As is so often the case, here yet again we see the phrase “Allahu akbar,” Allah is greater, associated with terror and violence. “Iranian Security Forces Fire At Zahedan Protesters; At Least 23 Wounded,” Iran Wire, September 29, 2023: Iranian security forces fired tear gas, live rounds and pellets at protesters in the southeastern city […]
Islamic Republic has network of secret prisons to torture protesters and get forced confessions from them
The Islamic Republic has such places because the only tool it has against the protesters is the one the Qur’an prescribes: “Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60) “Iran Uses Secret […]
Islamic Republic of Iran: Sunni clerics condemn government crackdown, say it has ‘no justification’
Sunnis make up only about seven percent of Iran’s population and have no role in the Shi’ite government. Still, this is a significant step, as more and more people in Iran are willing to criticize the government openly and express solidarity with the protesters. “Iranian Sunni Clerics Release Video Urging End To Deadly Crackdown On […]
Iran: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps top dog worried that paramilitary group is too weak to stop protests
Terror is this regime’s only tool, as per the Qur’an (3:151, 8:12, 8:60). When the regime begins to realize that terror isn’t working, that’s a huge sign that the protesters are winning. But they have not won yet. “Leaked: Iran concerned Basij paramilitary too weak to stop protests,” by Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post, December 1, […]
Iran: Protesters defy crackdown, call for toppling of Islamic Republic
The protests were supposed to end Saturday, as far as the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was concerned. It didn’t work out that way. “Iranian Protesters Call for Death of Iran’s Top Leader as Demonstrations Grow,” Reuters, October 28, 2022: DUBAI (Reuters)—Iranians kept up protests calling for the toppling of the Islamic Republic on Friday, as […]
Whodunnit: Two Senior Iranian Commanders Shot Dead
Two senior commanders – one a colonel in the IRGC, and the other a general in the Basij paramilitary organization, were shot dead on October 24 in the city of Zahedan, in southeastern Iran. A report on their most timely death can be found here: “Iranian IRGC Commanders Shot Dead Were ‘Responsible’ for Supply of […]