On January 3, 2020, two days after A U.S. drone killed Qassem Soleimani outside Baghdad Airport, websites close to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) published a poster headlined, "Qaani, the same as Soleimani."
Ruhollah Zam, the Iranian media figure who established the AMAD Telegram channel, was allegedly hanged in Iran on Saturday, per the IRIB state media channel.
Defending China's policies against its Muslim minority by Iran's hardliners has led to a lot of criticism. But they insist China is a friend of Muslims because they hope Beijing is there to oppose Iran's adversaries.
Although Iran's Supreme Leader told officials to treat protest detainees with "Islamic kindness", many face torture and even the death penalty.
Who benefits from the death of a former Iranian judge who fled the country; corrupt officials trying to cover their tracks or the regime itself, to avoid a human rights trial.
Those to aspire to succeed Iran's Supreme Leader have to fight tough battles with rivals that can pave their way to fall from grace.
The office of Iran's Supreme leader makes huge money from state TV by controlling its vast advertising and lottery businesses.
The former mayor of Tehran, IRGC general Mohammad Qalibaf accused of corruption is backing a shady foundation collecting money to help people amid a deadly coronavirus epidemic.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is moving toward a more totalitarian rule, to prepare for transition of power after he departs the scene.
One of the many different versions of the story about the downing of a Ukrainian airliner by an IRGC missiles on January 8, is that the Rouhani administration was kept in the dark about what had happened.
The death of Iran's Qassem Soleimani will have an impact on the country's politics when a successor is chosen for the current Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The most important theme in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s sermon on Friday was “the people”. Iran’s Supreme Leader talked about “the people” in four different parts of his rare sermon.
The network of officials chosen from among Iranian Supreme Leader's relatives, the allies of his son, and his trusted office staff has grown further by the appointment of a younger hardliner, with family ties to the citadel of power.
Iran Supreme Leader has recently called for restructuring the Basij paramilitary force as a more mobile, omnipresent militia similar to the Islamic Revolution Committees of the 1980s.
Why the United States sanctioned the son of Iran's Supreme Leader on November 4, 2019? There are many signs that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is grooming him for succession.
An Iranian hardliner has released an audio recording from prison accusing the IRGC Intelligence chief of corruption and illegal activities.
The Shiite Arbaeen pilgrimage was an routine religious event a decade ago until Iran decided to make it a showcase of its influence in Iraq and the region.
Authorities in Tehran have lined up to hail the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' (IRGC) fearsome Intelligence Organization for kidnapping an Iranian journalist in Iraq. But the story is not just a simple intrigue of neutralizing an opponent.
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