Ali Safavi
The international community, with the United States in particular, continues to grapple with ways to confront Iran’s nuclear defiance. Backers of the status quo urge that appeasing the reigning mullahs will finally break the impasse. They felt quite justified and encouraged by the findings of a National Intelligence Estimate report, earlier in December.
Iran – The folly of phony peace with the mullahs
Iran – Who should stand up to the mullahs?
ALI SAFAVI
The most realistic option to the Iranian dilemma at this juncture, as every other juncture, is regime change.
The designation by the United States of the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the Ministry of Defense and a number of affiliated banks and officials on its terrorism blacklist was a major shift vis-Ã -visTehran. In the resulting political atmosphere, which rests atop a general antipathy to war, two diametrically opposed policy options have been promoted.
Iran In Throes Of Fierce Crackdown On Dissent; Real Change At Hand
Dowlat Nowrouzi
As the specter of the Iranian mullahs loom over the streets of Iraq, and as the mullahs get closer to a nuclear bomb, so have all previous hopes for a modus vivendi with Tehran been dashed. Far from being an impasse, however, this is good news, and presents a welcome opportunity for real change in Iran and the Middle East.
Iran Revolutionary Guards on a fast track to proliferate WMDs
Reza Shafa
In the afternoon of November 13, a series of explosions rocked Parchin Military Site in southern outskirts of Tehran. As a result, several military personnel of the site were injured. The blaze which followed the explosion reminded everyone that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is going full steam ahead with its quest for WMD. Shrapnel coming off the missiles stored in the huge storage spaces especially built for the purpose, set on fire eight other places and sent columns of debris and smoke into the air.
In Major Policy Shift, US Designates IRGC, Qods Force, dealing a serious blow to Tehran
Ali Safavi 
On October 25, 2007, the U.S. Government took several major steps to counter the Iranian regime’s bid for nuclear capabilities and support for terrorism by designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and its terrorist arm, the Qods (Jerusalem) Force and a number of state-owned banks, companies and officials under two different Executive Orders by President Bush.
The Illusion of making peace with the mullahs
Ali Safavi 
The designation by the United States of the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Ministry of Defense and a number of affiliated banks and officials in its blacklist was a serious policy shift vis-Ã -vis Tehran.
The muted reaction by the Iranian regime’s leaders to this move reflected their shock and at the same time anxiety over the implications of the IRGC designation, which some believe goes beyond the consequences of the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Politically speaking, the U.S. decision was indicative of an end to the era of appeasement and toleration of the ruling theocracy and a necessary prelude for a policy of regime change in Iran. On the ground, it thwarts Tehran from achieving its expansionist designs in the Middle East and its accelerated quest to obtain nuclear weapons.
Blacklisting Iranian Revolutionary Guards: War on terror has begun
Shahab Sariri
It was a real shocker to the clerical regime in Iran when the Bush administration blacklisted the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and accused its elite Quds Force of supporting terrorism. The silence of the high ranking clerics in Tehran for several days was the proof of that. It was not until the passing of five days that Ali Khamenei appeared in public to alleviate the anxiety of the clerical establishment’s shrinking ideological base.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, in a statement said the Iranian people welcome the US government’s official acknowledgment of the terrorist conduct of the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Qods Force, banks, Ministry of Defense and other entities as well as its leaders. She also described the move as indispensable to thwart the export of terrorism and fundamentalism to the Middle East region, in particular the regime’s meddling in Iraq and to prevent the regime from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Iran – Student Unrest at University in Tehran
Stop Fundamentalism, October 31 – Amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran after blacklisting of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps by the US, Iranian university students walked out of their classrooms yesterday in objection to Ahmadinejad’s government new oppressive measures and arrests of student activists.
Staging a demonstration at Allameh University, about one thousand students chanted against Ahmadinejad while holding pictures of their previously arrested classmates.
Reports indicate clashes taking place at the campus when the security forces arrested six student demonstrators.
The whereabouts of those arrested, 5 males and one female, are currently unknown.
Iran Revolutionary Guards – A major player in the Iranian economy
Reza Shafa
Part one
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plays an important role in the Iranian economy now. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, himself a former commander of the IRGC, belonging to a newly formed faction in the mullahs’ hierarchy called the Abadgaran swept the Majlis (parliament) seats and soon became the dominant power in the country’s economy. Indirectly, the IRGC controls both executive branch and dominates the Iranian financial system. With the backing of the entire security apparatus and full support of the political power centers in the clerical rule, IRGC has become the unique power broker in Iran.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad next stop: The ‘Hannah Montana’ Show
After his debut at the Columbia University, we should let the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attend the ‘Hannah Montana’ show to further his campaign for peace, human rights and non-proliferation of WMDs.
Why not? He love teens and really cares for them.
Or may be we should have Hannah extend her concert tour and make a stop in Tehran. That way the god loving president would not have any trouble with some university deans and professors making a mockery of his innocent attempt to enlighten the academic community of his peaceful intentions.
The only problem then would be the Iranian students and their usual bad manner of demonstrating every time this university old-timer tries to make a statement there, accusing him of being a child killer for hanging just a few teens for their really bad behavior.
