Before answering any questions, Hamid Mutasher asked to congratulate the Jewish people on the occasion of Passover, and express his condolences for the loss of more than 1,200 innocent people during the October 7th massacre. “We in Ahwaz call it the ‘October 7th of Qassem Soleimani the terrorist.’ We also made a point to … Read more
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) missile attack on Israel on April 13-14, 2024, has escalated tensions in the Middle East and will possibly lead to a regional war. The result of this attack was to achieve at least two objectives: (1) to respond to the criticism of Iran’s supporters regarding the IRGC’s inaction … Read more
Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati is no stranger to death threats from the Islamic Republic – but on March 29 these threats became reality when he was stabbed outside his home by men that he accused of being Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operatives. For Zeraati, the threats, the stabbing, and even attempts by a … Read more
Following a calculated missile and drone strike by Iran into Israeli territory, Professor David Menashri, founder and director of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University, argued against immediate retaliation by Israel. He explained to The Media Line how he interprets the attack as a strategic message and noted the importance … Read more
In recent days, I have come under fire from Nasser Kan’ani, the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, after I published an article in The Jerusalem Post calling for Iran to be broken up into a number of separate ethnic states. Clearly, their reaction to my article highlights how the regime feels threatened by … Read more
The plight of kidnapped Israeli graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov is on the radar for students at Princeton University in New Jersey who are organizing to press for her release from Kataib Hezbollah’s captivity in Iraq. The student newspaper The Daily Princetonian on Friday reported last week that a graduate student circulated an email as … Read more
