OPINION: Iran’s IRGC Quds Force Is Powerless After Soleimani’s Death
By Hamed Mohammadi
The former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Qods Force (IRGC-QF) Brigadier General Ghasem Soleimani was killed in a targeted U.S. drone attack on
Baghdad’s International Airport on January 3.
Many political observers...
U.S. Rejects Iranian Media Claims of CIA Officer’s Death in Jet Crash in Afghanistan
By Hamed Mohammadi
The U.S. Department of Defense has dismissed reports by Iranian state media that Michael D’Andrea, dubbed “Ayatollah Mike,” a senior officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in charge of the Iran...
OPINION: Iran Is an Obstacle to Peace and Stability in the Middle East
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Iranian authorities have urged the public to take part in the forthcoming presidential election in June.
In his first public address since the start of the Iranian new year on March 21,...
OPINION: The Islamic Republic Regime’s Desperate Battle for Survival
By Hamed Mohammadi
The former head of the Supreme Court of Iran, the late Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Beheshti (1928-1981), delivered a speech at Tehran University on Oct. 26, 1979, in which he said: “Iranians...
IRGC Officers, Russian Representatives, NATO Members Meet in Tehran
By Hamed Mohammadi
Feb. 25 will mark the second anniversary of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.
As concerns grow over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s potential military aggression towards other Eastern European countries, representatives from several NATO...
U.S. Policy Of ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran Has Been Effective, Analyst Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
The leaders of the Islamic Republic continue to blame U.S. sanctions for the economic crisis, which has made life difficult for most Iranians in recent years. Iranian society has been under enormous...
Explosion at IRGC Building in Tehran Was Not A Terrorist Act, Iranian Media Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
On December 30, an unknown person or persons reportedly detonated a small homemade explosive device outside the entrance to the Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters (GHORB) -- the engineering wing of the Islamic...
ANALYSIS: How Iran Is Seeking to Strengthen Ties With the Taliban
By Hamed Mohammadi
Although the deep rift between Shias and Sunnis is the source of longstanding sectarian conflict in the Middle East, their mutual hatred of the U.S. prompts them to join forces sometimes. If...
Wreckage of MIG-29 Fighter Jet Is Found in Northwestern Iran
By Hamed Mohammadi
Military commando units and mountain search and rescue teams have found the wreckage of an Iranian Air Force MIG-29 fighter jet in the Sabalan mountain range in the northwestern province of Ardabil...
OPINION: IRGC’s Massive Control Over Iranian Politics and Economy
By Hamed Mohammadi
It has been nine years since the U.S. military special forces, on orders from former President Barack Obama, carried out an operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan, that killed Osama bin Laden, the founder...
