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- JTTM Weekly No. 183 - Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekend Summary - 10/15/15
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an ...
- Special Dispatch No. 6183 - Iran Threatens Saudi Arabia: 'The IRGC... Will Take Vengeance' On The Al-Sa'ud Regime; 'Our Responses Will Be... Harsh And Decisive' - 10/11/15
In recent days, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the top echelons of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) dispatched threatening messages to Saudi Arabia's rulers in response to the hundreds of Iranians killed in the stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, which claimed the lives of over a thousand Hajj pilgrims. Khamenei, along with IRGC commanders and ideological camp leaders, were furious at the Saudi royal family, holding it responsible for the disaster and promising a "harsh and ...
- Special Dispatch No. 6174 - Prominent Iranian Analyst Amir Taheri: Unlike Kennedy, Nixon And Reagan, Who Drove A Hard Bargain In Negotiations With Enemies, Obama Is Capitulating And Chasing Illusions In Deal With Iran - 10/02/15
In an opinion piece published August 25, 2015 in the London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat , Amir Taheri, a prominent Iranian analyst, author and columnist, compared Obama's policy towards Iran to the policies of Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan in their dealings with the U.S.'s main rivals in their day - the USSR and China. Taheri wrote that, in making the deal with Iran, Obama wishes to portray himself as an heir to the tradition established by these presidents of defusing conflict through ...
- MEMRI Daily Brief No. 60 - The Elephant In The Room - 10/02/15
On September 3, 2015, not two months after the July 14 announcement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action at Vienna and its celebration at the White House and in Europe, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dropped a bombshell. In a speech to the Iranian Assembly of Experts, he backtracked from the agreement, demanding a new concession: that the sanctions be "lifted," not merely "suspended." 1 If that term is not changed, said Khamenei, there is no agreement. If the West only "suspends" the ...
Yigal Carmon
- Special Dispatch No. 6169 - Influential Emirati Business Leader And Commentator: Side Deal With Iran, Which Allows It To Inspect Itself, Belies Obama's Claim That Iran Agreement Is Safe; Europe's Haste To Embrace Iran Is Unseemly - 09/28/15
In two articles he published in the UAE English-language daily The National , prominent businessman and writer Khalaf Ahmad Al-Habtoor harshly criticized the nuclear arrangements recently reached with Iran. In an August 23, 2015 article, he leveled criticism at the side deal between the IAEA and Iran. He stated that this deal proves that an organization "known for its professionalism and stringent monitoring" has been politicized by the agreement's signers, who he said are either seeking to cut ...
- JTTM Weekly No. 179 - Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekend Summary - 09/25/15
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an ...
- Special Dispatch No. 6164 - Egyptian Playwright Ali Salem, 1936-2015 – In Memoriam - 09/24/15
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) mourns the passing of renowned Egyptian playwright, author, and political critic Ali Salem, courageous champion of peace, freedom, and humanism. Ali Salem (b.1936) was one of Egypt's most prominent playwrights in recent decades. He is renowned for his satirical plays, which criticize various aspects of Egyptian society and politics, with his characteristic humor and irony. His plays, not surprisingly, are imbued with allegory and fantasy. Written ...
- Special Dispatch No. 6160 - Office Of Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Tweets Video Titled 'If Any War Happens...' - 09/17/15
On September 13, 2015, the office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei shared via its official Twitter account a video on the office's YouTube channel titled "If Any War Happens..." in which Khamenei warned that the "invading and criminal America" will "leave the war arena defeated." The video, which is 1:43 in duration and accompanied by some English subtitles, opens by showing U.S. President Barack Obama stating that the U.S. will not have a problem "knocking out Iran's military with speed ...
- Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1186 - Arab Liberals' Perspectives On The Arab Spring (3) — Former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Liberalism In Times Of Sectarianism - 09/17/15
Introduction Iraqi politician and Shi'ite religious scholar Ayad Jamal Al-Din has emerged as a leading liberal voice in Arab media and politics, following the ousting of Saddam Hussein and his Baath regime. He espouses the separation of religion and state, advocates adherence to human and minority rights, in addition to individual liberties, and has been outspoken in his defiance of Al-Qaeda's use of terrorism and Iran's political influence in Iraq, at risk to his own life. Jamal Al-Din, born ...
Y. Feldner
- Special Dispatch No. 6156 - Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei: 'In 25 Years There Will Be No Such Thing As The Zionist Regime In The Region'; America Is Worse Than Satan - 09/09/15
On September 9, 2015, in a public address at the tomb of the founder of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that the U.S. - the "Great Satan" - is worse than Satan, and warned the Iranian people and the moderate stream against being deceived by its attempts to infiltrate Iran. Khamenei added that in 25 years, Israel would no longer exist and that until then it would not have one minute of quiet. The following are excerpts from ...
