Posted on Mon, March 6, 2017 at 12:23 pm CET
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Iranian Conduct in the Early Days of the Trump Administration

Tension between the new administration and Tehran increased within a short while… Read more

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Politics • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, February 26, 2017 at 20:15 pm CET
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Sixth International Conference on Palestinian Intifada Calls for the Destruction of Israel

At Conference in Tehran support for Palestinian intifada and calls for the destruction of Israel… Read more

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Anti-Zionism • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jihadism • Pro-Palestinianism • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 16:06 pm CET
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Portrait of Qasem Soleimani, Commander of the Iranian IRGC’ Qods Force

Qasem Soleimani’s approach to developments in the regional arena reflect the basic concept of the Iranian regime… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 16:06 pm CET
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A Short Biography of Qasem Soleimani

Qasem Soleimani’s background… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 16:03 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Involvement in the Syrian Civil War

Iranian Involvement in the Syrian civil war… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 16:02 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Involvement in Iraq

Since the beginning of the American occupation of Iraq in 2003, the Qods Force has led Iran’s collaboration with the Iraqi Shi’ite militias… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Iraq • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 16:00 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Involvement in the Palestinian Arena and Israel

Since the 1990s, the Qods Force has operated in the Palestinian arena to encourage, promote and finance terrorist attacks against Israel… Read more

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Zionism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 15:58 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Involvement in Lebanon

For years Lebanon had been considered the flagship of the Qods Force’s activity to promote the armed campaign against Israel… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 15:57 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Involvement in Yemen and other Middle Eastern states

Iran regards Yemen as an important part of its regional policy of establishing an Iranian ground and naval presence at the entrance of the Red Sea… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Yemen 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 15:56 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Involvement in Internal Iranian Politics

One of the sources of Soleimani’s power is his close ties to the leadership of the Iranian regime… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 15:55 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Public Image

The public support for Soleimani increased to the level of a personality cult… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 15:53 pm CET
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Possible Lifting of International Sanctions on Qasem Soleimani in the Wake of the Nuclear Agreement

Soleimani has been included on several lists of senior Iranian officials on whom international sanctions were imposed… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Wed, October 28, 2015 at 18:29 pm CET
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Harakat Al-Sabireen – Iran’s New Palestinian Terror Group

Harakat al-Sabireen, a Palestinian militant group active primarily in Gaza, is dedicated to “the Shari’a obligation of jihad in the path of God” against Israel based on Iran’s revolutionary Islamist ideology… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Harakat al-Sabireen • Islamic Terrorism • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Wed, October 14, 2015 at 21:46 pm CEST
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Who Was Hossein Hamedani, the Senior IRGC Commander Killed in Syria

Hossein Hamedani was the most senior Iranian military officer on a foreign operation to be killed in 36 years… Read more

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shia Islam • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, March 31, 2015 at 21:51 pm CEST
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The Iranian Worldwide Terrorist Threat

The Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community for 2015 does not mention Iran and Hezbollah, which were previously presented as a major source of terrorism… Read more

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Wed, June 26, 2013 at 21:41 pm CEST
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The Sunni-Shi’ite Schism is One of the Most Influential Factors in Current Middle East Conflicts

The depth of the Sunni-Shi’ite schism can be seen in all the major arenas where regional conflicts are being waged… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Religion • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict • The Middle East • Wahhabism 
Posted on Wed, June 26, 2013 at 21:34 pm CEST
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi Calls on Muslims to Support the Rebels in Syria

Al-Qaradawi’s remarks reflect the deepening Sunni-Shi’ite schism in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Religion • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:43 pm CET
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Hezbollah: Portrait of a Terrorist Organization

Hezbollah has a 30-year history of terrorist activity in Lebanon, the Middle East and around the globe, directed against Israel, the Jewish people, the United States and the West, pro-Western Arab states and Hezbollah’s enemies in Lebanon… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:42 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activity, 2000-2012

Hezbollah has actively participated in the worldwide anti-Israeli campaign of terrorism led by Iran’s Qods Force, attempting to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli diplomats and tourists… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:41 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activities during the 1990s

In the 1990s Hezbollah combined terrorist attacks in Israeli territory and overseas with guerilla warfare against the IDF in the Lebanese security zone and sporadic rocket fire at Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Argentina • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:40 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activities during the 1980s

Hezbollah’s terrorist activity during the first years of its existence focused on the United States and France, the main targets of a wave of terrorist attacks in Lebanon and elsewhere… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • France • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Kuwait • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, November 4, 2012 at 15:06 pm CET
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The Sunni-Shia Conflict Will Be the Major Feature of Middle East Politics for Decades

We are not just talking here about theological differences but a battle between individual leaders, organizations, and states for power and primacy… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Islamism • Politics • Religion • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Fri, July 13, 2012 at 21:59 pm CEST
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Israel is in Good Shape Because So Many Others Decided Not to Be

The more I think about Israel’s security situation at this moment, the better it looks… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab World • Israel • Politics • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Sat, July 7, 2012 at 21:00 pm CEST
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“And What Do You Want to Say to the Iraqi People?”

I’ve been interviewed a number of times, for example, by Iraqi journalists. But this time there was a different kind of question at the end of the interview… Continue reading

Topics: Iraq • Iraqi Kurdistan • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Media • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 16:29 pm CEST
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The Middle East: Brave New World or Scary New Master?

If you want a sense of where the Middle East is going, consider this viewpoint from an unlikely source… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Islamism • Religion • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East • Wahhabism