Trump’s Reliance on Advisers for Iran and Syria Is Self-Defeating
President Donald Trump was reported on Tuesday, Sept. 12 to be studying a proposal prepared by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis,
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Syria, Iran, Hizballah Plan Big Victory Parade Next Month at Al-Qa’im, Iraq
Hizballah’s chief, Hassan Nasrallah, never misses a chance to trumpet his feats. On Tuesday, Sept. 11, he proclaimed, “We have
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Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei Reported on His Last Legs – Again
Iran’s supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei, aged 78, has often been reported in the past five years to be suffering
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Trump, Putin & Khamenei Set up Confused Policies for Mutual Deception
How to pin down Donald Trump’s policy towards Vladimir Putin? Is it defined by his approval of US-Russian cooperation in
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Iran Set for Localized Military Clashes with the US
The near-collisions in recent weeks between Iranian Revolutionary Guards torpedo speedboats and US warships in the Persian Gulf look like
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“Resistance Economy” – Main Theme of Iran’s Tight Presidential Race
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, when he founded the Islamic Revolutionary Republic of Iran in 1979, laid down the following precept: Iran
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The Bad Guys Are Not (Yet) Impressed by the New Sheriff
The unpredictable North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un this week refrained from conducting his threatened nuclear test or firing a ballistic
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Trump and Tehran Trade Conciliatory Signals ahead of Iran’s Presidential Election
The six figures confirmed on April 20 by Iran’s Guardian Council as candidates qualified to run for president in the
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Iran Heads for Presidential Vote in May without Contenders. Khamenei Eyes Soleimani
Astonishingly to any Westerner, Iran votes for a president in a few weeks on May 19 with not a single
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US-Iran Dispute: Hot Rhetoric and Calculated Restraint
Both the Trump administration and the ayatollahs in Tehran were being careful this week not to tip their feud over
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