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.
By Armin Baldwin
Elections are typically tumultuous for the Iranian regime, especially as its existence is the very antithesis of democracy, but with February parliamentary elections on the horizon, Iran is facing a plethora of domestic and international crises that it cannot hope to resolve.
By Armin Baldwin
The nationwide protests in Iran against the ruling theocracy erupted on November 15, 2019 and spread to 190 towns and cities with breakneck speed.
Many policy experts now view the uprising as a “turning point” since the regime’s establishment in 1979.
By Azita Carlson
Last Tuesday, three American senators urged Attorney General William Barr to instruct the Department of Justice to investigate the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a lobby group of the Iranian regime, and its affiliated organization, NIAC Action, for potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
By Armin Baldwin
Since Saturday, the Iranian people have been rising up in protest after the regime eventually admitted to downing a passenger plane last week. Their protests, which specifically target Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with slogans like “Death to Khamenei” and “Death to the oppressor, whether the Shah or the [supreme] leader”, show that the Iranian people demand liberation from the regime.
By Atousa Pilger
The Iranian people, particularly young people and women are tearing down and burning images of the regime’s criminal mastermind Qassem Soleimani, who was taken out in a US drone strike on January 3.
