Ayatollah Ali-Mohammad Dastgheib, a top cleric affiliated with the reformist bloc, has recently published on his official website a religious ruling challenging the regime’s interpretation of the concept of “rule of the religious jurisprudent”, which has been in place since… Continue reading
This week, Iranian media and top officials commended President Ahmadinejad for the speech given to the UN General Assembly last Thursday (September 23). In his address, the president claimed that the majority of the American people as well as other… Continue reading
The Iranian regime took advantage of the annual Quds Day events to highlight an alternative political and ideological agenda to that of the US; strongly criticized the Israel-PA negotiations; called to continue the “resistance” (terrorism); and spread vicious incitement against Israel, the Jewish people, the US, and the West… Continue reading
This analysis identifies patterns exhibited by the Iranian government and the Iranian people since ancient times. Most importantly, it identifies critical elements of Iranian culture that have been systematically ignored by policymakers for decades… Continue reading
Nearly one hundred pro-government rioters attacked the northern Tehran residence of reformist opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi. Saham News, a website affiliated with Karoubi, reported that the rioters had thrown stones and Molotov cocktails at… Continue reading
This new Cold War represents the current ideological division in the Middle East between the “revolutionary bloc,” led chiefly by Iran, Syria, and more recently Turkey, and the “status-quo bloc,” led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt… Continue reading
Criticism of President Ahmadinejad by the conservative camp has reached new peaks this week. In an extended interview granted by conservative Majles member Ali Motahari to Soroush, a weekly affiliated with Iran Broadcasting, he claimed that… Continue reading
President Obama says Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons is “unacceptable,” but he appears resigned to the eventuality that the Islamic Republic will build a bomb. Iranian leaders are defiant in the face of sanctions… Continue reading
Forcing women to wear a Hijab is seen as a far greater virtue in Iran’s Shi’ism and Saudi’s Wahhabism than the freedom of choice, freedom of self-expression and… Continue reading
A conservative Iranian website said a handmade grenade exploded Wednesday near President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s convoy in an apparent assassination attempt… Continue reading
According to the report, the responsibility for the security of the Supreme Leader and his office belongs to a special Revolutionary Guards unit called… Continue reading
You would think the kind of genocidal behavior displayed by the Ahmadinejad government in Tehran would be in violation of international law… Continue reading
The Jundollah terrorist organization, also known as People’s Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI), claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack, saying it was… Continue reading
Mehdi Karoubi, one of the leaders of the reformist opposition, has strongly criticized last week the government’s stance on the nuclear crisis… Continue reading
In Ahmadinejad’s analysis, the rising Islamic “superpower” has decisive advantages over the infidel. Islam has four times as many young men of fighting age as the West… Continue reading
During the four years since the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, Hezbollah has been rearming itself in direct violation of UN Resolution 1701… Continue reading
Fadlallah’s legacy sparks debate between reformists and conservatives following the top Lebanese Shi’ite cleric’s death… Continue reading
Lebanon’s Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh one of Shiite Islam’s main religious figures, died Sunday after a long illness. He was not a voice of moderation at all… Continue reading
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was strongly criticized by the conservative camp this week for comments made early last week against enforcing the Islamic dress code on women. In a television interview he… Continue reading
Modern Western feminists have been brought up with the luxuries of higher education, something that has been denied to many women in the Muslim world. The Taliban refused to allow women… Continue reading
A nuclear bomb in the hands of an Iranian President who denies the Holocaust, threatens Israel and denies Israel the right to exist is not acceptable. Not only Israel but the entire free world is threatened… Continue reading
The official in charge of security in Tehran University has announced this week that the university started preventing students who do not abide by the Islamic dress code from entering the campus grounds… Continue reading
Daniel Greenfield heeft een uitstekend artikel geschreven over de betekenis van de Boerka in de islamitische samenleving en waarom wij de Boerka moeten verbannen uit onze Westerse samenleving… Continue reading
Having welcomed Iran into its exclusive club with open arms, the challenges facing Iranian women will obviously not be on the “Commission on the Status of Women” (CSW) agenda any time in the future. It should be noted that… Continue reading
It’s no secret that the Syrian government is highly involved in supporting terrorist groups such as the Hizballah in Lebanon. The latest plan of the Hizballah/Syrian threat to Israel is a massive fortified wall designed as an obstacle against any Israeli tank forces heading… Continue reading
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