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Iranian General Condemns Assassination of Sayyed Mousavi and Issues Warning to Perpetrators

The news agency reported that Bagheri said the attack against Mousavi was part of the "Zionist regime's attempts to get out of a self-created quagmire in Gaza" and "divert the world's attention away from its crimes" in the region.

Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, warned that the killing of Sayyed Razi Mousavi in Syria was a “strategic mistake” which will not remain unanswered. Mousavi, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) adviser in Syria and reportedly the chief coordinator of the Iran-Syria military alliance, was killed […]

Controversial Video Surfaces: Iran Depicts Assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Following Commander’s Death

Iran Releases Video of Netanyahu's Assassination After Commander Killed

The Iranian military on Tuesday released an animated video depicting the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid the tension surrounding the death of an Iranian military official. On Monday, a state-run Iranian news outlet reported that Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a senior adviser for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Syria, had been killed near […]

Iran and America: A forgotten friendship

Iran and America A forgotten friendship

As President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against Iran heats up again, it is worth recalling a time when the two countries had a distinctly different relationship. That time began in the 1800s, as American missionaries journeyed to what was then called Persia. The missionaries helped build important institutions – schools, colleges, hospitals and medical schools – in Persia, many of […]

Yemen: Understanding the conflict

Yemen: Understanding the conflict

The military conflict now escalating in Yemen threatens the lives of more than 250,000 people in the port city Hodeidah while 8 million more people across Yemen already risk starvation. The country is also facing the “worst cholera outbreak in modern history.” I am a scholar who has studied Yemen and worked as an Arabian Peninsula foreign affairs analyst […]

Women In Iran Are Ripping Off Their Hijabs As Protest

U.S. Puts $5 Million Bounty On Pakistani Taliban Leader

Young women in Iran are part of a new generation of activists as they protest their country’s restrictive dress code. Following the example of one woman who became a symbol of popular protest in December, Iranian women now are standing on telecoms boxes and removing their headscarves. At least six images of women removing their […]

The next supreme leader could transform Iran

The next supreme leader could transform Iran

In early January, Iran experienced its biggest protest wave since the suppression of the Green Movement in 2009. In spite of shaking the Islamic Republic, these demonstrations did not produce any major political changes. Leaderless and without a clear political goal, the protesters could not sustain the initial momentum. They had no support from the […]

Iran’s Ayatollah Says Saudi Arabia Has Betrayed Muslims

U.S. Puts $5 Million Bounty On Pakistani Taliban Leader

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused Saudi Arabia of double-crossing the Palestinians and betraying 1.6 billion Muslims by siding with the U.S. and Israel on regional affairs. Despite Iran and Saudi Arabia’s decades-long proxy war of influence in the Middle East, revolutionary Shiite Muslim cleric Khamenei said Tuesday that his country was “ready […]

A Young Woman and Her Hijab: Symbols of Iran’s Unrest

A Young Woman and Her Hijab: Symbols of Iran's Unrest

As protests continue across Iran for the seventh day, one woman is being hailed as a “hero” after a video of her removing her hijab in an apparent protest was posted on a social media site. The footage shows the woman standing on a box, waving the hijab at the end of a stick like […]

‘Islamic Values’ Arrests To Stop In Iran

U.S. Puts $5 Million Bounty On Pakistani Taliban Leader

Police in the Iranian capital of Tehran say they will stop arresting people for violating Islamic codes by acts like wearing nail polish, heavy makeup, or improperly wearing their headscarves. In an announcement on Wednesday, the city’s police chief, Brig. Gen. Hossein Rahimi, said police will instead “educate” people breaching the codes, in a break […]

U.S. Puts New Sanctions on Iran Over Missile Program

U.S. Puts $5 Million Bounty On Pakistani Taliban Leader

The U.S. has announced new economic sanctions for Iran over the country’s ballistic missile program and “malign activities” in the Middle East that “undermine regional stability.” In a statement released on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of State said it had designated 18 people and entities supporting the ballistic missile program in response to continued Iranian […]