The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) June 18 missile attacks against Islamic State group (IS) in Syria, has dimensions, costs and consequences that go far beyond what IRGC describes as a “retaliation against IS”.
The annual state-sponsored ceremonies of Quds Day in Iran were held this year amid rising regional tensions with Saudi Arabia, bickering between Hassan Rouhani’s government and the Supreme Leader and Tehran’s recent show of force in Syria.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s recent declaration that security forces should “fire at will” against presumed enemies of the state is an established policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, IRGC, on Wednesday issued a statement trying to deny credit to Rouhani for the missile attacks against the Islamic State group in Syria.
In a dramatic move, the Assembly of Experts issued an announcement on Tuesday, June 20, rebuking President Hassan Rouhani for saying that the Supreme Leader and the government draw their legitimacy from the will of the people.
Responding to the recent comments by U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson in support of opposition within Iran to the regime, the head of Iran’s judiciary, Sadiq Amoli Larijani lashed out and called dissenters “warriors against God” and such tactics “interventionism.”
Iraqi and Syrian issues won’t be resolved without Iran’s involvement, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
President Hassan Rouhani has turned his ‘iftar’ (Ramadan daily fast breaking) banquettes into a regular stage for responding to his opponents and critics.
In the past few weeks, public disagreements over major policy issues between President Hassan Rouhani and Ali Khamenei have become a routine occurrence.
President Hassan Rouhani has promised to seek out the advice of the country’s youth going forward in his new administration since winning re-election last month.
Less than a week after ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared, “compromise can be more costly than challenging” adversaries, President Hassan Rouhani has indirectly replied, saying, peace is harder than conflict.
A new round of restrictions on Iran’s economy is in the making. The recent blocking of Iranian clients’ bank accounts in the Persian Gulf area and Southwest Asia is one of the biggest manifestations of the new restrictions.
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