Posted on Sun, July 31, 2011 at 13:02 pm CEST
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Iran: strong reactions to President Ahmadinejad’s statement following arrests of his allies

A statement made by President Ahmadinejad following the arrests of his allies triggered strong reactions from… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism 
Posted on Sun, March 20, 2011 at 16:11 pm CET
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Iran: Are the Events in the Arab World a Sign of the Mehdi’s Coming Return?

A documentary shown in Iran in the past several months has provoked a heated religious-legal debate… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Tue, March 8, 2011 at 17:09 pm CET
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Iran: Rafsanjani Loses Key Post, Mahdavi Kani New Assembly of Experts Chairman

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been replaced as head of the Assembly of Experts committee constitutionally tasked with… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Iran • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Mon, January 17, 2011 at 00:48 am CET
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Supreme Leader’s Website Presents: Thoughts and Lessons from 2009 Riots

Last week, Iran marked the anniversary of the violent clashes that had broken out in late December 2009 between security forces and the reformist opposition, after which the protest movement was effectively suppressed… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, November 28, 2010 at 20:10 pm CET
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Iranian-Indian Relations Tense After Supreme Leader Expresses Support for Muslims’ Struggle In Kashmir

Last weekend, India summoned Reza Ala’i, Iran’s chargé d’affaires in New Delhi, to lodge a protest over remarks made by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in support of the struggle of the Muslim residents of Kashmir, the site of a long-standing territorial dispute between… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Global Jihad • India • Iran • Pakistan 
Posted on Sat, November 27, 2010 at 20:59 pm CET
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei Hails the Unique and Undeniable Role of Basij

Since their founding by Ayatollah Khomeiny, they were also used in suppressing democratic movements in Iran and opponents of the Ayatollah regime. The Basij helped Ahmadinejad and the security forces to crush the mass protests against the frauduleus elections… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, March 7, 2010 at 22:31 pm CET
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New Initiative in Iran to Reinforce Gender Segregation

In the past week, Iranian media reported on several new initiatives designed to reinforce gender segregation in Iranian society. Reformist elements, on the other hand, criticized the proposal, claiming that it was both impossible and undesirable to separate men and women everywhere… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamism • Shi'ism 
Posted on Sat, March 6, 2010 at 05:31 am CET
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The Iranian regime and its theological elite regarding the nuclear issue

Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, a religious authority and Iranian president Ahmadinejad’s spiritual mentor, implies in a theological-political book that Iran must acquire a nuclear weapon… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism