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EDITORIAL: Khamenei’s Well-Founded Fears

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EDITORIAL: Khamenei’s Well-Founded Fears Published on  11 October 2019 . Last week, the Iranian regime's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei broke his 40-day silence on the crises facing his regime. In a meeting with commanders of the terrorist Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on October 2, Khamenei expressed “utter satisfaction” with their actions and described them as his “dear children.” While trying to be circumspect, Khamenei confessed to a wave of defections in the ranks of the IRGC and called on his commanders to be ready for “big incidents,” a euphemism for the tougher times that his regime will soon face. Recent events show Khamenei’s fear to be well-founded. His regime is indeed running headlong toward “big incidents” on various fronts. THE  LORDEGAN  HIV CRISIS Last week, news broke that Iranian health ministry workers had infected hundreds of residents in  Lordegan  county, Charmahal, and Bakhtiari province, with the HIV virus as a result o...

EDITORIAL: False G7 Hopes on Iran – What’s Next?

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EDITORIAL: False G7 Hopes on Iran – What’s Next? Written by Staff Writer on  02 September 2019 . Following the  G7 summit  in France, much hope was expressed in the media about the possibility of new U.S.-Iran negotiations, and that the regime’s president Hassan Rouhani may meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming weeks. But recent events have shown that this seems to be a carefully crafted plan by Iran's regime to deceive the West and escape strong condemnation by the G7 -- which it succeeded in -- and nothing more. Last Monday, August 26, Rouhani made remarks to the effect that he is willing to negotiate with and even meet anyone if that could help his “country’s development and resolve the problems of the people.” Those words were used during the Trump-Macron press conference three times as the possibility for such a meeting. Once the G7 was over with no strong words against the regime,  Rouhani  went back to the regime’s default posi...