Alireza Jafarzadeh, The Washington Examiner, 21 April 2019 The United States has decided to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. This is a major step toward effectively countering Tehran’s systemic use of terrorism
Iran’s Guard Gets a Long-Overdue but Much-Deserved Terrorist Designation Read More
Ali Safavi, Lima Charlie World, 6 April 2019 The case for designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Intelligence Ministry as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Lima Charlie World is publishing the following opinion article in its entirety. At times, Lima Charlie will publish
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Mohammad Mohaddessin, Townhall, 18 January 2019 Early indications are that restored U.S. sanctions on Iran are causing real pain for the ruling regime. But the efficacy of these restrictive measures has rarely been contentious. A more pressing question is, what’s the end game? Will the
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Alireza Jafarzadeh, Townhall, 1 December 2018 Over the past year, Europe and the United States have seen an unprecedented increase in terrorist threats: from bomb plots to truck bombs in Paris and Albania, to assassinations in Turkey and the Netherlands, to spying on opposition leaders
Europe And The U.S. Must Confront Iran’s Terror On Their Soil Read More
Ali Safavi, Sharnoff’s Global Views, 30 July 2018 The Iranian regime’s support of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and the ongoing development of Iranian ballistic missiles have raised serious questions about European outreach. Last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called attention to the Tehran
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Ali Safavi, The Daily Caller, 24 May 2018 In his Iran policy statement earlier this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo quoted President Trump as saying, “The Iranian people long to reclaim their country’s proud history, its culture, its civilization, and its cooperation with its
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Soona Samsami, Townhall, 22 May 2018 On May 8th, US President Donald Trump announced an American withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Up until the last moment, European officials were urging the administration to change course. Now, the discussion needs to widen its focus.
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Ali Safavi, Al Arabiya, 13 March 2018 This year, the Iranian fire festival of Chaharshanbe Suri, will be marked on Tuesday, March 14, 2018. It may also mark the beginning of a new uprising against the clerical regime, in light of a series of recent
Will This Year’s Festival of Fire Fuel Another Resistance in Iran? Read More
Ali Safavi, Real Clear World, 9 March 2018 On Dec. 31, 1977, then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter toasted the Shah’s Iran as “an island of stability in one of the more troubled areas of the world.” Days later, anti-government protests erupted in the Holy city of
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Soona Samsami, The Daily Caller, 31 January 2018 As 2018 dawned in Iran, a surge of urban uprisings engulfed more than 140 cities and towns. Protesters angrily chanted “Leave Syria alone, think about us” and “Death to Hezbollah” — slogans aimed at not only the regime’s President
DOWN WITH TYRANNY: The World Must Stand With The Iranian People Read More