Predicting Iran
Iran is unpredictable. I have no idea what will happen there. But I do know that tyrannies stay in power through a number of mechanisms. One is complete mind control, but only North Korea seems to be able to do … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Iran
Iran: the police and protestors
There have been large anti-government protests in Iran for several days—and, unlike in this country, the “resistance” in Iran runs the real risk of being shot for its pains. Until today, that hadn’t happened in the current round of protests, … Continue reading →
Obama, Hezbollah enabler
Politico has issued an in-depth report on how the Obama administration put the kibosh on a task force against Iranian-backed Hezbollah’s cocaine operation, as part of its efforts to make a nuclear deal with the Iranians. It’s a complex story, … Continue reading →
Trump on the Iran deal
We’ve been hearing for quite some time that Trump was going to make an announcement on the Iran deal and would refuse to re-certify it. Well, this is it. That’s breaking news, and I haven’t had much of a chance … Continue reading →
Iran is thinking about it
Iran reportedly may have had a slight change of tactics: Tehran has repeatedly vowed to continue building up what it calls defensive missile capability in defiance of Western criticism, with Washington saying the Islamic Republic’s stance violates its 2015 nuclear … Continue reading →
ISIS Terrorist attack—in Iran
It’s a rare event in Iran. The terrorists seem to be ISIS, in a Sunni-Shi’ite struggle: Islamic State said five of its fighters carried out the twin attacks using assault rifles, grenades, and suicide vests. “The caliphate will not miss … Continue reading →
Obama and the Iran deal, redux
I’m surprised to see Politico publishing an investigative report that’s critical of Obama’s Iran deal (see also this). After all, Politico has usually been Obama- and Democrat-friendly. But I suppose that article is in the nature of a “now it … Continue reading →
Here are two brave teenagers
Two promising chess-playing siblings [from Iran] have been banned from [national chess] tournaments…after the sister failed to wear a hijab and her brother played an Israeli. Dorsa and Borna Derakhshani, two of the country’s leading youth chess players, were told … Continue reading →
Obama’s secret negotiations with Iran
John Hinderaker reminds us of the following: …in 2008, while he was running for the presidency, Barack Obama deliberately undermined American foreign policy by secretly encouraging Iran’s mullahs to hold out until he became president, because he would be easier … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick on Donald Trump and the Middle East
Here’s Caroline Glick on Trump and the Middle East: The PLO is disoriented, panicked and hysterical. Speaking to Newsweek this week, Saeb Erekat, PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas’s chief conduit to Israel and the Americans, complained that since President Donald Trump … Continue reading →
Hillary’s loose lips?
If you’ve had some difficulty following the details of Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri’s execution and how it might or might not have been connected to the Hillary Clinton email scandal, that’s because—as Austin Bay’s article on the subject suggests—the … Continue reading →
Michael Totten on the Iranian “ransom”
Not technically a ransom, but effectively a ransom, and one that will encourage even more hostage-taking by Iran.
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