Iranian Athletes No Longer Need Law Banning Competition With Israelis, MP Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
There is no need to pass a new bill into law banning Iranian athletes from facing Israeli opponents in international competitions because they do it out of their own free will, Mojtaba...
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’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...
Iran’s Regular Army Played a Key Role in Fighting ISIS, Commanders Say
By Hamed Mohammadi
Recent comments by several senior army commanders hailing the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces and the Air Force for their roles in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) and in the...
Iran Probes Possible Dutch Role in 2007 Stuxnet Attack on Natanz Nuclear Site
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said the country’s authorities are investigating a recent report by Western media that in 2007, Dutch intelligence helped the U.S. and Israel launch a...
ANALYSIS: Iran Faces Pressure As European Governments Lose Patience
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Speaker of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) Ali Larijani has criticized France, Germany and the UK for triggering Article 37 -- the dispute mechanism, or Snap Back mechanism, stipulated in the 2015...
Iran Releases Foreign Nationals, Hopes to Secure $5 Billion IMF Loan
BY Hamed Mohammadi
On March 20, Iran freed Roland Marchal, a French sociologist who had been in prison in the country since June 2019. On the same day, France released Jalal Ruhollahnejad, an Iranian engineer...
Iranian Oil Ministry Corruption Is Causing Shortage of Tar Bitumen, MP Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
A group inside the Iranian Oil Ministry has monopolized the sale and export of vacuum bitumen, which is the raw material used to produce bitumen, commonly known as tar or asphalt, according...
Iran Sinks Deeper into Syrian Quicksand After Turkish Military Attack on IRGC
By Hamed Mohammadi
On Feb. 29, an organization called Iran’s Military Advisory Center (MAC) in Syria released a statement urging the Turkish military to stop attacking Shia militia and Hezbollah forces operating under the auspices...
Christian Convert Ebrahim Firouzi Released from Iranian Prison
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Iranian authorities have released Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian convert from a Muslim background, after he served a 5-year sentence at Gohardasht (Rajaei Shahr) Prison in Karaj, 20 kilometers west of Tehran,...
