In a new phase of intensifying attacks on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a demeaning poem was recited in his presence during public prayers marking Eid Fitr on June 26 in Tehran.
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.
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