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Why Iran Is So Afraid of a Free Iraq

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Why Iran Is So Afraid of a Free Iraq

Why Iran Is So Afraid of a Free Iraq

The octogenarian Iraqi Grand Ayatollah remains an outsized political force that Iran must reckon with.

 

Arab Ministerial Quartet Committee Condemns Iran’s Interference in Arab Affairs

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Arab Ministerial Quartet Committee Condemns Iran’s Interference in Arab Affairs
 
 Arab Ministerial Quartet Committee Condemns Iran’s Interference in Arab Affairs

The Arab quartet committee on Iranian interventions expressed deep concerns about Tehran’s methods in inciting sectarian violence in Arab states, including its support and arming of terrorist militias in some countries, which leads to chaos and instability in the region that threatens Arab national security.

 

Khamenei Praises Afghans Recruited By IRGC And Killed In Syria War

Khamenei Praises Afghans Recruited By IRGC And Killed In Syria War
 Khamenei Praises Afghans Recruited By IRGC And Killed In Syria War
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has met on Friday March 29 with family members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps IRGC’s Afghan recruits who have been killed in Syria.

 

Tehran prepares for post-war Syria

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Tehran prepares for post-war Syria

Tehran prepares for post-war Syria

The Iranian regime is setting conditions to exploit international Syrian reconstruction efforts to mitigate the effects of U.S. economic pressure and deepen its regional military entrenchment. The regime has engaged Syrian President Bashar al Assad in recent months to facilitate the entrance of Iranian companies into Syria, likely including the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) economic wing, Khatam ol Anbia Construction Headquarters. The IRGC will likely attempt to use deepening economic involvement in Syria as a way to generate new revenue streams to fund its regional activities as U.S. sanctions force the Iranian government to husband shrinking revenues to maintain essential domestic programs and defend the currency from extreme devaluation.

 

Iraq Is Conquered—On to Jerusalem

Iraq Is Conquered—On to Jerusalem

Iraq Is Conquered—On to Jerusalem

Now the Iranian nation eagerly awaits the establishment of the Jerusalem Army.” This provocative statement lies within the first official charter of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (irgc), written in December 1981.

 

Iran Gaining Foothold in Syria by Providing Aid in Areas Where Assad Can’t

Iran Gaining Foothold in Syria by Providing Aid in Areas Where Assad Can’t

Iran Gaining Foothold in Syria by Providing Aid in Areas Where Assad Can’t

Iran and units of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been gaining a foothold in Syria by aiding residents in areas where the Assad regime can’t reach, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

 

As U.S. Tightens Iran Sanctions, Militant Groups and Political Allies Feel the Pain

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As U.S. Tightens Iran Sanctions, Militant Groups and Political Allies Feel the Pain

As U.S. Tightens Iran Sanctions, Militant Groups and Political Allies Feel the Pain

Syrian militiamen paid by Iran have seen their salaries slashed. Projects Iran promised to help Syria’s ailing economy have stalled. Even employees of Hezbollah, the Lebanese group that has long served as Iran’s closest Arab ally, say they have missed paychecks and lost other perks.

U.S. sanctions individuals, entities accused of helping fund Iran’s military

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U.S. sanctions individuals, entities accused of helping fund Iran’s military

U.S. sanctions individuals, entities accused of helping fund Iran’s military

The U.S. Department of the Treasury said on Tuesday that it had imposed sanctions against 25 Iran-related individuals and entities for their commercial activities with Iran’s military.

Iranian and US troops just separated by a few hundred yards in eastern Syria

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Iranian and US troops just separated by a few hundred yards in eastern Syria

Iranian and US troops just separated by a few hundred yards in eastern Syria

The battle against the Islamic State in the Euphrates River Valley region might be nearing its end, but the U.S. military still remains deployed across the territories controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria.

 

U.S. sanctions firms accused of helping fund Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

U.S. sanctions firms accused of helping fund Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
 
U.S. sanctions firms accused of helping fund Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

The United States on Tuesday imposed fresh sanctions on a network of companies and people in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates it said was helping to raise billions of dollars to fund the operations of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards.