Social and Political

iranintl.com – Tehran-backed Iraqi Hezbollah battalions are ready to arm and equip 12,000 fighters of “the Islamic resistance” in Jordan, Iranian semi-official news agency ISNA reported on Saturday. “This threat is about opening a broad front against the Zionist regime, which is probably the most dangerous of all fronts because it could geographically threaten all the cities of the occupied territories …

iranintl.com – Responding to a recent verdict against a prominent Iranian sociologist, former political prisoner Abolfazl Ghadiani (Qadiani) has suggested that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s fears public awareness. Saeed Madani, a sociologist, university professor, and political activist associated with the national-religious movement, received a nine-year prison sentence in November 2022 on charges such as “forming and managing opposition groups, conspiring against national …

iranintl.com – In his first program following last week’s stabbing attack, Iran International television host Pouria Zeraati expressed gratitude to Iranians and all those who condemned the incident. Zeraati hosted Aliasghar Ramezanpour and Mehdi Parpanchi, Iran International TV editors in his popular program, “Last Word” aired on Friday. In the beginning of the program, Zeraati expressed his gratitude to all the people who …

iranintl.com – Russia has found “a good opportunity in the Gaza war,” which has overshadowed the war in Ukraine, General Yahya Rahim Safavi, the top military advisor of Iran Supreme Leader, stated on Friday. Iran’s state media quoted Safavi as saying that Russia has been able to consolidate its hold over occupied territories since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel …

iranintl.com – Veteran Israeli experts suggest that Iran is unlikely to retaliate directly against Israel for a surgical missile attack that killed two top IRGC generals and five additional officers in Damascus. The precision airstrike that demolished a building in the Damascus embassy compound on April 1, prompted the chief commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Salami to announce on …

rferl.org – Iran on April 5 renewed its pledge to avenge the deaths of seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Syria. A building said to house the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus was destroyed on April 1 in air strikes that Tehran blames on Israel. Israel, as …

rferl.org – Militias supported by Iran from across the Middle East, including groups from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestinian factions, have been holding secret strategy sessions in Hizballah’s tunnels in southern Lebanon in recent weeks, according to information obtained by RFE/RL’s Radio Farda. Sources affiliated with the militias told Radio Farda that the meetings were attended by representatives from various …

rferl.org – The U.S. Treasury Department imposed new Iran-related counterterrorism sanctions against Oceanlink Maritime DMCC and its vessels on April 4, citing its role in shipping commodities on behalf of the Iranian military. The department said in a statement that Oceanlink Maritime DMCC facilitated shipments of the unspecified Iranian commodities on behalf of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS) and …

iranintl – A Sunni militant group has attacked IRGC posts in southeast Iran, killing at least 11 security personnel, hours after the remains of seven officers killed in Syria were brought back to Iran. Conflicting reports from sources on the two sides make it almost impossible to draw an accurate picture of what happened late on Wednesday local time, and …

iranintl – An ultra-conservative political group in Iran said slain IRGC commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi was involved in the planning and execution of Hamas’s deadly October 7 attack against Israel. It is the clearest admission of Iran’s involvement in the atrocities which saw 1,200 mostly civilians murdered and over 250 taken hostage, since terror group Hamas invaded Israel on October 7. …