by Navid  Felker

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Hossein Salami as the new head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) just days after the US designated the IRGC as a terror group.

Salami is often seen as a hardliner by the West, most notably for his mocking comments after taking US Marines hostage, and he certainly has characteristics and morals that are alien to all peace-loving people. However, it is important to note that no one in the Iranian Regime is a moderate and no one is a hardliner. They are all playing different parts of the same song with Khamenei as a conductor.

By Azita Carlson

The Trump administration announced on Monday that it would no longer exempt any countries from US sanctions on Iranian oil as part of an effort to increase pressure on the Iranian Regime.

This move will affect China, India, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Taiwan, Greece, and Italy who were all granted waivers in November when the US reimposed sanctions, but the last three countries on that list have already voluntarily stopped buying Iranian oil.

By Saeed

The US has given large exemptions to foreign governments, companies, and NGOs dealing with Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), according to three current and three former US officials, so they will not automatically face sanctions, even though Washington designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist group last week.

By Staff writer, SF

The US has taken a tough stance on the Iranian Regime ever since Donald Trump came to power in 2017.

This can be seen in the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) in 2018 and subsequent reimbursement of sanctions, as well as this month’s decision to place the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the US State Department’s List of Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs).