By Heshmat Alavi Iran is facing a very tense situation on the eve of the twin elections on February 26 where the candidates for both Parliament and the Assembly of Experts ought to be elected. The paradox is that despite of not being a democracy, Iran desperately needs to mask its autocracy with democratic posturing. […]
Russia provokes Ukraine to initiate military conflict in the Black Sea
Kremlin’s aggressive actions towards Ukraine are beyond the pale and are no longer shocking the world community. Russian aggression is perceived now as something ordinary, the emotions have calmed down and there are even talks about lifting sanctions and weakening of political and economic pressure towards Russia. But all this refer to protected peaceful Europe […]
Iran and the Syria Quagmire
BY Heshmat Alavi IRGC and hired mercenaries suffering heavy casualties in the Levant Day by day Iran is seeing itself tied up in a seemingly never-ending quagmire in Syria, with reports of its “elite” Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and hired foot soldiers suffering heavy casualties fighting alongside what is left of Bashar Assad’s forces. Following controversial […]
Who supports and protects ISIS?
The UK, the US, Canada, Australia, they are all protecting ISIS by protecting and supporting Hizb-ut-Tahrir. They let them work openly. They are either silent about them in the media; a rare recent article in The Guardian (UK) supports them even, and portraits them as harmless. Most of their money comes from the US. While […]
FSB Director confirms Russia wants to fight the Islamic State in cooperation with the US
Aleksandr Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) spoke frankly with reporters on Friday in Washington DC on the topic of terrorism and the importance to work together to fight the Islamic State group. In his words it is “impossible” to solve political contradictions without using all the special services’ capabilities: “This is a very important aspect […]
Russia does not intend to comply with the Minsk agreement
The ink on the Minsk agreement-2 has not dried, but it’s already possible to speak about the necessity of next Norman meeting. But why? Because the agreement signed in Minsk has no value for Moscow. AsSpokesmanof the President of Russia Mr. Peskov testified: “Russia is the country, which is called by the conflict parties. This […]
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