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Washington blacklists Iran-backed Iraqi militia leaders over protests

December 6, 2019 Editor 26 Views Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, Sanction

By John Davison, Daphne Psaledakis Source: Reuters BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday blacklisted three Iran-backed Iraqi paramilitary leaders

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Trump team scours intel sent by Iranians as it weighs new sanctions

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 Editor 33 Views Donald Trump, DONALD TRUMP 2020, gasoline prices, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Mike Pompeo, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Najaf, Obama, oil tankers, President Donald Trump, Protests, Saudi facilities, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the regime in Tehran

The team sees the Iran protests as a sign that its sanctions-heavy “maximum pressure” campaign is working. By NAHAL TOOSI

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Iraqi forces kill 35 protesters after Iranian consulate torched

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019 Editor 45 Views Adel Abdul-Mahdi, commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Fanar Haddad, Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, Iraq, Muhandis, Najaf, Sistani, southern city of Nassiriya, the Popular Mobilisation Forces

John Davison, Alaa Marjani Source: REUTERS BAGHDAD/NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 30 protesters on

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What Is Erdogan’s Real Plan for Kurds?

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 75 Views Ahmat Yigit Yildrim, Ankara, Arab belt, Arabization campaign of Jazira, Azari groups, Azerbaijan province, demographics, eportation, Ghazi Pour, Hafez al-Assad, Iraq, Kurdish social and political structures, Kurdistan Workers Party, majlis, minority, Muhammad Hasannajad, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shi’a Muslims, Simko Shikak revolution, Sykes-Picot Agreement, Syrian Kurds, Turkey

The Sykes-Picot Agreement failed to separate Kurds in the Middle East. Erdogan plans to change that. By Shukriya Mahmoodee  Source:

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Discontent in Iraq and Lebanon is a way to expose Iran’s corruption

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 80 Views academic projects, Assembly of Experts, beneficiaries, Caroline Glick, condos, Congress, corrupt elements, cupidity, Cyprus, delegitimize, demonstrations, deteriorating, domestic needs, Dubai, economic opportunity, economic privation, Environment, Expediency Council, foreign adventures, FOREIGN MINISTER, Gaza, global arrogance, ground water, Guardian Council, Hamas, increase tension, Iranian public, Iraq, jealous friends, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), leadership, Lebanon, maximum pressure, military, militias, Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS), Mohammad Javad Zarif, on the brink of crisis, policies, potent weapon, protecting assets, rainy-day account, revelations, Saudi Arabia, sensitive intelligence information, soldiers, stress, suppression, Syria, the better, The worse, trickle, unrest, Visas, yearning for justice, Zionism

By James Durso Source: The Hill The sanctions against Iran are obviously working as Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

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Former Hezbollah Secretary General releases video attacking Khamenei

November 10, 2019November 11, 2019 Editor 110 Views agents, circulated, corrupt, criminals, foreign countries, greatest protector, gunmen, Iraq, Lebanon, murderous, Muslims, oppression, protesters, Secretary-General, shameful, Sobhi al-Tufaily, tents, the hungry, thieves, video

By The Free Iranian Staff     Subhi al-Tufayli, former Hezbollah Secretary General a video circulated on social media attacking

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The High Risks of Soleimani’s Solution for Iraq

November 10, 2019November 11, 2019 Editor 48 Views Afghan, Afghanistan, Ayatollah Ali Yunesi, Bahraini, Bashar al-Assad, blank cheque, bricklayer, empire building, France, invicibility, Iran's Customs Office, Iranian passport, Iraq, Jordan, Kerman, Kirman, Lebanon, Major General, Marechal, military commander, military force, Napoleon, national army, Qassem Soleimani, scheme, self-preservation, Syria, vanguard, Yemen

By Amir Taheri Source: Asharq Al-Awsat   For almost two decades, a former bricklayer from Kirman, southeast Iran, has been

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Iran gave $16 billion to militias in Iraq and Syria

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Editor 54 Views Abadeh Nuclear Weapons Development Site, Afghanistan, Al-Arabiya TV, American citizens, Arak, Assad regime, Brian Hook, defense, Egyptian security, Elad Strohmayer, enriched uranium, estimable, Gaza, General Command, innocent civilians, Intelligence, international commitments, Iraq, Israeli civilians, Israeli Embassy, Lebanon, militias, nuclear agreement, operational, Pakistan, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, reactor, reputable, Sinai Peninsula, State-of-the-art, Surrounding Regions, Syria, terrorist group, thanks be to God, tonnes, weaponry, West Bank

  Source: American Military News   Iran has spent $16 billion on “militias” to prop up the Assad regime in

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Dishonor Amongst Thieves: The Race to Succeed Ali Khamenei Has Begun

November 3, 2019November 4, 2019 Editor 100 Views absolute dictator, Ahmadinejad, Al Quds Al Arabi, ally, Arabic newspaper, Assembly of Clerics, Astan Qodz Razavi, billion dollars, candidates, closed doors, committee of clerics, competing, conglomerates, constitution, coterie, Credit Suisse, disenfranchised Iranians, Ebrahim Raisi, eldest son, embezzle, executions, extremely wealthy, factional grouping, foundations, Frozen Assets, Green Movement, Guardian Council, harsh punishment, health problems, hierarchy, highest-ranking, holding companies, human rights abuses, Imam Reza Shrine, imprisonment, infighting, internal regime politics, Iraq, Islamist lawyer, Liechtenstein, living standards, low-level, major figures, Malaysia, Mashhad, Micheloud & Cie, Mojtaba Khamenei, Najaf, powerful organ, Prosecutor, qualifications, Rafsanjani family, replacements, Sadeq Larijani, Shanghai, Shia Islamic clerics, South Africa, special exemption, subservience, Supreme Leader, supreme leadership, Syria, The Assembly of Experts, Torture, UAE, UBS, Venezuela, would-be

Which Machiavellian Intriguer Shall Prevail?   By The Free Iranian Staff With the Khomeinist Regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, now

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Is the Khomeiniist regime losing the Middle East?

October 25, 2019October 30, 2019 Editor 122 Views Al Meidan TV, Amal party, Arbaeen Pilgrimage, Beirut, city of Nabatieh, Corruption, dead-end, demonstrations, destructive consequences, detailed policy, economic blackhole, economic reform, exerting influence, gaining momentum, guardianship of the jurist, Hanin Ghaddar, Hassan Nasrallah, hostilities, increasing poverty, Iraq, Lebanon, Mansour Aman, military victories, Nabieh Berri, political Islam, political victories, Protests, religious carnivals, Shiite, squandered, stepladder, strongholds, Syrian civil war, the region, thief, traditionally controlled, Velayat'e Faghigh

The protests in Lebanon and Iraq show that the Islamic regime is losing the Middle East. By The Free Iran

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