Iranwire – Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that the Lebanese and Palestinian armed groups Hezbollah and Hamas are part of “one axis of evil” with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Gallant made the comments on October 13 during a press conference with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin, as fighting raged into its seventh day after Hamas launched an …

Iranwire – Iran’s most prominent Sunni cleric has dismissed the Islamic Republic’s policy of seeking the destruction of Israel, as thousands of people took to the streets of Iranian cities in a show of support for Palestinians amid a bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas militants. “Muslims are incapable of such an endeavor, so why persist with such an impractical …

Iranwire – Hundreds of protesters defied heightened security measures and poured into the streets of the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan on October 13 for weekly demonstrations against the Islamic Republic. According to reports, military forces established checkpoints across the restive city and blocked access to Grand Makki Mosque, the largest Sunni mosque in the country and a focal point of …

gatestoneinstitute.org – “Look, it’s not even just this $6 billion, which clearly is going to further enrich Iran. It’s closer to $60 billion. If you look at what the Biden administration has done to help this Islamic terrorist regime in Iran by [stopping enforcement of] sanctions, by lifting restrictions, by allowing Iranian oil to increase by 650% over the last …

Al-Monitor — Iranian authorities denied US media reports that Washington and Doha had agreed to hold the release of $6 billion kept in Qatari banks that were expected to be unfrozen as part of a US-Iranian prisoner swap last month. “The U.S. government knows that it can NOT renege on the agreement,” Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations announced on its social …

express – With Israel having mobilised hundreds of thousands of troops close to the Gaza, a UK-based expert has warned military action risks an “escalation spiral” – and a war with Iranian proxies. Israel’s military today told hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate ahead of a likely Israel ground offensive, with the directive came after what the United …

theguardian – The CIA has for the first time acknowledged that the 1953 coup it backed in Iran that overthrew its prime minister and cemented the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was undemocratic. The admission came in a new podcast revealing details about one of the most famed CIA operations of all times – the effort to spirit six American diplomats out …

iranintl – While Iran’s foreign minister speaks of new battle fronts against Israel, several lawmakers in Tehran boasted of assisting Hamas, echoing the regime’s rhetoric. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Thursday that the continuation of Hamas-Israel war will prompt a response from “the rest of the axis of resistance.” The ‘resistance’ front or axis is the term coined by the …

iranintl – More than 100 House Republicans have backed a bill to refreeze the $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue that was released last month as part of a prisoner swap deal. The deal had many opponents among the Republicans from the onset. Some called it ‘ransom’ and warned that the regime in Iran may use it against US interests. But …

iranintl – While no Iranian official dares to speak out against the Hamas attack on Israel, some go beyond praise with hints of flattery for the Supreme Leader’s political sleight of hand.  As all media are meant to echo the official stance of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, the architect of Tehran’s nuclear deal with the world and the …