Social and Political

iranintl – The past year was a tough one for all Iranians: 44% official inflation rate, tens of millions living in poverty, quadrupling of executions in just four years, and alarming levels of unemployment. Adding to the nation’s woes in the Iranian year that ended on March 20, the emigration of nurses and specialist doctors, leaving critical positions unfilled, coupled …

iranintl – Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has confirmed that Tehran informed the US before launching missiles at an Iraqi base housing American forces in January 2020. The ballistic missile attack came as retaliation days after the United States killed IRGC’s Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad. Zarif also claims that he and …

iranintl – Iranian social media users expressed their fury following the US State Department’s Farsi-language Instagram page’s decision to feature a photo of Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani as part of its Women’s History Month tributes. Hashemi Rafsanjani is a former Iranian MP turned activist – who was most recently arrested amid the Women, Life, Freedom protests in 2022, after she expressed …

VOA – The U.S. military said Friday it had struck three underground storage facilities used by Yemen’s Houthis, as the Iran-backed rebels continue to launch attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. U.S. forces “conducted self-defense strikes against three Houthi underground storage facilities in Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist-controlled areas of Yemen,” Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement. It said U.S. …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The recent decision to shower Iran, the “leading state sponsor of global terrorism,” with yet another $10 billion in sanctions waivers, “freeing up $10 billion elsewhere to spend on terrorism, missiles, nuclear weapons and the repression of Iranian women,” defies logic and morality. Despite galactic evidence of Iran’s atrocities — such as, since October 2023, more than 165 …

iranintl – Iran’s regime dubs its regional armed groups “resistance forces,” while opponents label them mercenaries. Many ordinary Iranians view them as terrorists who exploit their country’s resources. However, the term “proxies” employed by Western media and think tanks fails to accurately depict the diverse relationships these forces maintain with the regime. No section of Iranian society refers to them …

iranintl – Following a German court’s ruling attributing Iran’s regime to a foiled 2022 terrorist plot targeting a synagogue in Bochum, many have urged Berlin to close Tehran’s embassy and designate the IRGC as a terrorist entity. The Islamic Republic of Iran has launched numerous terrorist attacks since the 1979 Islamic revolution within the territory of Germany, including the infamous 1992 …

iranintl – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has informed a House panel that Iran is resolute in its intentions to carry out various attacks on US soil, including assassinations. During a hearing at the US House of Representatives, the current status of Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ and its implications for US homeland security and interests worldwide were examined, …

iranintl – US Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken has come under fire for his mollycoddling of Iran, requesting they tell the Iran-backed Houthis “to stop” attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. While the international community looks to the US to take stronger action against the Houthis, Blinken could only voice hopes that Iran would step in to stop the …

Iranwire – The head of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), General Michael Kurilla, expressed concerns on Thursday over the deepening alliance between Iran, China, and Russia. During a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, General Kurilla emphasized his worries regarding the “global implications” of this trilateral partnership.  “Collectively, Iran, Russia, and China are strengthening their relationships and fostering …