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'''Iran''', officially the '''Islamic Republic of Iran''' (جمهوری اسلامی ايران) is an [[Islam]]ic fascist<ref>Berzinjy, D. (2013). The Silent Escape Through the Nights of the Kurdish Regions: Based on a True Story. United Kingdom: Xlibris AU, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_uhIh_8vylwC&pg=PA131 p. 131].<blockquote>

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'''Iran''', officially the '''Islamic Republic of Iran''' (جمهوری اسلامی ايران) is a [[Islam]]ic fascist<ref>Berzinjy, D. (2013). The Silent Escape Through the Nights of the Kurdish Regions: Based on a True Story. United Kingdom: Xlibris AU, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_uhIh_8vylwC&pg=PA131 p. 131].<blockquote>

Islamic Fascist Regime.</blockquote></ref><ref>Taheri, A. (2010). The Persian Night: Iran Under the Khomeinist Revolution. United Kingdom: Encounter Books, [https://books.google.com/books?id=pUfyhqVM22MC&pg=PA342 p. 342]

<blockquote>Islamic-fascist ideology</blockquote></ref><ref>The Intellectual Activist. (2005). United States: Intellectual Activist, [https://books.google.com/books?id=NdgkAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Islamic+fascist%22 p. 8].<blockquote>

Islamic fascist dictatorship of Iran</blockquote></ref><ref>Qāniʻīfard, ʻ. (2021). The Gruesome Mullah: Iran, Terrorism, MOIS, IRGC and Khomeinism. United States: Ketab Corporation,

[https://books.google.com/books?id=BohSEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA100 p. 100]

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<blockquote>the Islamic fascist republic!</blockquote></ref> theocratic dictatorship in southwest [[Asia]]. Its capital is [[Tehran]] and its official language is [[Persian language|Farsi]]. A historical name for Iran was [[Persian empire|Persia]], which is also the name of the dominant ethnic group. Iran is believed by [[Israel]] and her western allies of pursuing nuclear weapons to gain a strategic advantage in a regional cold war against Sunni-majority [[Saudi Arabia]]. Israel also accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons for use against Israel, which is officially "denied" by Iran's government propagating, that the program is to be used for "peaceful" purposes, requiring the enrichment of [[uranium]]. Israel's fear is especially in light of Iranian regime, repeatedly threatening to annihilate Israel. <ref>[https://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/pressroom/2005/pages/iran%2520president%2520calls%2520to%2520annihilate%2520israel%252027-oct-2005.aspx Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. mfa.gov.il</ref><ref>https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/10/world/meast/iran-annihilate-israel/index.html</ref><ref>https://embassies.gov.il/SAN-FRANCISCO/ABOUTISRAEL/Pages/Iranian-Threat.aspx</ref><ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-iranian-general-vows-to-wipe-out-annihilate-israel/amp/</ref><ref>https://iranintl.com/en/world/khamenei-once-again-insists-annihilation-israel</ref><ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-doomsday-clock-for-israels-end-halts-amid-power-cuts/amp/</ref><ref>https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/israel-wont-heed-any-deal-that-doesnt-halt-iranian-threats-erdan-says-666056/amp</ref> Islamic Republic's "beef" with Israel is more transparent as being nothing more than pure radical Islamic bigotry. As even "land" excuses are not applicable, since Iran does not share any borders with Israel.

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<blockquote>the Islamic fascist republic!</blockquote></ref> theocratic dictatorship in southwest [[Asia]]. Its capital is [[Tehran]] and its official language is [[Persian language|Farsi]]. A historical name for Iran was [[Persian empire|Persia]], which is also the name of the dominant ethnic group. Iran is believed by [[Israel]] and her western allies to be pursuing nuclear weapons to gain a strategic advantage in a regional cold war against Sunni-majority [[Saudi Arabia]]. Israel also accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons for use against Israel, which is officially "denied" by Iran's government propagating that the program is to be used for "peaceful" purposes, requiring the enrichment of [[uranium]]. Israel's fear is especially in light of the Iranian regime repeatedly threatening to annihilate Israel. <ref>[https://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/pressroom/2005/pages/iran%2520president%2520calls%2520to%2520annihilate%2520israel%252027-oct-2005.aspx Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. mfa.gov.il</ref><ref>https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/10/world/meast/iran-annihilate-israel/index.html</ref><ref>https://embassies.gov.il/SAN-FRANCISCO/ABOUTISRAEL/Pages/Iranian-Threat.aspx</ref><ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-iranian-general-vows-to-wipe-out-annihilate-israel/amp/</ref><ref>https://iranintl.com/en/world/khamenei-once-again-insists-annihilation-israel</ref><ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-doomsday-clock-for-israels-end-halts-amid-power-cuts/amp/</ref><ref>https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/israel-wont-heed-any-deal-that-doesnt-halt-iranian-threats-erdan-says-666056/amp</ref> Islamic Republic's "beef" with Israel is more transparent as being nothing more than pure radical Islamic bigotry. As even "land" excuses are not applicable, since Iran does not share any borders with Israel.

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In its global murderous plots against Jews, it has employed the

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In its global murderous plots against Jews, it has employed the method of using criminals, even at times using minors.

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method of using criminals~~. Even~~ at times, using minors.

Iran has an extremely poor human rights record.<ref>[https://iranprimer.usip.org/index.php/blog/2018/oct/04/state-department-report-6-irans-human-rights-abuses State Department Report 6: Iran's Human Rights Abuses]

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The State Department, September 28, 2018</ref> Iranian brutality is infamous. A rare admission by Iranian authorities in Aug/2021 came about forcefully only due to hackers exposing images of brutal beating of political prisoners.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-prisons-head-apologises-after-leaked-pictures-show-abuse-2021-08-24/ Iran prisons head apologises after leaked pictures show abuse], ''Reuters'', Aug 24, 2021.</ref> ~~However~~ unlike the [[US]]-allied [[Gulf Cooperation Council]], Iran is a [[democracy]] with [[universal suffrage]].

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The State Department, September 28, 2018</ref> and Iranian brutality is infamous. A rare admission by Iranian authorities in Aug/2021 came about forcefully only due to hackers exposing images of brutal beating of political prisoners.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-prisons-head-apologises-after-leaked-pictures-show-abuse-2021-08-24/ Iran prisons head apologises after leaked pictures show abuse], ''Reuters'', Aug 24, 2021.</ref> but unlike the [[US]]-allied [[Gulf Cooperation Council]], Iran is a [[democracy]] with [[universal suffrage]].

The Islamic Republic is a real Apartheid religiously and ethnically.<ref>[https://iranhumanrights.org/2010/04/mehrangiz-kar-oped/ Iran's Apartheid – Keep Iran off the Human Rights Council], Apr 22, 2010.</ref><ref>E Karsh, [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/op-ed-contributors/the-middle-easts-real-apartheid The Middle East's real apartheid], ''JPost'', Mar 5, 2012. Muslims historically viewed themselves as distinct from, and superior to, all others living under Muslim rule, known as "dhimmis"...

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''In recent years, especially since 2010, the state has expanded their harassment and discrimination against Christians into the internet, social media, radio and television... Since October 2010 until December 2018 Rahpoyan produced 1,818 critical views and anti-Christian items, including hate speech and incitement.''</ref>

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Christian activist, victim of the Islamic regime explains that forcing her to strip is "part of the sexual violence that the regime has been using to suppress female protesters and activists."<ref>Annu Kaushik, [https://www.firstpost.com/world/exclusive-was-forced-to-strip-govt-uses-sexual-violence-against-female-protesters-says-iranian-christian-activist-11465791.html Exclusive: ‘Was forced to strip, govt uses sexual violence against female protesters,’ says Iranian Christian activist], ''Firstpost'', October 17, 2022.

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Christian activist, a victim of the Islamic regime, explains that forcing her to strip is "part of the sexual violence that the regime has been using to suppress female protesters and activists."<ref>Annu Kaushik, [https://www.firstpost.com/world/exclusive-was-forced-to-strip-govt-uses-sexual-violence-against-female-protesters-says-iranian-christian-activist-11465791.html Exclusive: ‘Was forced to strip, govt uses sexual violence against female protesters,’ says Iranian Christian activist], ''Firstpost'', October 17, 2022.

In 2020, Mary Mohammadi was taken to a detention center near Iran’s capital Tehran. Officials told her that her hair was visible.

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<blockquote>the leader of Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was known as a pedophile.</blockquote></ref>

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The ~~islamist~~ Mullahcracy "[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-798405 Iran's main goal: Destroy the world as we know it, impose Shia Islam globally. Iran’s leaders want to destroy the world as we know it. They want to dominate the Middle East, overthrow Western-style democracy, wipe out Israel, and impose Shia Islam on the world]".<ref>JPost, 4.24.24</ref>

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The Islamist Mullahcracy "[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-798405 Iran's main goal: Destroy the world as we know it, impose Shia Islam globally. Iran’s leaders want to destroy the world as we know it. They want to dominate the Middle East, overthrow Western-style democracy, wipe out Israel, and impose Shia Islam on the world]".<ref>JPost, 4.24.24</ref>

The Islamic fascist Republic has a terror network of proxies in:

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===Mouthpiece===

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Iranian Islamist propaganda linked media:

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Iranian Islamist propaganda-linked media:

Any ending ".ir".

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== History ==

:{{See also|History of Iran}}

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In the [[Western world]], Persia was historically the common name for Iran.<ref>[https://www.iranchamber.com/geography/articles/persia_became_iran.php Iran Chamber Society: When "Persia" became "Iran"], Iran Chamber</ref> In 1935, Reza Shah asked foreign delegates and the [[League of Nations]] to use the term '''Iran''' ("Land of the [[Aryans]]"). The suggestion for the change of the country’s official name to Iran is said to have come from the Iranian ambassador to [[Third Reich|Germany]], who came under the influence of the [[Nazi]]s. German friends of the ambassador convinced him that the name change would free his country from the past influences of Russia and the [[British Empire]]. It would be a new beginning as an Aryan nation. Many Persian elites and intellectuals nurtured the idea of Aryan superiority.<ref>[https://iranicaonline.org/articles/judeo-persian-vi-the-pahlavi-era-1925-1979 JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES vi. THE PAHLAVI ERA – Encyclopaedia Iranica]</ref> Reza Shah<ref>[https://www.howardblum.com/blog-posts/reza-shah-and-adolf-hitler-irans-history-with-the-third-reich Reza Shah and Adolf Hitler: Iran’s History with the Third Reich], Howard Blum, Feb. 6, 2020</ref>said,

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In the [[Western world]], Persia was historically the common name for Iran.<ref>[https://www.iranchamber.com/geography/articles/persia_became_iran.php Iran Chamber Society: When "Persia" became "Iran"], Iran Chamber</ref> In 1935, Reza Shah asked foreign delegates and the [[League of Nations]] to use the term '''Iran''' ("Land of the [[Aryans]]"). The suggestion for the change of the country’s official name to Iran is said to have come from the Iranian ambassador to [[Third Reich|Germany]], who came under the influence of the [[Nazi]]s. German friends of the ambassador convinced him that the name change would free his country from the past influences of Russia and the [[British Empire]]. It would be a new beginning as an Aryan nation. Many Persian elites and intellectuals nurtured the idea of Aryan superiority.<ref>[https://iranicaonline.org/articles/judeo-persian-vi-the-pahlavi-era-1925-1979 JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES vi. THE PAHLAVI ERA – Encyclopaedia Iranica]</ref> Reza Shah<ref>[https://www.howardblum.com/blog-posts/reza-shah-and-adolf-hitler-irans-history-with-the-third-reich Reza Shah and Adolf Hitler: Iran’s History with the Third Reich], Howard Blum, Feb. 6, 2020</ref> said,

{{quotebox-float|“Germany was our age-old and natural ally, Love of Germany was synonymous with love for Iran. The sound of German officers’ footsteps was heard on the shores of the Nile. [[Swastika]] flags were flying from the outskirts of Moscow to the peaks of the Caucasus Mts. Iranian patriots eagerly awaited the arrival of their old allies. My friend and I would spin tales about the grandeur of the superior race. We considered Germany the chosen representative of this race in Europe and Iran its representative in Asia. The right to life and role was ours. Others had no choice but submission and slavery. We discarded the old maps and remade Iran into a country larger than what it was in Achaemenian times.”<ref>[http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2015/04/iranian-shah-flirted-with-nazis-in-1930s.html Iranian Shah flirted with Nazis in 1930s]. ''Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries'', Apr 8, 2015</ref>}}

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PALESTINE: There is a half-million Jews there ready to die for their cause as well. They have begged London to allow them to form an army and to supply them with weapons. The British have responded to these requests only evasively and politely. This has been the case since the date of the Balfour Declaration, whose twenty-fifth anniversary was celebrated on November 2: London fears displeasing the Arabs by arming the Israelites.</ref>

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Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi legacies evoke consternation and controversy. Both were pro-Western modernizers, promoted science, Western education, women and minority rights, economic development, a judiciary more on a Western model as opposed to shariah and clerical rule. But the [[Carter administration]] viewed the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] as a paragon of [[human rights]], an expression of the will of the Iranian people for [[self-determination]], and Iran was [[Desecularization#Islamic_desecularization|desecularized]] in 1979. One of the Ayatollah's first acts was to issue a [[fatwa]] promising paradise for children who joined the Iranian military during the Iran-Iraq war. By 1982, with Shi'a clergy in command, the government asked children, age 9 ~~years old~~ and up, to clear minefields so the regular Army could advance against the Iraqi Army. <ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), ''Iraqi Retreats, 1982-84''], Globalsecruity.org, retrieved 20 March 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/ahmadinejads-demons ''Ahmadinejad's Demons: A Child of the Revolution Takes Over''], Matthias Küntzel, The New Republic, 24 April 2006 .</ref> About 100,000 died as ''Basij'' child soldiers building the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi legacies evoke consternation and controversy. Both were pro-Western modernizers, promoted science, Western education, women and minority rights, economic development, a judiciary more on a Western model as opposed to shariah and clerical rule. But the [[Carter administration]] viewed the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] as a paragon of [[human rights]], an expression of the will of the Iranian people for [[self-determination]], and Iran was [[Desecularization#Islamic_desecularization|desecularized]] in 1979. One of the Ayatollah's first acts was to issue a [[fatwa]] promising paradise for children who joined the Iranian military during the Iran-Iraq war. By 1982, with Shi'a clergy in command, the government asked children, age 9 and up, to clear minefields so the regular Army could advance against the Iraqi Army. <ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), ''Iraqi Retreats, 1982-84''], Globalsecruity.org, retrieved 20 March 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/ahmadinejads-demons ''Ahmadinejad's Demons: A Child of the Revolution Takes Over''], Matthias Küntzel, The New Republic, 24 April 2006 .</ref> About 100,000 died as ''Basij'' child soldiers building the Islamic Republic of Iran.

[[File:Iran.jpg|thumb|225px|right|[[Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini]], founder of the Islamic Republic.]]

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Iran today is 75 million people with a ''per capita'' income behind Mexico but ahead of Brazil. Female enrollment and graduation rates in higher education now outnumber males.<ref>60% of college enrollees are female, as contrasted with the Sunni Pakistan Taliban where [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head for advocating education for adolescent girls.</ref> But if political repression during the monarchy was troublesome, Iran's human rights record and coercive measures against dissidents under its religious rulers has been abysmal.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20180721062151/https://iranhrdc.org/files.php?force&file=reports_en/Covert_Terror_Iran_s_Parallel_Intelligence_Apparatus_467957487.pdf Covert Terror Iran's Parallel Intelligence Apparatus] (PDF)</ref> That, and its active sponsorship of terrorism to further its foreign policy objectives abroad. Its non-cooperation with international conventions in pursuit of nuclear power status is particularly worrisome. Iran's [[Quds Force]] (Jerusalem Force), as its name implies, carries out external special operations worldwide to further Iran's foreign policy aims.<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/iran/qods.htm </ref>

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Iran today has 75 million people with a ''per capita'' income behind Mexico but ahead of Brazil. Female enrollment and graduation rates in higher education now outnumber males.<ref>60% of college enrollees are female, as contrasted with the Sunni Pakistan Taliban where [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head for advocating education for adolescent girls.</ref> But if political repression during the monarchy was troublesome, Iran's human rights record and coercive measures against dissidents under its religious rulers has been abysmal.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20180721062151/https://iranhrdc.org/files.php?force&file=reports_en/Covert_Terror_Iran_s_Parallel_Intelligence_Apparatus_467957487.pdf Covert Terror Iran's Parallel Intelligence Apparatus] (PDF)</ref> That, and its active sponsorship of terrorism to further its foreign policy objectives abroad. Its non-cooperation with international conventions in pursuit of nuclear power status is particularly worrisome. Iran's [[Quds Force]] (Jerusalem Force), as its name implies, carries out external special operations worldwide to further Iran's foreign policy aims.<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/iran/qods.htm </ref>

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Iran's revolution in 1979 and the creation of an Islamic state based on [[Shariah]] law was a source of pride, inspiration and envy to [[Sunni]]s everywhere. The revolutionaries successfully deposed a Western leaning monarch and sent U.S. military ~~personal~~ and technicians packing.<ref>By 1970, Iran was the United States largest customer for weapons. Earnings from the oil boom after the 1953 coup were funneled into defense. Huge bases were built in the north to monitor the Soviets and along the southern coast to police the Persian Gulf. Higher paid technicians to operate the oil industry and maintain military hardware were mostly foreigners, leading to an obvious income disparity between the Shah's foreign allies and the indigenous population. This provided an opening for Soviet and Eastern bloc agitation amongst the Shi'a for revolutionary [[Marxist]] anti-[[Imperialist]] [[propaganda]] with a religious fervor. [http://ivl.8m.com/USMI.htm][http://revcom.us/a/094/iran-pt4-en.html]</ref> Initially Iran sought to export its revolution to the Gulf States and Lebanon. Iran was behind two U.S. Embassy truck bombings in Beirut and the Marine barracks bombing that killed 241 U.S. soldiers. As the Iran-Iraq war progressed, Iran concentrated its efforts to removing Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. After the war Iran began providing assistance to the radical Sunni leader Hassan al Turabi who took power in Sudan in 1989<ref>The Sudanese regime harbored Osama bin Laden and [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] in the early 1990s</ref>, and to Hamas in Gaza. The 1990s marked a period of cooperation between Sunni groups such as al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood and the Shiite revolution of Iran.<ref>Bin Laden shared with Iran a desire to depose the House of Saud, and Zawahiri shared with Iran his contempt of the Egyptian regime which made peace with Israel.</ref> It organized and created Hezbollah al-Hejaz, based in Saudi Arabia, which in conjunction with al Qaeda staged the 1996 Khobar Towers attack killing 19 Americans and wounding another 372. The 9/11 Commission Report suggested<ref>9/11 COMMISSION REPORT at pp. 240-41. </ref> and a U.S. Federal judge ruled in December 2011<ref>http://iran911case.com/ </ref> Iran was a material accomplice with al Qaeda in the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].

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Iran's revolution in 1979 and the creation of an Islamic state based on [[Shariah]] law was a source of pride, inspiration and envy to [[Sunni]]s everywhere. The revolutionaries successfully deposed a Western leaning monarch and sent U.S. military personnel and technicians packing.<ref>By 1970, Iran was the United States largest customer for weapons. Earnings from the oil boom after the 1953 coup were funneled into defense. Huge bases were built in the north to monitor the Soviets and along the southern coast to police the Persian Gulf. Higher paid technicians to operate the oil industry and maintain military hardware were mostly foreigners, leading to an obvious income disparity between the Shah's foreign allies and the indigenous population. This provided an opening for Soviet and Eastern bloc agitation amongst the Shi'a for revolutionary [[Marxist]] anti-[[Imperialist]] [[propaganda]] with a religious fervor. [http://ivl.8m.com/USMI.htm][http://revcom.us/a/094/iran-pt4-en.html]</ref> Initially Iran sought to export its revolution to the Gulf States and Lebanon. Iran was behind two U.S. Embassy truck bombings in Beirut and the Marine barracks bombing that killed 241 U.S. soldiers. As the Iran-Iraq war progressed, Iran concentrated its efforts on removing Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. After the war Iran began providing assistance to the radical Sunni leader Hassan al Turabi, who took power in Sudan in 1989<ref>The Sudanese regime harbored Osama bin Laden and [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] in the early 1990s</ref>, and to Hamas in Gaza. The 1990s marked a period of cooperation between Sunni groups such as al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood and the Shiite revolution of Iran.<ref>Bin Laden shared with Iran a desire to depose the House of Saud, and Zawahiri shared with Iran his contempt of the Egyptian regime which made peace with Israel.</ref> It organized and created Hezbollah al-Hejaz, based in Saudi Arabia, which in conjunction with al Qaeda staged the 1996 Khobar Towers attack killing 19 Americans and wounding another 372. The 9/11 Commission Report suggested<ref>9/11 COMMISSION REPORT at pp. 240-41. </ref> and a U.S. Federal judge ruled in December 2011<ref>http://iran911case.com/ </ref> that Iran was a material accomplice with al Qaeda in the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].

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Walid Muhammad Ali [وليد محمد على], "Palestinian" Lebanese ~~Researcher~~, said, "that Islamic Revolution in Iran led to a strategic development in the Palestinian issue".<ref>The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, 2008, Vol. 20, [https://books.google.com/books?id=mj4uAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Walid+Muhammad+Ali%22 p. 150].<blockquote>

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Walid Muhammad Ali [وليد محمد على], "Palestinian" Lebanese researcher, said, "that Islamic Revolution in Iran led to a strategic development in the Palestinian issue".<ref>The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, 2008, Vol. 20, [https://books.google.com/books?id=mj4uAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Walid+Muhammad+Ali%22 p. 150].<blockquote>

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Also speaking at the general session, prominent Lebanese scholar Walid Muhammad Ali said: I am of the opinion that Islamic Revolution in Iran led to a strategic development in the Palestinian issue.</blockquote></ref> (In 2014, Walid Muhammad Ali, on Iranian Al-Alam Network, he diminished the Holocaust a day after Holocaust Remembrance Day.<ref>"Palestinian-Lebanese Researcher...", ''Memri'', Apr 28, 2014.<blockquote>

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Also speaking at the general session, prominent Lebanese scholar Walid Muhammad Ali said: I am of the opinion that Islamic Revolution in Iran led to a strategic development in the Palestinian issue.</blockquote></ref> (In 2014, Walid Muhammad Ali, on Iranian Al-Alam Network, diminished the Holocaust a day after Holocaust Remembrance Day.<ref>"Palestinian-Lebanese Researcher...", ''Memri'', Apr 28, 2014.<blockquote>

Source: Al-Alam Network (Iran)

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"That’s what it means," he said, "for it to be a principle."</blockquote></ref> (Islamic decree) to murder [[Salman Rushdie]], after publishing his book criticizing Islam 'Satanic Verses'.

On Aug 12, 2022, an Arab-Muslim Hadi Matar, with sympathies toward Iranian government was arrested after stabbing Salman Rushdie.<ref>Joe Marino and Evan Simko-Bednarski, [https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/nj-man-matar-hadi-with-sympathies-toward-iran-arrested-in-stabbing-of-salman-rushdie/amp/ NJ man, Hadi Matar, with sympathies toward Iranian government ID’d as suspect in Salman Rushdie stabbing], ''NYPost'', August 12, 2022.<blockquote>

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Hadi Matar, 24, was arrested after he stormed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York and allegedly stabbed the author in the neck.</blockquote></ref> ~~Described~~ by eyewitnesses as viciously stabbing, repeatedly.<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/international/salman-rushdie-in-surgery-after-being-stabbed-onstage-suspect-arrested-1135716.html Salman Rushdie in surgery after being stabbed onstage; suspect arrested], AFP, Aug 13, 2022.<blockquote>Carl LeVan, an American University politics professor attending the event, told AFP he saw the suspect run onto the stage where Rushdie was seated and "stabbed him repeatedly and viciously."</blockquote></ref>

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Hadi Matar, 24, was arrested after he stormed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York and allegedly stabbed the author in the neck.</blockquote></ref> and was described by eyewitnesses as viciously stabbing, repeatedly.<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/international/salman-rushdie-in-surgery-after-being-stabbed-onstage-suspect-arrested-1135716.html Salman Rushdie in surgery after being stabbed onstage; suspect arrested], AFP, Aug 13, 2022.<blockquote>Carl LeVan, an American University politics professor attending the event, told AFP he saw the suspect run onto the stage where Rushdie was seated and "stabbed him repeatedly and viciously."</blockquote></ref>

Activists accused Iran of responsibility for attack.<ref>[https://amp.france24.com/en/live-news/20220813-activists-accuse-iran-of-responsibility-for-rushdie-attack Activists accused Iran of responsibility for Rushdie attack], AFP, France 24. Aug 13, 2023.<blockquote>

While the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini over Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses" has for some time not been part of daily discourse in Iran, the clerical leadership under his successor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also did nothing to indicate it no longer stood and on occasions underlined the decree was still valid.

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“Whether today's assassination attempt was ordered directly by Tehran or not, it is almost certainly the result of 30 years of the regime's incitement to violence against this celebrated author," said the Washington-based National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI).

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The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an opposition group outlawed in Iran, said that the attack had taken place at the "instigation" of Khomeini's fatwa.</blockquote></ref> ~~Adding~~ "that a bounty of over 3 million dollars for Rushdie's life offered by Iran's 15 Khordad Foundation remains on offer."

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The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an opposition group outlawed in Iran, said that the attack had taken place at the "instigation" of Khomeini's fatwa.</blockquote></ref> and added "that a bounty of over 3 million dollars for Rushdie's life offered by Iran's 15 Khordad Foundation remains on offer."

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Iran's [[Ayatollah Khamenei]] praised the stabbing and said fatwa against Satanic Verses author was 'fired like a bullet that won't rest until it hits its target.'<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11107259/Irans-Ayatollah-Khamenei-says-fatwa-against-Salman-Rushdie-fired-like-bullet.html Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei praises stabbing of Salman Rushdie and says fatwa against Satanic Verses author was 'fired like a bullet that won't rest until it hits its target' as Islamic hardliners celebrate], ''Daily Mail'', Aug 13, 2022.</ref>

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Iran's [[Ayatollah Khamenei]] praised the stabbing and said the fatwa against Satanic Verses author was 'fired like a bullet that won't rest until it hits its target.'<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11107259/Irans-Ayatollah-Khamenei-says-fatwa-against-Salman-Rushdie-fired-like-bullet.html Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei praises stabbing of Salman Rushdie and says fatwa against Satanic Verses author was 'fired like a bullet that won't rest until it hits its target' as Islamic hardliners celebrate], ''Daily Mail'', Aug 13, 2022.</ref>

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Hadi Matar, the attacker, had contact ~~With~~ Iran's Revolutionary Guard ([[IRGC]]).<ref>Mitchell Prothero, Salman Rushdie Stabbing Suspect 'Had Contact With Iran's Revolutionary Guard'], Vice, Aug 14, 2022.<blockquote>Intel officials told VICE World News Hadi Matar had been in contact with members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. ..

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Hadi Matar, the attacker, had contact with Iran's Revolutionary Guard ([[IRGC]]).<ref>Mitchell Prothero, Salman Rushdie Stabbing Suspect 'Had Contact With Iran's Revolutionary Guard'], Vice, Aug 14, 2022.<blockquote>Intel officials told VICE World News Hadi Matar had been in contact with members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. ..

The 24-year-old man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie had been in direct contact with members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on social media, European and Middle Eastern intelligence officials told VICE World News.

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A Middle Eastern intelligence official said it was “clear” that at some point prior to the attack, Matar had been in contact with “people either directly involved with or adjacent to the Quds Force,” referring to the Revolutionary Guard’s external operations force...</blockquote></ref>

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Iranian ~~Newspaper~~ praised Salman Rushdie's attacker.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/iranian-newspapers-celebrate-attack-on-salman-rushdie-by-suspect-hadi-matar-in-new-york Iranian Newspaper Praises Salman Rushdie's Attacker], ''The Daily Beast'', Aug 13, 2022.</ref>

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Iranian newspaper praised Salman Rushdie's attacker.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/iranian-newspapers-celebrate-attack-on-salman-rushdie-by-suspect-hadi-matar-in-new-york Iranian Newspaper Praises Salman Rushdie's Attacker], ''The Daily Beast'', Aug 13, 2022.</ref>

Iran benefited greatly when the Sunni walls that had been erected around it - Afghanistan and Iraq - were torn down. Several analysts argue that since about 2005 Iran has evolved rapidly from a theocracy into a garrison state, in which the military dominates political, economic, and cultural life.<ref>[http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-revolutionary-guards-corps-inc Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, Inc.] ''Washington Institute'', Mehdi Khalaji, Aug 17, 2007</ref>

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==Government==

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[[File:Ali khamenei in March 2021.jpg|right|225px|thumb|[[Ali Khamenei]], second Supreme Leader for life of the Islamic Republic.]]

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[[File:Ali khamenei in March 2021.jpg|right|225px|thumb|[[Ali Khamenei]], second Supreme Leader for life of the Islamic Republic.]]The December 1979 Iranian constitution defines the political, economic, and social order of the Islamic Republic. The document establishes Shi'a Islam of the Twelver (Jaafari) sect as Iran's official religion. Sunni Islam, [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Judaism]] and Christianity are the only other recognized, legal minority religions. But Iran is the eighth country on the World Watch List of [[Open Doors]]. The country is governed by secular and religious leaders through governing bodies, whose duties often overlap. (See also: [[Christians in Iran]])

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The December 1979 Iranian constitution defines the political, economic, and social order of the Islamic ~~republic~~. The document establishes Shi'a Islam of the Twelver (Jaafari) sect as Iran's official religion. Sunni Islam, [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Judaism]] and Christianity are the only other recognized, legal minority religions. But Iran is the eighth country on the World Watch List of [[Open Doors]]. The country is governed by secular and religious leaders through governing bodies, whose duties often overlap. (See also:[[Christians in Iran]])

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The Supreme Leader holds power for life unless removed by the Assembly of Experts. He has final say on all domestic, foreign, and security policies for Iran, though he establishes and supervises those policies in consultation with the Expediency Council. The Leader is the final arbiter on all differences or disputes among the various branches of government. He appoints officials to key positions including the head of judiciary and the 12 members of the Guardian Council (six directly, six indirectly). He has power to disqualify candidates or remove an elected official from office. The Supreme Leader ~~and~~ is also the [[commander-in-chief]] of the armed forces.

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The Supreme Leader holds power for life unless removed by the Assembly of Experts. He has final say on all domestic, foreign, and security policies for Iran, though he establishes and supervises those policies in consultation with the Expediency Council. The Leader is the final arbiter on all differences or disputes among the various branches of government. He appoints officials to key positions including the head of the judiciary and the 12 members of the Guardian Council (six directly, six indirectly). He has power to disqualify candidates or remove an elected official from office. The Supreme Leader is also the [[commander-in-chief]] of the armed forces.

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The constitution stipulates that the Assembly of Experts, which currently consists of ~~the~~ 86 popularly-elected clerics ~~elected to~~ 8-year terms, chooses the Supreme Leader based on jurisprudent qualifications and commitment to the principles of the revolution. The Assembly of Experts reviews his performance periodically and has the power to depose and replace him. Pragmatic conservative candidates generally polled better than their hardline conservative opponents during the December 15, 2006 elections to the Assembly of Experts. (Turnout for this vote, which coincided with municipal council elections, was quite high, topping 60%.) Citizens will not vote for representatives to the Assembly again until 2014.

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The constitution stipulates that the Assembly of Experts, which currently consists of 86 popularly elected clerics serving 8-year terms, chooses the Supreme Leader based on jurisprudent qualifications and commitment to the principles of the revolution. The Assembly of Experts reviews his performance periodically and has the power to depose and replace him. Pragmatic conservative candidates generally polled better than their hardline conservative opponents during the December 15, 2006 elections to the Assembly of Experts. (Turnout for this vote, which coincided with municipal council elections, was quite high, topping 60%.) Citizens will not vote for representatives to the Assembly again until 2014.

The Council of Guardians consists of 12 persons. The Supreme Leader appoints the six religious members of the Council of Guardians while the Iranian parliament, the Majles, selects the six lay members from candidates recommended by the judiciary, which is in turn selected by the Supreme Leader. The non-clerics play a role only in determining whether legislation before the [[Majles]] conforms to Iran's constitution. The religious members, on the other hand, take part in all deliberations, considering all bills for conformity to Islamic principles. The Council of Guardians can veto any law. This body also certifies the competence of candidates for the presidency, the Assembly of Experts, and the Majles.

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Iran has two military forces. The national military is charged with defending Iran's borders, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ([[IRGC]]) is charged mainly with maintaining internal and external security. Iran also uses proxy militias and foreign terrorist organizations to execute its foreign policy designs throughout the world.

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Iran has 30 provinces managed by an appointed governor general. The provinces are further divided into counties, districts, and villages. Sixty percent of eligible voters took part in the first ever municipal and local council elections in 1999, though a lower percentage went to the polls in the second round in 2003. Turnout during the December 15, 2006 elections, during which citizens also elected Assembly of ~~Expert~~ representatives, was over 60%. The local councils select mayors.

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Iran has 30 provinces managed by an appointed governor general. The provinces are further divided into counties, districts, and villages. Sixty percent of eligible voters took part in the first ever municipal and local council elections in 1999, though a lower percentage went to the polls in the second round in 2003. Turnout during the December 15, 2006 elections, during which citizens also elected Assembly of Experts representatives, was over 60%. The local councils select mayors.

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The March 2008 elections resulted in the conservatives getting a significant lead in the polls, with Conservative politician Shahabeddin Sadr saying that, during early counting, 70 per cent of winners were "principlists" - a label conservatives use to describe their loyalty to the Islamic Republic's ideals.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/15/2190618.htm Conservatives forge ahead in Iran parliament vote], ABC Online, 15 March 2008</ref>

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The March 2008 elections resulted in the conservatives getting a significant lead in the polls, with Conservative politician Shahabeddin Sadr saying that, during early counting, 70 per cent of winners were "principlists" - a label conservatives use to describe their loyalty to the Islamic Republic's ideals .<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/15/2190618.htm Conservatives forge ahead in Iran parliament vote], ABC Online, 15 March 2008</ref>

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Iranian brutality is infamous. A rare admission by Iranian authorities in Aug/~~2021came~~ about only due to hackers exposing ~~inages~~ of brutal beating of political prisoners.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-prisons-head-apologises-after-leaked-pictures-show-abuse-2021-08-24/ Iran prisons head apologises after leaked pictures show abuse], Reuters, Aug 24, 2021.</ref>

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Iranian brutality is infamous. A rare admission by Iranian authorities in Aug/2021 came about only due to hackers exposing images of the brutal beating of political prisoners .<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-prisons-head-apologises-after-leaked-pictures-show-abuse-2021-08-24/ Iran prisons head apologises after leaked pictures show abuse], Reuters, Aug 24, 2021.</ref>

===Principal Government Officials===

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*Supreme ~~Lead~~ and [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Armed Forces—[[Mojtaba Khamenei]]

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*Supreme Leader and [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Armed Forces—[[Mojtaba Khamenei]]

*President— [[Masoud Pezeshkian]]

*First Vice President—Eshaq Jahangiri

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===="Reformist" Pezeshkian====

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In July 2024, Masoud Pezeshkian was elected: Pro-Terrorism clown of religious rule - Mullahcracy.<ref>

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In July 2024, Masoud Pezeshkian was elected: Pro-Terrorism clown of religious rule - Mullahcracy .<ref>

[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/pezeshkian-pro-terrorism-clown-of-religious-rule/ Pezeshkian: Pro-Terrorism Clown of Religious Rule], Erfan Fard, TOI, July 9, 2024</ref>

Iranian experts cautioned the West against illusions about a so-called "reformist," as nothing is going to change in the dictatorship.

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Pezeshkian~~, his~~ regime immediately vowed to continue terror sponsorship through its proxies: PIJ, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, etc.,<ref>[https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/iranian-regime-infighting/iran-news-clerical-regime-vows-to-continue-terror-sponsorship-through-masoud-pezeshkian/ Iran News: Clerical Regime Vows to Continue Terror Sponsorship Through Masoud Pezeshkian]. Shahriar Kia Shahriar Kia, July 15, 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-president-elect-reasserts-countrys-anti-israel-stance-backs-resistance/ Iran’s president-elect reasserts country’s anti-Israel stance, backs 'resistance'], TOI, July 8, 2024</ref> ~~louding~~ their jihad.

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Pezeshkian's regime immediately vowed to continue terror sponsorship through its proxies: PIJ, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, etc .,<ref>[https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/iranian-regime-infighting/iran-news-clerical-regime-vows-to-continue-terror-sponsorship-through-masoud-pezeshkian/ Iran News: Clerical Regime Vows to Continue Terror Sponsorship Through Masoud Pezeshkian]. Shahriar Kia Shahriar Kia, July 15, 2024</ref> <ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-president-elect-reasserts-countrys-anti-israel-stance-backs-resistance/ Iran’s president-elect reasserts country’s anti-Israel stance, backs 'resistance'], TOI, July 8, 2024</ref> lauding their jihad.

<ref>[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/07/15/iranian-president-elect-pezeshkian-lauds-hamas-houthi-rebels-in-yemen/ Iranian President-Elect Pezeshkian Lauds Hamas, Houthi Rebels in Yemen], ''FDD'',

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Jul 15, 2024.<blockquote>Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh expressed his gratitude for Iran's backing of the Palestinian terrorist group...</blockquote></ref> Hamas hails him.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-810362 Iran’s President Pezeshkian speaks with Hamas leader, praises Houthis], by Seth J. Frantzman, ''Jerusalem Post'', July 15, 2024</ref>

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Jul 15, 2024.<blockquote>Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh expressed his gratitude for Iran's backing of the Palestinian terrorist group...</blockquote></ref> Hamas hails him .<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-810362 Iran’s President Pezeshkian speaks with Hamas leader, praises Houthis], by Seth J. Frantzman, ''Jerusalem Post'', July 15, 2024</ref>

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Weeks later, Germany closes Islamic center due to Iran and Hezbollah ties.<ref>[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/07/25/germany-closes-islamic-center-due-to-iran-and-hezbollah-ties/ Germany closes Islamic center due to Iran and Hezbollah ties], ''FDD'', July 25, 2024.

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Weeks later, Germany closes Islamic center due to Iran and Hezbollah ties .<ref>[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/07/25/germany-closes-islamic-center-due-to-iran-and-hezbollah-ties/ Germany closes Islamic center due to Iran and Hezbollah ties], ''FDD'', July 25, 2024.

Latest Developments

Berlin shut down the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) due to its ties with Iran and Hezbollah and its promotion of radical Islamism, the German Interior Ministry said on July 24. Acting on a court order, German authorities have begun searching 53 of the IZH’s properties in eight federal states, the ministry said. The IZH “promotes an Islamist-extremist, totalitarian ideology in Germany,” supports “the terrorists of Hezbollah,” and spreads “aggressive antisemitism,” said Interior Minister Nancy Faeser in a statement. The ministry also noted that “as the direct representative of Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution,’ the IZH disseminates the ideology of the Islamic Revolution in an aggressive and militant way and seeks to bring about such a revolution in the Federal Republic of Germany.”</blockquote></ref>

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In response, Iran (Ali Bagheri Kani) warned of ‘consequences’ over Germany closing Tehran-linked Islamic centers.<ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202407271645 Iran warns of ‘consequences’ after Germany closes Tehran-linked Islamic centers], IranIntl, 07/27/2024.<blockquote>

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In response, Iran (Ali Bagheri Kani) warned of ‘consequences’ over Germany closing Tehran-linked Islamic centers .<ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202407271645 Iran warns of ‘consequences’ after Germany closes Tehran-linked Islamic centers], IranIntl, 07/27/2024.<blockquote>

Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani warned Germany on Saturday that its closure of Tehran-linked Islamic centers will have consequences.</blockquote></ref>

===Political conditions===

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Iran's post-revolution difficulties have included an 8-year war with Iraq, internal political struggles and unrest, and economic disorder. The early days of the regime were characterized by severe human rights violations and political turmoil, including the seizure of the U.S. Embassy compound and its occupants on 4 November 1979, by Iranian student militants. Iranian authorities released the 52 hostages only after 444 days of captivity, minutes after [[Ronald Reagan]]'~~s inauguration~~ as the 40th president of the United States.<ref>[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iran-hostage-crisis-ends Iran Hostage Crisis Ends], ''History.com''</ref>

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Iran's post-revolution difficulties have included an 8-year war with Iraq, internal political struggles and unrest, and economic disorder. The early days of the regime were characterized by severe human rights violations and political turmoil, including the seizure of the U.S. Embassy compound and its occupants on 4 November 1979 by Iranian student militants. Iranian authorities released the 52 hostages only after 444 days of captivity, minutes after [[Ronald Reagan]]'s inauguration as the 40th president of the United States .<ref>[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iran-hostage-crisis-ends Iran Hostage Crisis Ends], ''History.com''</ref>

[[Image:Iran ethnoreligious distribution 2004.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Ethno-religious distribution]]

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By mid-1982, the clergy had won a succession of post-Revolution power struggles that eliminated first the center of the political spectrum and then the leftists, including the communist Tudeh party and the cult-like Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization ([[MEK]] or MKO). Assassinations, throwing acid in the faces of women who refused to wear the veil, and other acts of violence punctuated this period. There has been some moderation of excesses since the early days of the revolution, and the country experienced a partial "thaw" in terms of political and social freedoms during the tenure of former president Khatami, but serious problems remained. The administration of former President Ahmadi-Nejad had witnessed a crackdown on Iranian civil society, continued human rights violations, and worsening constraints on press freedom and civil liberties. ~~Current~~ president [[Hassan Rouhani]] did not ~~changed~~ anything.

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By mid-1982, the clergy had won a succession of post-Revolution power struggles that eliminated first the center of the political spectrum and then the leftists, including the communist Tudeh party and the cult-like Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization ([[MEK]] or MKO). Assassinations, throwing acid in the faces of women who refused to wear the veil, and other acts of violence punctuated this period. There has been some moderation of excesses since the early days of the revolution, and the country experienced a partial "thaw" in terms of political and social freedoms during the tenure of former president Khatami, but serious problems remained. The administration of former President Ahmadi-Nejad had witnessed a crackdown on Iranian civil society, continued human rights violations, and worsening constraints on press freedom and civil liberties. The current president [[Hassan Rouhani]] did not change anything.

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The Islamic Republican Party (IRP) was Iran's sole political party until its [[dissolution]] in 1987. Iran now has a variety of groups engaged in political activity; some are oriented along ideological lines or based on an identity group, others are more akin to professional political parties seeking members and recommending candidates for office. Some have been active participants in the Revolution's political life while others reject the state. Conservatives consistently thwarted the efforts of reformists during the Khatami era and have consolidated their control on power since the flawed elections for the seventh Majles in 2004 and president Ahmadi-Nejad's victory in 2005. The party of Khamenei is the Combatant Clergy Association. President [[Hassan Rouhani]] is a member of it.

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The Islamic Republican Party (IRP) was Iran's sole political party until its [[dissolution]] in 1987. Iran now has a variety of groups engaged in political activity; some are oriented along ideological lines or based on an identity group, others are more akin to professional political parties seeking members and recommending candidates for office. Some have been active participants in the Revolution's political life while others reject the state. Conservatives consistently thwarted the efforts of reformists during the Khatami era and have consolidated their control of power since the flawed elections for the seventh Majles in 2004 and president Ahmadi-Nejad's victory in 2005. The party of Khamenei is the Combatant Clergy Association. President [[Hassan Rouhani]] is a member of it.

The Iranian Government has faced armed opposition from a number of groups, including the MEK (which the U.S. Government added to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations in 1999), the People's Fedayeen, and the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI).

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===Genocidal===

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~~Threatening~~ to nuke and/or wipe off ~~Israel of~~ the map ~~has~~ been made by Iran including in 1991,<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-04-mn-23412-story.html COLUMN ONE]: Hezbollah: The Latin Connection : Bombings in Argentina and Panama prompt concern over the radical group's growing presence in the region. Experts say lax security and porous borders create a prime base for terrorists, by Tracy Wilkinson, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, August 04, 1994.<blockquote>

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Threats to nuke and/or wipe Israel off the map have been made by Iran, including in 1991 ,<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-04-mn-23412-story.html COLUMN ONE]: Hezbollah: The Latin Connection : Bombings in Argentina and Panama prompt concern over the radical group's growing presence in the region. Experts say lax security and porous borders create a prime base for terrorists, by Tracy Wilkinson, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, August 04, 1994.<blockquote>

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The embassy's cultural affairs officer, Imam Mohsen Rabbani, rose. "Israel," he intoned in accented Spanish, "must disappear from the face of the Earth." He and a dozen speakers who followed quoted Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and called for unity in the fight against Zionism and the satanism of the West</blockquote></ref><ref>Iran's Strategic Penetration of Latin America. United States: Lexington Books, 2014. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oqDYBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 15].<blockquote>

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The embassy's cultural affairs officer, Imam Mohsen Rabbani, rose. "Israel," he intoned in accented Spanish, "must disappear from the face of the Earth." He and a dozen speakers who followed quoted Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and called for unity in the fight against Zionism and the satanism of the West</blockquote></ref> <ref>Iran's Strategic Penetration of Latin America. United States: Lexington Books, 2014. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oqDYBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 15].<blockquote>

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Mohsen Rabbani, who in 1991 stood before a group of Shi'ite Muslims and radical right-wing Argentine activists and stated openly, “Israel must disappear from the face of the Earth,” to universal applause.</blockquote></ref> in 2001,<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20011217215125/https://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_4.html Iran's Rafsanjani Suggests Nuclear Attack on Israel]," World Tribune (London), December 17, 2001.<blockquote>

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Mohsen Rabbani, who in 1991 stood before a group of Shi'ite Muslims and radical right-wing Argentine activists and stated openly, “Israel must disappear from the face of the Earth,” to universal applause.</blockquote></ref> in 2001 ,<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20011217215125/https://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_4.html Iran's Rafsanjani Suggests Nuclear Attack on Israel]," World Tribune (London), December 17, 2001.<blockquote>

One of Iran’s most influential ruling clerics called on the Muslim states to use nuclear weapon against Israel, assuring them that while such an attack would annihilate Israel, it would cost them "damages only".

The speech by former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani failed to catch the attention of the western press but made waves in the Middle East.

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The Pentagon, which has pressed for a second stage in the U.S. war against terrorism, does not support any military campaign against Iran. Instead, officials have urged that Washington target the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

On Monday, Iranian President Mohammed Khatami said the stifling of dissent in the country could spark a new wave of student protests, Middle East Newsline reported. Over the last 20 months, officials said, 56 publications have been closed. This includes 24 daily newspapers.

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U.S. officials acknowledge that Iran is more advanced than Iraq in both missile development and weapons of mass destruction. They said that Iran, with Russian help, has succeeded in advancing its nuclear project and they could arrive at weapons capability as early as 2005.</blockquote></ref> 2002,<ref>Rubenstein, R. L. (2010). Jihad and Genocide. United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UyNR4AAevwIC&pg=PA122 122].<blockquote>An even more ominous threat was anuttered on January 31, 2002, by Ahmadinejad's superior, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who called for continued terrorism against the “cancerous tumor of Zionism . .,” a biological metaphor often used by political leaders to express genocidal intend.</blockquote></ref> 2005,<ref>Ewen MacAskill and Chris McGreal, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/27/israel.iran Israel should be wiped off map, says Iran's president], ''The Guardian'', 26 Oct 2005.</ref>

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U.S. officials acknowledge that Iran is more advanced than Iraq in both missile development and weapons of mass destruction. They said that Iran, with Russian help, has succeeded in advancing its nuclear project and they could arrive at weapons capability as early as 2005.</blockquote></ref> 2002 ,<ref>Rubenstein, R. L. (2010). Jihad and Genocide. United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UyNR4AAevwIC&pg=PA122 122].<blockquote>An even more ominous threat was anuttered on January 31, 2002, by Ahmadinejad's superior, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who called for continued terrorism against the “cancerous tumor of Zionism . .,” a biological metaphor often used by political leaders to express genocidal intend.</blockquote></ref> and 2005 ,<ref>Ewen MacAskill and Chris McGreal, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/27/israel.iran Israel should be wiped off map, says Iran's president], ''The Guardian'', 26 Oct 2005.</ref>

[[File:Purim-Then-Iran-Today-1.jpg|thumb|Islamic fascist Republic of Iran threatens to wipe off map]]

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May 2012, <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120520131117/http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9102112759 Top Commander Reiterates Iran's Commitment to Full Annihilation of Israel], FARS News Agency, May 20, 2012.</ref><ref>Margaret Wente, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/cut-off-iran-its-about-time/article4534519/ Opinion: Cut off Iran? It’s about time], ''The Globe and Mail'', Sep 11, 2012.</ref><ref>Reza Kahlili, [https://news.yahoo.com/iran-committed-full-annihilation-israel-says-top-iranian-033409439.html Iran committed to 'full annihilation of Israel,' says top Iranian military commander], The Daily Caller, via Yahoo News, May 20, 2012.<blockquote>“The Iranian nation is standing for its cause and that is the full annihilation of Israel,” Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi said in a speech...</blockquote></ref> Sep 2012,<ref>Yoel Goldman, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/war-with-cancerous-tumor-israel-will-eventually-happen-says-iranian-general/ War with ‘cancerous tumor Israel’ will eventually happen, says Iranian general], ''TOI'', 22 September 2012.<blockquote>

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May 2012 <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120520131117/http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9102112759 Top Commander Reiterates Iran's Commitment to Full Annihilation of Israel], FARS News Agency, May 20, 2012.</ref> <ref>Margaret Wente, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/cut-off-iran-its-about-time/article4534519/ Opinion: Cut off Iran? It’s about time], ''The Globe and Mail'', Sep 11, 2012.</ref> <ref>Reza Kahlili, [https://news.yahoo.com/iran-committed-full-annihilation-israel-says-top-iranian-033409439.html Iran committed to 'full annihilation of Israel,' says top Iranian military commander], The Daily Caller, via Yahoo News, May 20, 2012.<blockquote>“The Iranian nation is standing for its cause and that is the full annihilation of Israel,” Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi said in a speech...</blockquote></ref> Sep 2012 ,<ref>Yoel Goldman, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/war-with-cancerous-tumor-israel-will-eventually-happen-says-iranian-general/ War with ‘cancerous tumor Israel’ will eventually happen, says Iranian general], ''TOI'', 22 September 2012.<blockquote>

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Commander of Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Ali Jafari claims Iran will ‘destroy the Jewish state’</blockquote></ref> 2014,<ref>[http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/07/25/irans-khamenei-we-will-arm-palestinians-until-israel-is-wiped-off-map/ Iran’s Khamenei: We Will Arm Palestinians Until Israel is Wiped Off Map], ''Algemeiner'' July 25, 2014.</ref> 2019,<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-guards-chief-says-destroying-israel-is-not-a-dream-but-an-achievable-goal/ ISRAEL MUST BE 'WIPED OFF MAP' AND IRAN HAS 'THE CAPACITY' - Iran Guards chief: Destroying Israel now not a dream but an ‘achievable goal’],

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Commander of Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Ali Jafari claims Iran will ‘destroy the Jewish state’</blockquote></ref> 2014 ,<ref>[http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/07/25/irans-khamenei-we-will-arm-palestinians-until-israel-is-wiped-off-map/ Iran’s Khamenei: We Will Arm Palestinians Until Israel is Wiped Off Map], ''Algemeiner'' July 25, 2014.</ref> 2019 ,<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-guards-chief-says-destroying-israel-is-not-a-dream-but-an-achievable-goal/ ISRAEL MUST BE 'WIPED OFF MAP' AND IRAN HAS 'THE CAPACITY' - Iran Guards chief: Destroying Israel now not a dream but an ‘achievable goal’],

In claim prominently reported in Iran, former Major General Hossein Salami declared that Tehran was able to annihilate 'the impostor Zionist regime'</blockquote>

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By AFP and TOI STAFF, 30 September, 2019.</ref> 2020.<ref>Asher Stockler, [https://www.newsweek.com/iran-israel-anti-semitism-poster-1506012 Iran's Supreme Leader 'Echoing Hitler's Call for Genocide' With Palestine 'Resistance' Post, Mike Pompeo Says], ''Newsweek, 5/22/20.<blockquote>

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By AFP and TOI STAFF, 30 September, 2019.</ref> 2020 .<ref>Asher Stockler, [https://www.newsweek.com/iran-israel-anti-semitism-poster-1506012 Iran's Supreme Leader 'Echoing Hitler's Call for Genocide' With Palestine 'Resistance' Post, Mike Pompeo Says], ''Newsweek, 5/22/20.<blockquote>

“Khamenei's threats to carry out ‘The Final Solution’ against Israel bring to mind the Nazi 'Final Solution' plan to annihilate the Jewish People,” the Israeli prime minister's office wrote on Twitter.</blockquote></ref>

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Promoting genocide online at [[Guardian of Walls]], including via Hitler, his genocide praising hashtags:

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Promoting genocide online at [[Guardian of Walls]], including via Hitler, his genocide-praising hashtags:

<ref>Brian Bennet, "[https://time.com/6071615/iran-disinformation-united-states/ Exclusive: Iran Steps up Efforts to Sow Discord Inside the U.S.], Time Magazine, June 7, 2021.</ref>

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…But within days of the conflict beginning last month in Israel and Gaza Twitter accounts linked to Iran were amplifying anti-Semitic messages in English, including the phrases “hitler was [sic] right” and “kill all jews” at a rate of 175 times per minute, according to analysis by Network Contagion Research Institute.</blockquote>

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In Nov 2021, Iranian Brig.-Gen. urges destruction of Israel prior to nuke talks.<ref>Benjamin Weinthal, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/iranian-brig-gen-urges-destruction-of-israel-prior-to-nuke-talks-687248 Iranian Brig.-Gen. urges destruction of Israel prior to nuke talks], ''JPost'', Nov 28, 2021.<blockquote>"We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter..."</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/1638133889-iran-rep-urges-israel-s-annihilation-before-nuclear-talks Iran Rep. Urges Israel's 'annihilation' Before Nuclear Talks], i24news, Nov 28, 2021.<blockquote>Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a top-level spokesperson for Iran's armed forces, called for the destruction of Israel on Saturday.</blockquote></ref>

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In Nov 2021, Iranian Brig.-Gen. urges destruction of Israel prior to nuke talks .<ref>Benjamin Weinthal, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/iranian-brig-gen-urges-destruction-of-israel-prior-to-nuke-talks-687248 Iranian Brig.-Gen. urges destruction of Israel prior to nuke talks], ''JPost'', Nov 28, 2021.<blockquote>"We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter..."</blockquote></ref> <ref>[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/1638133889-iran-rep-urges-israel-s-annihilation-before-nuclear-talks Iran Rep. Urges Israel's 'annihilation' Before Nuclear Talks], i24news, Nov 28, 2021.<blockquote>Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a top-level spokesperson for Iran's armed forces, called for the destruction of Israel on Saturday.</blockquote></ref>

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In March 2022, Iran (via mouthpiece): "Israel's nuclear weapons will not prevent its destruction (sic)."<ref>Lt. Col. M. Segal, [https://jcpa.org.il/article/%d7%94%d7%a0%d7%a9%d7%a7-%d7%94%d7%92%d7%a8%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%99-%d7%a9%d7%91%d7%99%d7%93%d7%99-%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9c-%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%99%d7%9e%d7%a0%d7%a2-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a9/ (Iran:) "Israel's nuclear weapons will not prevent its destruction (sic)]", ''JCPA'', March 11, 2022.<blockquote>

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In March 2022, Iran (via mouthpiece): "Israel's nuclear weapons will not prevent its destruction (sic)." <ref>Lt. Col. M. Segal, [https://jcpa.org.il/article/%d7%94%d7%a0%d7%a9%d7%a7-%d7%94%d7%92%d7%a8%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%99-%d7%a9%d7%91%d7%99%d7%93%d7%99-%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9c-%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%99%d7%9e%d7%a0%d7%a2-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a9/ (Iran:) "Israel's nuclear weapons will not prevent its destruction (sic)]", ''JCPA'', March 11, 2022.<blockquote>

Iran threatens retaliation for killing IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) men in attack on Syria ...

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On Apr 29, 2022, what the Islamic Republic calls "Jerusalem Day", during which masses took to the streets and there were a series of demonstrations of rage and aggressive speeches, the head of the Revolutionary Guards ([[IRGC]]) at the time, Hossein Salami, said: "Israel is creating the conditions for its destruction..."<ref name=mako-30.04.22/>

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On Apr 29, 2022, what the Islamic Republic calls "Jerusalem Day", during which masses took to the streets and there were a series of demonstrations of rage and aggressive speeches, the head of the Revolutionary Guards ([[IRGC]]) at the time, Hossein Salami, said: "Israel is creating the conditions for its destruction..." <ref name=mako-30.04.22/>

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*Iran has organized Holocaust cartoons events to belittle and deny the Holocaust - 2006, 2016.<ref>[https://sandiego.adl.org/irans-second-international-holocaust-cartoon-exhibition-opens-on-may-14/ Iran’s Second International Holocaust Cartoon Exhibition Opens On May 14] ADL, May 11, 2016</ref>

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*Iran has organized Holocaust cartoons events to belittle and deny the Holocaust - 2006, 2016.<ref>[https://sandiego.adl.org/irans-second-international-holocaust-cartoon-exhibition-opens-on-may-14/ Iran’s Second International Holocaust Cartoon Exhibition Opens On May 14] ADL, May 11, 2016</ref>The [[Anti-Defamation League]] has long named Iran as a premier backer of global anti-Semitism.<ref name=newsweek/>

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The [[Anti-Defamation League]] has long named Iran as a premier backer of global anti-Semitism.<ref name=newsweek/>

Khamenei uses his social media accounts to spread hatred, violence, and dangerous disinformation.<ref>[https://www.adl.org/blog/twitter-must-de-platform-irans-supreme-leader Twitter Must De-Platform Iran's Supreme Leader | Anti-Defamation League], ''ADL'', Mar 19, 2021.<blockquote>Ayatollah Ali Khamenei uses his social media accounts to spread hatred, violence, and dangerous disinformation.</blockquote></ref><ref>"Why won't Twitter ban Khamenei when it permanently suspended Trump?," ''Arab News,'' Mar 21, 2021.<blockquote>DUBAI: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is notorious for using his Twitter accounts to incite hate, violence and disinformation.</blockquote></ref>

* In May 2020, Khamenei uttered his much publicized genocidal threat, implying to carry out ‘The Final Solution.’<ref name=newsweek>Asher Stockler, [https://www.newsweek.com/iran-israel-anti-semitism-poster-1506012 Iran's Supreme Leader 'Echoing Hitler's Call for Genocide' With Palestine 'Resistance' Post, Mike Pompeo Says], ''Newsweek, 5/22/20.<blockquote>

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“Khamenei's threats to carry out ‘The Final Solution’ against Israel bring to mind the Nazi 'Final Solution' plan to annihilate the Jewish People,” the Israeli prime minister's office wrote on Twitter.</blockquote></ref> [[Twitter]], at the time why it banned Trump but allowed -dangerous genocidal- Khamenei go on.<ref>Benjamin Kerstein, [https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/07/29/top-twitter-exec-declines-to-tell-knesset-why-ayatollahs Top Twitter Exec Declines to Tell Knesset Why Ayatollah’s Calls for Genocide Are Not Banned], ''Algemeiner'', July 29, 2020.

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“Khamenei's threats to carry out ‘The Final Solution’ against Israel bring to mind the Nazi 'Final Solution' plan to annihilate the Jewish People,” the Israeli prime minister's office wrote on Twitter.</blockquote></ref> [[Twitter]], at the time why it banned Trump but allowed -dangerous genocidal- Khamenei to go on.<ref>Benjamin Kerstein, [https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/07/29/top-twitter-exec-declines-to-tell-knesset-why-ayatollahs Top Twitter Exec Declines to Tell Knesset Why Ayatollah’s Calls for Genocide Are Not Banned], ''Algemeiner'', July 29, 2020.

<blockquote>A top Twitter executive who took part in a Knesset hearing on Wednesday declined to say why her company had not taken action against genocidal incitement by Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...

Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A:

I kid you not! At Knesset hearing on Antisemitism, @Twitter rep tells me they flag @realDonaldTrump because it serves ‘public conversation’, but not Iran's @khamenei_ir call for GENOCIDE, which passes for acceptable 'commentary on political issues of the day'.</blockquote></ref>

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* In 2021, Iranian Cartoonist Masoud Shojaei Tabatabaei on the Islamic Republic Holocaust denial event / Holocaust cartoon contests years earlier he organized:<ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/iran-holocaust-cartoon-contest-organizer-masoud-shoujaei-tabtabaei Iranian Cartoonist Masoud Shojaei Tabatabaei on the Holocaust Cartoon Contests He Organized: Our Contests Were Counterattacks for the P... Muhammad Cartoons], Memri, Sep 9, 2021</ref><blockquote>"Our Contests Were Counterattacks for the P... Muhammad Cartoons."</blockquote>

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* In 2021, Iranian Cartoonist Masoud Shojaei Tabatabaei commented on the Islamic Republic Holocaust denial event / Holocaust cartoon contests years earlier he organized:<ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/iran-holocaust-cartoon-contest-organizer-masoud-shoujaei-tabtabaei Iranian Cartoonist Masoud Shojaei Tabatabaei on the Holocaust Cartoon Contests He Organized: Our Contests Were Counterattacks for the P... Muhammad Cartoons], Memri, Sep 9, 2021</ref><blockquote>"Our Contests Were Counterattacks for the P... Muhammad Cartoons."</blockquote>

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* In Mar/2022, Iran unleashed an ~~Antisemitic~~ attack on Zelensky at its 'Fars News.'<ref>Seth J. Frantzman, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-700884 Iranian media slanders Zelensky with antisemitic article],” ''Jerusalem Post'', March 10, 2022.</ref>

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* In Mar 2022, Iran unleashed an antisemitic attack on Zelensky at its 'Fars News.'<ref>Seth J. Frantzman, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-700884 Iranian media slanders Zelensky with antisemitic article],” ''Jerusalem Post'', March 10, 2022.</ref>

* On Apr 27, 2022:<ref>BenSabti @BeniSabti Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/BeniSabti/status/1519400181476864000 Apr 27, 2022]):

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On Holocaust Remembrance Day & QudsDay2022 eve, Iran paper KAYHAN affiliated to [[Ali Khamenei|Khamenei]] attacks Jews in a very Antisemitic article: "Jews killed [sic] the Shiite leaders" & praises Hitler "because he was wise [sic] so he tried to get rid of them"!</blockquote></ref><blockquote>On Holocaust Remembrance Day & QudsDay2022 eve, Iran paper KAYHAN affiliated to [[Ali Khamenei|Khamenei]] attacks Jews in a very Antisemitic article: "Jews killed [sic] the Shiite leaders" & praises Hitler "because he was wise [sic] so he tried to get rid of them"!</blockquote>

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As Iran's Mohammad Ali Geraei, the world wrestling champion, (in Aug/2022) expressed his admiration for "Hitler" as his legend among all the people in the world,<ref>Iran International Sports @iranintlsport Tweeted (Aug 28, 2022):

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As Iran's Mohammad Ali Geraei, the world wrestling champion (in Aug/2022) expressed his admiration for "Hitler" as his legend among all the people in the world,<ref>Iran International Sports @iranintlsport Tweeted (Aug 28, 2022):

([https://twitter.com/iranintlsport/status/1563834389892661248 1]):<blockquote>

Yesterday, in an interview with the Khabar Sports newspaper, Mohammad Ali Geraei, the world wrestling champion, talked about his love for Zlatan, Muhammad Ali, the legend of boxing and Esteghlal Club, and in a part of his speech, he mentioned "Hitler" as his legend among all the people in the world. He introduced the title of someone who had "great thoughts" in his head!</blockquote>

([https://twitter.com/iranintlsport/status/1563834843338838016 2]):<blockquote>

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But the question is, how is the education system in Iran that Adolf #Hitler, as one of the biggest criminals in history and the initiator of World War II, becomes a legend of a national hero?</blockquote></ref> it was asked by ''Iran International Sports '':<blockquote>how is the education system in Iran that Adolf Hitler, as one of the biggest criminals in history and the initiator of World War II, becomes a legend of a national hero?</blockquote>

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But the question is, how is the education system in Iran that Adolf #Hitler, as one of the biggest criminals in history and the initiator of World War II, becomes a legend of a national hero?</blockquote></ref> it was asked by ''Iran International Sports'':<blockquote>how is the education system in Iran that Adolf Hitler, as one of the biggest criminals in history and the initiator of World War II, becomes a legend of a national hero?</blockquote>

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*In January 2024, the Iranian pro-government Tasnim News created a fake image of a Kurdish businessman with a rabbi, to justify killing the businessman. ~~Illustrating~~ Iran’s regime lurching into antisemitic conspiracy theories.<ref>Seth J. Frantzman, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-783208 Iran regime media faked photo with rabbi to justify killing - analysis], ''JPost'', January 22, 2024.<blockquote>

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* In January 2024, the Iranian pro-government Tasnim News created a fake image of a Kurdish businessman with a rabbi, to justify killing the businessman. This illustrated Iran’s regime lurching into antisemitic conspiracy theories.<ref>Seth J. Frantzman, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-783208 Iran regime media faked photo with rabbi to justify killing - analysis], ''JPost'', January 22, 2024.<blockquote>

The report Iran then created fake images of the victim with a rabbi to justify his killing appears to illustrate Iran’s regime lurching into antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Iranian pro-government Tasnim News created a fake image of a Kurdish businessman with a rabbi, to justify killing the businessman. The image, posted to social media, began in Farsi media in pro-government Iranian circles and then was also posted on Tasnim’s English language site on Sunday.

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There has been a flow of 'Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial in Iran: by the State Narratives Since 1979.'<ref>[https://iranwire.com/en/features/10866 Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial in Iran: A Review of State Narratives Since 1979.] Iran Wire.</ref>

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Historian reminds <ref name=jta-122005>[https://www.jta.org/archive/despite-holocaust-denial-iran-seen-to-have-worked-with-nazis Despite Holocaust Denial, Iran Seen to Have Worked with Nazis]. ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', December 20, 2005.</ref> that Iran’s Islamist [[Holocaust denial]] under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is contradicted by Iran’s historical ties to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany during [[World War II]]

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<ref name=jta-122005>[https://www.jta.org/archive/despite-holocaust-denial-iran-seen-to-have-worked-with-nazis Despite Holocaust Denial, Iran Seen to Have Worked with Nazis]. ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', December 20, 2005.</ref> that Islamist ~~regime of Iran’s~~ [[Holocaust denial]] under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is contradicted by Iran’s historical ties to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany during [[World War II]].

Iran has one of the worst records in malicious Holocaust denial.<ref>[https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-kits/press-guide-to-holocaust-denial-in-iran Press Guide to Holocaust Denial in Iran], USHMM</ref>

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~~Condemned~~ already in 2007.<ref>[https://news.un.org/en/story/2007/01/207002-un-assembly-condemns-holocaust-denial-consensus-iran-disassociates-itself UN Assembly condemns Holocaust denial by consensus; Iran disassociates itself], ''UN'', Jan 26, 2007</ref>

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It was condemned already in 2007.<ref>[https://news.un.org/en/story/2007/01/207002-un-assembly-condemns-holocaust-denial-consensus-iran-disassociates-itself UN Assembly condemns Holocaust denial by consensus; Iran disassociates itself], ''UN'', Jan 26, 2007</ref>

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In Jan 2022, the ~~shamless~~ Mullahcracy Islamic ~~Relublic~~ was alone, the only one, against 193 members at the [[UN]] passing the resolution against Holocaust ~~Denial~~.<ref>Itamar Eichner, [https://m.ynet.co.il/Articles/60663620 History in the United Nations: A decision has passed a Holocaust denial], ''Ynet'', Jan 20, 2022.<blockquote>

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In Jan 2022, the shameless Mullahcracy Islamic Republic was alone, the only one, against 193 members at the [[UN]] passing the resolution against Holocaust denial.<ref>Itamar Eichner, [https://m.ynet.co.il/Articles/60663620 History in the United Nations: A decision has passed a Holocaust denial], ''Ynet'', Jan 20, 2022.<blockquote>

A week before the International Holocaust Day, the UN rally adopted in consensus and despite Iran resistance, decision against Holocaust denial. The decision sets for the first time and gives practical tools - but it is only symbolic. Ambassador at UN Erdan: "The Internet becomes an increase of forgery and fraud. No one will distort our history."

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Iran's president Raisi was blasted for questioning if Holocaust was real (in is [[CBS]] 60 Minutes interview, Sep 2022).<ref name=newsweek-19sep2022>Zoe Strozewski, [https://www.newsweek.com/iranian-president-blasted-questioning-if-holocaust-was-real-1744265 Iranian President Blasted for Questioning if Holocaust Was Real], ''Newsweek'', Sep 19, 2022.</ref>

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Iran's president Raisi was blasted for questioning whether the Holocaust was real (in his [[CBS]] 60 Minutes interview, Sep 2022).<ref name=newsweek-19sep2022>Zoe Strozewski, [https://www.newsweek.com/iranian-president-blasted-questioning-if-holocaust-was-real-1744265 Iranian President Blasted for Questioning if Holocaust Was Real], ''Newsweek'', Sep 19, 2022.</ref>

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Not only does the Islamic regime deny the Holocaust (as late as 2023),<ref>[https://www.memri.org/reports/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-iran-irans-islamic-regime-denies-holocaust International Holocaust Remembrance Day In Iran: Iran's Islamic Regime Denies The Holocaust], ''Memri'', January 27, 2023.</ref> it's also disseminating venom internationally. In 2023, for example, in advance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iran's TV presented a series of interviews in English with Holocaust deniers and conspiracy theorists.<ref>"In Advance Of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iran's Channel 4 TV Presents Series Of Interviews In English With U.S., British Holocaust Deniers And Conspiracy Theorists," ''Memri'',

January 27, 2023.</ref>

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The July 12, 1994, AMIA attack on Jewish center AMIA in Argentina by Islamic Republic of ~~Iran's backed~~ [[Hezbollah]] ''Ansar Allah'': 85 civilians dead and over 300 ~~injured of multiple~~ nationalities. ~~The~~ attack is considered the worst antisemitic attack in the world since World ~~War II~~.<ref>Dina Siegel Vann, [https://www.ajc.org/news/25-years-since-the-amia-bombing-hezbollah-and-antisemitism 25 Years since the AMIA Bombing: Hezbollah and Antisemitism], AJC, July 17, 2019<blockquote>

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The July 12, 1994, AMIA attack on Jewish center AMIA in Argentina by the Islamic Republic of Iran–backed [[Hezbollah]] ''Ansar Allah'': 85 civilians dead and over 300 injured of multiple nationalities. The attack is considered the worst antisemitic attack in the world since World War II.<ref>Dina Siegel Vann, [https://www.ajc.org/news/25-years-since-the-amia-bombing-hezbollah-and-antisemitism 25 Years since the AMIA Bombing: Hezbollah and Antisemitism], AJC, July 17, 2019<blockquote>

This piece originally appeared in El País [https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/07/15/america/1563211046_479182.html].

This year marks 25 years of impunity following the terrible terrorist attack against the headquarters of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) in Buenos Aires. On July 18, 1994, following multiple warnings about the possibility of a new attack at the hands of Iran and its Hezbollah henchmen, and after the bombing in 1992 of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, a van loaded with explosives detonated in front of the building that represented the institutional heart of Judaism in Argentina. The attack left 85 civilians dead and over 300 injured of multiple nationalities. The attack is considered the worst antisemitic attack in the world since World War II. It shook Argentine society to its core and created a deep sense of vulnerability in the Jewish world at large.

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Targeting Jews in Panama shortly afterwards. The Alas Chiricanas Flight 901 ~~murdering~~ 12, mostly Jews July-19-1994.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/ali-hawa-jamal/bombing-of-alas-chircanas-airlines-flight-00901 Bombing of Alas Chiricanas Airlines Flight 00901], FBI.

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Targeting Jews in Panama shortly afterwards. The Alas Chiricanas Flight 901 murdered 12, mostly Jews, on July 19, 1994.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/ali-hawa-jamal/bombing-of-alas-chircanas-airlines-flight-00901 Bombing of Alas Chiricanas Airlines Flight 00901], FBI.

<blockquote>July 19, 1994, Panama.

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<ref>David Rose, [https://www.thejc.com/news/news/iran-mapping-jews-in-diaspora-for-kill-squads-7oGttorfFBj8ESfopZ7nfC?reloadTime=1676592000011 Iran ‘mapping’ Jews in diaspora for kill squads], ''The JC'', Feb 16, 2023. The hit squads would be deployed if Israel ever attacked Iran.</ref>

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Islamic Republic of Iran created a fake social network "Aduk", masquerading as if it ~~was Ultra~~-religious Jewish and or "settler." The Islamic Republic posted anti-Arab racist posts in order to stoke violence and defame Jews.<ref>"[https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-set-up-fake-social-media-network-to-stoke-violence-tensions-in-israel-report/ Iran set up fake social media network to stoke violence, tensions in Israel – report]", ''TOI'' STAFF, 3 Feb 2022.<blockquote>

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Islamic Republic of Iran created a fake social network "Aduk", masquerading as if it were ultra-religious Jewish and/or "settler." The Islamic Republic posted anti-Arab racist posts in order to stoke violence and defame Jews.<ref>"[https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-set-up-fake-social-media-network-to-stoke-violence-tensions-in-israel-report/ Iran set up fake social media network to stoke violence, tensions in Israel – report]", ''TOI'' STAFF, 3 Feb 2022.<blockquote>

‘Aduk’ group, masquerading as a nationalist and ultra-Orthodox news outlet, redistributed extremist and anti-Muslim material to encourage attacks on Arab Israelis, BBC says.

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Chris Stevenson, "Iran ‘mapping’ locations of Jewish diaspora for ‘hit squads to target’ in event of attack by Israel." ''The Independent'', 16 February 2023. <blockquote>

Hit squads could be deployed if Israel ever attacked Iran, it is claimed.</blockquote></ref>

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After the wave of condemnation against the right, the Shin Bet is updating. According to their tests, who follows the photoshop who presented the Champion Command Center As a Nazi with the "Hitler mustache" The GSS reveals this evening that the person who distributed the picture of the Command Central Maj. Yehuda Fux in Nazi uniform, is apparently an accountant operated by Iranians...

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===Iran's role in persecution of Mideast Christians===

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Though mainstream Western media [[narrative]] ~~is that~~ "only jihadists," such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS~~, are~~ behind the persecution of Christians in the region, the reality is much more complex than the simple image that jihadists came around and killed Christians. ~~Including in:~~ Lebanon (via [[Hezbollah]]), Syria, Yemen.<ref>David Isaac, [https://www.jns.org/irans-role-in-persecution-of-mideast-christians-is-overlooked-expert-says/ Iran's role in persecution of Mideast Christians is overlooked, expert says], ''JNS'', Mar 1, 2022.<blockquote>

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Though mainstream Western media [[narrative]] portray "only jihadists," such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS as being behind the persecution of Christians in the region, the reality is much more complex than the simple image that jihadists came around and killed Christians. This includes Lebanon (via [[Hezbollah]]), Syria, Yemen.<ref>David Isaac, [https://www.jns.org/irans-role-in-persecution-of-mideast-christians-is-overlooked-expert-says/ Iran's role in persecution of Mideast Christians is overlooked, expert says], ''JNS'', Mar 1, 2022.<blockquote>

According to York University's Farhad Rezaei, what distinguishes Iran when it comes to persecution of Christians is that it is pursuing a "strategy of eliminationism" – an organized, unrelenting, Nazi-like campaign to reduce the Christian presence in the Middle East.

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Though decades-old Iranian anti-Arab racism,<ref>Peter Tatchell, [https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/oct/26/iransantiarabracism Iran's anti-Arab racism], ''The Guardian'', Oct 26, 2007.</ref><ref>[https://www.fairobserver.com/region/middle_east_north_africa/rahim-hamid-ahwazi-arabs-ethnic-minorities-human-rights-iran-news-11112/ Iran's Minorities Face Double Discrimination], FairObserver,

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Dec 6, 2021<blockquote> — Ahwazi Arabs face state-sponsored suppression of any expression of their ethnic identity and culture as well as open anti-Arab racism.</blockquote></ref> oppression<ref>Tony Duheaume, [https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2017/04/14/ANALYSIS-Ethnic-restructuring-behind-Iranian-oppression-of-Ahwazi-Arabs ANALYSIS: ‘Ethnic restructuring’ behind Iranian oppression of Ahwazi Arabs] alArabiya, Published: 14 April ,2017. Updated: 20 May ,2020.</ref><ref>[https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/44316/persecution-of-ahwazi-arabs-in-iran PERSECUTION OF AHWAZI ARABS IN IRAN - Early Day Motions], UK Parliament, Jun 12, 2012.</ref> is rampant, the Iran Gov't Mullahcracy has been using the "Palestinians" to achieve its aims.<ref>[https://www.memri.org/reports/iranian-regime-uses-palestinians-accomplish-goals-islamic-revolution-%E2%80%93-destroying-israel-0 Iran Gov't Uses Palestinians To Achieve Its Aims], Memri, Sep 16, 2022.</ref>

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Dec 6, 2021<blockquote> — Ahwazi Arabs face state-sponsored suppression of any expression of their ethnic identity and culture as well as open anti-Arab racism.</blockquote></ref> and oppression<ref>Tony Duheaume, [https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2017/04/14/ANALYSIS-Ethnic-restructuring-behind-Iranian-oppression-of-Ahwazi-Arabs ANALYSIS: ‘Ethnic restructuring’ behind Iranian oppression of Ahwazi Arabs] alArabiya, Published: 14 April ,2017. Updated: 20 May ,2020.</ref><ref>[https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/44316/persecution-of-ahwazi-arabs-in-iran PERSECUTION OF AHWAZI ARABS IN IRAN - Early Day Motions], UK Parliament, Jun 12, 2012.</ref> are rampant, the Iran Gov't Mullahcracy has been using the "Palestinians" to achieve its aims.<ref>[https://www.memri.org/reports/iranian-regime-uses-palestinians-accomplish-goals-islamic-revolution-%E2%80%93-destroying-israel-0 Iran Gov't Uses Palestinians To Achieve Its Aims], Memri, Sep 16, 2022.</ref>

===Using criminals to attack Jews and Israeli targets in Europe===

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Exposed in 2024: Iran, in order to conceal its bloody hands ~~have~~ been using gangs, criminals to carry out terror attacks on Jews and Israeli targets in Europe, such as in Belgium Sweden and Germany.<ref>Lazar Berman, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/mossad-iran-backed-criminal-networks-behind-attacks-on-israeli-embassies-in-europe/ Mossad: Iran-backed criminal networks behind attacks on Israeli embassies in Europe], ''TOI'', 30 May, 2024.<blockquote>

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Exposed in 2024: Iran, in order to conceal its bloody hands, has been using gangs and criminals to carry out terror attacks on Jews and Israeli targets in Europe, such as in Belgium, Sweden and Germany.<ref>Lazar Berman, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/mossad-iran-backed-criminal-networks-behind-attacks-on-israeli-embassies-in-europe/ Mossad: Iran-backed criminal networks behind attacks on Israeli embassies in Europe], ''TOI'', 30 May, 2024.<blockquote>

Swedish intelligence agency confirms that Tehran is using local organizations -- including the Foxtrot and Rumba crime rings -- to attack Israeli and Jewish targets.</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/artc-exposed-how-iran-s-terror-network-is-targeting-jews-and-israelis-in-europe Exposed: How Iran's terror network is targeting Jews and Israelis in Europe], ''i24'', May 30, 2024.<blockquote>

International investigation establishes links between European criminal gangs attempting to attack Israeli embassies and Iran.</blockquote></ref>

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===500k "plan" to destroy ~~israel~~===

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===500k "plan" to destroy Israel===

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In 2025, it was revealed that Iran was funding Hamas' plan to destroy Israel. Hamas leaders asked Iran for $500 million in 2021 to destroy Israel within two years

"The intercepted documents reveal that Sinwar and Deif demanded $500 million from the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards."<ref>[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/artc-israel-s-defense-minister-reveals-iranian-funding-hamas-plan-to-destroy-israel Israel's Defense Minister reveals Iranian funding Hamas' plan to destroy Israel]

"The intercepted documents reveal that Sinwar and Deif demanded $500 million from the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards."

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In recent years it has become more emboldened.<ref>[https://www.hudson.org/research/9807-iran-takes-on-the-world Iran Takes on the World] Jamsheed K. Choksy, ''The Hudson inst.''</ref>

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In 2023, Iranian navy commander announced: Iran will ~~Have~~ 'a presence in the Panama Canal'; 'we ~~Have~~ established three ocean commands – the Indian ~~ocean~~ command, the Pacific ~~ocean~~ command, and the Atlantic ~~pcean~~ command'; 'We must wage a "great Jihad" in order to build a Great Iran' - he said.<ref>[https://www.memri.org/reports/iranian-navy-commander-shahram-irani-we-will-have-presence-panama-canal-we-have-established Iranian Navy Commander Shahram Irani: We Will Have 'A Presence In The Panama Canal'; 'We Have Established Three Ocean Commands – The Indian Ocean Command, the Pacific Ocean Command, and the Atlantic Ocean Command'; 'We Must Wage A "Great Jihad" In Order To Build A Great Iran'], ''Memri'', Aug 21, 2023.</ref>

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In 2023, an Iranian navy commander announced: Iran will have 'a presence in the Panama Canal'; 'we have established three ocean commands – the Indian Ocean command, the Pacific Ocean command, and the Atlantic Ocean command'; 'We must wage a "great Jihad" in order to build a Great Iran' - he said.<ref>[https://www.memri.org/reports/iranian-navy-commander-shahram-irani-we-will-have-presence-panama-canal-we-have-established Iranian Navy Commander Shahram Irani: We Will Have 'A Presence In The Panama Canal'; 'We Have Established Three Ocean Commands – The Indian Ocean Command, the Pacific Ocean Command, and the Atlantic Ocean Command'; 'We Must Wage A "Great Jihad" In Order To Build A Great Iran'], ''Memri'', Aug 21, 2023.</ref>

'''Global Plans'''

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The [[Associated Press]] reported in May, 2010, that a [[Muslim]] cleric ~~calls~~ for 'Greater Iran' - [[Shi'ite]] '''Islamic union''' would stretch from [[Afghanistan]] to [[Israel]]. Ayatollah Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi said the creation of what he termed an "Islamic United States" is a central aim of the political party he leads - called Hizbullah, or Party of God. He added that he hoped to make his vision a reality if the party won the next presidential election. "The Islamic United States will be an introduction to the formation of the global village of the oppressed and that will be a prelude to the single global rule of the Mahdi," the newspaper quoted him as saying.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100517022050/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixeFBxfLzaSjs8Mb8cuFmtPOT6-wD9FN9ING1 Iranian cleric wants creation of 'Greater Iran']

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The [[Associated Press]] reported in May 2010 that a [[Muslim]] cleric called for 'Greater Iran' - [[Shi'ite]] '''Islamic union''' would stretch from [[Afghanistan]] to [[Israel]]. Ayatollah Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi said the creation of what he termed an "Islamic United States" is a central aim of the political party he leads - called Hizbullah, or Party of God. He added that he hoped to make his vision a reality if the party won the next presidential election. "The Islamic United States will be an introduction to the formation of the global village of the oppressed and that will be a prelude to the single global rule of the Mahdi," the newspaper quoted him as saying.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100517022050/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixeFBxfLzaSjs8Mb8cuFmtPOT6-wD9FN9ING1 Iranian cleric wants creation of 'Greater Iran']

By Ali Akbar Dareini (AP). May 15, 2010.

[https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-resistance/iranian-cleric-wants-creation-of-greater-iran/ Iranian cleric wants creation of ‘Greater Iran’]. May 15, 2010.

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Pro-Iranian militants have been attacking U.S forces for years. Under Iranian general, [[Qasem Soleimani]], use of ~~IED's~~ was common.

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Pro-Iranian militants have been attacking U.S. forces for years. Under the Iranian general [[Qasem Soleimani]], use of IEDs was common.

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Recently (2023), Iran has continued to attack U.S. forces via missiles and drones.<ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-rocket-attack-targets-iraq-base-housing-us-troops/</ref>

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Following Iran's Mar 12, 2022, ~~attacking~~ Erbil,<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-701103 Missiles fired from Iran fall near US consulate in Erbil, Iraq - report], ''Jerusalem Post'', Mar 12, 2022.<blockquote>Some 12 missiles were fired from Iranian territory and fell near the US consulate in Erbil in northwestern Iraq on Saturday night.

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Following Iran's Mar 12, 2022, attack on Erbil,<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-701103 Missiles fired from Iran fall near US consulate in Erbil, Iraq - report], ''Jerusalem Post'', Mar 12, 2022.<blockquote>Some 12 missiles were fired from Iranian territory and fell near the US consulate in Erbil in northwestern Iraq on Saturday night.

The Kurdistan Counter-Terrorism Service announced that 12 ballistic missiles were fired from "outside the borders of Iraq and the Kurdistan region, specifically from the east," according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

Independent open-source intelligence (OSINT) accounts shared videos reportedly shared by Iranian civilians showing missiles being fired from Iran at the time of the attack, with at least one of the videos being geolocated to a site in Khasabad in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran.</blockquote></ref> via 12 missiles, reaching near US consulate and damaging [[Kurd]]ish media offices, a journalist: 'I have not seen a united Iraq around anything for a long time... Condemnations all-over-the-map against Iran.'<ref>roi kais • روعي كايس • רועי קייס (@kaisos1987) Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/kaisos1987/status/1503066261932105733 March 13, 2022]):<blockquote>Indeed, I have not seen a united Iraq around anything for a long time. Condemnations all-over-the-map [in Iraq] against Iran following the missile attack, from Erbil to Baghdad, including the "crowner" of kings Shiite preacher Muqtada al-Sadr. Why is this interesting? Because the shooting of the Iranians takes place on days when there is some breakthrough in the contacts for the formation of the government with the participation of factions affiliated with Iran.</blockquote></ref>

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All the weak [[Biden]] administration had to say that it ~~doesn~~'t believe it was the target...<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/fox-news-sunday-on-march-13-2022.amp Fox News Sunday, Mar 13, 2022]</ref>

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All the weak [[Biden]] administration had to say was that it didn't believe it was the target...<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/fox-news-sunday-on-march-13-2022.amp Fox News Sunday, Mar 13, 2022]</ref>

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It has then ~~went~~ back and forth, between cowardly appeasing the Iranians first then telling the truth.<ref>Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/farnazfassihi/status/1503493146860208132 Mar 14, 2022]):<blockquote>

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It has then gone back and forth, between cowardly appeasing the Iranians first and then telling the truth.<ref>Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/farnazfassihi/status/1503493146860208132 Mar 14, 2022]):<blockquote>

Update from @EricSchmittNYT: A senior Biden administration official refuted the earlier comment by a US official, saying the administration believes that the building that was hit was a civilian residence only and did not also serve as an Israeli training site.</blockquote>

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In August 2024, Trump campaign said it was hacked, blamed Iran.

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In August 2024, the Trump campaign said it was hacked and blamed Iran.

"The campaign statement came after the news website Politico said it began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump's operation."<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-814155 Trump campaign says it was hacked, blames Iran] ''Reuters''

August 10, 2024.</ref>

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=====Going after news outlets=====

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After the ''Iran International'' news was threatened ~~when~~ in the UK, it moved to be hosted in the US. Iran ~~has~~ then threatened the US over this.<ref>"Tehran threatens US with legal action for hosting Iran International," Al Monitor, February 21, 2023.<blockquote>

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After the ''Iran International'' news outlet was threatened in the UK, it moved to be hosted in the US. Iran then threatened the US over this.<ref>"Tehran threatens US with legal action for hosting Iran International," Al Monitor, February 21, 2023.<blockquote>

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani said on Tuesday that his country “reserves the right to legal pursuit” against the United States for hosting the Persian-language TV news network Iran International.

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=====Persecuting pro peace, pro Israel Iraqis=====

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On Friday, September 24, 2021, ~~conference in~~ the Kurdistan region, Iraqi participants called on their country’s leaders to end the state of war and join the so-called Abraham Accords. It was organised by US think-tank Center for Peace Communications in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan autonomous region.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-on-iraqis-call-for-normalization-israel-extends-its-hand-in-peace/ Bennett on Iraqis’ call for normalization: ‘Israel extends its hand in peace’] By TOI Staff, 25 September 2021.

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On Friday, September 24, 2021, at a conference in the Kurdistan region, Iraqi participants called on their country’s leaders to end the state of war and join the so-called Abraham Accords. It was organised by the US think-tank Center for Peace Communications in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan autonomous region.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-on-iraqis-call-for-normalization-israel-extends-its-hand-in-peace/ Bennett on Iraqis’ call for normalization: ‘Israel extends its hand in peace’] By TOI Staff, 25 September 2021.

PM praises gathering of hundreds of Sunni and Shiite notables, says 'recognition of the historical injustice done to the Jews of Iraq is especially important'.

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Between 1950 and 1952, over 100,000 Iraqi Jews emigrated to Israel as part of Operation Ezra and Nehemiah. With others driven to emigrate by further decades of repression and war, only a handful of Jews remain.</blockquote></ref>

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Pro-Iran militia said that normalizers are 'legitimate targets.' After death threats, Iraqis who attended pro-Israel normalization summit recanted.<ref>Aaron Boxerman, "[https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-death-threats-iraqis-who-attended-pro-israel-normalization-summit-recant/ After death threats, Iraqis who attended pro-Israel normalization summit recant]", TOI, 30 September 2021.

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Pro-Iran militia said that normalizers are 'legitimate targets.' After death threats, Iraqis who attended pro-Israel normalization summit recanted.<ref>Aaron Boxerman, "[https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-death-threats-iraqis-who-attended-pro-israel-normalization-summit-recant/ After death threats, Iraqis who attended pro-Israel normalization summit recant]", TOI, 30 September 2021.

Speaker says he didn’t mean to call for peace with Israel, others say they were misled about conference’s content; pro-Iran militia says normalizers are 'legitimate targets.'</ref>

=====Al-Kadhimi assassination attempt=====

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi addresses the nation following a drone strike that targeted his residence in Baghdad on November 7, 2021, amid ~~Escalating Tensions With~~ Iran-~~Backed Militias~~ <ref>[https://www.rferl.org/a/iraq-drone-attack-iran/31549714.html Iraqi PM Unharmed After Drone Attack Amid Escalating Tensions With Iran-Backed Militias] RFE/RL, Nov 7, 2021.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi addresses the nation following a drone strike that targeted his residence in Baghdad on November 7, 2021, amid escalating tensions with Iran-backed militias <ref>[https://www.rferl.org/a/iraq-drone-attack-iran/31549714.html Iraqi PM Unharmed After Drone Attack Amid Escalating Tensions With Iran-Backed Militias] RFE/RL, Nov 7, 2021.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi addresses the nation following a drone strike that targeted his residence in Baghdad on November 7. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi addresses the nation following a drone strike that targeted his residence in Baghdad on November 7.

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Kadhimi was unharmed in the attack, which the statement said was a “failed assassination attempt.”</blockquote></ref>

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Iraqi ~~Pundit~~:<ref>Hussain Abdul-Hussain @hahussain Tweeted ([https://mobile.twitter.com/hahussain/status/1457141796245549073 Nov 6, 2021]):

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Iraqi pundit:<ref>Hussain Abdul-Hussain @hahussain Tweeted ([https://mobile.twitter.com/hahussain/status/1457141796245549073 Nov 6, 2021]):

The Middle East will never be cured until the #Iran regime is obliterated. All other analysis is just for crisis management.</ref><blockquote>The Middle East will never be cured until the #Iran regime is obliterated. All other analysis is just for crisis management.</blockquote>

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It was later confirmed that Iran-backed militia was behind attack on Iraqi PM.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-backed-militia-behind-attack-on-iraqi-pm-security-officials-sources-684356 Iran-backed militia behind attack on Iraqi PM - security officials, sources], Reuters, JPost, Nov 8, 2021</ref>

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It was later confirmed that Iran-backed militia was behind the attack on the Iraqi PM.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-backed-militia-behind-attack-on-iraqi-pm-security-officials-sources-684356 Iran-backed militia behind attack on Iraqi PM - security officials, sources], Reuters, JPost, Nov 8, 2021</ref>

====Cyberattack on children hospital====

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FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau thwarted an Iranian government-backed cyberattack against Boston Children’s Hospital in 2021.</blockquote></ref>

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====Secret Service plot====In March 2022, two Muslim men, (Iranian) Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and (Pakistani) Haider Ali, 35, were arrested<ref>Katelyn Caralle, [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10696133/How-fake-DHS-agents-spent-18-MONTHS-trying-infiltrate-Secret-Service-Jill-Bidens-detail.html How 'fake' DHS agents spent 18 MONTHS trying to 'infiltrate Secret Service and Jill Biden's detail'], Daily Mail Online, Apr 7, 2022.

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In March 2022, two Muslim men, (Iranian) Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and (Pakistani) Haider Ali, 35, were arrested<ref>Katelyn Caralle, [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10696133/How-fake-DHS-agents-spent-18-MONTHS-trying-infiltrate-Secret-Service-Jill-Bidens-detail.html How 'fake' DHS agents spent 18 MONTHS trying to 'infiltrate Secret Service and Jill Biden's detail'], Daily Mail Online, Apr 7, 2022.

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<blockquote>Two fake Homeland agents - one 'with ties to Pakistani intelligence and multiple Iranian visas' - spent 18 months 'infiltrating and buying gifts for Jill Biden's Secret Service detail' in luxury DC building where they all lived and partied.</blockquote></ref> for impersonating federal agents and giving actual Secret Service agents gifts and free apartments in Washington. The two fake Homeland agents - one 'with ties to [[Pakistan]] intelligence<ref>Michael Balsamo, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-man-impersonated-agent-claimed-ties-to-pakistani-intel/2022/04/07/6f49f666-b6a9-11ec-8358-20aa16355fb4_story.html US: Man impersonated agent, claimed ties to Pakistani intel]," ''AP'', via ''WaPo'', April 7, 2022.

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<blockquote>Two fake Homeland agents - one 'with ties to Pakistani intelligence and multiple Iranian visas' - spent 18 months 'infiltrating and buying gifts for Jill Biden's Secret Service detail' in luxury DC building where they all lived and partied.</blockquote></ref> for impersonating federal agents and giving actual Secret Service agents gifts and free apartments in Washington. The two fake Homeland agents - one 'with ties to [[Pakistan]]i intelligence<ref>Michael Balsamo, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-man-impersonated-agent-claimed-ties-to-pakistani-intel/2022/04/07/6f49f666-b6a9-11ec-8358-20aa16355fb4_story.html US: Man impersonated agent, claimed ties to Pakistani intel]," ''AP'', via ''WaPo'', April 7, 2022.

WASHINGTON — One of two men accused of impersonating federal agents and giving actual Secret Service agents gifts and free apartments in Washington has claimed to have ties to Pakistani intelligence and had visas showing travel to Pakistan and Iran, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

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The men, Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 35, were arrested Wednesday. The FBI raided a luxury apartment building in Southeast Washington, where the men were staying and had been offering free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents and officers.

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During a court appearance Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Rothstein said Ali had told witnesses that he was affiliated with the Inter-Services Intelligence agency in Pakistan and that he had multiple visas from Pakistan and Iran in the months before prosecutors believe the men began impersonating U.S. law enforcement officials. Rothstein said the U.S. has not yet been able to verify the veracity of Ali’s claims to the witnesses.</blockquote></ref> Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and multiple Iranian visas' - spent 18 months 'infiltrating and buying gifts for Jill Biden's Secret Service detail' in luxury DC building where they all lived and partied. ~~Aim~~ was to compromise and ~~accessing~~ information.

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During a court appearance Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Rothstein said Ali had told witnesses that he was affiliated with the Inter-Services Intelligence agency in Pakistan and that he had multiple visas from Pakistan and Iran in the months before prosecutors believe the men began impersonating U.S. law enforcement officials. Rothstein said the U.S. has not yet been able to verify the veracity of Ali’s claims to the witnesses.</blockquote></ref> Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and multiple Iranian visas' - spent 18 months 'infiltrating and buying gifts for Jill Biden's Secret Service detail' in luxury DC building where they all lived and partied. Their aim was to compromise and access information.

====Assassinations plots====

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No less interesting than the operation of the Mossad that arrested and released a few months ago after an investigation in Iran the Quds Force man Mansour Rassouli in connection with the planning of the assassination of one of the employees of the Israeli consulate in Turkey, is the decision to reveal the information and video. It is no coincidence that the guy probably survived. The battle for consciousness against the Iranians is part of the event.</blockquote></ref>

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The Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has invited one of its agents to assassinate an employee of the Israeli consulate in Istanbul~~, the~~ agent belongs to Unit 840 of the Quds Force, which deals with opponents of the Islamic Republic. He admitted that he received $ 150,000 for the preparations for the assassination, and was supposed to receive $ 1 million after he managed to eliminate the 3 targets.

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The Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has invited one of its agents to assassinate an employee of the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. The agent belongs to Unit 840 of the Quds Force, which deals with opponents of the Islamic Republic. He admitted that he received $150,000 for the preparations for the assassination, and was supposed to receive $1 million after he managed to eliminate the three targets. He was arrested in Europe.<ref name=mako-30.04.22>Nir Dvori, [https://www.mako.co.il/news-military/2022_q2/Article-2bce219b0897081026.htm The Mossad thwarted Iran's attempt to harm Israeli diplomats in Istanbul], N12, 30/04/22

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He was arrested in Europe.<ref name=mako-30.04.22>Nir Dvori, [https://www.mako.co.il/news-military/2022_q2/Article-2bce219b0897081026.htm The Mossad thwarted Iran's attempt to harm Israeli diplomats in Istanbul], N12, 30/04/22

The suspect in the assassination attempt is a member of the Revolutionary Guards. • He was arrested and taken for questioning in a European country.

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Last February, an attempt to assassinate Israeli businessman Yair Geller in Turkey was thwarted. Israeli and Turkish intelligence forces worked together to thwart the assassination attempt, which came as revenge and in response to the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Muhsin Fakhrizada in 2020.</blockquote></ref>

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In Aug 2022, Iranian, Quds ~~force~~'s Shahram Poursafi was charged in plot to murder [[John Bolton]] on behalf of the [[IRGC]]. He offered cash for the murder to whom he believed ~~to be~~ of the Mexican cartel.<ref>Callie Patteson, [https://nypost.com/2022/08/10/iranian-shahram-poursafi-charged-in-plot-to-murder-john-bolton/ Iranian Shahram Poursafi charged in plot to murder John Bolton], ''NYPost'', Aug 10, 2022. Bolton said: It tells you that they "really threaten American citizens on US soil."

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In Aug 2022, Iranian Quds Force's Shahram Poursafi was charged in a plot to murder [[John Bolton]] on behalf of the [[IRGC]]. He offered cash for the murder to whom he believed were members of the Mexican cartel.<ref>Callie Patteson, [https://nypost.com/2022/08/10/iranian-shahram-poursafi-charged-in-plot-to-murder-john-bolton/ Iranian Shahram Poursafi charged in plot to murder John Bolton], ''NYPost'', Aug 10, 2022. Bolton said: It tells you that they "really threaten American citizens on US soil."

''PBS NewsHour'', Aug 10, 2022.</ref>

In Nov 2022, [[Georgia (country)]]’s security officials said Tuesday they have foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate an Israeli citizen on their soil.

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The murder had been planned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Quds Force, which conducts overseas operations of the [[IRGC]].

<ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202211158639 Georgia Says Plot To Kill Israeli Citizen By IRGC Foiled], Iran Intl, 11/15/2022.<blockquote>

Georgia’s security officials said Tuesday they have foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate an Israeli citizen on their soil.

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In Mar 2024, the FBI put out an alert: "Majid Dastjani Farahani, an Iranian intelligence officer, is wanted for questioning in connection with the recruitment of individuals for various operations in the United States, to include lethal targeting of current and former United States Government officials as revenge for the killing of IRGC-QF Commander Qasem Soleimani."

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Farahani, frequently travels between Iran and Venezuela and speaks English, Spanish, and French in addition to Persian. <ref>[https://iranwire.com/en/news/126093-fbi-issues-alert-for-iranian-agent-accused-of-plotting-assassinations/ FBI Issues Alert for Iranian Agent Accused of Plotting Assassinations], ''IranWire'', March 5, 2024</ref>

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Farahani frequently travels between Iran and Venezuela and speaks English, Spanish, and French in addition to Persian. <ref>[https://iranwire.com/en/news/126093-fbi-issues-alert-for-iranian-agent-accused-of-plotting-assassinations/ FBI Issues Alert for Iranian Agent Accused of Plotting Assassinations], ''IranWire'', March 5, 2024</ref>

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In 2024, [[Asif Merchant]], ~~Islamic Pakistani National~~, arrested for involvement in the Islamic Republic ~~of Iran~~'s plot to ~~assassinate~~ [[Donald Trump]].<ref>Eric Tucker, [https://apnews.com/article/iran-pakistan-murderforhire-trump-justice-department-5a3abe0895ae7c2be14f89fc4e49bc53 Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil] 'Associated Press'', August 7, 2024.

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In 2024, [[Asif Merchant]], an Islamic Pakistani national, was arrested for involvement in the Islamic Republic of Iran's plot to assassinate [[Donald Trump]].<ref>Eric Tucker, [https://apnews.com/article/iran-pakistan-murderforhire-trump-justice-department-5a3abe0895ae7c2be14f89fc4e49bc53 Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil] 'Associated Press'', August 7, 2024.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, including potentially of former President Donald Trump.

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[[File:Image (1).jpg|thumb|In Nov 2024, 3 Islamists Iran linked - charged with plot to asassinate Trump before the elections]]

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In Nov 2024, 3 Islamists Iran ~~linked -~~ charged with plot to ~~asassinate~~ Trump before the elections [Farhad Shakeri], on Oct 7 (the anniversary to Hamas "palestine" led atrocities attack).<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-murder-hire-and-related-charges-against-irgc-asset-and-two Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire and Related Charges Against IRGC Asset and Two Local Operatives], ''DOJ'', Nov 8, 2024.

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In Nov 2024, three Islamists linked to Iran were charged with a plot to assassinate Trump before the elections [Farhad Shakeri], on Oct 7 (the anniversary of the Hamas "palestine"-led atrocities attack).<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-murder-hire-and-related-charges-against-irgc-asset-and-two Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire and Related Charges Against IRGC Asset and Two Local Operatives], ''DOJ'', Nov 8, 2024.

Greg Norman, [https://www.foxnews.com/us/iranian-asset-2-others-charged-plot-assassinate-trump-doj-says.amp Iranian asset charged in plot to assassinate Trump, DOJ says]. ''Fox News'' November 7, 2024.</ref>

====Massacre plot in Greece====

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In Mar 2023 (some two weeks before Passover), two men of Pakistani origin, had been arrested for allegedly planning an Iranian led attack on a Jewish restaurant. The attack was considered to be imminent and to be intended to cause extensive loss of life.<ref>Derek Gatapoulos, Costas Kantouris and Josef Federman,

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In Mar 2023 (some two weeks before Passover), two men of Pakistani origin had been arrested for allegedly planning an Iranian-led attack on a Jewish restaurant. The attack was considered to be imminent and to be intended to cause extensive loss of life.<ref>Derek Gatapoulos, Costas Kantouris and Josef Federman,

[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greek-police-arrest-2-suspected-planning-terror-attacks-98180929 Israel's Netanyahu: Mossad helped Greece uncover terror plot], ''Associated Press'' via ''ABC News'', Mar 28, 2023.<blockquote>

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country’s intelligence agency Mossad helped Greece stop a terrorist attack planned against at least one Jewish site in Athens.</blockquote></ref>

====On Azerbaijan====

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In Jan 2023, the Islamic Republic sent its terrorists to attack [[Azerbaijan]] for getting ~~to closer~~ to Israel.<ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202301290027 Azerbaijan Evacuating Embassy In Iran Following Armed Attack], Iran Intl, 01/29/2023.</ref><ref>Nadeem Shad, [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64424745 Security guard killed in attack on Azeri embassy in Iran], ''BBC'', 27 January 2023</ref>

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In Jan 2023, the Islamic Republic sent its terrorists to attack [[Azerbaijan]] for getting too close to Israel.<ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202301290027 Azerbaijan Evacuating Embassy In Iran Following Armed Attack], Iran Intl, 01/29/2023.</ref><ref>Nadeem Shad, [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64424745 Security guard killed in attack on Azeri embassy in Iran], ''BBC'', 27 January 2023</ref>

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In 2024, Iran, IRGP plotted, paying $200,000 to a criminal, to murder Azerbaijani rabbi.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-848947 International drug traffickers and bribes: Inside Iran's plot to murder an Azerbaijani rabbi]. ''JPost'', Apr 5, 2025</ref>

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In 2024, Iran, IRGP plotted, paying $200,000 to a criminal to murder an Azerbaijani rabbi.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-848947 International drug traffickers and bribes: Inside Iran's plot to murder an Azerbaijani rabbi]. ''JPost'', Apr 5, 2025</ref>

"IRGC officials met with known drug trafficker Agil Aslanov last fall, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The officials gave Aslanov a photo of the rabbi and instructions on the killing."

====Threats====

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In July 2022, Iran~~, the~~ IRGC~~, declares~~ it ~~can~~ use nuclear missiles to turn 'New York into hellish ruins.'<ref>Benjamin Weinthal, [https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-declares-can-use-nuclear-missiles-turn-new-york-hellish-ruins Iran declares it can use nuclear missiles to turn 'New York into hellish ruins'], ''Fox News'', Aug 1, 2022 <blockquote>

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In July 2022, Iran's IRGC declared it could use nuclear missiles to turn 'New York into hellish ruins.'<ref>Benjamin Weinthal, [https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-declares-can-use-nuclear-missiles-turn-new-york-hellish-ruins Iran declares it can use nuclear missiles to turn 'New York into hellish ruins'], ''Fox News'', Aug 1, 2022 <blockquote>

Iran boasts about its nuke program: 'When Will Iran’s Sleeping Warheads Awaken'.

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====Lebanon====

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Iran's [[Hezbollah]] has been hijacking ~~the Lebanese~~ and ~~terrorize~~ all who voice a slight criticism. It engaged in multiple assassinations. In its operations it has used its [[Human shields by terrorists|civilians]] as cannon ~~fodders~~. ~~Including~~ storing large quantities of weapons. It has threatened the judge who ~~investigate~~ the August 2020 large explosion in Beirut ~~killing~~ over 200.

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Iran's [[Hezbollah]] has been hijacking Lebanon and terrorizing all who voice even slight criticism. It has engaged in multiple assassinations. In its operations it has used its [[Human shields by terrorists|civilians]] as cannon fodder. This has included storing large quantities of weapons. It has threatened the judge who investigated the August 2020 large explosion in Beirut, which killed over 200.

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It frequently attacks Israel, putting Lebanese ~~evanese~~ lives ar risk.

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It frequently attacks Israel, putting Lebanese lives at risk.

====Yemen====

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Iran's backed [[Houthis]], who engaged in [[Human shields by terrorists|human shields]] methods, are foremost anti US and anti ~~Jews~~.

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Iran-backed [[Houthis]], who engaged in [[Human shields by terrorists|human shields]] methods, are foremost anti-US and anti-Jewish.

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On Jan 22, 2022, during Gaza rally in support of Houthis in Yemen, chants of 'Death ro the ~~Saud~~ clan!' ~~And~~ 'America is the Great Satan!'<ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/gaza-rally-support-houthi-yemen-death-saud-clan-america-great-satan Chants Of 'Death To The Saud Clan!' And 'America Is The Great Satan!' During Gaza Rally In Support Of Houthis In Yemen], Memri, Jan 22, 2022. [https://www.memri.org/player/clip/55164/1/1]

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On Jan 22, 2022, during a Gaza rally in support of Houthis in Yemen, chants of 'Death to the Saudi clan!' and 'America is the Great Satan!'<ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/gaza-rally-support-houthi-yemen-death-saud-clan-america-great-satan Chants Of 'Death To The Saud Clan!' And 'America Is The Great Satan!' During Gaza Rally In Support Of Houthis In Yemen], Memri, Jan 22, 2022. [https://www.memri.org/player/clip/55164/1/1]

On January 22, 2022, videos were uploaded to several YouTube channels of demonstrations in Gaza in support of the Houthis in Yemen. The demonstrators waved Palestinian and Yemeni flags and posters with the images of IRGC Qods Force Commander General Qasem Soleimani, of Hizbullah Chief of Staff Imad Mughniyah, and Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. The demonstrators chanted: "Death to the Saud clan!... America is the Great Satan!"

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Iran's [[Hezbollah]] has been helping Assad regime and ~~engaged~~ in its brutal crimes against humanity in the ~~Civil War~~.

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Iran's [[Hezbollah]] has been helping the Assad regime and engaging in its brutal crimes against humanity in the civil war.

====Turkey====

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In 2022, especially in June-Aug Iranian agents, repeatedly~~, have been attempting~~ to harm innocent Israelis in Turkey.<ref>[https://english.news.cn/20220622/875c0dc7f2f243acbb9442d6684b2aad/c.html Turkey brings down Iranian intelligent cell for planning attacks on Israelis in Istanbul], (Xinhua), Jun 22, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202207118023 Turkish Paper Reveals More Details Of Iranian Plot In Turkey], Iranintl, Jul 11, 2022. <blockquote>Turkey was aware that a team of Iranian agents had entered the country in June to assassinate Israelis, before they were arrested...</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ry4rsv006q New CCTV images show Iranian kill squad tracking Israelis in Istanbul], ''Ynetnews'', Aug 2, 2022.</ref>

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In 2022, especially in June-Aug, Iranian agents repeatedly attempted to harm innocent Israelis in Turkey.<ref>[https://english.news.cn/20220622/875c0dc7f2f243acbb9442d6684b2aad/c.html Turkey brings down Iranian intelligent cell for planning attacks on Israelis in Istanbul], (Xinhua), Jun 22, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202207118023 Turkish Paper Reveals More Details Of Iranian Plot In Turkey], Iranintl, Jul 11, 2022. <blockquote>Turkey was aware that a team of Iranian agents had entered the country in June to assassinate Israelis, before they were arrested...</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ry4rsv006q New CCTV images show Iranian kill squad tracking Israelis in Istanbul], ''Ynetnews'', Aug 2, 2022.</ref>

====Latin America====

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Iran's [[Hezbollah]] have been active in Latin America at least since 1984 AMIA bombing in [[Argentina]] that massacred 85.

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Iran's [[Hezbollah]] have been active in Latin America at least since the 1984 AMIA bombing in [[Argentina]] that massacred 85.

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It has conducted a large narco terror operation for decades especially along the Tri Border Area and in Maicao, [[Colombia]].

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It has conducted a large narco terror operation for decades, especially along the Tri Border Area and in Maicao, [[Colombia]].

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Hugo Chavez ~~has~~ provided Iranian ~~Islamists~~ operatives with Venezuelan passports.

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Hugo Chavez provided Iranian Islamist operatives with Venezuelan passports.

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Venezuelan Vice–President Tareck El Aissami, a strong candidate to be the future leader of his country, facilitated the ~~issue~~ of hundreds of Venezuelan passports to suspected Hezbollah members.<ref name=swj-2020>[https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/irans-strategic-penetration-latin-america-consequences-us-foreign-policy-and-national Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America: Consequences for U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security]. By Magdalena Defort and William Preston McLaughlin. SWJ, Jan 20, 2020.

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Venezuelan Vice–President Tareck El Aissami, a strong candidate to be the future leader of his country, facilitated the issuance of hundreds of Venezuelan passports to suspected Hezbollah members.<ref name=swj-2020>[https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/irans-strategic-penetration-latin-america-consequences-us-foreign-policy-and-national Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America: Consequences for U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security]. By Magdalena Defort and William Preston McLaughlin. SWJ, Jan 20, 2020.

The Contemporary Islamic Threat

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Although the Middle East presence in Latin America dates back to the early 1900s, the 1979 Iranian revolution that brought the Ayatollah Khomeini to power firmly established the Islamic Republic’s presence in the region. Since then, Iran has used every agency within its borders to help extend Iranian tentacles into the political, cultural, economic, and military life of Latin America. Iranian operatives have even infiltrated existing Latin American criminal networks and now operate freely within them. All of this activity follows the “Pattern of Penetration” model put forth by Ilan Berman and Joseph M. Humire.</blockquote></ref>

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[[Venezuela]]'s dictator Nicolas Maduro's chief dirty money man, Arab Hezbollah guy, [[Alex Saab]] was finally arrested in 2021.

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[[Venezuela]]'s dictator Nicolas Maduro's chief dirty-money man, Arab Hezbollah guy, [[Alex Saab]], was finally arrested in 2021.

Alex “[Saab] was a key figure in the pillaging of the national reserves, profiting off the suffering of the people and increasingly criminalizing and providing those international networks for the Maduro regime.”<ref>[https://www.csis.org/analysis/corruption-venezuela-alex-saab-case Corruption in Venezuela: The Alex Saab Case], CSIS, June 24, 2020</ref>

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The detainment of the Venezuelan cargo plane in Argentina in June 2022,<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-seeks-possession-venezuela-plane-grounded-argentina-linked-to-iran/ U.S. asks Argentina to seize mysterious Venezuelan plane linked to Iran], CBS News, Aug 3, 2022.</ref> could be linked to attempts by the Islamic Revolutionary ~~Guards~~ Corps (IRGC) to attack Israelis abroad.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-710648 How is a Venezuelan plane linked to Iran's attempts to attack Israelis?], ''JPost'', Jun 28, 2022.<blockquote>A Venezuelan cargo plane bought from Iran is the latest piece in the IRGC's smuggling enterprise.

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The detainment of the Venezuelan cargo plane in Argentina in June 2022,<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-seeks-possession-venezuela-plane-grounded-argentina-linked-to-iran/ U.S. asks Argentina to seize mysterious Venezuelan plane linked to Iran], CBS News, Aug 3, 2022.</ref> could be linked to attempts by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to attack Israelis abroad.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-710648 How is a Venezuelan plane linked to Iran's attempts to attack Israelis?], ''JPost'', Jun 28, 2022.<blockquote>A Venezuelan cargo plane bought from Iran is the latest piece in the IRGC's smuggling enterprise.

The recent detainment of a Venezuelan cargo plane in Argentina could be linked to attempts by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to attack Israelis abroad...</blockquote></ref>

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Iran’s ayatollahs closely collaborate with Hezbollah, the proxy of Iran’s Quds Force, which is the arm of the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] responsible for exporting the Islamic revolution. They have intensified their surge into South and Central America, from Chile (especially with the December election of President Gabriel Boric) to Mexico. They consider Latin America to be the soft underbelly of the United States.</blockquote>

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Iranian cleric Mohsen Rabbani, on the run since 1997, as of 2022, still ~~on Interpol~~'s most-wanted ~~list for~~ his role in two Iranian bomb plots targeting Israeli and Jewish sites in Buenos Aires. The 1992 Israeli embassy and 1994 Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) bombings killed 115 people. Nonetheless, the cleric's influence in the region is back in full force thanks to a new local network and an Iranian university that Canada targeted for sanctions last month.~~his~~ Latin American comeback has been driving Iran's ~~Operations~~.

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Iranian cleric Mohsen Rabbani, on the run since 1997, as of 2022, is still on Interpol's most-wanted list for his role in two Iranian bomb plots targeting Israeli and Jewish sites in Buenos Aires. The 1992 Israeli embassy and 1994 Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) bombings killed 115 people. Nonetheless, the cleric's influence in the region is back in full force thanks to a new local network and an Iranian university that Canada targeted for sanctions last month. His Latin American comeback has been driving Iran's operations.

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He has been called: "Iran's principal proselytizer in Latin America." His networks serve several purposes, including amplifying Iran's propaganda in friendly countries like Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and facilitating travel for Iranian agents posing as meat inspectors, airline. His Latin American comeback has been driving Iran's operations.<ref>Maria Zuppello, [https://www.investigativeproject.org/9280/mohsen-rabbani-latin-american-comeback-drives Mohsen Rabbani's Latin American Comeback Drives Iran's Operations], ''IPT News'',

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He has been called: "Iran's principal proselytizer in Latin America." His networks serve several purposes, including amplifying Iran's propaganda in friendly countries like Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and facilitating travel for Iranian agents posing as meat inspectors, airline employees. His Latin American comeback has been driving Iran's operations.<ref>Maria Zuppello, [https://www.investigativeproject.org/9280/mohsen-rabbani-latin-american-comeback-drives Mohsen Rabbani's Latin American Comeback Drives Iran's Operations], ''IPT News'',

November 9, 2022.<blockquote>

On the run since 1997, Iranian cleric Mohsen Rabbani remains on Interpol's most-wanted list for his role in two Iranian bomb plots targeting Israeli and Jewish sites in Buenos Aires. The 1992 Israeli embassy and 1994 Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) bombings killed 115 people. Nonetheless, the cleric's influence in the region is back in full force thanks to a new local network and an Iranian university that Canada targeted for sanctions last month.

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[https://www.investigativeproject.org/pics/large/5808.jpg].</blockquote></ref>

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In Feb 2024, US seized cargo plane Iran illegally sold to Venezuela. The Boeing 747 cargo plane, previously owned by an airline linked to Iran’s IRGC, ~~which~~ was grounded in Argentina in June 2022 on suspicion of illegal activities.

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In Feb 2024, the U.S. seized a cargo plane Iran had illegally sold to Venezuela. The Boeing 747 cargo plane, previously owned by an airline linked to Iran’s IRGC, was grounded in Argentina in June 2022 on suspicion of illegal activities.

<ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202402124637 US Seizes Cargo Plane Iran Illegally Sold To Venezuela], IranIntl, Feb 12, 2024.<blockquote>

The US government has seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane, previously owned by an airline linked to Iran’s IRGC, which was grounded in Argentina in June 2022 on suspicion of illegal activities.

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In 2025, it was revealed, "Iran recruited Swedish minors for attacks on Israeli, Jewish targets. A CNN investigation has revealed that Iran is allegedly using criminal gangs in Sweden to target Israeli and Jewish interests, with concerns over recruitment of minors."<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-849276 Iran recruited Swedish minors for attacks on Israeli, Jewish targets – CNN] By "Jerusalem Post'' Staff. April 8, 2025.</ref> ~~Using~~ criminal gangs (a tactic ot has been using in general, for years, in various countries), in Sweden to target Israeli and Jewish interests, with concerns over recruitment of minors."

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In 2025, it was revealed, "Iran recruited Swedish minors for attacks on Israeli, Jewish targets. A CNN investigation has revealed that Iran is allegedly using criminal gangs in Sweden to target Israeli and Jewish interests, with concerns over recruitment of minors."<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-849276 Iran recruited Swedish minors for attacks on Israeli, Jewish targets – CNN] By "Jerusalem Post'' Staff. April 8, 2025.</ref> that it is using criminal gangs (a tactic it has been using in general, for years, in various countries), in Sweden to target Israeli and Jewish interests, with concerns over recruitment of minors.

====Apocalyptic motivation, goal in world domination====

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Their Islamic messianic creed is the raison d'être for the Islamic Republic of Iran according to its founders and leaders.

<ref>[https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/the-fall-of-soleimnai-and-the-mahdi-doctrine-615654/amp The fall of Qasem Soleimani and the Mahdi Doctrine], ''Jpost,'' Jan 29, 2020</ref>

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''They believe the Shia messiah known as the “Twelfth Imam” or the “Mahdi” will appear soon to establish a global Islamic kingdom''.

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''They believe the Shia messiah known as the “Twelfth Imam” or the “Mahdi” will appear soon to establish a global Islamic kingdom.''

<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-irans-top-leaders-believe-that-the-end-of-days-has-come.amp Why Iran's Top Leaders Believe That the End of Days Has Come], ''Fox News,'' Nov 7, 2011.</ref>

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Shiite Iran (and its Hezbollah) and the Sunni ISIS both believe that any moment now their "messiah", will appear. Iran and ISIS are both eager to hasten the coming of their Mahdi.

<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/09/radical-islam-iran-isis-apocalytpic-messiah-mahdi/amp/ Radical Islam? Apocalyptic Islam Poses the Greater Threat], ''NRO'', Sep 11, 2015</ref>

====Support for global terrorism====

:{{See also|Khobar Towers bombing|2021 Gaza War}}

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The Iranian government supports and funds [[Islamic terrorist]] organizations in various countries, doing so since the Islamic ~~revolution~~ in 1979.<ref>Nazarian, Adelle (October 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/10/13/brief-timeline-iran-sponsored-terrorism-since-1979/ A Brief Timeline of Iran-Sponsored Terrorism Since 1979]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.</ref> The U.S. Department of State labels Iran as a leading state sponsor of terror.<ref>Lee, Matthew (July 19, 2017). [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/iran-still-top-state-sponsor-terrorism-u-s-report-says/ Iran still top state sponsor of terrorism, U.S. report says]. ''PBS'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 13, 2017.</ref> The Islamic Republic works through its proxies: in the [[Middle East]],

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The Iranian government supports and funds [[Islamic terrorist]] organizations in various countries, doing so since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.<ref>Nazarian, Adelle (October 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/10/13/brief-timeline-iran-sponsored-terrorism-since-1979/ A Brief Timeline of Iran-Sponsored Terrorism Since 1979]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.</ref> The U.S. Department of State labels Iran as a leading state sponsor of terror.<ref>Lee, Matthew (July 19, 2017). [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/iran-still-top-state-sponsor-terrorism-u-s-report-says/ Iran still top state sponsor of terrorism, U.S. report says]. ''PBS'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 13, 2017.</ref> The Islamic Republic works through its proxies in the [[Middle East]],

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<ref>[https://www.rand.org/blog/2019/10/irans-proxies-are-more-powerful-than-ever.html Iran's Proxies Are More Powerful Than Ever], ''RAND'', Oct. 16, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.csis.org/war-by-proxy War by Proxy: Iran’s Growing Footprint in the Middle East], ''CSIS'' Briefs, March 11, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/hezbollah-revolutionary-irans-most-successful-export/amp/ Hezbollah: Revolutionary Iran's most successful export], ''Brookings Institution,'' Jan 17, 2019</ref> such as: [[Hezbollah]], [[Houthis]], "Palestinian" [[Islamic Jihad]]~~, it~~ is strongly [[Hamas]] linked. Its bases of operations in [[South America]] ~~works~~ through Hezbollah network, via local Arab-Muslims in the community in: [[Venezuela]], [[Maicao]]/ [[Colombia]]~~n/Venzuelan~~ border;<ref>[https://www.securefreesociety.org/designating-hezbollah-as-a-terrorist-group-is-a-legal-tool/ Designating Hezbollah As A Terrorist Group Is A Legal Tool], Joseph M. Humire. SFS, Jan 21, 2020</ref> Tri-Border area<ref>[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/fighting-terror-the-tri-border-area Fighting Terror in the Tri-Border Area], ''Wilson Center,'' Dec 9, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.lawfareblog.com/iran-and-hezbollahs-presence-around-world Iran and Hezbollah's Presence Around the World], ''Lawfare'', Jan 8, 2020</ref> in [[Argentina]]/[[Brazil]]/[[Paraguay]]). In recent years it has even expanded its TV channel in Spanish.

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<ref>[https://www.rand.org/blog/2019/10/irans-proxies-are-more-powerful-than-ever.html Iran's Proxies Are More Powerful Than Ever], ''RAND'', Oct. 16, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.csis.org/war-by-proxy War by Proxy: Iran’s Growing Footprint in the Middle East], ''CSIS'' Briefs, March 11, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/hezbollah-revolutionary-irans-most-successful-export/amp/ Hezbollah: Revolutionary Iran's most successful export], ''Brookings Institution,'' Jan 17, 2019</ref> such as [[Hezbollah]], [[Houthis]], "Palestinian" [[Islamic Jihad]]. It is strongly [[Hamas]] linked. Its bases of operations in [[South America]] work through the Hezbollah network, via local Arab-Muslims in the community in: [[Venezuela]], [[Maicao]]/ [[Colombia]] on Venezuelan border;<ref>[https://www.securefreesociety.org/designating-hezbollah-as-a-terrorist-group-is-a-legal-tool/ Designating Hezbollah As A Terrorist Group Is A Legal Tool], Joseph M. Humire. SFS, Jan 21, 2020</ref> Tri-Border area<ref>[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/fighting-terror-the-tri-border-area Fighting Terror in the Tri-Border Area], ''Wilson Center,'' Dec 9, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.lawfareblog.com/iran-and-hezbollahs-presence-around-world Iran and Hezbollah's Presence Around the World], ''Lawfare'', Jan 8, 2020</ref> in [[Argentina]]/[[Brazil]]/[[Paraguay]]). In recent years it has even expanded its TV channel in Spanish.According to a U.S. court record for the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings, [[Osama Bin Laden]] was living in Khartoum, Sudan when Sudanese religious scholar Ahmed Abdel Rahman Hamadabi brought Sheikh Nomani, an emissary of Iran, to meet the [[Al-Qaeda]] leadership. Sheikh Nomani was described as having had access to the highest echelons of power in Tehran.<ref>Rohan Gunaratna, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=WDkqQSWFvvIC&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror]," (Columbia University Press, 2002), p.146</ref> This meeting resulted in an informal agreement between Iran and Al-Qaeda to cooperate, with Iran providing critical explosives, intelligence and security training to Bin Laden's organization.<ref name="washingtoninstitute.org">https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-iran-al-qaeda-conundrum</ref> Iran continued to provide support to Al-Qaeda even after they relocated to Afghanistan in 1996. Iranian officials helped Al-Qaeda members transit through Iran to Afghanistan. Iranian border guards were instructed not to stamp their passports to prevent their home governments from suspecting that they had traveled to Afghanistan.<ref name="washingtoninstitute.org"/> A section of the 9/11 commission states that shortly after the meetings between Iran and Al-Qaeda in Sudan in 1991,"senior Al-Qaeda operatives and trainers traveled to Iran to receive training in explosives. In the fall of 1993, another such delegation went to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon for further training in explosives as well as in intelligence and security. Bin Laden reportedly showed particular interest in learning how to use truck bombs such as the one that had killed 241 U.S Marines in Lebanon in 1983. The relationship between Al-Qaeda and Iran demonstrated that Sunni-Shia divisions did not necessarily pose an insurmountable barrier to cooperation in terrorist operations."<ref>[https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report.pdf#page=257 The 9/11 Commission Report] Page 257 (PDF)</ref>

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According to a U.S. court record for the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings, [[Osama Bin Laden]] was living in Khartoum, Sudan when Sudanese religious scholar Ahmed Abdel Rahman Hamadabi brought ~~Shekih~~ Nomani an emissary of Iran to meet the [[Al-Qaeda]] leadership. Sheikh Nomani was described as having "had access to the highest echelons of power in Tehran.<ref>Rohan Gunaratna, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=WDkqQSWFvvIC&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror]," (Columbia University Press, 2002), p.146</ref> This meeting resulted in an informal agreement between Iran and Al-Qaeda to cooperate, with Iran providing critical explosives, intelligence and security training to Bin Laden's organization.<ref name="washingtoninstitute.org">https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-iran-al-qaeda-conundrum</ref> Iran continued to provide support to Al-Qaeda even after they relocated to Afghanistan in 1996. Iranian officials helped Al-Qaeda members transit through Iran to Afghanistan. Iranian border guards were instructed not to stamp their passports, to prevent their home governments from suspecting that they had traveled to Afghanistan.<ref name="washingtoninstitute.org"/> A section of the 9/11 commission states that shortly after the meetings between Iran and Al-Qaeda in Sudan in 1991,"senior Al-Qaeda operatives and trainers traveled to Iran to receive training in explosives. In the fall of 1993, another such delegation went to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon for further training in explosives as well as in intelligence and security. Bin Laden reportedly showed particular interest in learning how to use truck bombs such as the one that had killed 241 U.S Marines in Lebanon in 1983. The relationship between Al-Qaeda and Iran demonstrated that Sunni-Shia divisions did not necessarily pose an insurmountable barrier to cooperation in terrorist operations."<ref>[https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report.pdf#page=257 The 9/11 Commission Report] Page 257 (PDF)</ref>

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Iran and Al-Qaeda cooperation continues to this day. The State Department's Country Reports on ~~terrorism has~~ noted that, "Iran has allowed [Al-Qaeda] facilitators to operate a core facilitation pipeline through Iran since at least 2009, enabling [Al-Qaeda] to move funds and fighters to South Asia and Syria."<ref>[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2019/02/06/irans-support-for-al-qaeda-is-incompatible-with-fatf-standards/ Iran’s Support for al-Qaeda is Incompatible with FATF Standards], ''FDD,'' Feb 6, 2019</ref>

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Iran and Al-Qaeda cooperation continues to this day. The State Department's Country Reports on Terrorism have noted that "Iran has allowed [Al-Qaeda] facilitators to operate a core facilitation pipeline through Iran since at least 2009, enabling [Al-Qaeda] to move funds and fighters to South Asia and Syria."<ref>[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2019/02/06/irans-support-for-al-qaeda-is-incompatible-with-fatf-standards/ Iran’s Support for al-Qaeda is Incompatible with FATF Standards], ''FDD,'' Feb 6, 2019</ref>

Hezbollah welcomed the Umm El Fahm Arabs' [[ISIS]]<ref>Elliot Gotkine, [https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/middleeast/israel-isis-attack-intl/index.html ISIS attack kills two and injures six in Israel], ''CNN'', March 28, 2022.

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The attack — the second of its kind in a week — coincided with a landmark regional summit in Israel's Negev desert, where top diplomats from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Israel and the United States are meeting to discuss security issues.

"We condemn today's terrorist attack in Hadera, Israel," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted on Sunday from Israel. "Such senseless acts of violence and murder have no place in society. We stand with our Israeli partners and send our condolences to the families of the victims."</blockquote></ref><ref>roi kais • روعي كايس • רועי קייס (@kaisos1987) Tweeted: ([https://twitter.com/kaisos1987/status/1508225829339344897 March 27, 2022]):<blockquote>

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ISIS also issued an official proclamation accepting responsibility for the attack in Hadera: "The "infidel" Jews must know that the promises (to harm them) will come to them sooner or later. With the help of Allah."</blockquote></ref> attack in Hadera Mar 27, 2022,<ref>roi kais • روعي كايس • רועי קייס @kaisos1987 Tweeted [https://twitter.com/kaisos1987/status/1508225829339344897 Mar 28, 2022]):<blockquote>Hezbollah welcomes the attack in Hadera yesterday. A statement from the organization said that the attack underscores the desire of the Palestinian people to fight ...and that it is a practical response to the normalization meetings held by some Arab regimes with the enemy entity.</blockquote></ref> murdering two, injuring others, ~~as well as~~ its [[Iran]] bosses supported it.<ref>Seth J. Frantznam, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-702502 Hezbollah praises Hadera terrorist attack as ‘response’ to Negev Summit - analysis], ''JPost'', March 28, 2022.

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ISIS also issued an official proclamation accepting responsibility for the attack in Hadera: "The "infidel" Jews must know that the promises (to harm them) will come to them sooner or later. With the help of Allah."</blockquote></ref> attack in Hadera on Mar 27, 2022,<ref>roi kais • روعي كايس • רועי קייס @kaisos1987 Tweeted [https://twitter.com/kaisos1987/status/1508225829339344897 Mar 28, 2022]):<blockquote>Hezbollah welcomes the attack in Hadera yesterday. A statement from the organization said that the attack underscores the desire of the Palestinian people to fight ...and that it is a practical response to the normalization meetings held by some Arab regimes with the enemy entity.</blockquote></ref> murdering two and injuring others, and its [[Iran]] bosses supported it.<ref>Seth J. Frantznam, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-702502 Hezbollah praises Hadera terrorist attack as ‘response’ to Negev Summit - analysis], ''JPost'', March 28, 2022.

The statement called this a heroic “confrontation” with Israel. The article noted that the perpetrators were from Umm el-Fahm, a large Arab-Israeli city.

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This complexity of Sunni, Shi’ite, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran and other countries sometimes being against each other, and sometimes on the same side, is one of the features of the region. In general, ISIS has not targeted Israel in recent years, and jihadist groups have focused their energies elsewhere. But Iranian-backed groups have focused their energies on fighting Israel.</blockquote></ref>

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In Apr 2022, per Cairo sources: 'Islamic Jihad ([[PIJ]]), backed by Iran, is key to escalation' on the Israeli "Palestinian" front.<ref>Kan News (@kann_news) Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1513205881583902720 Apr 10, 2022]):

Sources in Cairo here News: Islamic Jihad, backed by Iran, is key to [[escalation]] - Jihad spokesman in Gaza: 'If Israeli "aggression" [sic] continues - all fronts will explode."'</blockquote></ref>

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The Iranian nuclear deal or the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]] (JCPOA) was a failed [[diplomatic]] agreement by the Obama administration negotiated by [[John Kerry]] to help Iran get 150 billion dollars of U.S. ~~taxpayer money~~ and American banks. Iran then used this money for terrorism.

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The Iranian nuclear deal or the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]] (JCPOA) was a failed [[diplomatic]] agreement by the Obama administration negotiated by [[John Kerry]] to help Iran get 150 billion dollars from U.S. taxpayers and American banks. Iran then used this money for terrorism.

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Then-President [[Obama]] said the joint agreement put Iran on the path of having [[nuclear weapons]] in 13 years. Obama finalized the agreement on January 21, 2016 when he signed [[Executive Order]] 13716.

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Then-President [[Obama]] said the joint agreement put Iran on the path of having [[nuclear weapons]] in 13 years. Obama finalized the agreement on January 21, 2016, when he signed [[Executive Order]] 13716.

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The deal supposedly limited Iran's uranium enrichment, but it did not stop Iranian support of terrorist groups like the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], [[Hamas]] and [[Hezbollah]]. It also did not address Iran's expansionist ambitions in the [[Middle East]].

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The deal supposedly limited Iran's uranium enrichment, but it did not stop Iranian support of terrorist groups like the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], [[Hamas]] and [[Hezbollah]]. It also did not address Iran's expansionist ambitions in the [[Middle East]]. <ref>(Ghoraba, Hany). [https://www.investigativeproject.org/7465/why-egypt-supports-us-withdrawal-from-iran Why Egypt Supports U.S. Withdrawal From Iran Nuclear Deal]. ''The Investigative Project On Terrorism''. Retrieved September 2, 2018.</ref> [[President Donald J. Trump]] rescinded the executive order in May 2018.

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<ref>(Ghoraba, Hany). [https://www.investigativeproject.org/7465/why-egypt-supports-us-withdrawal-from-iran Why Egypt Supports U.S. Withdrawal From Iran Nuclear Deal]. ''The Investigative Project On Terrorism''. Retrieved September 2, 2018.</ref> [[President Donald J. Trump]] rescinded the executive order in May 2018.

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In Jan 2022, 3 negotiators quit, over [[Biden]]'s dangerous soft stand.<ref>"[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10439847/Three-Bidens-Iran-negotiating-team-RESIGN-not-tough-nuke-deal.htm GOP lawmaker slams Biden after three of his team negotiating]," ''Daily Mail'', Jan 25, 2022.</ref>

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In Jan 2022, three negotiators quit over [[Biden]]'s dangerous soft stand.<ref>"[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10439847/Three-Bidens-Iran-negotiating-team-RESIGN-not-tough-nuke-deal.htm GOP lawmaker slams Biden after three of his team negotiating]," ''Daily Mail'', Jan 25, 2022.</ref>

===Foreign Relations===

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Khomeini's revolutionary regime initiated sharp changes from the foreign policy pursued by the Shah, particularly in reversing the country's orientation toward the West. In the Middle East, Iran's only significant ally has been [[Syria]]. Within the U.N framework of the "[[New World Order]]", as some [[Islamist]]s refer to it, Iran pursues its foreign policy objectives under the ''kufr'' Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations as it covertly promotes [[terrorism]]. Western governments have labeled Iran as the leading state sponsor of terrorism.<ref>[http://www.cfr.org/iran/state-sponsors-iran/p9362 State Sponsors: Iran], Greg Bruno, Council on Foreign Relations, Updated: October 13, 2011. cfr.org </ref>

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Khomeini's revolutionary regime initiated sharp changes from the foreign policy pursued by the Shah, particularly in reversing the country's orientation toward the West. In the Middle East, Iran's only significant ally has been [[Syria]]. Within the U.N. framework of the "[[New World Order]]", as some [[Islamist]]s refer to it, Iran pursues its foreign policy objectives under the ''kufr'' Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations as it covertly promotes [[terrorism]]. Western governments have labeled Iran as the leading state sponsor of terrorism.<ref>[http://www.cfr.org/iran/state-sponsors-iran/p9362 State Sponsors: Iran], Greg Bruno, Council on Foreign Relations, Updated: October 13, 2011. cfr.org </ref>

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Iran's foreign policy and Shi'a brand of Islam ~~promotes~~ Muslim unity<ref>[http://imamalinet.net/old/en/es/esa/esal/esall/esall.htm Imams call People to Islamic Unity], Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar. imamalinet.net </ref> whereas Sunni Salafi-jihadists consider Shi'ism not as a dissident sect, but rather as treasonous to the people of God (''ulema'') and worthy of the death penalty (''takfir'').

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Iran's foreign policy and Shi'a brand of Islam promote Muslim unity<ref>[http://imamalinet.net/old/en/es/esa/esal/esall/esall.htm Imams call People to Islamic Unity], Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar. imamalinet.net </ref> whereas Sunni Salafi-jihadists consider Shi'ism not as a dissident sect, but rather as treasonous to the people of God (''ulema'') and worthy of the death penalty (''takfir'').

Iran's foreign relations are based on sometimes competing objectives. Iran's pragmatic foreign policy goals include, not surprisingly, protecting itself from external threats and building trade ties. Iran has additionally been accused, however, of trying to export its fundamentalist revolution to other countries, supporting terrorist organizations, and its vehement anti-U.S. and anti-Israel stances are well-known. Senior Iranian officials directed Hezbollah to carry out the bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA, the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) building in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, killing 85 people and wounding scores of others. Out of the eight individuals indicted by the Government of Argentina in October 2006, the Interpol Executive Committee has recommended the issuance of Red Notices (international arrest warrants) against six: five former or current Iranian officials and one Lebanese Hezbollah leader.

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Iran's relations with many of its Arab neighbors have been strained by Iranian attempts to spread its Islamic revolution, a strictly ideological goal. In 1981, Iran supported a plot to overthrow the Bahrain Government. In 1983, Iran expressed support for Shi'ites who bombed Western embassies in Kuwait, and in 1987, Iranian pilgrims rioted during the hajj (pilgrimage) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Nations with strong fundamentalist movements, such as Egypt and Algeria, also mistrust Iran. Iran backs Hezbollah (in Lebanon), Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad,<ref>[https://www.memri.org/reports/irgc-general-gholamali-rashid-hizbullah-lebanon-hamas-and-pij-palestine-pmu-iraq-and-houthis IRGC General Gholamali Rashid: Hizbullah In Lebanon, Hamas And PIJ In Palestine, PMU In Iraq, And The Houthis In Yemen Are All Armies Ready To Defend The Iranian Regime], Memri, Sep 30, 2021.

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</ref> and the Popular Front for the Liberation of [[Palestine]]-General Command, all of which are violently opposed to the Arab-Israeli peace process. In contrast, while relations with ~~west~~ European nations have been uneven, they have been driven primarily by pragmatic goals of trade and security. Iran has accepted stronger commercial ties but largely declined to deliver on key European political concerns such as human rights and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) acquisition efforts, particularly in the nuclear field, where the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA) has been strongly critical of Iran.

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</ref> and the Popular Front for the Liberation of [[Palestine]]-General Command, all of which are violently opposed to the Arab-Israeli peace process. In contrast, while relations with Western European nations have been uneven, they have been driven primarily by pragmatic goals of trade and security. Iran has accepted stronger commercial ties but largely declined to deliver on key European political concerns such as human rights and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) acquisition efforts, particularly in the nuclear field, where the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA) has been strongly critical of Iran.

An IAEA report in November 2003 provided evidence that Iran, a signatory to the [[Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]] (NPT), had concealed secret nuclear activities for 18 years. Under international pressure, Iran signed the Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreement on December 18, 2003, agreeing to suspend all uranium-enrichment and reprocessing activities voluntarily, as well as cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in resolving questions regarding Iran's nuclear program. In June 2004, the [[IAEA]] rebuked Iran for failing to fully cooperate with an inquiry into its nuclear activities, and in November 2004, Iran agreed to suspend most of its uranium enrichment under a deal with the EU. That promise did not last, however, and since then concerns over Iran's nuclear activities have increased.

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Iran sparked an international controversy when its forces seized and held hostage 15 British sailors and marines, conducting routine anti-smuggling operations in Iraqi territorial waters under UN mandate, on March 23, 2007. Tehran released the U.K. service members on April 6.

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Iran maintains regular diplomatic and commercial relations with Russia and the former Soviet republics. Both Iran and Russia believe they have important national interests at stake in developments in Central Asia and the Transcaucasus, particularly regarding energy resources from the Caspian Sea. Russian and other sales of military equipment and technology to Iran concern Iran's neighbors and the United States. Prior to the [[Obama administration]], the United States was concerned about Russian assistance in building at nuclear facility at Bushehr.

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Iran maintains regular diplomatic and commercial relations with Russia and the former Soviet republics. Both Iran and Russia believe they have important national interests at stake in developments in Central Asia and the Transcaucasus, particularly regarding energy resources from the Caspian Sea. Russian and other sales of military equipment and technology to Iran concern Iran's neighbors and the United States. Prior to the [[Obama administration]], the United States was concerned about Russian assistance in building a nuclear facility at Bushehr.

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Iran spends about 3.3% of its GDP on its military. Iran's military consists of both a national military held over from the shah's government and the IRGC, each with its own ground, naval and air branches. The Iran-Iraq war took a heavy toll on these military forces. Iran has modernized its military, including ballistic missile programs, and weapons of mass destruction; it continues to seek nuclear capabilities. On November 7, 2007, Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had 3,000 centrifuges operating in its uranium enrichment program, which would be enough to produce a nuclear weapon.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20150114175101/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/11/07/ahmadinejad-announces-iran-uranium-enrichment-milestone/ Ahmadinejad Announces Iran Uranium Enrichment Milestone] ''Associated Press,'' ''Fox News,'' November 07, 2007</ref> However, a December, 2007 U.S. intelligence report stated that Iran halted its nuclear program in 2003, and remains on hold. According to the National Intelligence Estimate, "We do not know whether (Iran) currently intends to develop nuclear weapons."<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071203/ts_nm/iran_usa_dc Report contradicts Bush on Iran nuclean program]</ref>

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Iran spends about 3.3% of its GDP on its military. Iran's military consists of both a national military held over from the shah's government and the IRGC, each with its own ground, naval and air branches. The Iran-Iraq war took a heavy toll on these military forces. Iran has modernized its military, including ballistic missile programs, and weapons of mass destruction; it continues to seek nuclear capabilities. On November 7, 2007, Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had 3,000 centrifuges operating in its uranium enrichment program, which would be enough to produce a nuclear weapon.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20150114175101/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/11/07/ahmadinejad-announces-iran-uranium-enrichment-milestone/ Ahmadinejad Announces Iran Uranium Enrichment Milestone] ''Associated Press,'' ''Fox News,'' November 07, 2007</ref> However, a December 2007 U.S. intelligence report stated that Iran halted its nuclear program in 2003, and remains on hold. According to the National Intelligence Estimate, "We do not know whether (Iran) currently intends to develop nuclear weapons."<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071203/ts_nm/iran_usa_dc Report contradicts Bush on Iran nuclean program]</ref>

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In early 2021 the [[Peoples Republic of China]] signed a massive 25-year, over $400-billion infrastructure-for-oil deal with Iran, boosting their military and defense cooperation.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-china-sign-25-year-deal-will-see-400bn-chinese-infrastructure-investment-oil</ref>

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In early 2021, the [[Peoples Republic of China]] signed a massive 25-year, over $400-billion infrastructure-for-oil deal with Iran, boosting their military and defense cooperation.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-china-sign-25-year-deal-will-see-400bn-chinese-infrastructure-investment-oil</ref>

====Relations with the United States====

[[File:Levinson.jpg|right|250px|thumb|On November 9, 2019, Iran reported that Robert Levinson was still alive.<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-makes-stunning-admission-regarding-fbi-agent-gone-missing-since-2007 Iran Acknowledges That FBI Agent Gone Missing Since 2007 Involved In Ongoing Court Case]

Ryan Saavedra, Nov 9, 2019, ''DailyWire.com''</ref> In 2009 FBI director [[Robert Mueller]] and Russian oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]] colluded in an operation to win Levinson's release.]]

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The [[United States]] designated the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (~~IRCG~~) and Quds Force as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in 2019 based on the IRGC’s “continued support to and engagement in terrorist activity around the world.”<ref>{{cite news |title=Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 |url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Country-Reports-on-Terrorism-2019-2.pdf |agency=Country Reports}}</ref>

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The [[United States]] designated the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC) and Quds Force as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in 2019 based on the IRGC’s “continued support to and engagement in terrorist activity around the world.”<ref>{{cite news |title=Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 |url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Country-Reports-on-Terrorism-2019-2.pdf |agency=Country Reports}}</ref>On November 4, 1979, militant Iranian students occupied the American Embassy in Tehran with the support of Ayatollah Khomeini. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days, ending only with [[Ronald Reagan]]'s first days in office.<ref>[https://www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/middle-east/reagan-deserves-credit-for-1981-hostage-release/ Reagan deserves credit for 1981 hostage release], ''AEI'', Jan 27, 2016</ref> On April 7, 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Iran, and on April 24, 1981, the Swiss Government assumed representation of U.S. interests in Tehran. Iranian interests in the United States are represented by the Government of Pakistan. The Islamic Republic of Iran does not have its own embassy in Washington, though it does have a permanent mission to the United Nations in New York City.

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On November 4, 1979, militant Iranian students occupied the American Embassy in Tehran with the support of Ayatollah Khomeini. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days, ending only with [[Ronald Reagan]]'s first days in office.<ref>[https://www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/middle-east/reagan-deserves-credit-for-1981-hostage-release/ Reagan deserves credit for 1981 hostage release], ''AEI'', Jan 27, 2016</ref> On April 7, 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Iran, and on April 24, 1981, the Swiss Government assumed representation of U.S. interests in Tehran. Iranian interests in the United States are represented by the Government of Pakistan. The Islamic Republic of Iran does not have its own embassy in Washington, though it does have a permanent mission to the United Nations in New York City.

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In accordance with the Algiers Declaration of January 20, 1981, the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal (located in The Hague, Netherlands) was established for the purpose of handling claims of U.S. nationals against Iran and of Iranian nationals against the United States. U.S. contact with Iran through The Hague covers only legal matters.

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In accordance with the Algiers ~~declaration~~ of January 20, 1981, the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal (located in The Hague, Netherlands) was established for the purpose of handling claims of U.S. nationals against Iran and of Iranian nationals against the United States. U.S. contact with Iran through The Hague covers only legal matters.

The U.S. Government, by Executive Orders issued by the President as well as by Congressional legislation, prohibits most trade with Iran. Some sanctions were imposed on Iran because Tehran is a state sponsor of terrorism, others because of the nuclear [[proliferation]] issues, and still more for human rights violations, including infringement of religious freedom. The commercial relations that do exist between the two countries consist mainly of Iranian purchases of food and medical products and U.S. imports of carpets and food. Some sanctions were temporarily waived in the wake of the devastating Bam earthquake of December 2003. U.S. officials and relief workers actively assisted in relief and reconstruction efforts.

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There are serious obstacles to improved relations between the two countries. As a state sponsor of terrorism, Iran remains an impediment to international efforts to locate and prosecute terrorists. Recent attempts by Iran to form loose alliances with anti-U.S. governments in the Western Hemisphere, such as the Venezuelan Government, ~~has~~ further heightened concern about Iran's support for terrorism and nuclear ambitions. Operation Iraqi Freedom removed the Iranian Government's greatest security threat, but officially Iran remained neutral about U.S. policy, sometimes strongly condemning American policies and actions in Iraq. Iran has cultural ties to elements of the populations of both Iraq and Afghanistan. It has made some positive contributions to stability in both countries, but other actions have had the opposite effect. It remains to be seen whether Tehran will ultimately be a constructive force in the reconstruction of its two neighbors or not.

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There are serious obstacles to improved relations between the two countries. As a state sponsor of terrorism, Iran remains an impediment to international efforts to locate and prosecute terrorists. Recent attempts by Iran to form loose alliances with anti-U.S. governments in the Western Hemisphere, such as the Venezuelan Government, have further heightened concern about Iran's support for terrorism and nuclear ambitions. Operation Iraqi Freedom removed the Iranian Government's greatest security threat, but officially Iran remained neutral about U.S. policy, sometimes strongly condemning American policies and actions in Iraq. Iran has cultural ties to elements of the populations of both Iraq and Afghanistan. It has made some positive contributions to stability in both countries, but other actions have had the opposite effect. It remains to be seen whether Tehran will ultimately be a constructive force in the reconstruction of its two neighbors or not.

The U.S. Government defines its areas of objectionable Iranian behavior as the following:

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The United States has held discussions with Iranian representatives on particular issues of concern over the years. U.S. and Iranian envoys cooperated during operations to overthrow the Taliban in 2001 and during the Bonn Conference in 2002 that established a broad-based government for the Afghan people under President Karzai. U.S. Secretary of State [[Condoleeza Rice]], her Iranian counterpart, and others met at talks on Iraq in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on May 3, 2007. The American and Iranian ambassadors to Iraq took part in face-to-face discussions in Baghdad, with Iraqi officials in attendance, on May 28, 2007. The [[Bush administration]] believed, however, that normal relations were impossible until Iran's policies changed.

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Nevertheless, the U.S. State Department continued ~~then~~ to support efforts to further the cause of democracy in Iran. In fiscal year (FY) 2006, the U.S. Congress allocated approximately $66 million to promote free media, personal freedom, and a better understanding of western values and culture. As part of those efforts, the Department supported efforts to develop civil society in Iran and exchange programs that would bring Iranian students, athletes, professionals and others to the United States.

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Nevertheless, the U.S. State Department continued to support efforts to further the cause of democracy in Iran. In fiscal year (FY) 2006, the U.S. Congress allocated approximately $66 million to promote free media, personal freedom, and a better understanding of western values and culture. As part of those efforts, the Department supported efforts to develop civil society in Iran and exchange programs that would bring Iranian students, athletes, professionals and others to the United States.

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Secretary Rice stated that Iranian agreement to abide by UNSC Resolutions 1696 and 1747, calling for Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment and comply with its international nuclear obligations, could lead to ~~the~~ direct negotiations between American and Iranian government officials, not only on Iran's nuclear case but on a wide range of issues.

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Secretary Rice stated that Iranian agreement to abide by UNSC Resolutions 1696 and 1747, calling for Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment and comply with its international nuclear obligations, could lead to direct negotiations between American and Iranian government officials, not only on Iran's nuclear case but on a wide range of issues.

In May 2007, the Iranian Government charged and in some cases imprisoned a handful of innocent Iranian-American scholars, civil society actors, and journalists, accused by the regime of jeopardizing the security of the state. The international community, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private citizens joined the U.S. Government in calling for the release of the detained dual nationals, as well as Iranian cooperation in the case of missing retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, last reported on Kish Island, Iran, on March 8, 2007.

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==Ethnic cleansing==

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Among the ethnic groups targeted by Iran's racist [[Ethnic cleansing]] are the Ahwazi Arabs.<ref>[https://unpo.org/article/3857 Ahwazi: Ethnic Cleansing in Full Force in Iran - UNPO], Feb 28, 2006.</ref>

==People==

Iran is not a pluralistic society, but does have some diversity. Persians are the largest predominant ethnic and cultural group in this country, though many are actually of mixed ancestry. The population of the country has important Turkic elements (e.g., Azeris) and Arabs predominate in the southwest. In addition, Iranian citizens include Kurds, Balochi, Bakhtyari, Lurs, and other smaller minorities, such as Armenians, Assyrians, Jews, and Brahuis (or Brohi).

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*Health (2007 est.): Infant mortality rate—38.2 deaths/1,000 live births. Life expectancy at birth (2007)--total population: 70.56 yrs.

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The 1979 Islamic revolution and the 1980-88 war with Iraq transformed Iran's class structure politically, socially, and economically. During this period, [[Shia]] clerics took a more dominant position in politics and nearly all aspects of Iranian life, both urban and rural. After the fall of the Pahlavi regime in 1979, much of the urban upper class of prominent merchants, industrialists, and professionals, favored by the former monarch, the ~~shah~~, lost standing and influence to the senior clergy and their supporters. Bazaar merchants, who were allied with the clergy against the Pahlavi ~~shahs~~, also have gained political and economic power since the revolution. The urban working class has enjoyed somewhat enhanced status and economic mobility, spurred in part by opportunities provided by revolutionary organizations and the government bureaucracy. Though the number of clergy holding senior positions in the parliament and elsewhere in government has declined since the 1979 revolution, Iran has nevertheless witnessed the rise of a post-revolutionary elite among lay people who are strongly committed to the preservation of the Islamic Republic.

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The 1979 Islamic revolution and the 1980-88 war with Iraq transformed Iran's class structure politically, socially, and economically. During this period, [[Shia]] clerics took a more dominant position in politics and nearly all aspects of Iranian life, both urban and rural. After the fall of the Pahlavi regime in 1979, much of the urban upper class of prominent merchants, industrialists, and professionals, favored by the former monarch, the Shah, lost standing and influence to the senior clergy and their supporters. Bazaar merchants, who were allied with the clergy against the Pahlavi Shahs, also have gained political and economic power since the revolution. The urban working class has enjoyed somewhat enhanced status and economic mobility, spurred in part by opportunities provided by revolutionary organizations and the government bureaucracy. Though the number of clergy holding senior positions in the parliament and elsewhere in government has declined since the 1979 revolution, Iran has nevertheless witnessed the rise of a post-revolutionary elite among lay people who are strongly committed to the preservation of the Islamic Republic.

Most Iranians are Muslims; 89% belong to the Shi'a branch of Islam, the official state religion, and about 9% belong to the [[Sunni]] branch, which predominates in neighboring Muslim countries. Non-Muslim minorities include [[Zoroastrian]]s, [[Jew]]s, Baha'is, and [[Christian]]s.

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There is wide 'religious [[apartheid]]' in Iran, with Sunnis faring better than non-Muslims.<ref>[https://www.mei.edu/publications/religious-apartheid-iran Religious Apartheid in Iran], H.E. Chehabi, Mei,

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~~With~~ Sunnis faring better than non-Muslims.<ref>[https://www.mei.edu/publications/religious-apartheid-iran Religious Apartheid in Iran], H.E. Chehabi, Mei,

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About 70% of Iran's crude oil fields are located onshore, with the remainder mostly situated offshore in the Persian Gulf. The Islamic Republic also holds proved oil reserves in the Caspian Sea, where exploration has been at a standstill.

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Iran’s oil reserves are the world’s third-largest (after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela) amounting to a whopping 208,6 billion barrels, which is tantamount to 12% of total global reserves.

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Iran’s oil reserves are the world’s third-largest (after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela) amounting to a whopping 208.6 billion barrels, which is tantamount to 12% of total global reserves.

The Islamic Republic’s oil production capacity currently stands at about 3.2 million barrels of crude per day (bpd), which makes Tehran the third-largest producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The Iranian government earlier this year made it clear it has a plan to boost oil production to 4 million barrels per day in the near future.

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The production is spread across 10 main locations, including the biggest refineries such as Persian Gulf Star refinery (450,000 bpd), Isfahan plant (370,000 bpd), the Abadan refinery (360,000 bpd), the Bandar Abbas site ~~and~~ (320,000 bpd) and the [[Kharg Oil Terminal]], which is capable of containing up to 28 million barrels of crude.

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The production is spread across 10 main locations, including the biggest refineries such as Persian Gulf Star refinery (450,000 bpd), Isfahan plant (370,000 bpd), the Abadan refinery (360,000 bpd), the Bandar Abbas site (320,000 bpd) and the [[Kharg Oil Terminal]], which is capable of containing up to 28 million barrels of crude.

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In the first five months of 2024, Iran reportedly exported 1.65 million bpd, a significant increase as compared to 1.194 bpd exported in 2023 within the same period.

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In the first five months of 2024, Iran reportedly exported 1.65 million bpd, a significant increase as compared to 1.194 million bpd exported in 2023 within the same period.

==Law==

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Because of its Shi'ite character, the Islamic Republic of Iran is referred to as ''Rafida'', or ''rejectionist'' of the [[orthodox]] [[Salafi]] traditions handed down ~~thru~~ Ibn Taymiyyah, [[Wahhabi|Abd al-Wahhab]], and others. <ref>Sunnis speak of the "Prophet and his companions" as the source of divine inspiration, whereas the Shi'a reject the companions (the first 3 "Rightly-Guided Caliphs") and follow the Prophet's bloodline (the "First Imam"). </ref> Iran has been ruled under the Shi'a interpretation of ''[[Shariah]]'' since 1979.

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Because of its Shi'ite character, the Islamic Republic of Iran is referred to as ''Rafida'', or ''rejectionist'' of the [[orthodox]] [[Salafi]] traditions handed down through Ibn Taymiyyah, [[Wahhabi|Abd al-Wahhab]], and others. <ref>Sunnis speak of the "Prophet and his companions" as the source of divine inspiration, whereas the Shi'a reject the companions (the first 3 "Rightly-Guided Caliphs") and follow the Prophet's bloodline (the "First Imam"). </ref> Iran has been ruled under the Shi'a interpretation of ''[[Shariah]]'' since 1979.

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[[Homosexuality|Homosexuals]] ~~get~~ the death penalty in Iran.

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[[Homosexuality|Homosexuals]] receive the death penalty in Iran.

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<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297982,00.html Iran Does Far Worse Than Ignore Gays, Critics Say] Fox News, September 25, 2007</ref> However, in a speech at Columbia University, the president of Iran stated that homosexuality does not exist in his nation.

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<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297982,00.html Iran Does Far Worse Than Ignore Gays, Critics Say] Fox News, September 25, 2007</ref> However, in a speech at Columbia University, the president of Iran stated that homosexuality does not exist in his nation.

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In Iran, production and consumption of alcohol by Muslims is prohibited. However, Iranian law makes an exception for minority groups, such as the Christian [[Armenia]]ns, who are allowed to produce and consume [[wine]] and distilled spirits. Naturally, these communities produce far more alcohol than they consume, "illegally" selling it to Muslims who drink in contradiction of [[Sharia]] law.

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In Iran, production and consumption of alcohol by Muslims is prohibited. However, Iranian law makes an exception for minority groups, such as the Christian [[Armenia]]s, who are allowed to produce and consume [[wine]] and distilled spirits. Naturally, these communities produce far more alcohol than they consume, "illegally" selling it to Muslims who drink in contradiction of [[Sharia]] law.Prostitution is also prohibited in Iran, but there are allegations that نكاح المتعة (temporary marriage, legal in [[Usuli]] [[Shia]] jurisprudence) is exploited to solemnize marriages of such short duration (hours or days) that the activities thus permitted more resemble dating (if money is not exchanged) or prostitution (if a fee is charged for the marriage).

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Prostitution is also prohibited in Iran, but there are allegations that نكاح المتعة (temporary marriage, legal in [[Usuli]] [[Shia]] jurisprudence) is exploited to solemnize marriages of such short duration (hours or days) that the activities thus permitted more resemble dating (if money is not exchanged) or prostitution (if a fee is charged for the marriage).

==Military==

[[Image:Iran industry mining78.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Iranian industry and mining]]

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Iran has it own weapons industry and also relies upon its Chinese communist and Russian allies to supply the latest weapons technology and equipment which can be easily and cheaply duplicated in Iranian factories. In addition, it holds sizable stockpiles purchased from the United States in the [[Cold War]] era prior to 1979.

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Iran has its own weapons industry and also relies upon its Chinese communist and Russian allies to supply the latest weapons technology and equipment which can be easily and cheaply duplicated in Iranian factories. In addition, it holds sizable stockpiles purchased from the United States in the [[Cold War]] era prior to 1979.

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The Quds Force (Jerusalem Force) is the organization tasked with Iran's external covert, paramilitary, terrorist and intelligence functions. Quds Force also carries out some [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] functions.<ref>http://citizenship.typepad.com/isebrandcom/2013/10/perhaps-the-most-important-military-leader-opposing-the-us-who-youve-never-heard-of.html </ref> As the name implies, the Jerusalem Force was organized to capture [[Jerusalem]] from Israel. Its leader answers directly to the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as of 2021.

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The Quds Force (Jerusalem Force) is the organization tasked with Iran's external covert, paramilitary, terrorist and intelligence functions. Quds Force also carries out some [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] functions.<ref>http://citizenship.typepad.com/isebrandcom/2013/10/perhaps-the-most-important-military-leader-opposing-the-us-who-youve-never-heard-of.html </ref> As the name implies, the Jerusalem Force was organized to capture [[Jerusalem]] from Israel. Its leader answers directly to the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as of 2021.

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January 18, 2024 Iran and Russia concluded a 20-year mutual cooperation pact which provides for transfer of military technology and assistance. This comprehensive agreement encompasses crucial provisions facilitating the transfer of cutting-edge military technology from Russia to Iran.

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January 18, 2024, Iran and Russia concluded a 20-year mutual cooperation pact which provides for the transfer of military technology and assistance. This comprehensive agreement encompasses crucial provisions facilitating the transfer of cutting-edge military technology from Russia to Iran.

Specifically, designated personnel from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) will undergo advanced training on a range of sophisticated Russian missiles, including but not limited to the Kh-47M2 [[Kinzhal]], the [[Iskander-M]], the RS-26 Rubezh, the BrahMos3, and the [[Avangard]]. This transfer of knowledge and weaponry is poised to elevate Iran’s military capabilities significantly. A noteworthy aspect of the deal is Iran’s strategic objective to domestically manufacture 30 percent of these missiles, a move that not only bolsters its self-sufficiency in military production but also marks a substantial enhancement in its overall military prowess.

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While Iran operates below the official [[nuclear weapon]]s threshold, its deep integration into the [[Eurasia]]n security architecture (backed by Russian and Chinese technological and early-warning [[intelligence]]) means a nuclear strike on Iran would carry catastrophic horizontal [[escalation]] risks. Furthermore, fallout from a nuclear strike in the [[Persian Gulf]] would permanently contaminate the very [[energy]] chokepoints ([[Hormuz]]) and regional allies ([[Saudi Arabia]], [[UAE]], [[Qatar]]) the [[U.S.]] claims to protect, causing an instant, irreversible global economic collapse.

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While Iran operates below the official [[nuclear weapon]]s threshold, its deep integration into the [[Eurasia]] security architecture (backed by Russian and Chinese technological and early-warning [[intelligence]]) means a nuclear strike on Iran would carry catastrophic horizontal [[escalation]] risks. Furthermore, fallout from a nuclear strike in the [[Persian Gulf]] would permanently contaminate the very [[energy]] chokepoints ([[Hormuz]]) and regional allies ([[Saudi Arabia]], [[UAE]], [[Qatar]]) the [[U.S.]] claims to protect, causing an instant, irreversible global economic collapse.

===Child soldiers===

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In 1979, the Ayatollah Khomeini created the ''Basij Mostazafan'' a mass movement of young people under 17 years of age. When the Iran-Iraq War started in 1980, Khomeini issued a [[fatwa]] and promise of paradise and they were incorporated into the Iranian military. The Iranian clergy took over command from the regular military leaders in mid-1982. In July 1982 Iran launched Operation Ramadan near Basra. The clergy used "human-wave" attacks calling for the young people from age 9 ~~years old~~ and up to move forward in human wave attacks to clear minefields so the regular ~~Army~~ could follow.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), ''Iraqi Retreats, 1982-84''], Globalsecruity.org, retrieved 20 March 2007.</ref> Matthias Küntzel quotes an Iraqi officer's description of one such encounter in the summer of 1982.

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In 1979, the Ayatollah Khomeini created the ''Basij Mostazafan'', a mass movement of young people under 17 years of age. When the Iran-Iraq War started in 1980, Khomeini issued a [[fatwa]] and promise of paradise, and they were incorporated into the Iranian military. The Iranian clergy took over command from the regular military leaders in mid-1982. In July 1982, Iran launched Operation Ramadan near Basra. The clergy used "human-wave" attacks calling for the young people from age 9 and up to move forward in human wave attacks to clear minefields so the regular army could follow.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), ''Iraqi Retreats, 1982-84''], Globalsecruity.org, retrieved 20 March 2007.</ref> Matthias Küntzel quotes an Iraqi officer's description of one such encounter in the summer of 1982.

:''“They come toward our positions in huge hordes with their fists swinging...You can shoot down the first wave and then the second. But at some point the corpses are piling up in front of you, and all you want to do is scream and throw away your weapon. Those are human beings, after all!'' <ref>[http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/ahmadinejads-demons ''Ahmadinejad's Demons: A Child of the Revolution Takes Over''], Matthias Küntzel, The New Republic, 24 April 2006 .</ref>

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==Iran protests==

===2019-2020===

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Sparked by the ~~Governments~~' ~~annouced~~ rising fuel prices, the protests spread to ~~the~~ wider grievances against the oppressive regime. The regime shut down the internet. <ref>Tamara Qiblawi, [https://web.archive.org/web/20191119012023/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/middleeast/iran-protests-explained-intl/index.html Iran's 'largest internet shutdown ever' is happening now. Here's what you need to know], ''CNN'', November 18, 2019.</ref>

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Sparked by the government's announced rising fuel prices, the protests spread to wider grievances against the oppressive regime. The regime shut down the internet. <ref>Tamara Qiblawi, [https://web.archive.org/web/20191119012023/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/middleeast/iran-protests-explained-intl/index.html Iran's 'largest internet shutdown ever' is happening now. Here's what you need to know], ''CNN'', November 18, 2019.</ref>

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Some 1,500 died and hundreds were injured after Iran's leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it.'

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Some 1,500 died and hundreds were injured after Iran's leader ordered a crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it.'

<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-protests-specialreport/special-report-irans-leader-ordered-crackdown-on-unrest-do-whatever-it-takes-to-end-it-idUSKBN1YR0QR Special Report: Iran's leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'], ''Reuters, Dec 23, 2019.<blockquote>About 1,500 people were killed during less than two weeks of unrest...</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.voanews.com/amp/middle-east_voa-news-iran_us-confirms-report-citing-iran-officials-saying-1500-killed-protests/6181546.html Confirms Report Citing Iran Officials as Saying 1,500 Killed in Protests], ''VOA'', Dec 23, 2019.<blockquote> The United States has confirmed a news report citing unnamed Iranian officials as saying about 1,500 people were killed in a crackdown...</blockquote></ref>

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===Mahsa Amini===

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In Sep 2022, protests broke out across Iran, after a woman was arrested by the [[Sharia]] police, ~~was~~ beaten and murdered.

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In Sep 2022, protests broke out across Iran after a woman was arrested by the [[Sharia]] police, beaten, and murdered.

Some shouting: "Death To The Islamic Republic! Death To The Dictator!"<ref>Violent Clashes, Protests Continue In Iran After Death Of Woman At Hands Of Morality Police For 'Improperly' Wearing Her Headscarf: Be Wary Of The Day When We Have Weapons! Khamenei, We Will Bury You! Death To The Islamic Republic! Death To The Dictator!

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The tortured<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mahsa-amini-iran-protests-family-cousin-erfan-mortezaei-speaks-out-torture/ "She was tortured": Mahsa Amini's family speaks out amid Iran protests], ''CBS News'',

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Sep 26, 2022.<blockquote>"She was tortured in the van after her arrest, then tortured at the police station for half an hour, then hit on her head and she collapsed."</blockquote></ref> woman was [[Kurd]]ish. There is also wider racism by the Iranian regime, in general.<ref>[https://dckurd.org/2022/09/23/zhina-mahsa-amini-the-story-of-a-kurdish-woman-in-iran/ Zhina Mahsa Amini: The Story of a Kurdish Woman in Iran] DCKurd, Sep 23, 2022.<blockquote>A 22-year-old Kurdish woman from Saqqez named Zhina Mahsa Amini died on ... The Iranian regime has had the same racist attitude as its predecessors towards its Kurdish population. There is little information about the regime’s harsh policies toward minorities. Why is that?

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Sep 26, 2022.<blockquote>"She was tortured in the van after her arrest, then tortured at the police station for half an hour, then hit on her head and she collapsed."</blockquote></ref> woman was [[Kurd]]ish. There is also wider racism by the Iranian regime, in general.<ref>[https://dckurd.org/2022/09/23/zhina-mahsa-amini-the-story-of-a-kurdish-woman-in-iran/ Zhina Mahsa Amini: The Story of a Kurdish Woman in Iran] DCKurd, Sep 23, 2022.<blockquote>A 22-year-old Kurdish woman from Saqqez named Zhina Mahsa Amini died on ... The Iranian regime has had the same racist attitude as its predecessors towards its Kurdish population. There is little information about the regime’s harsh policies toward minorities. Why is that?

I think someone needs to take the time to look more closely to understand this point, because the official rhetoric of the regime starting in 1979 was that there is no place for ethnicity or nations and Islam, these are foreign impositions from this was Ayatollah Khomeini’s’ rhetoric. These are foreign inventions from those who would like to divide Muslims, and we are all one, but this was really his excuse for not letting the Azeri region, the Kurdish region, the Baluchis, Khuzestan, all have some measures of self-determination and autonomy within Iran. That was just an excuse to install a very oppressive, not only Islamist, but Persian nationalist regime where the government in the center controlled everything. So, he said there’s no place for divisions and nationalism, but then why do they enforce rules where only Persian is permitted? They’re choosing one ethnicity’s language and imposing it on all of them, where really, if you take his rhetoric at face value, everyone should just be able to speak their own language. Since they’re all brothers and sisters and so forth. As soon as you start to peel back the layers of the onion, you start to recognize the hypocrisy that occurs in this regime, but a lot of outside observers don’t have the time or the inclination to understand this complexity.</blockquote></ref>

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The government ~~crackedown~~ on demonstrators and scores were killed.<ref>Nilo Tabrizy, Nailah Morgan and Axel Boada, [https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000008550828/mahsa-amini-iran-protests.html Protests Surge in Iran as Crackdown Escalates], ''NYTimes,'' September 24, 2022.<blockquote>

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The government cracked down on demonstrators and scores were killed.<ref>Nilo Tabrizy, Nailah Morgan and Axel Boada, [https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000008550828/mahsa-amini-iran-protests.html Protests Surge in Iran as Crackdown Escalates], ''NYTimes,'' September 24, 2022.<blockquote>

Dozens have reportedly been killed by security forces as demonstrations continue to spread across Iran. Protests began after Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police.</blockquote></ref>

As it spread to some 80 cities,<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62994003.amp Iran police battle protesters in Tehran as unrest over woman's death spirals], ''BBC'', Sep 22, 2022.</ref> the [[IRGC]] warned the protesters.<ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202209229946 Iran’s Guards Break Their Silence, Warn Protesters], Sep 22, 2022</ref> The Mullahcracy employed its own "protesters" marches, who called to execute the demonstrators, which they called, "the enemy."<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-army-says-it-will-confront-enemies-protests-rage-2022-09-23/ Iranian state-organised marchers call for execution of protesters], ''Reuters'', Sep 23, 2022. [https://www.reuters.com/resizer/z4toa2cylOQehp0ndGcgN83Kyjo=/1080x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/4ZYM3SQMDFPF3CO4IE44RPZDMI.jpg]<blockquote>

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The Islamic Republic use of children in the interest of suppressing people.</blockquote></ref>

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In its typical ~~blaming~~ game play, attempt to shift focus, as well as taking advantage of the bloody events, Iran suddenly attacked Irbil with drones.

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In its typical blame-game play and attempt to shift focus, as well as taking advantage of the bloody events, Iran suddenly attacked Irbil with drones.

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The US scrambled F-15 ~~jet~~ "to shoot down Iranian drone that appeared to threaten US forces."<ref>Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, [https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/28/politics/us-shoots-down-iranian-drone/index.html US scrambles F-15 jet to shoot down Iranian drone that appeared to threaten US forces in Iraq], ''CNN'', September 28, 2022.</ref>

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The US scrambled F-15 jets "to shoot down Iranian drone that appeared to threaten US forces."<ref>Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, [https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/28/politics/us-shoots-down-iranian-drone/index.html US scrambles F-15 jet to shoot down Iranian drone that appeared to threaten US forces in Iraq], ''CNN'', September 28, 2022.</ref>

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[[Al Jazeera]] was slammed for toeing the Mullahcracy line. Arab intellectuals accuse it of ~~Ignoring~~ protests in Iran, abandoning protesters and promoting Iranian government narrative.<ref>[https://www.memri.org/reports/arab-intellectuals-accuse-al-jazeera-ignoring-protests-iran-abandoning-protesters-and Arab Intellectuals Accuse Al-Jazeera Of Ignoring Protests In Iran, Abandoning Protesters And Promoting Iranian Government Narrative], ''Memri'', September 29, 2022.

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[[Al Jazeera]] was slammed for toeing the Mullahcracy line. Arab intellectuals accuse it of ignoring protests in Iran, abandoning protesters and promoting Iranian government narrative.<ref>[https://www.memri.org/reports/arab-intellectuals-accuse-al-jazeera-ignoring-protests-iran-abandoning-protesters-and Arab Intellectuals Accuse Al-Jazeera Of Ignoring Protests In Iran, Abandoning Protesters And Promoting Iranian Government Narrative], ''Memri'', September 29, 2022.

After the death of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa "Zhina" Amini, on September 16, 2022, after Iran's morality police beat her because she was not wearing a head covering correctly, Iranian protestors took to the streets throughout the country. Footage showing thousands of protestors clashing with security forces have quickly made it to social media platforms under multiple hashtags. As the protests expanded and gained momentum, Arab intellectuals on social media expressed their disappointment in coverage of the protest by the Qatar-based and funded TV channel Al-Jazeera, which they accused of ignoring the protests, abandoning the protesters, and focusing on promoting the Iranian government's official narrative.</blockquote></ref>

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Demonstrations in string of major cities in solidarity with protests sparked by death of Mahsa Amini in police custody.</blockquote></ref>

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On Oct 2, 2022, students of Iran's Sharif University of Technology ~~became~~ under attack by military forces. Hundreds were arrested and injured.<ref>[Morty est @OpIran_2022 ([https://twitter.com/OpIran_2022/status/1576633030210297856 Oct 2, 2022]):

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On Oct 2, 2022, students of Iran's Sharif University of Technology came under attack by military forces. Hundreds were arrested and injured.<ref>[Morty est @OpIran_2022 ([https://twitter.com/OpIran_2022/status/1576633030210297856 Oct 2, 2022]):

Students of Sharif University of Technology (most prestigious university in #Iran) are under attack by military forces. Hundreds have been arrested and injured. BE THEIR VOICE!!! #مهسا_امینی #MahsaAmini</blockquote></ref>

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On Septembe 30th, racist Iran carried out a massacre of some 80 people in Zahedan of (mostly) ethnic Baluch minority.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/14/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-zahedan/ ‘Bloody Friday’: Witnesses describe the deadliest crackdown in Iran protests], ''Washington Post'', Oct 14, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/world/middleeast/iran-zahedan-crackdown.html ‘It Was a Massacre’: How Security Forces Cracked Down in Southeastern Iran], ''NYTimes'', Oct 14, 2022.</ref> "Some of the wounded tried to crawl away to escape the gunfire. Others bled to death on prayer mats as people tried to drag them to safety. But the snipers and officers kept pulling their triggers, firing bullet after bullet into men and young boys at a worship area where Friday Prayer had been underway."

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Two weeks later, protests were renewed in that area.<ref>Tzvi Joffre, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-719698 Protests renew in Zahedan in southeast Iran two weeks after massacre], ''JPost'', Oct 15, 2022.</ref>

===Nika Shakrami / kids===

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A teenager, Nika Shakrami who was snatched and murdered by Iranian security as she protested, ~~first~~ the Mullahcracy regime ~~said that she was~~ simply arrested. At the end, after 10 days, Iranian officials suddenly switched the whole story around and said that she just "fell from a building. Her family was threatened into "confessions."<ref>Maryam Sinaee, [https://www.iranintl.com/en/202210061173 Iranian Protest Victim’s Family Forced Into Televised Confessions], Iran Intl., Oct 6, 2022. Nika Shakrami disappeared during protests in Iran on Sept. 20 while being chased by security forces

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A teenager, Nika Shakrami, who was snatched and murdered by Iranian security as she protested, was initially said by the Mullahcracy regime to have been simply arrested. At the end, after 10 days, Iranian officials suddenly switched the whole story around and said that she just "fell from a building. Her family was threatened into " confessions."<ref>Maryam Sinaee, [https://www.iranintl.com/en/202210061173 Iranian Protest Victim’s Family Forced Into Televised Confessions], Iran Intl., Oct 6, 2022. Nika Shakrami disappeared during protests in Iran on Sept. 20 while being chased by security forces

.</ref><ref>Parham Ghobadi [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63154994.amp Nika Shakarami: Iran protester's family forced to lie about death - source], ''BBC'' Persian, 6 October 2022.</ref><ref>Miriam Berger, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/06/iran-protests-nika-shakarami-mahsa/ Death of 16-year-old protester adds new fuel to Iran uprising], ''Washington Post'', October 6, 2022.</ref>

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The regime is pressing relatives of Amini, not to speak out, a cousin says, as protests sparked by her death continue.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63200649.amp Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's family receiving death threats, cousin says], '"BBC News,'' Oct 10, 2022.<blockquote>Iran is pressing relatives not to speak out, a cousin says, as protests sparked by her death continue.</blockquote></ref>

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The regime is pressing relatives of Amini not to speak out, a cousin says, as protests sparked by her death continue.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63200649.amp Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's family receiving death threats, cousin says], '"BBC News,'' Oct 10, 2022.<blockquote>Iran is pressing relatives not to speak out, a cousin says, as protests sparked by her death continue.</blockquote></ref>

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The regime uses ambulances to move ~~repression~~ forces.<ref>atiabii @atiabii:

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The regime uses ambulances to move repressive forces.<ref>atiabii @atiabii:

[https://twitter.com/atiabii/status/1579222443688095745 Oct 9, 2022].<blockquote>

Here is #Iran They use an ambulance to move repression forces. Protesters are taken in ambulances to unnamed prisons and tortured! #Mahsa_Amini‌ #مهسا_امینی</blockquote></ref>

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Protesters shot by police so afraid to go to hospitals they're asking U.S. doctors for help online.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/iran-news-protests-deaths-people-shot-afraid-hospital-arrest-us-doctors-help/ Iran protesters shot by police so afraid to go to hospitals they're asking U.S. doctors for help online] ''CBS News'', Oct 10, 2022.</ref>

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Protesters shot by police are so afraid to go to hospitals they're asking U.S. doctors for help online.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/iran-news-protests-deaths-people-shot-afraid-hospital-arrest-us-doctors-help/ Iran protesters shot by police so afraid to go to hospitals they're asking U.S. doctors for help online] ''CBS News'', Oct 10, 2022.</ref>

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On Oct 10, 2022 it was reported that about 185 were killed ~~and~~ 19 ~~among~~ them children.<ref>[https://www.axios.com/2022/10/10/iran-protest-unrest-children-among-dead 19 children among 185 killed during protest unrest in Iran, rights group says], Axios, Oct 10, 2022.</ref>

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On Oct 10, 2022, it was reported that about 185 were killed, 19 of them children.<ref>[https://www.axios.com/2022/10/10/iran-protest-unrest-children-among-dead 19 children among 185 killed during protest unrest in Iran, rights group says], Axios, Oct 10, 2022.</ref>

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The regime has been ~~kidnapping’~~ 15-year-old child ~~protestors~~.<ref>Benjamin Weinthal, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-719711/ Iranian regime is ‘kidnapping’ 15-year-old child protestors] ''JPost'', Oct 15, 2022.</ref>

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The regime has been kidnapping 15-year-old child protesters.<ref>Benjamin Weinthal, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-719711/ Iranian regime is ‘kidnapping’ 15-year-old child protestors] ''JPost'', Oct 15, 2022.</ref>

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===Rape===

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===Rape===In the Islamic Republic, young girls are forced to marry prison guards and then executed the next day. The rape-public culture intensified during waves of the protests.<ref>Gemma Bath, [https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/right-now-in-iran-young-girls-are-being-forced-to-marry-prison-guards-then-executed-the-next-day/ar-AA144yGH In Iran, young girls are forced to marry prison guards. Then executed the next day], MSN, Nov 14, 2022.<blockquote>

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In the Islamic Republic, young girls are forced to marry prison guards~~. Then~~ executed the next day. The ~~Rape~~-public culture intensified at waves of the protests.<ref>Gemma Bath, [https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/right-now-in-iran-young-girls-are-being-forced-to-marry-prison-guards-then-executed-the-next-day/ar-AA144yGH In Iran, young girls are forced to marry prison guards. Then executed the next day], MSN, Nov 14, 2022.<blockquote>

Protests began in Iran on September 16, prompted by the death of a 22-year-old woman who was dragged away and allegedly beaten by the morality police for wearing her hijab improperly.

Now, a new horror is being forced on the protesters of Iran who've spent weeks continuing their fight amidst brutal oppression by Islamic forces.

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===Racist oppression===

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It showed ~~also~~ the double discrimination faced by Kurdish women in Iran.<ref>Alessandra Bajec, [https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/double-discrimination-faced-kurdish-women-iran?amp The double discrimination faced by Kurdish women in Iran], ''Al Araby, 06 October, 2022.<blockquote>

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It also showed the double discrimination faced by Kurdish women in Iran.<ref>Alessandra Bajec, [https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/double-discrimination-faced-kurdish-women-iran?amp The double discrimination faced by Kurdish women in Iran], ''Al Araby, 06 October, 2022.<blockquote>

In-depth: The death of Jina 'Mahsa' Amini at the hands of the Islamic Republic's morality police sparked nationwide protests and has put a spotlight on the plight of Iran's long-oppressed Kurdish minority...

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The regime has "targeted and killed a disproportionate number of minority protesters."<ref>Brenda Shaffer, [https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/19/iran-protests-persians-minorities-ethnic-language-discrimination-regime-separatism/ How Iran’s Ethnic Divisions Are Fueling the Revolt], ''FP'', Oct 19, 2022.

Non-Persian minorities, often overlooked in the West, may hold the key to the uprising’s course.</ref>

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Ethnic groups were swept up in Iran's nationwide protests and it highlighted the long systematic<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ethnic-groups-swept-up-irans-nationwide-protests-2022-10-17/ Factbox: Ethnic groups swept up in Iran's nationwide protests], ''Reuters'', Oct 17, 2022.<blockquote>

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Ethnic groups were swept up in Iran's nationwide protests, and it highlighted the long systematic<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ethnic-groups-swept-up-irans-nationwide-protests-2022-10-17/ Factbox: Ethnic groups swept up in Iran's nationwide protests], ''Reuters'', Oct 17, 2022.<blockquote>

Iran, with a population of 87 million, is home to seven ethnic minorities alongside majority Persians. Rights groups say minorities have long faced discrimination...

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“Today the people of Kurdistan and Iran need full support to overthrow this regime.”</blockquote></ref> Baluchi, Kurds, Arabs.

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Indeed, the revolt is mainly ~~pushed~~ by the oppressed minorities.<ref>H. Mustafa, [https://www.memri.org/reports/revolt-iran-ethnic-minorities-led-uprisingThe Revolt In Iran Is An Ethnic Minorities-Led Uprising], ''MEMRI'', Oct 25, 2022</ref>

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Indeed, the revolt is mainly driven by the oppressed minorities.<ref>H. Mustafa, [https://www.memri.org/reports/revolt-iran-ethnic-minorities-led-uprisingThe Revolt In Iran Is An Ethnic Minorities-Led Uprising], ''MEMRI'', Oct 25, 2022</ref>

===Victims===

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By Nov 20, 2022, the death toll exceeded 400<ref>[https://intellinews.com/activists-say-death-toll-exceeds-400-as-protesters-defy-regime-in-iran-262924/ Activists say death toll exceeds 400 as protesters defy regime in Iran], bne IntelIiNews ,November 20, 2022.<blockquote>

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<ref>[https://intellinews.com/activists-say-death-toll-exceeds-400-as-protesters-defy-regime-in-iran-262924/ Activists say death toll exceeds 400 as protesters defy regime in Iran], bne IntelIiNews ,November 20, 2022.<blockquote>

(Any outward signs of support for the anti-regime protesters in Iran from the Iranian football team during their match with England would unsettle the country's clerical rulers. )

Anti-regime protests raged on at Iranian universities and in various cities at the weekend, gaining a momentum in some areas that ran counter to the argument of officials that the protests would soon fizzle out.

With the Iranian football team due to take on England in the second match of the FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar on November 21, the authorities will be nervous about any televised unmissable signs of solidarity with the protesters from squad members that could further fuel the unrest. And some declarations of support have already been carefully phrased and delivered in the full glare of the global media. Germany, meanwhile, is reportedly irritated with FIFA for failing to take a position on events in Iran.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on November 19 turned his attention to the threat of further disruptive labour action, warning that the country's "enemies" may try to mobilise workers after failing to bring down the Islamic government in more than two months of protests.</blockquote></ref> and since the protests started, some 14,000 people, including children, have been detained by the regime.<ref>Radha Basnet, [https://english.jagran.com/world/kurdish-rapper-faces-execution-in-iran-for-supporting-protests-against-mahsa-aminis-death-10054060 Kurdish Rapper Faces Execution In Iran For Supporting Protests Against Mahsa Amini’s Death], English Jagran, November 11, 2022</ref>

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on November 19 turned his attention to the threat of further disruptive labour action, warning that the country's "enemies" may try to mobilise workers after failing to bring down the Islamic government in more than two months of protests.</blockquote></ref> and since the protests started some 14,000 people, including children, have been detained by the regime.<ref>Radha Basnet, [https://english.jagran.com/world/kurdish-rapper-faces-execution-in-iran-for-supporting-protests-against-mahsa-aminis-death-10054060 Kurdish Rapper Faces Execution In Iran For Supporting Protests Against Mahsa Amini’s Death], English Jagran, November 11, 2022</ref>

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By the end of 2022, after 100 days, more than 500 protesters, including 69 children, have been killed. Hair raising ~~torure~~ tales before executions have been documented.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64062900 Parham Ghobadi, Iran protests: 'No going back' as unrest hits 100 days], ''BBC News'', 26 December 2022</ref>

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By the end of 2022, after 100 days, more than 500 protesters, including 69 children, have been killed. Hair-raising torture tales before executions have been documented.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64062900 Parham Ghobadi, Iran protests: 'No going back' as unrest hits 100 days], ''BBC News'', 26 December 2022</ref>

===Qatar===

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Iran’s soccer team blanked 10-man Wales Friday as World Cup host Qatar prevented Iranian fans from expressing their support for the ongoing protests in their the country.

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Iranian fans, who wanted to take flags other than the official one approved by the Islamic Republic to the Al Rayyan’s Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, were stopped by security officers. Many people were barred from carrying or waving Iran’s ancient flag with the Lion and Sun emblem or a simple three-color flag with the main motto of the current wave of protests – Woman, Life, Liberty.</blockquote></ref> And [[IRGC]] man said, Qatar is helping Iran silence dissidents in World Cup.<ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202211279876 IRGC Man Says Qatar Helping Iran Silence Dissidents In World Cup], IranIntl, Nov 27, 2022.<blockquote>

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Iranian fans, who wanted to take flags other than the official one approved by the Islamic Republic to the Al Rayyan’s Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, were stopped by security officers. Many people were barred from carrying or waving Iran’s ancient flag with the Lion and Sun emblem or a simple three-color flag with the main motto of the current wave of protests – Woman, Life, Liberty.</blockquote></ref> And [[IRGC]] a man said Qatar is helping Iran silence dissidents in the World Cup.<ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202211279876 IRGC Man Says Qatar Helping Iran Silence Dissidents In World Cup], IranIntl, Nov 27, 2022.<blockquote>

Documents obtained by Iran International show Iran was coordinating secret efforts with Qatar to control who attends the World Cup and restrict any signs of dissent.

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From the start of the 1979 revolution, enthusiastic crowds have responded to the Ayatollah Khomeini's characterization of America as the "Great Satan" and Israel as the "Little Satan" by chanting "Death to America; Death to Israel."<ref>Rubenstein, R. L. (2010). Jihad and Genocide. United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [https://books.google.com/books?id=UyNR4AAevwIC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA120 p.120]</ref>

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Indeed:<ref>Ross, D., Makovsky, D. (2009). Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East. United States: Viking, p. 287.</ref>

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Indeed :<ref>Ross, D., Makovsky, D. (2009). Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East. United States: Viking, p. 287.</ref>

<blockquote>When Iran became an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini in the late 1970s, Israel was called the "little Satan," the United States the "big Satan." At the time, the United States was not hated because of Israel. If anything, the reverse was true. Israel was seen as an outpost of "Ameri-can imperialism." Of course , radical Islamist groups such as Iran - backed Hizbollah did not need to attack the United States because of Israel. Hizbollah killed 241 Marines in the Beirut barracks bombing of 1983 and was responsible for the hijacking of TWA flight 847 in 1985.

Al-Qaeda also opposed the United States initially because of the large U.S. military presence in Saudi Arabia. It only later came to oppose Israel, sometimes claiming the issue was the "Palestinians", other times claiming opposition to any non-Muslim presence in the Mid East...</blockquote>

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Iran, in its aim of globalizing the Islamic revolution, had founded Hezbollah in 1981 via its Ali Akhbar Mohtashami~~. Before~~ Israel responded to [[PLO]] attacks from there.

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Iran, in its aim of globalizing the Islamic revolution, had founded Hezbollah in 1981 via its Ali Akhbar Mohtashami before Israel responded to [[PLO]] attacks from there.

The decision to establish Hezbollah was made in Tehran three years before Israel invaded Lebanon. During the first months of Khomeini’s rule in Iran, his Council of the Islamic Revolution made the decision to export the revolution to the Arab world and found Islamic movements based on Iranian Islamic ideology. To implement the program he appointed Ayatollah Ali Akhbar Montazeri, whom at the time he regarded as his eventual successor. Montazeri established an extensive organizational network to construct and support “Islamic liberation movements” in the Arab world: Hezbollah Hijaz in Saudi Arabia, Hezbollah in Bahrain, Hezbollah in Kuwait and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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In August 1981 Ali Akhbar Mohtashami, one of Khomeini’s close allies, was dispatched to Syria as the Iranian ambassador to Damascus. One of his missions was to found a new Shi’ite movement in Lebanon as an alternative to Amal.

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In August 1981, Ali Akhbar Mohtashami, one of Khomeini’s close allies, was dispatched to Syria as the Iranian ambassador to Damascus. One of his missions was to found a new Shi’ite movement in Lebanon as an alternative to Amal.

The decision to establish Hezbollah was made in Tehran three years prior to the Israeli invasion. Khomeini appointed Ayatollah Ali Akhbar Montazeri to establish Hezbollah, dispatching him to Damascus, Syria, where the group was founded in 1981.

Since its inception, Hezbollah has engaged in terrorist activities, targeting its own and Iran’s enemies, both in Lebanon and abroad. Its activities have earned the organization and many of its members terror designations by the United States Departments of State and Treasury, as well as by other countries.<ref>[https://hezbollah.org/about-hezbollah About Hezbollah]. Jezbollah.org.<blockquote>

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~~It's~~ ironic and cynical use of [[Arabs]] is~~, as,~~ not only ~~that~~ it ~~doesn't cares~~ about any Arabs, but its racist regime has been persecuting its Arabs relentlessly.

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Its ironic and cynical use of [[Arabs]] is that not only does it not care about any Arabs, but its racist regime has been persecuting its Arabs relentlessly.

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===October 2023-2024: Iran VS US/Israel - "Big/little Satan"===

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On Oct 7, 2023, Iran's proxy Islamist fascist Hamas regime, other jihadists with ordinary Arab Palestinians: massacred youths, raped women - some before murdering some after - all while laughing, beheaded men, even babies; wide torture of civilians, took hostages of all ages, some families together, murdered children in their beds, dismembered people, disfigured girls, burned people alive and paraded nude captive women in the street - abused by other Palestinians too. Notes and ~~confession~~ confirmed the Islamic directions and justification for targeting women and children and even raping corpses. Brutality was ~~live streamed~~ by the savages with sick pride and masses of other racist-~~Arabs~~ fascist-Muslims celebrated the atrocities.

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On Oct 7, 2023, Iran's proxy Islamist fascist Hamas regime, other jihadists with ordinary Arab Palestinians: massacred youths, raped women - some before murdering some after - all while laughing, beheaded men, even babies; wide torture of civilians, took hostages of all ages, some families together, murdered children in their beds, dismembered people, disfigured girls, burned people alive and paraded nude captive women in the street - abused by other Palestinians too. Notes and confessions confirmed the Islamic directions and justification for targeting women and children and even raping corpses. Brutality was livestreamed by the savages with sick pride and masses of other racist-Arab fascist Muslims celebrated the atrocities.

It prompted the operation [[Swords of Iron]].

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Days later, the Islamic Republic engaged in a war all over the place VS US/Israel.

* [[Hamas]].

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Jan 2024 report: Iran uses October 7 pogrom to ramp up influence operations in U.S. ~~Promoting~~ its mouthpieces: Press TV, (in Spanish~~) Hispan TV~~), and (in Arabic) ~~Al-Alam~~.

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Jan 2024 report: Iran uses October 7 pogrom to ramp up influence operations in the U.S., promoting its mouthpieces: Press TV, Hispan TV (in Spanish), and Al-Alam (in Arabic).

<ref>[https://islamism.news/news/iran-uses-october-7-pogrom-to-ramp-up-influence-operations-in-u-s/2024/ Iran Uses October 7 Pogrom to Ramp Up Influence Operations in U.S.], Romany Shaker, Islamism News, January 10, 2024</ref>

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*On Jan 28, 2024, ~~the~~ Iranians ~~have~~, for the first time, fatally attacked US troops via its kamikaze drones~~. It was~~ in Jordan. 3 soldiers died and scores were wounded.<ref>[https://www.jns.org/biden-vows-to-avenge-killing-of-three-us-troops-in-iran-backed-strike/ Biden vows to avenge killing of three US troops in Iran-backed strike], ''JNS'', Jan 28, 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-says-three-us-service-members-killed-drone-attack-us-forces-jordan-2024-01-28/ Three US troops killed, up to 34 injured in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran]. By Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Idrees Ali, ''Reuters'', January 28, 2024.<blockquote>

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*On Jan 28, 2024, Iranians, for the first time, fatally attacked US troops via its kamikaze drones in Jordan. Three soldiers died and scores were wounded.<ref>[https://www.jns.org/biden-vows-to-avenge-killing-of-three-us-troops-in-iran-backed-strike/ Biden vows to avenge killing of three US troops in Iran-backed strike], ''JNS'', Jan 28, 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-says-three-us-service-members-killed-drone-attack-us-forces-jordan-2024-01-28/ Three US troops killed, up to 34 injured in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran]. By Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Idrees Ali, ''Reuters'', January 28, 2024.<blockquote>

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella organization of hardline Iran-backed militant groups, claimed attacks on three bases, including one on the Jordan-Syria border.</blockquote></ref>

[[File:IMG-20240111-WA0002.jpg|thumb|At least 130 Iran linked attacks on US, by Jan.11.24]]

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At least 130 Iran-linked attacks on the U.S. by Jan. 11, 2024.

===Via its Houthis===

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On July 19, 2024, the Houthis, after months of repeated attempts, had one of its UAVs hit Tel Aviv in [[Israel]], killing one and injuring four others.

On July 20, 2024, Israel responded with 'Operation Long Arm' / 'Operation Outstretched Arm':

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"Over 220 projectiles have been launched [by the Houthis] against Israeli civilians and infrastructure, the latest one killing a civilian and injuring many more.” The official emphasized that “the Houthis attacks are acts of aggression, a flagrant violation of international law and a threat to international security and the Middle east stability. I remind you, the Houthis declared a maritime siege on Israel and parts of the Middle east and Europe, and have attacked dozens of times different navy vessels from different countries of all around the world in various terror aggressions, killing people, sinking ships, taking ships, and disrupting the whole economic system in the Middle East and in Europe."

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Explained: They 'have been targeting the country since soon after Hamas’s October 7 invasion and slaughter. And Israel had elected not to strike back, even after a missile scored a direct hit on Eilat in March. But in the early hours of Friday morning, an apparently upgraded Houthi drone evaded Israel’s defenses — for reasons thus far ascribed by the IDF to “human error” — and exploded in Tel Aviv, striking an apartment block and killing a 50-year-old Israeli, Yevgeny Ferder. The Houthis declared that this marked a “new phase” in their operations against Israel.'

"The attack is 200 km further from Israel than Tehran." High alert in the Air Force all over the country for fear of a reaction. The Americans were informed in advance of the attack, the IDF clarified: "It is in Israeli action only."

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'Iran has many arms': Chief of Staff Halevi addresses Hodeidah strike and implications for Iran.

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Drill in Greece and fire that will burn in Yemen for days: The farthest attack from Israeli territory ever carried out by the military, and its insistence on undertaking the operation without US aid as it carried out specialized drills in Greece.

The IDF didn’t comment on additional targets hit during the operation in the maritime port area of the city of Al Hudaydah in western Yemen, but according to several sources some 10 targets were attacked in the area.

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Israeli officials plan a strong counterattack in case of attempted retribution.<ref>

Israel strikes Houthi-controlled port in Yemen after deadly drone attack on Tel Aviv.

Fuel depot, other facilities at Hodeida Port targeted in Israel’s first strike in Yemen, one of its farthest-ever actions, in response to months of attacks on country amid Gaza war.

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Israel promised response. Biden-Harris administration, told Israel not to attack ~~nukes~~ sites~~. While~~ Trump and others rejected ~~tnis~~ limitation. Being weeks before ~~elections~~, Biden-Harris pressured Israel not to attack energy targets either.

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A little over a year (on the Hebrew calendar) since the Oct 7 attack on Simchat Torah: Israel struck precise Iranian military targets in hours-long waves of attacks, responding to its aggression. Zero interceptions by Iran.

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The IDF said Israel began conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran.

"The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7th – on seven fronts – including direct attacks from Iranian soil. Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond," the military said in a statement. "Our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilized. We will do whatever necessary to defend the State of Israel and the people of Israel.

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'The worst thing I've ever heard': Holocaust survivor blasts Harris for comparing Trump to Hitler. 'She owes my parents and everybody else who was murdered by Hitler an apology,' the Auschwitz survivor says in a clip advertised by Trump ad.

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Johnson and McConnell: Harris calling Trump ‘fascist’ could invite assassination attempt.20 different targets were hit, though Tehran downplayed the situation in the morning, given warnings it received from the U.S. about a possible response.

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Israeli precise strikes on Iran completed. It went on for over 3 hours, across three separate waves, dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets and aircraft targeted military complexes, air defense systems - first, S-300 air defense battery at Tehran airport, then missile production facilities, and surface-to-surface missile launchers in Tehran, as well as in the Khuzestan and Ilam provinces in western Iran. In all 20 targets were hit. At least 3 IRGC missile bases targeted; Israeli drones attacked secret Parchin military base, at least one hit. On NYT reported ~~from~~ IRGC Israeli attack on Parchin base in Iran, aside from developing missile & suicide drone tech, site was also used for nuclear work; bombing Parchin could disrupt Iran’s ability to carry out nuclear tests.

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Israeli precise strikes on Iran completed. They went on for over three hours across three separate waves; dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets and aircraft targeted military complexes, air defense systems — first, an S-300 air defense battery at Tehran airport; then missile production facilities and surface-to-surface missile launchers in Tehran, as well as in the Khuzestan and Ilam provinces in western Iran. In all, 20 targets were hit. At least three IRGC missile bases were targeted; Israeli drones attacked the secret Parchin military base, at least one hit. The NYT reported that in the IRGC report on the Israeli attack on the Parchin base in Iran, aside from developing missile and suicide-drone tech, the site was also used for nuclear work; bombing Parchin could disrupt Iran’s ability to carry out nuclear tests.

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The Islamic Republic, after first downplaying it, then decided to threaten retaliation.

Named op.: 'Days of Repentance':

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IRGC was reportedly also targeted.

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About missile manufacturing facilities used to produce the missiles. "These missiles posed a direct and immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel." Simultaneously, the IDF struck surface-to-air missile arrays and additional Iranian aerial capabilities, that were intended to restrict Israel's aerial freedom of operation in Iran.

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About missile-manufacturing facilities used to produce the missiles. "These missiles posed a direct and immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel." Simultaneously, the IDF struck surface-to-air missile arrays and additional Iranian aerial capabilities that were intended to restrict Israel's aerial freedom of operation in Iran.

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Mission accomplished all returned without harm.

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Mission accomplished: all returned without harm.

Israel warned Iran before the attack: "Do not respond."

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After overnight strikes, the IDF warns Iran (again) not to ‘make the mistake’ of further escalating.

A source for Sky News Arabia: "Russia provided Iran with intelligence information about the military operations of Israel and the United States..."

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-Shortly afterward, around 2:30 AM, the IDF spokesperson officially confirmed: "The IDF is carrying out precise military strikes in Iran, in response to the ongoing attacks by the Iranian regime against the State of Israel in recent months, in accordance with the directive of the political echelon."

IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari stated in an English-language declaration to the foreign media that Israel "has the right and obligation to respond" to Iran, "like any other sovereign country in the world." He noted the strike is a response to months of Iranian actions against Israel since October 7, including those by its proxies.

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At this stage, the Iranians focused on downplaying the events, with reports from the country stating that the source of the explosion sounds was the air defense systems intercepting the IDF attack. BBC noted shortly afterward that it was unclear which sites were hit in Iran, as Tehran claimed that routine life continued, and Israel did not disclose what it was targeting other than "military targets."

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At this stage, the Iranians focused on downplaying the events, with reports from the country stating that the source of the explosion sounds was the air defense systems intercepting the IDF attack. The BBC noted shortly afterward that it was unclear which sites were hit in Iran, as Tehran claimed that routine life continued, and Israel did not disclose what it was targeting other than "military targets."

-Around 3:00 AM, it was reported that President Joe Biden was "closely updated" on the developments. About half an hour later, the Pentagon clarified that the U.S. was not involved in the strike in Iran, although it was informed about it. Israel, in fact, shared with the U.S. what it planned to do and did not surprise it despite Pentagon document leaks.

-At 4:15 AM, further reports indicated that President Biden and Vice President Harris were updated on the attack.

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NYT reported that the strikes in the additional wave concluded about half an hour after they began, around 5:00 AM, targeting air defense systems, missile production facilities, UAVs, and launch sites.

"If Iran makes a mistake - we will respond."

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-At 6:00 AM, IDF announced that the Air Force jets had returned safely to the country after striking air defense systems and surface-to-surface missiles in Iran, stating that the operation was named "Days of Repentance."

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-At 6:00 AM, the IDF announced that the Air Force jets had returned safely to the country after striking air defense systems and surface-to-surface missiles in Iran, stating that the operation was named "Days of Repentance."

"Air Force jets attacked, with intelligence guidance, missile production means that Iran launched toward the State of Israel in the past year. Simultaneously, surface-to-air missile arrays and additional aerial capabilities of Iran were attacked, which were intended to limit Israel's aerial freedom of action in Iran. IDF has many offensive operational capabilities, some of which were carried out today in striking strategic arrays deep within Iran. The State of Israel reserves the right and duty to protect its citizens if the Iranian regime continues its attacks against Israel and its citizens."

"The extent of the damages and results will be revealed later, but already there is broader freedom of action for the IDF," they said. "We are focused on the objectives of the war in Lebanon and Gaza, and Iran is pushing for regional escalation. We are at peak readiness in defense and offense, with no change in the Home Front Command instructions at the moment. We are in ongoing intelligence and operational assessment. We have proven that we can strike at any point in the Middle East."

-About 20 minutes after the IDF's announcement, in a conversation with reporters, a senior White House official stated the U.S. fully backs Israel and warns Iran of "consequences" if it responds to the IDF strike — which was defined as "self-defense." According to the official, "We deployed a missile battery and acted to strengthen Israel's air defense systems in anticipation of tonight's response. President Biden and Vice President Harris have clearly demonstrated that we will always help protect Israel from Iran and its terrorist organizations."

-After attempting throughout the night to downplay the results of the strikes, at 6:30 AM, it decided to admit for the first time that "minimal damage" (sic) was caused at several sites, but falsely claimed that its air defense systems supposedly "succeded" in confronting "Israeli aggression (sic)."

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Yet, Iran admitted two soldiers killed, including an officer equivalent to the rank of major.

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Yet, Iran admitted two soldiers were killed, including an officer equivalent to the rank of major.

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Israel targeted 'critical component' of missile manufacturing.

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Israel targeted a 'critical component' of missile manufacturing.

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Israel hit an important factory that is used for the production of Iranian ballistic missiles. A factory for the production of solid fuel that is used to propel the Khaibar and Qasem ballistic missiles, which were launched at Israel in the Iranian attack on October 1.

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Israel hit an important factory that is used for the production of Iranian ballistic missiles. It was a factory for the production of solid fuel that is used to propel the Khaibar and Qasem ballistic missiles, which were launched at Israel in the Iranian attack on October 1.

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Four women participated in the ~~Israel~~ attack on Iran.

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Four women participated in the Israeli attack on Iran.

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After Israeli strikes, West urges Iran to stand down as Muslim nations slam Jerusalem. Washington says Islamic Republic must end ‘cycle of fighting,’ as ~~official signals~~ approval of Jerusalem’s ‘targeted and proportional’ response to Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack.

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After Israeli strikes, West urges Iran to stand down as Muslim nations slam Jerusalem. Washington says the Islamic Republic must end ‘cycle of fighting,’ as officials signal approval of Jerusalem’s ‘targeted and proportional’ response to Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack.

Opposition in Israel pans failure to exact ‘heavy price’ from Iran - Liberman dismisses ‘PR actions', "we have returned to the concept" (of Oct 6), "buying quiet for the short term".

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US welcomes limited strike. Gantz congratulates, Lapid says not attacking strategic and economic targets ‘was wrong,’ Yair Golan lauds military, White House for persuading government to hold back.

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The US welcomes the limited strike. Gantz congratulates, Lapid says not attacking strategic and economic targets ‘was wrong,’ Yair Golan lauds military, White House for persuading government to hold back.

For notes see: [https://www.conservapedia.com/Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIII#Notes_Part_III:_Oct_17_2024_-_Jan_7_2025 Swords of Iron. Notes Part 4].

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*[[Operation Roaring Lion / Operation Epic Fury]] / [[Operation Roaring Lion / Operation Epic Fury - updates]]

*[[Continued operations on Islamic Republic of Iran, proxies , May 4 2026+]]

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*[[Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi]] - an Iraqi national and a senior commander of [[Kata'ib Hezbollah]], on May 15, 2026, the United States Department of Justice announced that Al-Saadi had been arrested and charged with multiple terrorism-related offenses connected to alleged attacks and plots targeting [[Americans]], [[Jews]], Israeli interests, and Western institutions in Europe and North America.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraqi National Arrested and Charged with Providing Material Support to Iranian-Backed Terrorist Organizations and Directing Attacks Targeting U.S. Citizens and Interests |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/iraqi-national-arrested-and-charged-providing-material-support-iranian-backed-terrorist |website=U.S. Department of Justice |publisher=Office of Public Affairs |date=May 15, 2026 |access-date=May 15, 2026}}</ref>

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*[[Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi]] - an Iraqi national and a senior commander of [[Kata'ib Hezbollah]], on May 15, 2026, the United States Department of Justice announced that Al-Saadi had been arrested and charged with multiple terrorism-related offenses connected to alleged attacks and plots targeting [[Americans]], [[Jews]], Israeli interests, and Western institutions in Europe and North America .<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraqi National Arrested and Charged with Providing Material Support to Iranian-Backed Terrorist Organizations and Directing Attacks Targeting U.S. Citizens and Interests |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/iraqi-national-arrested-and-charged-providing-material-support-iranian-backed-terrorist |website=U.S. Department of Justice |publisher=Office of Public Affairs |date=May 15, 2026 |access-date=May 15, 2026}}</ref>

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