updated Wed. August 14, 2024
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Voice of America
March 18, 2018
It is allied to exiled Iranian dissident movement Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), which leads the France-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and advocates the "overthrow" of "religious dictatorship” in Iran. Islamist clerics have led the nation since its 1979 Islamic Revolution. 'Moment of realÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 17, 2018
Iran's rulers have always been disdainful of the Fire Festival, an ancient Persian tradition that takes place on the last Tuesday before the Iranian New Year, ... and individuals with ties to the Revolutionary Guards, the notorious military body that is in charge of suppressing dissidents and exporting terrorism.
SC Magazine UK
March 16, 2018
The rising capabilities of Iranian hackers came to the fore in 2017 when hacker groups like Helix Kitten, Charming Kitten, and Volatile Kitten launched ... by Iran following the 2009 presidential election and has ever since been used to target and to monitor domestic audiences and silence dissident voices.
The National
March 15, 2018
The “ground is ready for development of co-operation with Qatar and we are doing our best to have stronger relations with Doha,” the Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' told Iran's news agency IRNA on Tuesday. The Revolutionary Guard is the primary force behind IranianÃâà...
Jewish Policy Center (blog)
February 26, 2018
Fear of Iranian meddling has prompted Bahrain to revoke the citizenship of a top Shia religious figures and to jail others. Bahrain also accuses Iran of being behind several bomb attacks on its security forces since 2011. In the face of Tehran's attempts to inflame identity politics and breed discontent betweenÃâà...
RadioFarda
December 31, 1999
Disregarding comments made by the supreme leader and his allies on the role of “the enemy” and “exiled dissidents” in the recent uprising in Iran, Interior ... Khamenei's statements on Twitter and via Iranian media sharpened the contrast between his position and that of Rouhani on the real causes of theÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
December 31, 1999
The United Nations Human Rights Council urged on Monday Iran to respect human rights, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). ... The United States condemned the Iranian government's crackdown against anti-regime demonstrators last December and called on authorities to cooperate fully with theÃâà...
