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The significance of ongoing uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon

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Popular protests in Iraq-October 2019 The significance of ongoing uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon Iran, October 27, 2019 —On Friday, uprisings flared up in Iraq, where the outraged people returned to the streets of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities and  cried out their outrage against the Iranian regime  and its agents of suppression, especially Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the terrorist Quds force, and its militias. The protests in Iraq are happening as uprisings continue in Lebanon, where the people are fed up with an inefficient government and the destructive policies of Hezbollah,  Tehran’s terrorist proxy in the country . The uprising continues After a week of  intense protests in early October , the people of Iraq had declared a week in advance that they would resume their protests on Friday. They gathered in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on the eve and chanted slogans against Soleimani and the Iranian regime. On Friday, the people marched on Baghda...

The Last Piece of This Domino Will Fall in Tehran

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The Last Piece of This Domino Will Fall in Tehran By Pooya Stone 24 October - 40 years ago, in tandem with founding the Islamic Republic in Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini established a long-term policy under the name “exporting the revolution”. In reality, he pursued to export internal crises beyond Iran’s borders under the pretext of expansion of “Islam”. Khomeini’s revolution not only did not benefit the Iranian people but also pushed the region—mainly countries with a substantial Shiite majority—into endless wars. Until a month ago, Ayatollahs seemed to be winning the hegemony war over the entire Middle East. They touted the Islamic Republic as the main player in the region due to their terrorist proxies such as Lebanese Hezbollah, Shiite militias in Iraq, Houthi rebels in Yemen, etc. Today, however, as the Iranian government’s bankruptcy is exposed and the export of its crude oil is restricted, it is losing its authority in the region. Iran-backed Hezbollah loses its hegemo...