Ali Khamenei

IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Sanctions Slider 

Hook Says If There Is Agreement On ‘Range Of Threats’ From Iran, US Will Remove All Sanctions

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Editor 28 Views Ali Khamenei, Brain Hook, gasoline prices, Mike Pompeo, Sanction

Source: Radio Farda People of Iran are tired of wasting their national wealth in proxy wars, the U.S. State Department

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Nuclear Slider 

Iran rejects EU powers’ letter to UN as ‘desperate falsehood’

December 5, 2019 Editor 19 Views Ali Khamenei, ballistic missile programme, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, nuclear deal, UNSC

A letter by UK, German and French ambassadors to UN said Iran’s activities were ‘inconsistent’ with a 2015 resolution. Source:

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Economy Iran Other News 

Khamenei Told Iran Parliament Not To Oppose Gasoline Price Hike – Lawmaker

November 25, 2019 Editor 39 Views Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Parliament, Mahmoud Sadeqi

Source: Radio Farda An outspoken lawmaker in Iran says two days after the gasoline price hike of November 15 that

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Articles & Reports 

Why Iranians Are Setting Their Own Banks on Fire

November 20, 2019 Editor 44 Views Ali Khamenei, Double-digit inflation, Iran’s nuclear infractions, Mostafa Tajzadeh, Rouhani

By RAY TAKEYH Source: Politico Look closely, and you can see a regime cracking from within. Now, Washington should let

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Human Rights Slider 

Iran: More than 100 protesters believed to be killed as top officials give green light to crush protests

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Editor 57 Views Ali Khamenei, killings of protesters throughout Iran

Source: Amnesty International Verified video footage, eyewitness testimony from people on the ground and information gathered from human rights activists

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Buying Friends & Influencing Enemies IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Slider Terrorism 

Grand Ayatollah Sistani: “No foreign force should impose their will on the Iraqi people!”

November 1, 2019November 2, 2019 Editor 78 Views Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Ali Khamenei, Bahram Salih, Brian Hook, chanted, conspiracy, creating chaos, domestic-based, exerting influence, foreign forces, fury, Grand Ayatollah Sistani, highest-ranking, ideology, impose, internationally-driven, Iran Action Group, Karbala, lording over, mosque, placards, protestors, Qassem Soleimani, sermon, Shi’a cleric, slogans, Supreme Leader, U.S. State Department, Western intelligence

By The Free Iranian Staff   Grand Ayatollah Sistani, the highest-ranking Shi’a cleric in Iraq, announced his support for the

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Background & Optics Slider The Regime Brass The Supreme Leader 

Iranians would brave Islamic regime’s oppression, to celebrate Crown Prince Reza’s birthday

October 30, 2019October 31, 2019 Editor 79 Views Ali Khamenei, Cyrus the Great, Jews, Pasargadae, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Supreme Leader, tomb

By The Free Iranian Staff Tomorrow, Thursday, October 31st is the 59th birthday of Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. Social

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Corruption in Iran IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Slider Terrorism The Regime Brass 

Khamenei-Linked Newspaper In Iran Suggests Seizure Of U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

October 6, 2019October 6, 2019 Editor 83 Views Abadan, Ali Khamenei, Ba'thist elements, daily newspaper Kayhan, deprive their country, desperate people, editorial headline, enemies of the Iraqi people, foreign influence, foreign players, Foreign Traces, hardline, Hashd Al-Sha'bi, Hossein Shariatmadari, Iran-aligned, Iranian influence, Iranian media, Iraqi protests, Iraqi ruling factions, Israel, millions of dollars, mismanaged, political spectrum, political trends, Prime Minister, protests in Iraq, reformist, religious holiday Arbaeen, revolutionary youths, Rouhani administration, Saudi Arabia, sectarian differences, seizing the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, slogans, Supreme Leader, tolerate corruption, trumpeting rhetoric, Wahabi

Source: RadioFarda Iranian media affiliated with various parts of the country’s political spectrum have been trumpeting a rhetoric that blames

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Articles & Reports Buying Friends & Influencing Enemies Corruption in Iran Economy IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Sanctions 

Spotlight on Iran: September 22 – October 6, 2019

October 6, 2019October 6, 2019 Editor 107 Views Abdul-Mahdi, al-Araby al-Jadeed, al-Saadi, Albu Kamal-al-Qaem border crossing, Ali Abdullah Ayyoub, Ali Ghanem, Ali Khamenei, Ambassador to Baghdad, American forces, Amir Hatami, bilateral and regional level, bolstering ties, campaign against terror, Chief of Staff, Chinese television, counterpart, economic official, economic sphere, economic ties, entrench influence, Hassan Nasrallah, Houthi rebels, influence, Iraj Masjedi, Iranian Geological Organization, Iranian TV, Iranian-Syrian economic council, Iraqi Central Bank, Iraqi Ministry of Defense, Israeli drones, joint economic bloc, Khalil al-Hayya, land corridor, Lebanon War, media appearances, Minister of Defense, minister of oil, Minister of Trade and Industry, Missiles, Mohammad Baqeri, outbreak of the civil war, Parsian Bank, Qasem Soleimani, resistance, Reza Rahmani, Russia al-Youm, Secretary-General, senior Iraqi Army commander, seven branches, Shi’ite pro-Iranian militias, South Pars gas field, spheres of energy, spheres of industry, spheres of trade, Supreme Leader, Syria, technological assistance, the Mediterranean, tools for developing mines, Walid al-Muallem, western Iraq, widespread popular discontent, Yemen, Zionist entity

By Dr. Raz Zimmt  Source: The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information CenterAt the Israeli Intelligence Heritage and Commemoration Center

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Articles & Reports IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force The Regime Brass 

The Hat, the Turban And the Cap: Which Can Save the Mullahs?

October 4, 2019October 5, 2019 Editor 62 Views aggression, Ali Khamenei, backbone, candidates, Chief of Staff, conciliatory theme, developing nations, enmity, exile, Fatimah, fomenting insecurity, frontman, General Congress, Hassan Rouhani, historic development, Iran-watchers, key objectives, Khomeinist regime, Major General, Major-General Qassem Soleimani, military chiefs, military establishment, Muhammad Baqeri, permanent feature, political authorities, political party, political power, power struggle, presidency, regional cooperation, security establishment, sell-by-date, speculation, Sufi commander, Supreme Guide, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad, turbans

By Amir Taheri Source: Asharq Al-Awsat   As Hassan Rouhani’s presidency drifts towards what promises to be less than a

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