Struan Stevenson, UPI, 14 April 2020 April 14 (UPI) — Grasping at straws like a dying beast, the Iranian regime is pleading with the world to persuade America to end its maximum pressure campaign and ditch sanctions, so that it can tackle the coronavirus crisis. But
Alireza Jafarzadeh, Issues and Insights, 15 March 2020 The criminal incompetence and malign indifference of the mullahs ruling Iran have made the nationwide outbreak of coronavirus a national, and potentially regional disaster. The repercussions will be extensive, not just for global health, but also for
Coronavirus Debacle Fuels Iranians’ Determination For Regime Change Read More
Struan Stevenson, UPI, 27 February 2020 Feb. 27 (UPI) — Iran held a general election on Friday following weeks of threats and warnings from the mullahs about the need to vote, so that the theocratic regime could retain some sort of semblance of legitimacy. In November,
Ken Blackwell, Townhall, 15 February 2020 The Iranian regime will hold its so-called parliamentary elections next Friday amidst mounting crises. The “elections” this year unfold in a radically different setting, with growing popular discontent and uprisings exacerbating an already dire situation for the regime. Braving
Struan Stevenson, UPI, 11 February 2020 Feb. 11 (UPI) — Despite nationwide protests in November and a violent crackdown by the Iranian regime that resulted in over 1,500 dead, 5,000 injured and thousands arrested, the newly appointed top EU diplomat, Josep Borrell, visited Tehran on Feb.
Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, EuroNews, 11 February 2020 The Iranian foreign minister, Javad Zarif is expected to attend the Munich Security Conference on 14 February. He may skip the event, as he did with the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos last month. If so,
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Struan Stevenson, The Scotsman, 4 February 2020 After a murderous crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests in Iran, infighting has broken out between different factions of the ruling elite as they try desperately to cling to power, writes Struan Stevenson. The nationwide uprising last November that
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Col. (ret.) Thomas Cantwell, Townhall, 16 January 2020 The protests in Iran in the past four days directly targeted the regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Angry about the mullahs’ criminal obfuscation regarding the IRGC’s downing of a passenger plane, protesters called for change of the
Iran’s Top General Was an Obstacle to Both US Interests and Iranian Democracy Read More
Col. Wes Martin, UPI, 9 January 2020 Jan. 9 (UPI) — The precedent for U.S. President Donald Trump‘s authority to order the strike against Qassem Soleimani was established during the administration of Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt. In 1943, an air attack killed Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of
Aftermath of Strike on Qassem Soleimani Not the Time for U.S. Partisan Politics Read More
Struan Stevenson, UPI, 8 January 2020 Jan. 8 (UPI) — When the ruthless crime boss and Mafia godfather Sam Giancana was gunned down in Illinois in 1975, he was quickly replaced by yet another murderous protégé from the Chicago crime syndicate, Tony Accardo. The Mafia waste
Iran’s Esmail Gaani is the New Godfather of Terror Read More