By Armin Baldwin

Anti-corruption demonstrations in Iraq have taken on a new dimension since January 19, with the Iraqi people, particularly those who live in the southern provinces, setting fire to posters of Iran-linked terrorist masterminds Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who died in a US drone strike on January 3.

By Azita Carlson

Albania recently expelled two Iranian “diplomats” on espionage charges, according to Top Channel TV on January 19.

On Saturday night, Mohammad Ali Arz Peimanemati and Seyed Ahmad Hosseini Alast were ordered to leave Albania as persona non grata and Albanian anti-terrorism units followed tight security measures to move them out of the country, with 20 anti-terrorism officers escorting the men and their families to the airport.

By Atousa Pilger

The Iranian regime holds parliamentary elections (Majlis) on 21 February 2020. Yet this jumbled appearance of a representative government can deceive the western eye. The clerical regime has a contradictory nature, uncharacteristic of any theocracy that has ruled before it: seemingly holding elections while effectively preserving a monopoly of power through the “supreme leader”. That institution represents the essence of its undemocratic nature.

Navid Felker

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief has appointed Brigadier General Mohammad Hejazi as the Deputy-Commander of the Quds Force, which means that we should look at Hejazi’s life.