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Flip flop Khomeinist style: to build or not to build weapons

October 13, 2019October 15, 2019 Editor 77 Views advanced weapons, forbidden, harm, Imam Hossein Military University, modern weapons, proliferation, self-interest, self-preservation, Shi'a, stockpiling, Taqiyah, Tasnim news agency

By The Free Iranian Staff The Khomeinist regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei continues to assert that Iran will never spend

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Articles & Reports Buying Friends & Influencing Enemies Slider Terrorism The Regime Brass The Supreme Leader Video 

Forty one years on, remembering the Khomeinist Regime’s first victims of terror

August 21, 2019 Editor 115 Views Abadan, Blaze, Cinema Rex, Fadaiyeen of Islam, Fire, Hossein Takbehalizadeh, Kasravi, Mansour, Muslim Brotherhood, Razmara, Shi'a, Shiite, show trials

The Free Iranian  

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Around the Region 

Al Qaeda releases ‘blooper reel’ of Islamic State videos amid jihadi spat

August 15, 2019 Editor 105 Views Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, Abu Muhammad al-Adeni, Al Qaeda, allegiance to Isil, Arab Peninsula, Caliph, Chris Morris, defector, Elizabeth Kendall, Four Lions, Heroic bird, Hidayah Media Productions, Houthi militants, Iran-backed, Islamic State, jihadi, Middle East expert, militant, Oxford University, Propaganda, Shi'a, solemn event, squawking bird, The Hollywood reality of al-Baghdadi group, unedited version, Vimto drink, Yemeni affiliate

By Josie Ensor Source: The Telegraph   Al-Qaeda has released embarrassing outtakes from an Islamic State propaganda video of fighters

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Articles & Reports Corruption in Iran Economy IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Sanctions Slider Terrorism 

Iran’s western borders, the Khomeinist Regime’s terrorist playground

August 5, 2019September 3, 2019 Editor 302 Views Arba’een, border crossing, circumventing sanctions, crisis and chaos, crossing point, DNA, IED, interference, Iraq in turmoil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Khosravi Border, military advisor, ParvizKhan Border, Persian Gulf, Pilgrimage, Rahim Safavi, Saddam Hossein’s regime, Shi'a, Shiite, Tehran's leaders, terrorists, US forces, weapons

By Zaman Feyli   Creating crisis and chaos is in the Khomeinist regime’s DNA. The Khomeinist regime continues to survive

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Corruption in Iran Slider 

US Embassy in Iraq Calls Out Khamenei’s Corruption

April 26, 2019October 18, 2019 Editor 821 Views Ali Khamenei, Astan Qods Razavi trust, Corruption, Dawa Party, Executive Headquarters of Imam’s Directive, Iraq, Mostazafan Foundation, Shi'a, US Embassy

By Sophie Baron On Thursday, the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, posted a statement on their Arabic-language Facebook account concerning

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Articles & Reports 

Syrian Opposition Websites: Iran Consolidating Its Presence In Eastern Syria, West Of Euphrates, To Form Continuum From Iran, Through Iraq And Syria, To Mediterranean

December 4, 2018April 3, 2019 Editor 235 Views Bashar Assad, IRGC, Kurds, Shi'a, Syria

Source: Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)   Throughout the seven-year crisis in Syria, Iran has exploited the instability in

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Iran 

Iranian President Rohani: ‘We Are Willing To Protect The Interests Of The Saudi People With All Our Capabilities Against the Terrorists

December 3, 2018April 22, 2019 Editor 432 Views Hassan Rouhani, Iran, Islamic Unity Conference, Israel, Khomeini, Saudi Arabia, Shi'a, United States

Source: Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) …And The Superpowers – Just As We Hastened To Help The Iraqi, Syrian,

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Articles & Reports 

‘Islamic Unity’ conference in Tehran was neither Islamic nor seeking unity

December 3, 2018April 3, 2019 Editor 288 Views Ali Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, Iran, Islamic Unity Conference, Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia, Shi'a, Sunni

Turning to the prayer ritual at the conference, a columnist with the daily Jomhouri-ye Eslami released photos that showed separate

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Middle East & Levant Terrorism 

Iran using teams of hit squads to silence critics of its attempts to meddle in Iraqi politics, officials say

November 29, 2018April 11, 2019 Editor 208 Views Iran, Iraq, IRGC, Qassem Soleimani, Qods Force, Shi'a

By Con Coughlin Source: The Telegraph Iran is using teams of hit squads in Iraq to silence critics of Iranian

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Middle East & Levant 

US warns of regional conflict as it displays Iranian arms intercepted across Middle East

November 29, 2018April 11, 2019 Editor 289 Views Afghanistan, Bahrain, Brian Hook, Houthis, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Shi'a, Syria, Taliban, Weapons trafficking, Yemen

US special representative for Iran displays weaponry caught in Yemen, Afghanistan and Bahrain By Joyce Karam Source: The National (UAE)

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