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gatestoneinstitute.org – Major-General Hossein Salami, chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and keynote speaker in this year’s ceremonies, even claims that the US has already lost its global leadership position while a trio made of China, Russia and Iran is emerging as the new arbiter of human destiny. Not responding [to an attack by Israel] would be a …

RFL/RE – Iran has begun annual war games, state TV reported on November 7, less than a month before a scheduled fresh round of talks on reviving the landmark Iran nuclear deal. The report said navy and air force units as well as ground forces were participating in a more than 1 million-square-kilometer area east of the strategic Strait of …

Iranwire – The date of 13 Aban, November 4 in the Gregorian calendar, is tied to a number of events in Iran’s historical memory, and for the past nine years has for many brought to mind the face of Sattar Beheshti: a regime-critical blogger tortured to death in 2012 just days after his arrest by security forces. It’s also the anniversary …

Iranwire – The Iranian regime’s attempt to cleave a space for itself in Latin America dates back to the 1980s, shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution began in Iran. In 1983, the cleric Mohsen Rabbani was dispatched to Argentina to lead the Al-Tawhid Mosque, Buenos Aires. What happened next is a well-known tale: Rabbani ended up becoming one of the masterminds of …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Zahra Safaei in dire health conditions. Political prisoner Zahra Safaei is in dire health conditions after suffering a heart stroke and undergoing heart surgery. She is being detained despite the forensic’s confirmation that she cannot endure imprisonment. Zahra Safaei has undergone a heart surgery in a civic hospital after hinderances by prison authorities. In the hospital, …