Iran Regime’s Terrorism and Propaganda Go Hand-in-Hand, and Both Must Be Shut Down
Iran Regime’s Terrorism and Propaganda Go Hand-in-Hand, and Both Must Be Shut Down
Iran Regime’s Terrorism and Propaganda Go Hand-in-Hand, and Both Must Be Shut Down
Despite the efforts by the Iranian regime and its apologists, there is a viable alternative to the mullahs’ regime. In the first weeks of 2018, when the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei acknowledged that the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK), had played a leading role in organizing and facilitating the protests that comprised a nationwide uprising at the start of that year. Khamenei’s remarks, along with his regime’s terrorist attempts against the Iranian Resistance and ongoing campaign of disinformation, confirms MEK’s leading role inside Iran.
Another Police Brutality And Killing Video In Eastern Iran Angers The Public
Another Police Brutality And Killing Video In Eastern Iran Angers The Public
Another Police Brutality And Killing Video In Eastern Iran Angers The Public
Another video of police brutality and killing of a suspect from Iran’s eastern province of North Khorasan has gone viral on social media. This is the second case of police brutality causing death of a detainee in less than a week in eastern Iran.
US Offers $10 Million Reward for Tips on Hezbollah’s Fiscal Networks
The United States announced on Friday that it will offer a $10 million reward for “information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms” of the US-designated terrorist group Hezbollah.
The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice program is seeking “information on the activities, networks and associates of Hezbollah that form a part of its financial support, which includes financiers and facilitators like Muhammad Qasir, Muhammad Qasim al-Bazzal and Ali Qasir.”
Muhammad Qasir “is a critical link between Hezbollah and its primary funder, Iran” and has been a significant conduit for financial disbursements from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force (IRGC-QF) to Hezbollah, according to the State Department.
In April 2019, the United States designated the IRGC as a terrorist entity.
He also “directs the Hezbollah unit that assists in the transfer of weapons, technology and other support from Syria to Lebanon,” according to the State Department.
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Qasim al-Bazzal is a “key financier for Hezbollah and the IRGC-QF,” and a “co-founder of the Syria-based Talaqi Group and oversees other terrorist financing enterprises, such as Hokoul S.A.L. Offshore and Nagham Al Hayat,” according to the department. “Since late 2018, al-Bazzal has used the Talaqi Group and his other companies to finance, coordinate and obscure various illicit IRGC-QF-linked oil shipments.”
Ali Qasir is “the managing director of the Hezbollah-linked front company Talaqi Group,” where he “assigns maritime vessels to deliver shipments for the terrorist network based on the IRGC-QF’s guidance” and “has overseen sales price negotiations and collaborated to cover expenses and to facilitate an Iranian oil shipment by the Adrian Darya 1 for the benefit of the IRGC-QF.”
The Adrian Darya 1was impounded by the United Kingdom off Gibraltar in July 2019 and released the following month, despite last-minute efforts by the United States to halt its release.
The oil tanker, previously called the Grace 1 and allegedly owned by the IRGC, was reported carrying around 2.1 million barrels of crude oil in September 2019 worth $130 million and switched off its Automatic Identification System, fueling speculation that it was heading towards Syria, which would violate US sanctions against Iran’s energy sector.
US Slaps New Sanctions on Iran Groups
The United States on Thursday slapped new sanctions on five Iranian entities for what it called “brazen attempts” to interfere with the US election.
The Treasury imposed fresh sanctions against the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the IRGC-Quds Force, the Bayan Rasaneh Gostar Institute, the Iranian Islamic Radio, and Television Union, and the International Union of Virtual Media.
Stepping up the pressure after US intelligence pointed the finger at both Iran and Russia, the Treasury Department accused the Iranian groups of seeking to spread disinformation and division ahead of the November 3 vote.
The groups have worked to “sow discord among the voting populace by spreading disinformation online and executing malign influence operations aimed at misleading US voters,” it said.
Bayan Gostar, which the Treasury called an IRGC-Quds Force “front company” for propaganda, took the lead in the activities, it said.
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Ahead of the election, “Bayan Gostar personnel have planned to influence the election by exploiting social issues within the United States, including the Covid-19 pandemic, and denigrating US political figures,” it said.”As recently as summer 2020, Bayan Gostar was prepared to execute a series of influence operations directed at the US populace ahead of the presidential election.”The two media groups were part of that operation, it said. The announcement came one day after the US Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe fingered Iran as behind recent emails addressed to US voters threatening them to support President Donald Trump and his Republican Party. The accusations against Iran came after longstanding US concerns about the role of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged favoring Trump in the 2016 election and an investigation by former FBI chief Robert Mueller found evidence that Trump associates cooperated with Moscow, although he said he did not have enough to bring conspiracy charges. Trump has repeatedly voiced anger at the “Russia hoax,” describing it as a way to discredit his election victory.
Iran’s IRGC Deploys Tanks, Military Equipment along Karabakh Border
The Ground Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has deployed a mechanized brigade to protect the country’s northwestern border amid an ongoing firefight between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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Assassination attempt | Unknown assailants attack leader of IRGC-affiliated “Al-Abbas Brigade” in south Deir Ezzor desert
Reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that “Adnan Abbas”, the leader of “Al-Abbas Brigade” of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Al-Mayadeen city, was ambushed by unknown gunmen in Kabajib area in the southern desert of Deir Ezzor, on the road between Deir Ezzor and Palmyra.
“Adnan Al-Abbas” survived the attack, after the attackers opened machinegun fire on the column of the Iranian-backed leader, injuring several members escorting him, including a dignitary of Al-Bo Hameed tribe from Al-Mayadeen and another commander of “Al-Abbas Brigade”.
It is worth noting the column was attacked while heading from Hama to Deir Ezzor, after offering condolences on the death of a regime officer in Hama.
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A few hours ago, SOHR sources reported that the frontlines of Al-Rahjan, Al-Shakousiyyah, and Athariyah in the eastern countryside of Hama in the Syrian desert experienced fierce battles between regime forces and loyalists on one hand, and “Islamic State” on the other, as a part of ISIS attack on regime positions. These violent and intense ISIS attacks were inflecting the heavy human and material losses on the regime. Despite the considerable participation of Russian fighter jets and regime jets and helicopters in repelling ISIS attacks, ISIS continued its attacks on the fourth consecutive day. Moreover, ISIS managed to capture a regime’s military post and seized weapons and ammunition of regime forces in the Athariyah countryside. Meanwhile, SOHR activists documented further fatalities on both sides as a result of the intensive aerial and ground shelling and fierce clashes during the past 90 hours. The number of fatalities among regime forces and loyalists has risen to 39, while ISIS lost 22 members so far. The death toll is expected to rise further, as several soldiers and members have been injured, some seriously.
Iran’s Army, IRGC Joint Aerial Drills End
The Iranian Army and Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) wrapped up joint aerial wargames codenamed ‘Modafe’ one Aseman-e Velayat 99′ (Guardians of Velayat’s Sky-99) on Thursday.
The two-day joint aerial drills codenamed ‘Modafe’ one Aseman-e Velayat 99′ (Guardians of Velayat’s Sky-99) wrapped up successfully on Thursday after displaying the state-of-the-art equipment and modern capacities of the Iranian Armed Forces in a vast expanse spreading in almost half of the country’s area, Lieutenant Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh announced on Thursday.
The wargame, which was launched in a vast area on Wednesday succeeded to achieve all its predesigned objectives, Rahimzadeh said.
Using home-made defense equipment and systems was of great importance during the military maneuver, he said, adding, “All the equipment and systems used in this wargame (including reconnaissance, missile, radar, electronic warfare, etc.) have been produced by the skilled experts and elites of Armed Forces and defense industry of the country.”
“The wargame was the first of its kind that was launched with completely Iran-made defense systems,” the commander added.
Lieutenant Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh
“Since long-range threats have been turned into one of the main threats to the airspace, tackling these threats has been put on top of the agenda. The domestically made Bavar-373 defense missile system hit its long-range targets in a real wargame.”
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In relevant remarks on Thursday, Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh announced the Iranian Air Defense Force’s capability to trace and destroy electro-optic-guided targets.”Today, with God’s assistance, the Air Defense Force has gained the capability to confront the electro-optic-guided targets,” said General Rahimzadeh, also the commander of the joint Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) aerial drills staged on Wednesday and Thursday.The Iranian Army and IRGC started two-day aerial drills on Wednesday.
US sanctions Iranian ambassador to Iraq
US sanctions Iranian ambassador to Iraq
US sanctions Iranian ambassador to Iraq
The US imposed sanctions Thursday on Iran’s ambassador to Iraq, the Treasury Department said in a statement.
Deputy Commander: IRGC Surprises Waiting for Aggressors
Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force for Coordination Brigadier General Fereidoun Mohammadi Saqqayee said that the IRGC has developed special capabilities to surprise enemies in any possible confrontation in the future.
“We will never stop developing and upgrading our equipment,” General Mohammadi Saqqayee said on the sidelines of the joint Iranian Army and Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) aerial drills staged on Wednesday and Thursday.
“Given the fact that the level and quality of threats in the air are constantly changing and there is a significant range of threats, defense capabilities of the IRGC Aerospace Force is also changing and updating on a daily basis in line with these threats in a way that today we have prepared a set of surprising capabilities to confront the enemy,” he added.
“Certainly, only a part of our capabilities in the field of air defense has been used in the drills, and the enemies will see our surprising power when needed,” General Mohammadi Saqqayee said.
The Iranian Army and IRGC started two-day aerial drills on Wednesday.
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