Hezbollah leader’s confessions renders difficult predicament for Iran

July 2016

Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on June 24^th said he is not concerned of U.S. banking sanctions, and the sanctions and banking/financial restrictions imposed by the U.S. have no impact on this group’s activities as all of Hezbollah’s budget is provided through Iran. This speech gained widespread coverage in a long slate of Arab media, and can lead to a major predicament for the Iranian regime.

Iran: Khamenei threatening to “set nuclear deal ablaze if U.S. tears it apart”

June 2016

On June 14^th the Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei delivered a speech at the presence of the three government branch chiefs and a group of senior regime officials. The most important portion of his remarks that gained widespread coverage in Iranian media and the press included, “If the next U.S. president tears apart the nuclear deal, Iran will set it ablaze.”

Iran: Khamenei’s role in 9/11

April 2011

As you may have seen in the news in early March 2016 a New York criminal court judge cited obvious evidence accusing Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as second in line after former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the September 11^th terrorist attacks. This gained media attention and political analysts across the globe. However, the question is what developments have brought Khamenei’s role in the 9/11 attacks forward to center stage once again?

The Syria Perspective & Future “JCPOA”s

April 2016

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visited Pakistan in late March. Arrangements were made beforehand to establish further economic relations and expand diplomatic ties, while knowing Pakistan is a member of the Islamic countries’ coalition spearheaded by Saudi Arabia. This alliance is specifically formed to prevent Iran’s terrorist measures in the region.

Factions Fighting Tooth and Nail in Iran

April 2016

Fierce political disputes have morphed in Iran these days. Senior regime officials have used their Persian New Year messages to further their feuds, clashing like wild animals. Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, unable to settle the score with the Rafsanjani-Rouhani camp, went to the city of Mashhad in northwest Iran to deliver a through message against his rivals.

Disputes Between Factions Inside Iran

April 2016

A very intense feud, before and after the February elections in Iran, has come to light over hegemony of different figures and camps inside the Iranian regime. Of course, one should not think those involved in this dispute are at all concerned about the higher interest of the Iranian people. In fact, they only seek to fill their own pockets. Various factions inside Iran are no different from each other. In fact they merely provide different methods to reach the regime’s desired objectives. Both factions know quite well that the as far as the Iranian people are concerned they care less about any of the regime’s factions, considering them all as one.

Why did Iran test fire ballistic missiles?

April 2016

Why does Iran test fire ballistic missiles at a time when the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) hasn’t been fully implemented? Why does Iran need to launch such a brouhaha and propaganda? If we take a look at the Iranian regime’s propaganda and media machine we will see a full scenery of saber-rattling and power-mongering through scenes of ballistic missile tests.

Are there actually two factions of reformists and hardliners in Iran?

February 2016

Recently Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in his remarks made at the presence of Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei, “December 30^th was the day the Iranian people defended this regime, the laws and the supreme leader.”

What is Iran’s main crisis?

December 2015

Currently the Iranian regime is suffering from numerous crises, both domestically and the international scene. The question is which crisis is considered the main issue for the Iranian regime. Understanding the main crises the Iranian regime is engulfed in helps us understand the next steps the mullahs take.

Ali Larijani distancing from Khamenei faction, rifts deepening inside Iran regime

December 2015

Following the effects of the nuclear agreement on the domestic feuds between the regime’s factions, certain figures who had remained in the gray between Khamenei’s faction and that of Rafsanjani-Rouhani have been forced to take sides. These individuals used to resort to so-called centrist positions and the most significant of such figures is parliament speaker Ali Larijani.

Iranian people’s hatred of Bassiji forces

December 2015

Iranian leader Ali Khamenei in his speech back in 2005 described the use of nuclear technology as a necessity and inevitable requirement for the regime’s future.

Meaning behind Rafsanjani’s warnings on possibility of elimination by IRGC

With the sham parliamentary elections nearing in Iran, the battle for hegemony between the regime’s two factions, led by supreme leader Ali Khamenei and Expediency Council chair Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has heated up. The very significant signs are seen in the escalation of tension between these two figures and threats of resorting to violent measures. These include Khamenei dispatching his gangs of club-wielders to disrupt gatherings held by the rival faction, and Rafsanjani’s own remarks of the possibility of being eliminated by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).

Internal divides amongst Iran’s ruling powers (Rouhani and Revolutionary Guards)

November 2015

A serious divide amongst the Iranian regime’s different power factions has formed following the July nuclear agreement signed between the P5+1 and Iran known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). On one side are Iranian regime president Hassan Rouhani and his mentor Hashemi Rafsanjani, chair of the regime’s Expediency Council, are bent on fully implementing the nuclear agreement. This faction believes the country is in serious danger and if they don’t implement the nuclear deal their entire rule will face a growing social rebellion. Through this argument they were able to convince the regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei to support their policies.