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| | There are no reformists in Iran.<ref name=scotsman>[https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/irans-next-president-set-to-be-ruthless-executioner-ebrahim-raisi-after-sham-elections-could-be-the-clerical-regimes-last-struan-stevenson-3251674 Iran's next president, set to be ruthless executioner Ebrahim Raisi after sham elections, could be the clerical regime's last – Struan Stevenson] | | There are no reformists in Iran.<ref name=scotsman>[https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/irans-next-president-set-to-be-ruthless-executioner-ebrahim-raisi-after-sham-elections-could-be-the-clerical-regimes-last-struan-stevenson-3251674 Iran's next president, set to be ruthless executioner Ebrahim Raisi after sham elections, could be the clerical regime's last – Struan Stevenson] |
| | ''The presidential elections scheduled for June 18 in Iran will, as usual, be a sham.'' By Struan Stevenson, The Scotsman, May 30, 2021.</ref> | | ''The presidential elections scheduled for June 18 in Iran will, as usual, be a sham.'' By Struan Stevenson, The Scotsman, May 30, 2021.</ref> |
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| − | In Aug. 2021, the butcher of Tehran, Raisi, presented a cabinet dominated by hardliners on Wednesday, state TV reported, among them a foreign minister known for close ties to Hezbollah and an interior minister wanted by Interpol over his alleged role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires.
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| − | ''New interior minister Ahmad Vahidi sought by Interpol; the president's pick for top diplomat, Hossein Amirabdollahian, is an avowed anti-Westerner with ties to IRGC, Hezbollah.''
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| − | The 1994 bombing of Jewish center AMIA in [[Argentina]] massacred 85 and wounded hundreds.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-raisi-taps-minister-wanted-for-role-in-buenos-aires-jewish-center-bombing/ Iran’s Raisi taps minister wanted for role in Buenos Aires Jewish Center bombing], AP and TOI Staff,11 August 2021.
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| − | ''New interior minister Ahmad Vahidi sought by Interpol; the president's pick for top diplomat, Hossein Amirabdollahian, is an avowed anti-Westerner with ties to IRGC, Hezbollah.''</ref>
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| − | In Apr 2024: 'Branding Islamic Republic a ‘terrorist state,’ ruling says Hezbollah carried out deadly bombings on Tehran’s orders, calls 1994 bombing of Jewish center a crime against humanity.' <ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/argentina-court-blames-iran-for-1990s-terror-attacks-on-israeli-embassy-amia-center/ Argentina court blames Iran for 1990s terror attacks on Israeli embassy, AMIA center]. By ''AFP'', 12 April 2024.
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| − | <blockquote>Branding Islamic Republic a ‘terrorist state,’ ruling says Hezbollah carried out deadly bombings on Tehran’s orders, calls 1994 bombing of Jewish center a crime against humanity.</blockquote></ref>
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| − | In 2024, Argentina's president Javier Milei said: "AMIA bombing 'exact same kind of brutality' as [[Oct 7 War|Oct. 7 massacre]]."<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/393233 Javier Milei: AMIA bombing 'exact same kind of brutality' as Oct. 7 massacre],
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| − | *Visegrád 24 @visegrad24 ([https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1814013240839700624 Jul 18, 2024]):<blockquote><small>
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| − | It's the 30th anniversary of Hezbollah's terror attack against Argentina's Jewish community.
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| − | On July 18 1994, a suicide bomber in a truck struck AMIA, a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, k*lling 85 people & injuring 300+
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| − | In Oct 2021, The lawmakers in Iran --who are even more extreme than mainstream radicals -- submitted a formal complaint was appended by a public petition that, among other allegations, accuses Rouhani of betraying Iranians through signing the nuclear deal with the world powers.
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| − | <ref>[https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/10/irans-hard-liners-push-prosecute-rouhani Iran's hard-liners push to prosecute Rouhani], Al-Monitor Staff, October 12, 2021</ref>
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| − | Reported in 2024: Hezbollah bombs dropped on Israel were 'smuggled through Europe.' Iran using EU ports to transfer weapons: Antwerp, Valencia, and Ravenna were named as the main European ports; ships docked here before arriving in Latakia in Northern Syria and then heading to Southern Lebanon.<ref>Melanie Swan, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/14/iran-weapons-hezbollah-israel-gaza/ Iranian bombs dropped on Israel are transported on ships using European ports]. ''Daily Telegraph'', 14 March 2024.
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| − | Weapons destined for Hezbollah shipped to Syria before vessels carry on to ports in Antwerp and Valencia ‘to disguise purpose of journeys’.</small></blockquote>
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| − | Weapons and other goods are now shipped via ports in Antwerp, Valencia and Ravenna, The Telegraph has been told.
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| − | They arrive at the Syrian port of Latakia, before moving south to Lebanon.
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| − | Iran has switched to shipping weapons by sea after Israel’s air force began to target consignments coming in by land into northern Syria via Iraq, the source told @Telegraph.</small></blockquote></ref>
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| | ===="Reformist" Pezeshkian==== | | ===="Reformist" Pezeshkian==== |