Kurdish politician Shaswar Abdulwahid, the leader of the New Generation Movement, said in a September 10, 2019 interview on NRT TV (Iraqi Kurdistan) that large amounts of oil are being transferred out of Kurdistan, and he said that nobody knows how much oil is being sold, to whom...
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, said in an interview with Iranian filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh that was uploaded to the Internet on September 12, 2019 that Iran is constantly monitoring American naval vessels within a range of 2,000 kilometers...
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...
On September 14, 2019, a video was posted to a Twitter account associated with IRGC Quds Force Commander General Qasem Soleimani. The video showed excerpts from a speech by Soleimani in which he said: “We are the nation of martyrdom... Our victories in all fronts were guarant...
On September 14, 2019, Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) hosted a debate about the drone strikes that took place earlier in the day against the Abqaiq and Khurais oil fields in Saudi Arabia. General (Ret.) Mamoun Abu Nowar of the Royal Jordanian Air Force said that the attack is unprece...
Dr. Mahmoud Moradkhani, a France-based Iranian opposition activist who is Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's nephew, said in a September 8, 2019 interview on Alan TV (UAE) that the leaders of the Iranian regime are responsible for the presence of extremists in the Middle East and in t...
This clip is a compilation of TV interviews that took place in September 2019 with Abu Alaa Al-Walai, the Secretary-General of the Iraqi Shiite militia Kata'ib Sayyid Al-Shuhada. In a September 10, 2019 interview on Al-Sharqiya News TV (Iraq), Al-Walai said that he is ideological...
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...
Iraqi researcher Muayad Algehiche said in an August 25, 2019 interview on Al-Rasheed TV (Iraq) that Iraq should recognize that it does not pose a threat to Israel because it does not have weapons or technology that can compare to Israel's. He said that the threats made by Iraqi m...
Iranian filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh said in an August 23, 2019 interview on Channel 1 TV (Iran) that this year's New Horizon Conference, of which he is the secretary, will be taking place in Lebanon on September 20-25. He said that participants will present reports about Israel's ...
Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said in a September 7, 2019 interview on IRINN TV (Iran) that a plan has been presented to the Supreme National Security Council for Iran to have centrifuges that will be able to produce between 272,000 ...
In an August 31, 2019 interview on Al-Rafidain TV (Iraq), Iraqi writer and researcher Rafe' Al-Falahi questioned why Iran is moving missiles into Iraqi territory and giving them to militias, especially in light of all its talk about long-range missiles that can strike Israel. Say...
Iliyas Umakhanov, the Deputy Speaker of Russia's Federation Council, said in a September 3, 2019 interview on Channel 5 TV (Iran) that the behavior of the U.S. and President Trump resembles street brawling, bullying, and hooliganism, which he said can only by "cured" by force and...
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an August 28, 2019 interview on Channel 1 TV (Iran) that Iran will only implement the JCPOA in full if the oil sanctions are lifted and if it gets access to revenues from its oil sales. He also said that Iran will not meet or...
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...
Former Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Sheikholeslam, who has served as Iran's ambassador to Syria, said in an August 27, 2019 interview on Ofogh TV (Iran) that Iran has invested in the "huge defensive and strategic endeavor" of deploying roughly 150,000 missiles in Leban...
Former Iranian Minister of Justice and Interior 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...
Ghazi Faisal, Iraq's former ambassador to France, said in an August 18, 2019 interview on Ur TV (Iraq) that Iran's regime is an outlaw regime because it does not respect the U.N. Charter's injunctions against occupation of and interference in the sovereign matters of other states...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in an August 27, 2019 speech that aired on IRINN TV (Iran) that the countries, such as the United States, that have imposed sanctions and "carried out economic terrorism" against Iran must repent, return to their obligations, act in the servi...
Iranian preacher Abolghasem Yaghoubi said in a Friday, August 2, 2019 sermon in Bojnurd, Iran that aired on Khorasan Shomali TV (Iran) that the Prophet Muhammad's daughter, Fatima Az-Zahra, got married at the age of 9, and he explained that this is because the climate and geograp...
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 ...
IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Hossein Salami said in an address that aired on Ofogh TV (Iran) on August 24, 2019 that by saying that American leaders lack wisdom, the U.S. itself has admitted to being "all brawn and no brains." He said that the Americans act only with force and...
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 ...
Former IRGC General Hossein Allahkaram, the head of the Ansar-e Hezbollah Coordination Council, said in a July 27, 2019 interview on Channel 5 TV (Iran) that Iran has a missile that is used by Hamas and that has a range of 70 kilometers, that cannot be detected by radar because o...
Shiite Iraqi political commentator and guru of the occult Abu Ali Al-Shibani criticized former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, whom he accused of saying that the Shiites are Egypt's sworn enemies. Al-Shibani further criticized the Saud clan, Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab, and Musl...
Mohammad-Reza Bahonar, a member of Iran's Expediency Council, said in an August 5, 2019 interview on Ofogh TV (Iran) that the JCPOA would not have been approved if Supreme Leader Khamenei had been opposed to it. He explained that nobody in the Iranian government can make a decisi...
General Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the IRGC's navy, said in an August 12 interview on the pro-Hizbullah Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that the Persian Gulf should remain an international shipping channel and that its security should be entrusted to Iran and Oman. He said that the...
On August 6, 2019, Channel 4 TV (Iran) aired a report about three locally made air-launched guided bombs that were unveiled by Iran's defense industries. The first bomb, Yasin, weighs 320 kilograms, has a 215-kilogram warhead, has collapsible wings, can operate in all weather con...
On August 10, 2019, IRINN TV (Iran) aired a report about a "disavowal of polytheists" ceremony held by Iranian pilgrims at the plains of Arafat in Mecca. During the ceremony, a message from Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was read and the pilgrims chanted: "Death to America! ...
On August 5, 2019, IRINN TV (Iran) aired a report about an anti-British cartoon exhibit at the Osveh Art and Cultural Center in Tehran. The exhibit, which was titled "Pirates of the Queen" and which was organized by the Cultural Foundation of the Narrative of Triumph, showed 40 c...
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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...
Mehdi Ghazanfari, Iran's former Minister of Industry, Mining, and Trade, said in an August 4, 2019 interview on Ofogh TV (Iran) that the Iranian government has in the past used foreign currency to "sweep" its economic dysfunction "under the rug." He explained that the economic pr...
In an August 6, 2019 address to senior Iranian Foreign Ministry officials, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that peace with Iran is the “mother of all peace” and that war with Iran is the “mother of all war.” He said that other countries cannot expect to enjoy security while...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an August 5, 2019 address that aired on IRINN TV (Iran) that Iran has always been responsible for maintaining security in the Persian Gulf and in the Strait of Hormuz. He explained that Iran sometimes turns a blind eye to cert...
Iranian Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri said in a July 31, 2019 interview on Ofogh TV that fighting in the cause of Allah is moral and that widespread fighting is a prerequisite for the emergence of the Hidden Imam. He said that negotiations that ai...
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 ...
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.
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...
IRGC Deputy Commander General Ali Fadavi said in a May 30, 2019 interview on Channel 3 TV (Iran) that the Houthi fighters in Yemen have achieved what they have because Yemenis are intelligent and because they are operating according to the guidelines of the Islamic Revolution. Re...
As Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei spoke to students on May 22, 2019, one of the students waved aloft a portrait of a martyr, and said that he wanted to give it as a gift to Khamenei even though it was customary for Khamenei to be the one giving gifts to others.
Khamenei o...
In its May 22, 2019 editorial, by Sa'dollah Zarei, the Iranian regime mouthpiece Kayhan called for destroying the Saudi regime, terming it a "cancerous growth." Kayhan praised the Iran-backed Shi'ite Houthi Ansar Allah militia's May 14, 2019 drone attack on the Saudi oil pipeline...
On May 15, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin conducted talks in Sochi with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, who was in Russia for a working visit. Following their consultations, the President of Russia and the Federal President of Austria held a joint news confer...
In an article titled "Talk of War against Iran – Our Country Is Not Outside the Campaign" in the pro-Hizbullah Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, the daily's editor, Ibrahim Al-Amin, discussed the possibility of an attack on Iran and the implications for Lebanon. He wrote that the U.S. po...
On May 8, 2019, in an address aired on IRINN TV, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that, in keeping with the decision of Iran's National Security Supreme Council, he sent letters to the leaders of the five countries remaining in the JCPOA (France, Germany, Britain, China...
In his May 15, 2019 column in the Saudi English-language Arab News, Dr. Hamdan Al-Shehri, a political analyst and researcher of international relations, called for international action against Iran in response to the May 13 sabotage of Saudi oil tankers off the UAE coas...
On April 14, 2019, an interview with former IRGC General Saeed Ghasemi was uploaded to the Iranian media website apparat.com. Gen. Ghasemi said that ISIS had been created by Hillary Clinton and he criticized the Iranian government for focusing on the JCPOA nuclear deal rather tha...
On August 6, 2018, the Iranian news agency Fars published statements by Gen. Naser Sha'bani, a top official of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), in which he noted that the regime of the Islamic Revolution had ordered the pro-Iran Ansar Allah (Houthi) militia in Ye...
Following May 12, 2019 reports of attacks on oil tankers at Fujairah Port, off the coast of the UAE's Emirate of Fujairah, two senior Iranian journalists affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) tweeted that Iran had carried out the attacks. The two journa...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a May 8, 2019 address that aired on IRINN TV that, in keeping with the decision of the National Security Supreme Council, he sent letters to the leaders of the five countries remaining in the JCPOA announcing that Iran will stop selling su...
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...
Introduction
All JCPOA supporters rely on the claim that "the agreement is working" and on the eight confirmations granted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to Iran that it is in compliance with the agreement .
Reality, however, invalidates this cl...
IRGC Commander 'Ali Jaafari: "Iran bears the banner of the fulfillment of God's promises. It has taken a historic turn, and today a new era of global developments is beginning... [This era] started with imposing significant defeats upon the camp of the Great Arrogance, America. W...
Introduction
Recently, Western officials and commentators who support the JCPOA began to address two issues related to the JCPOA that they themselves admit to be problems that must be addressed. However, these issues – Iran's development of long-range ballistic missiles, and ...
Kurdish politician Shaswar Abdulwahid, the leader of the New Generation Movement, said in a September 10, 2019 interview on NRT TV (Iraqi Kurdistan) that large amounts of oil are being transferred out of Kurdistan, and he said that nobody knows how much oil is being sold, to whom...
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, said in an interview with Iranian filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh that was uploaded to the Internet on September 12, 2019 that Iran is constantly monitoring American naval vessels within a range of 2,000 kilometers...
On September 14, 2019, a video was posted to a Twitter account associated with IRGC Quds Force Commander General Qasem Soleimani. The video showed excerpts from a speech by Soleimani in which he said: “We are the nation of martyrdom... Our victories in all fronts were guarant...
On September 14, 2019, Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) hosted a debate about the drone strikes that took place earlier in the day against the Abqaiq and Khurais oil fields in Saudi Arabia. General (Ret.) Mamoun Abu Nowar of the Royal Jordanian Air Force said that the attack is unprece...
Dr. Mahmoud Moradkhani, a France-based Iranian opposition activist who is Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's nephew, said in a September 8, 2019 interview on Alan TV (UAE) that the leaders of the Iranian regime are responsible for the presence of extremists in the Middle East and in t...
This clip is a compilation of TV interviews that took place in September 2019 with Abu Alaa Al-Walai, the Secretary-General of the Iraqi Shiite militia Kata'ib Sayyid Al-Shuhada. In a September 10, 2019 interview on Al-Sharqiya News TV (Iraq), Al-Walai said that he is ideological...
Iraqi researcher Muayad Algehiche said in an August 25, 2019 interview on Al-Rasheed TV (Iraq) that Iraq should recognize that it does not pose a threat to Israel because it does not have weapons or technology that can compare to Israel's. He said that the threats made by Iraqi m...
Iranian filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh said in an August 23, 2019 interview on Channel 1 TV (Iran) that this year's New Horizon Conference, of which he is the secretary, will be taking place in Lebanon on September 20-25. He said that participants will present reports about Israel's ...
Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said in a September 7, 2019 interview on IRINN TV (Iran) that a plan has been presented to the Supreme National Security Council for Iran to have centrifuges that will be able to produce between 272,000 ...
In an August 31, 2019 interview on Al-Rafidain TV (Iraq), Iraqi writer and researcher Rafe' Al-Falahi questioned why Iran is moving missiles into Iraqi territory and giving them to militias, especially in light of all its talk about long-range missiles that can strike Israel. Say...
Iliyas Umakhanov, the Deputy Speaker of Russia's Federation Council, said in a September 3, 2019 interview on Channel 5 TV (Iran) that the behavior of the U.S. and President Trump resembles street brawling, bullying, and hooliganism, which he said can only by "cured" by force and...
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an August 28, 2019 interview on Channel 1 TV (Iran) that Iran will only implement the JCPOA in full if the oil sanctions are lifted and if it gets access to revenues from its oil sales. He also said that Iran will not meet or...
Former Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Sheikholeslam, who has served as Iran's ambassador to Syria, said in an August 27, 2019 interview on Ofogh TV (Iran) that Iran has invested in the "huge defensive and strategic endeavor" of deploying roughly 150,000 missiles in Leban...
Former Iranian Minister of Justice and Interior 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...
Ghazi Faisal, Iraq's former ambassador to France, said in an August 18, 2019 interview on Ur TV (Iraq) that Iran's regime is an outlaw regime because it does not respect the U.N. Charter's injunctions against occupation of and interference in the sovereign matters of other states...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in an August 27, 2019 speech that aired on IRINN TV (Iran) that the countries, such as the United States, that have imposed sanctions and "carried out economic terrorism" against Iran must repent, return to their obligations, act in the servi...
Iranian preacher Abolghasem Yaghoubi said in a Friday, August 2, 2019 sermon in Bojnurd, Iran that aired on Khorasan Shomali TV (Iran) that the Prophet Muhammad's daughter, Fatima Az-Zahra, got married at the age of 9, and he explained that this is because the climate and geograp...
IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Hossein Salami said in an address that aired on Ofogh TV (Iran) on August 24, 2019 that by saying that American leaders lack wisdom, the U.S. itself has admitted to being "all brawn and no brains." He said that the Americans act only with force and...
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 ...
Former IRGC General Hossein Allahkaram, the head of the Ansar-e Hezbollah Coordination Council, said in a July 27, 2019 interview on Channel 5 TV (Iran) that Iran has a missile that is used by Hamas and that has a range of 70 kilometers, that cannot be detected by radar because o...
Shiite Iraqi political commentator and guru of the occult Abu Ali Al-Shibani criticized former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, whom he accused of saying that the Shiites are Egypt's sworn enemies. Al-Shibani further criticized the Saud clan, Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab, and Musl...
Mohammad-Reza Bahonar, a member of Iran's Expediency Council, said in an August 5, 2019 interview on Ofogh TV (Iran) that the JCPOA would not have been approved if Supreme Leader Khamenei had been opposed to it. He explained that nobody in the Iranian government can make a decisi...
General Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the IRGC's navy, said in an August 12 interview on the pro-Hizbullah Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that the Persian Gulf should remain an international shipping channel and that its security should be entrusted to Iran and Oman. He said that the...
On August 6, 2019, Channel 4 TV (Iran) aired a report about three locally made air-launched guided bombs that were unveiled by Iran's defense industries. The first bomb, Yasin, weighs 320 kilograms, has a 215-kilogram warhead, has collapsible wings, can operate in all weather con...
On August 10, 2019, IRINN TV (Iran) aired a report about a "disavowal of polytheists" ceremony held by Iranian pilgrims at the plains of Arafat in Mecca. During the ceremony, a message from Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was read and the pilgrims chanted: "Death to America! ...
On August 5, 2019, IRINN TV (Iran) aired a report about an anti-British cartoon exhibit at the Osveh Art and Cultural Center in Tehran. The exhibit, which was titled "Pirates of the Queen" and which was organized by the Cultural Foundation of the Narrative of Triumph, showed 40 c...
Mehdi Ghazanfari, Iran's former Minister of Industry, Mining, and Trade, said in an August 4, 2019 interview on Ofogh TV (Iran) that the Iranian government has in the past used foreign currency to "sweep" its economic dysfunction "under the rug." He explained that the economic pr...
In an August 6, 2019 address to senior Iranian Foreign Ministry officials, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that peace with Iran is the “mother of all peace” and that war with Iran is the “mother of all war.” He said that other countries cannot expect to enjoy security while...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an August 5, 2019 address that aired on IRINN TV (Iran) that Iran has always been responsible for maintaining security in the Persian Gulf and in the Strait of Hormuz. He explained that Iran sometimes turns a blind eye to cert...
Iranian Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri said in a July 31, 2019 interview on Ofogh TV that fighting in the cause of Allah is moral and that widespread fighting is a prerequisite for the emergence of the Hidden Imam. He said that negotiations that ai...
On July 30, 2019, Ofogh TV (Iran) aired an animated video about Iran's strategy regarding the Strait of Hormuz. The narrator said that 18 million barrels of crude oil, 30% of the world's natural gas, and 50% of the region's international business deals go through the Strait of Ho...
Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee, the Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council, said in a July 31, 2019 on Channel 2 TV (Iran) that the U.K. should pay Iran to release English nationals it is holding captive, such as Nazanin Zaghani-Ratcliffe. He claimed that the British Foreign Mini...
Hossein Naghavi-Hosseini, the Spokesman of the Iranian Majles' Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy, said in a July 29, 2019 interview on Ofogh TV (Iran) that Iran must under no circumstances withdraw from the JCPOA, because there would be no advantage to doing so, ...
In a Friday sermon in Tehran, Assembly of Experts Member Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said of Ibrahim Zakzaky, a Shi'ite cleric who is in prison in Nigeria: " The catastrophe that Zakzaky is going through is the handiwork of the Saudi and Zionist regimes." The sermon aired on Channel ...
On June 22, 2019, Ofogh TV (Iran) aired the first episode of a show called "The Kiryah 2040," which is about Israel's "militaristic essence." The show said that David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, had believed that Judea must be rebuilt by "blood and fire" and that h...
Iranian political commentator Mehdi Mohammadi said in a July 24, 2019 interview on Channel 2 TV (Iran) that Europe needs the JCPOA to remain intact for security reasons because it has no alternative, and he said that Europe would be the first to be negatively impacted if the JCPO...
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