Iran has been wracked in recent weeks by demonstrations in dozens of cities across the country. These demonstrations against the government were first prompted by the government’s announcement that the subsidies for gasoline prices would be ended. Under the price changes, the price for a liter of rationed gasoline rose to 15,000 rials, or about […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader: “The Islamic Republic is in danger. Do whatever it takes to end it.”
That is, end the danger to the Islamic Republic, not the Islamic Republic itself, but that latter outcome is what all lovers of freedom should be supporting. “Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest – ‘Do whatever it takes to end it,’” Reuters, December 23, 2019: (Reuters) – After days of protests across Iran […]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps: “Death to America! We are the conquerors of Jerusalem! Death to Israel!”
The establishment media would have us believe that these men would have given up these genocidal aspirations, and were on the way to doing so in Obama’s nuclear agreement. To understand why Iran is so concerned with a tiny country that doesn’t threaten it, see The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East […]
Iran’s Khamenei: “Building and stockpiling nuclear bombs is wrong and using it is haram”
There will be great rejoicing in the Western establishment media over this, and lots of tweaking of Trump from the Leftist establishment figures such as John Kerry and Ben Rhodes who pushed the Iran nuclear deal. This might be more reassuring, however, were it not for the Shi’ite Muslim idea of taqiyya; Sunnis have doctrines […]
Ayatollah Khamenei: “If Women Were to Wear the Hijab,” They’ll be Spared “Depraved Behavior”
The recent directive of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in Pakistan that schoolgirls cover up in order to prevent “unethical incidents” calls to mind the fact that Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, has said much the same thing. He has contended that Islam holds the answer to the problems of sexual mistreatment of women in […]
Iran agrees to increase Hamas funding to $30,000,000 per month, wants intel on Israel
Where did the Islamic Republic of Iran get all this money? From Barack Obama. “Iran said increasing Hamas funding to $30m per month, wants intel on Israel,” Times of Israel, August 5, 2019: Iran has agreed to massively increase its monthly payments to Palestinian terror group Hamas in exchange for intelligence on Israeli missile capabilities, […]
Robert Spencer in Human Events: Trump Didn’t Start the Fire: Iran Has Craved War for Decades.
It is good to be back in Human Events, where I wrote a weekly column for ten years. That venerable publication had fallen into desuetude, but now the estimable Raheem Kassam has revived it, and it has quickly become one of the most important voices of sanity on the web. Here is my latest: Ben […]
Iran: New sanctions end “channel of diplomacy forever,” Trump “afflicted by mental retardation”
The “channel of diplomacy” was never going to bring peace; the Islamic Republic was just exploiting it in order to gain concessions from the U.S., and it worked like a charm, as Obama showered billions upon the mullahs. They then used the money to finance jihad terror groups around the world. Get the truth about […]
Khamenei: “Death to America” means “Death to Trump, Bolton, and Pompeo,” not “Death to the American nation”
They chanted “Death to America” during the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. But now it only means “Death to Trump.” It’s worth remembering in this context that deception of unbelievers is an Islamic concept based on the Qur’an (3:28), but its theological […]
Iran’s top dog meets Islamic Jihad top dogs, says Israel’s “downfall and demise will continue”
But without his chief bankroller in the White House, his time may be running out. “Iran’s Khamenei meets Islamic Jihad leaders, calls for Israel’s downfall,” by Cassandra Gomes-Hochberg, Jerusalem Post, December 31, 2018: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei met with Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Ziad al-Nakhala in Teheran on Monday to emphasize […]
Iran’s supreme leader promises to “slap” US, defeat sanctions
If he does this, it will only be with the aid of the cravenly short-sighted European Union. “Iran supreme leader promises to ‘slap’ US, defeat sanctions,” Associated Press, October 4, 2018: TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader says the Islamic Republic will “slap” the United States by defeating new American sanctions targeting the nation. […]
Iran’s Supremo: “U.S. and the Zionist Regime…fear the formation of a power based on Islam”
The U.S., at least, doesn’t fear the formation of a power based on Islam. The U.S. is completely indifferent to such an eventuality. Islam is not on its radar screen. As far as U.S. policy goes, Islam is a religion of peace that at worst has been hijacked by a tiny minority of extremists. U.S. […]
Pompeo slams Khamenei for hypocrisy over “Palestinian” aid funding
Pompeo said “that while the US has provided $6.3 billion in aid to support Palestinians since 1994, ‘Iran’s morally corrupt regime provided hundreds of millions in aid to terrorists who endanger the Palestinians’ lives and livelihoods.’ Pompeo went on to note that Iran had provided a sum of only $20,000 to UNRWA between 2008 and […]
Robert Spencer in The Federalist: Ending The Iran Deal Is The First Step Toward Addressing Iran’s Aggression
Iran is a breeding ground for terrorist activity, funding and controlling a global network of jihad terror organizations. Their containment can’t end with the Iran deal. My latest in The Federalist: President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the disastrous Iran nuclear deal, and vowed the rogue regime will never get its hands on […]
Khamenei on Trump: “This man’s corpse will be worm food while the Islamic Republic of Iran stands strong”
Khamenei’s spittle-flecked rage is itself an indication that President Trump has done the right thing in withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. “Khamenei to Trump: ‘You Will Go to Hell,’” by Patrick Goodenough, CNS News, May 10, 2018: (CNSNews.com) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a speech Wednesday berated President Donald Trump for […]
Khamanei blames “all those who are against the Islamic Republic” for protests, death toll hits 21
Yes, this is not like the 2009 Green Movement. This really is an uprising against the Islamic Republic. If the Iranians crush it brutally, we can only hope it will rise again, and again, and again, until this monstrous and inhumane regime is destroyed. “Iran’s Supreme Leader blames ‘enemies’ for protests, death toll hits 21,” […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader calls on “Palestinians” to pursue violent uprising against Israel
If the “Palestinians” do begin another bloody intifada against Israel, they will receive considerable financing from Iran, using cash that Obama gave them. “Iran Supreme Leader calls on Palestinians to pursue intifada against Israel,” Reuters, February 21, 2017: Iran’s Supreme Leader called on Palestinians on Tuesday to pursue an uprising against Israel, suggesting the Israeli […]
Iran’s Supremo on Americans: Iran will “punch them in the mouth”
Peace In Our Time. “Khamenei says US faces ‘punch in mouth’ in upcoming Iran elections,” Agence France-Presse, January 4, 2016: Iran’s supreme leader said Monday the United States was seeking to influence next month’s elections in the Islamic republic but said such efforts would receive a “punch in the mouth.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments related […]
Iran’s Supremo: Israel will not survive the next 25 years
Khamenei and his henchmen seem determined to embarrass Barack Obama and show his nuclear deal to be exactly as disastrous as it is. “Khamenei: Israel won’t survive next 25 years”, Times of Israel, September 9, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Taking to Twitter, Iranian leader says Zionists won’t find serenity until destruction, calls US ‘Great […]
Obama’s Iran nuke deal depends on anti-nuke fatwa that doesn’t exist
Betting the future of the free world on a fiction. “How bad is the Iran deal? Let’s count the ways,” by Amir Taheri, New York Post, September 5, 2015: A fatwa that doesn’t exist, a wish list that no one signed, a resolution that contradicts the wish list, a protocol that no one has seen… […]