russian experts commented on the upcoming trilateral meeting of the National Security Advisors from the United States, Israel, and Russia, in Jerusalem, which will focus on Iran's influence in the Middle East region. According to pro-Kremlin Russian experts, Russia sh...
Russian Middle East expert Gevorg Mirzayan wrote an article in the Russian pro-Kremlin online newspaper Vzglyad, titled "Why Russia Is Handing Over Iran", about the consequences of the upcoming trilateral US-Russia-Israel meeting in Jerusalem, which is expected to focus on Iran's...
The US announced that White House national security adviser John Bolton will meet in June with his Russian and Israeli counterparts in Jerusalem.
In an article published in the liberal Russian media outlet Republic.ru, Russian expert Vladimir Frolov wrote that the meeting wil...
An International Quds Day Rally was held in Dearborn, Michigan on May 31, 2019, in front of the Henry Ford Centennial Library. A speaker whose identity is not known said that every U.S. President – not only the "idiot" Trump – was a criminal and a terrorist, and that it is only e...
Introduction
On November 5, 2019, Iran announced that it was taking its fourth step to cut back on its obligations under the JCPOA nuclear agreement. This step includes reviving uranium enrichment at the Fordo nuclear facility and activating an array of advanced centrifuges t...
By: A. Savyon and M. Avraham*
Introduction
Although since President Trump's May 2018 announcement on the matter, the U.S. is regarded as having withdrawn from the JCPOA nuclear deal,[1] it in effect remains in the agreement because it continues to provide significant waive...
Introduction
In its war in the past years against the opposition forces and terrorist organizations in Syria, the Bashar Al-Assad regime has received substantial support from its two major allies, Russia and Iran. However, in the last year there have been increasing reports –...
Introduction
While the U.S. protests Iran's minor breach, announced this week, of the 300 kg limit on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium set in the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal,[1] the location of 8.5 tons of Iranian-enriched uranium that Iran ostensibly shipped to its ally Rus...
Introduction
At a May 27, 2019 joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Abe in Tokyo, U.S. President Donald Trump clarified that he has no interest in regime change in Iran but that he does not want Iran to have nuclear weapons.[1]
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamm...
Iran will never withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), aka the Iran nuclear deal, because this agreement (once the limits it imposes expire) grants Iran the recognized legal status of a nuclear state, with the official recognition and seal of the UN Securit...
Introduction
On April 22, 2019, the U.S. administration announced that from May 3, 2019, the U.S. would not renew sanctions waivers for nations importing Iranian oil, with the aim of cutting Iranian oil exports to zero. It should be clarified that in accordance with the offic...
Introduction
On April 8, 2019, President Trump announced the designation of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), including its Qods Force (see Appendix).[1]
This report will discuss the impact of the designation, ...
On September 21, 2018, Washington appointed ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad as the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation.[1] Led by him, the U.S. has held multiple rounds of talks with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Taliban organization that ruled Afghan...
Introduction
Having established its status and presence in Syria, it appears that Iran, which has a great deal of influence in Lebanon's political system and daily life via Hizbullah, now seeks to further strengthen its direct control of the country by infiltrating its institu...
On February 13, 2019, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei released an "important announcement on the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution" directed at Iran's younger generation. The announcement included guidelines for actions and goals to be achieved for the next 40 years ...
Introduction
As the impact of the U.S. sanctions on Iran's economy increases, after even countries that oppose U.S. policy are complying with them, Iraq's importance to the survival of Iran's regime and economy increases as well.
Underlining Iraq's importance to Iran,...
Introduction
Since the Syrian regime and its allies, Iran and Russia, regained control of southern Syria in July 2018, there have been increasing reports on websites opposed to the regime of a growing presence of pro-Iranian forces in this region and close to Syria's borders w...
Iran will never withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), aka the Iran nuclear deal, because this agreement (once the limits it imposes expire) grants Iran the recognized legal status of a nuclear state, with the official recognition and seal of the UN Securit...
Introduction
An examination of developments that can be expected in the Iran-U.S. confrontation requires first an understanding of the policy of U.S. President Donald Trump, both in general and in how this policy is reflected in his approach to Iran.
Trump's Policy
Pres...
Recently, the Syrian army and the forces that back it, with the support of the Russians, managed to take control of a large part of the Dar'a governorate in southern Syria. This occurred following a military campaign against Syrian opposition factions that began on June 19, 2018....
Introduction
While U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to take active measures against Iran, the Iranian regime is already showing signs of economic and political collapse, although throughout the 40 years of its existence it has presented itself as a powerful regime that ben...
Introduction
In the months preceding the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA nuclear deal, Iranian regime officials have stated that they were prepared for this possibility, and some even spoke about an immediate resumption of uranium enrichment and of Iran's nuclear program. Howe...
Introduction:
The mounting tension between Israel and Iran, which came to a head with Iran's firing of missiles at Israel from Syrian territory and Israel's counterattack on Iranian sites in that country, sparked a debate in Saudi Arabia regarding which side Saudis should supp...
Introduction
The U.S.'s withdrawal from the JCPOA is only one element in the Trump administration's new comprehensive strategy against Iran's Islamic Revolution, with all its elements – political, military, economic, and regional. The U.S.'s reinstatement of the economic sanct...
Introduction
In his May 8, 2018 speech, U.S. President Donald Trump turned the tables on Iran, on its European partners, and on supporters of the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) worldwide, when he announced that the U.S. was withdrawing from the agreement. Following this, Iran is no...
Introduction
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, could not be achieved until Iran was cleared of suspicions that it had worked on developing nuclear weapons. This was because earlier, in 2011, the International Atomic Energy Ag...
Ever since suspicions arose in 2002 that Iran has a military nuclear program – when the Mujahideen Khalq organization exposed that Iran was secretly enriching uranium without the consent or knowledge of the IAEA – the Iranian regime leaders, from both the ideological camp an...
According to reports in Western media, Britain, France, and Germany are agreeing with U.S. President Donald Trump that Iran's ballistic missile program and Iran's expansion in the region constitute a threat for the region and its security and stability.[1]
To date, Iran has fi...
In light of Israel's recent military operations against Iran's military expansion in Syria, comprising strikes against strategic Iranian and Syrian targets such as Iran-controlled airfields, missile bases, and drone bases, Iran now faces a strategic question: whether to respond t...
In recent weeks, there have been indications of a possible shift in Saudi Arabia's policy vis-à-vis Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and recognition of his regime. These indications have prompted various predictions regarding the possibility of normalization of Saudi-Syrian relat...
In advance of Iran's National Nuclear Technology Day, on April 9, this document focuses on a number of steps taken by the Iranian regime to maintain and further develop Iran's nuclear capabilities – steps that deviate from the framework of the JCPOA nuclear deal, and that in some...
On December 11, 2017, Iranian media and media affiliated with the resistance axis reported that Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Qods (Jerusalem) Force, had spoken on the phone with commanders of the military wings of both Hamas and P...
Introduction
On February 10, 2018, Iranian forces in Syria sent an Iranian attack drone across the border into Israeli airspace; the drone was downed by an Israeli army helicopter. Israel then bombed the base and the command and control vehicle that had launched the drone, and...
Introduction
Political elements in the West are framing the December 2017-January 2018 popular uprising in Iran as a clash of Iran's reformist and pragmatic camps – the latter led by Iranian President Hassan Rohani – with the Iranian regime's ideological circles. They have ad...
Introduction
The Iranian regime is attributing the December 2017-January 2018 popular uprising in the country to two main factors. One is the public's access to the West-based Internet, and the other is the involvement of Iran's enemies, who seek to bring down the Islamic revo...
After seven days of mass demonstrations across Iran, in major cities and with the participation of protestors who appear to be middle class, not only in smaller, far-flung cities with the participation of working class people, it can be said that the uprising has the following ch...
Recently, and especially since the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, elements in the resistance axis, including Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Iran and Hizb...
The achievements of the Syrian regime and its allies in southern Syria in recent months have sparked growing concern in Jordan about the increasing presence of pro-Iranian forces on the Syria-Jordan border. Jordan's King 'Abdallah II expressed this concern in September this year:...
Following the November 12, 2017 meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam, President Trump agreed to, and legitimized Iran's expansion in Syria, including the deployment of Iranian a...
Introduction
At an October 31, 2017 press conference at the World Without Terrorism convention in Iran, Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), conveyed a message reassuring Europe in the matter of Iran's ballistic missiles. H...
Nuclear physicist Dr. Hadi Issa Dalloul said in a November 5, 2019 interview on Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that what the West really fears is Iran's technological and medical development. Dr. Dalloul said that the University of Tehran is on the verge of producing an alternative medici...
Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, Supreme Leader Khamenei’s representative in the Khorasan Razavi Province, said in a Friday sermon on November 1, 2019 in Mashhad, that the day will come when America will be toppled and destroyed. Addressing people who claim that chanting “Deat...
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said in a November 6, 2019 interview on Al-Mamlaka TV (Jordan) that he thinks the situation in Iraq will become much worse than it is and that the current demonstrations in Iraq are mostly in response to Iranian influence. He said this is r...
General Abdolrahim Mousavi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, said in a November 4, 2019 speech at a rally celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran that the conflict between America and Iran is about values, be...
Iraqi Sunni tribal leader Sheikh Raad Suleiman, the head of the United Council of Tribes in Iraq, said in a November 4, 2019 interview on Al-Mamlaka TV (Jordan) that Iran has been interfering in Iraq’s political, military, and religious affairs since 2003. Giving an example, he s...
On November 4, 2019, Hamoon TV (Iran) aired a report about Iranian schoolgirls demonstrating in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province on the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which led to the Iran hostage crisis. The girls told the reporter that they a...
Ali Akbar Salehi, the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said in a November 4, 2019 interview on IRINN TV (Iran) that Iran has activated 30 IR6 centrifuges, that its production capacity has increased from 6,000 SWU to 8,660 SWU in the past two months, that its...
On November 5, 2019, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani announced that Iran will begin injecting centrifuges with uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas at the Fordo nuclear plant. Rouhani said that this enrichment activity will be done under the supervision of the IAEA. Rouhani clarified ...
IRGC General Gholamreza Jalali said in a September 27, 2019 interview on Channel 5 (Iran) that the Stuxnet cyber attack on Iran had the positive effect of causing Iran to pay attention to cyber security in its nuclear installations. He said that the nuclear sites experience as ma...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with students ahead of the November 4 anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover. At the meeting, Khamenei said that the youth must be reminded that the Islamic Revolution was carried out against America. He stated that Iran must no...
Ayatollah Mohammad Saidi, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative in Qom Province, said in a November 1, 2019 Friday sermon in Qom that the main source of strife, lack of security, backwardness, dispute, and plundering of property in Iraq is the U.S. Embassy in Baghd...
Dr. Reza Sadrolhosseini, an Iranian expert in West Asian affairs, said in an October 30, 2019 show on Channel 4 (Iran) that there is doubt regarding whether the late Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was really killed by American forces and that Al-Baghdadi might b...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said at an October 30, 2019 military officers’ graduation ceremony that aired on Channel 1 (Iran) that America and Western intelligence services are causing the riots in Iraq and Lebanon with the financial support of “reactionary” cou...
On October 29, 2019, Fars News Agency (Iran) released a video titled "The Terrorist Scenario." The video compared President Trump's announcement about the death of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi to President Obama's announcement about the death of Osama bin Lade...
Jordanian analyst Muhammad Faraj said in an October 3, 2019 interview on Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that the only way for Jordan to solve its economic, social, and political problems is to turn its back on its historical alliances with the U.S. and Israel and turn to Iran, which he sa...
Mojtaba Zonnour, the Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in Iran’s Majlis, said in an October 11, 2019 interview on Channel 5 (Iran) that Iran employs a strategy of deterrence and asymmetric warfare that renders its enemies’ strengths ineffective by exploit...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech he delivered at a ceremony at the IRGC’s officer training academy that Iran will never give up in its resistance against America, in which he encouraged the youth of Iran to persist. IRGC members, including special fo...
IRGC Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani said in an October 7, 2019 speech at an IRGC senior command conference that the IRGC has "expanded" the Islamic resistance such that it spreads across half a million square kilometers in the Middle East. He said that Iran has create...
Yemeni Minister of Health Nasser Ba'aom said in a September 28, 2019 interview on Yemen TV that the Yemeni government's only goal is to eliminate the Iranian "project" that is spreading in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen. He warned that the "Shiite crescent" will become a "full m...
Dutch scholar Nikolaos van Dam, who has previously served as the Dutch Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, Germany, and Indonesia, said in a September 19, 2019 interview on Palestine TV (Palestinian Authority) that since Israel violates human rights on a daily basis, the European Union sh...
IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Hossein Salami said in an October 3, 2019 speech that aired on Ofogh TV (Iran) that the sidelining of the U.S. in the region's security and political decisions, the accelerated decline of Western domination, and the paralyzing of the "cobweb regime...
Iranian cleric Ebad Mohammadtabar said in a September 7, 2019 sermon that aired on Hamoon TV (Iran) that when the Hidden Imam arrives, the whole world will have to convert to Islam or die. He also said that the Muslims will confront the Jews, whom he said the Quran describes as t...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei spoke before the members of the High Council of Commanders of the IRGC on October 2, 2019. Khamenei said that Iran should not limit itself to protecting its own "four walls." He continued to say that Iran's "strategic extension" beyond its bord...
On October 1, 2019, a video of a woman at the entrance to a hospital in Shiraz, Iran was uploaded to the Internet. Encouraging others to join her in protest, the woman shouted: "My child is hungry [and] our people are hungry... [Our leaders] are thieves [and] they should leave th...
Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi, a former IRGC General who has previously served as Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani's advisor, said in a September 26, 2019 interview on Dijlah TV (Iraq) that Iran will respond to any American attack in any location that the Americans...
In a September 20, 2019 interview on Channel 5 TV (Iran), Cuban Ambassador to Iran Alexis Bandrich Vega was asked if Cuba is interested in having missiles and drones like the ones that Iran possesses and produces. Ambassador Vega responded that Cuba has a defense system called "a...
Former IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Yahya Safavi, who currently serves as Supreme Leader Khamenei's Special Military Advisor, said in a September 23, 2019 interview on Channel 2 TV (Iran) that Iran's military strategy has changed over the past two years because Iran has acquir...
Former IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Mohsen Rezaee, who currently serves as the Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council, said in a September 22, 2019 interview on Channel 2 TV (Iran) that there can be no security in the Persian Gulf unless America, England, and other foreign cou...
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said in a September 22, 2019 interview on Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) that the international community's procrastination and lack of determination regarding Iran will only encourage Iran to carry out further acts of sabotage in the regi...
Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, Khamenei's representative in Khorasan Razavi province, said in a Friday, September 20, 2019 sermon in Mashhad that aired on Khorasan Razavi TV (Iran) that today's Iran is not limited by geographical borders because the PMU in Iraq, Hizbullah in Lebanon...
Former IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Yahya Safavi, who currently serves as Supreme Leader Khamenei's Special Military Advisor, said in an address that was published by IRIB News (Iran) on September 20, 2019 that the Iranian people will retaliate from the Mediterranean Sea, the ...
IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Hossein Salami said in a speech that was uploaded to the Internet on September 21, 2019 that a limited attack on Iran would not remain limited because the Iranians are a people who "pursue and punish." He said that Iran would not rest until the com...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a September 18, 2019 address to an Iraqi delegation that aired on Channel 1 TV (Iran) that America and its lackeys, collaborators, and mercenaries have been conspiring against, threatening, and boycotting Iran since the 1979 I...
In a September 16, 2019 press conference in Ankara, Turkey following talks with Iranian and Turkish leaders that included Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: "In order to [enable] Saudi Arabia to prot...
Paris-based political analyst Ali Naseredine said in a September 14, 2019 interview on Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) that he believes Iran is directly behind the recent Houthi bombings of the Abqaiq and Khurais oil fields in Saudi Arabia because it and Hizbullah provide weapons, exp...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a September 17, 2019 speech that aired on Channel 1 TV (Iran) that Iran will not negotiate with the United States on any level or in any way whatsoever, including during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's upcoming visit to New...
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