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iranintl – Iran denies involvement in the Hamas massacre of October 7, but a new report says the Islamist group postponed the attack upon coordination with Tehran.  Israeli journalist Ben Caspit said Sunday that Hamas’s mass infiltration and onslaught leaving 1,400 mostly civilians dead and 241 hostages taken into Gaza, was originally intended to take place during last Passover’s Seder meal Jewish holiday in April, which happened …

iranintl – Amid a wave of pro-Palestinian rallies across the world, hardliners in Iran are admitting that the general public there have little appetite for the Palestinian cause. Iran has seen no grassroot, popular expression of solidarity with Palestinians, except by groups supported by and loyal to the regime, since Israel began its onslaught on Gaza in retaliation for Hamas’ …

iranintl – “Iran belongs to hardliners,” a recent remark on state TV, further fueled anger and frustration over the monopoly of power established by the regime loyalists. An aspiring female hardliner politician, Mansooreh Masoumi-Asl, speaking in a television program, questioned the presence of non-hardliners on state TV, emphasizing, “This country belongs to Hezbollahis.” In the past 20 years, Iran’s so-called …

Iranwire – One month after the eruption of the conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a series of threats, the most significant of which being a warning to Israel regarding its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.  As Israeli ground forces are pushing deeper into Gaza in their attempt …

VOA – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi began a hunger strike Monday over being blocked together with other inmates from getting medical care and to protest the country’s mandatory headscarves for women, a campaign advocating for the activist said. The decision by Mohammadi, 51, increases pressure on Iran’s theocracy over her incarceration, a month after being awarded the Nobel …