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WikiLeaks: U.S. Role in Abdulmalek Rigi Capture Suspected

Was Rigi captured by the Iranians in Afghanistan with crucial direct or indirect U.S. help… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Overview of 22 Bahman Protests Outside Tehran

The following provides an overview of February 11/22 Bahman opposition protests and official activities in several provincial Iranian cities… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Grand Ayatollah to Khameini: “Free Prisoners, Make Clear Break with ‘Fanatics'”

Ardebili reportedly scolded Khameini for being out of touch with the people… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: “Iran Can’t Go On Like This”

Most Baku Iran watcher contacts predict massive demonstrations in Tehran, and significant protests in Tabriz, Mashad, Isfahan, and some smaller cities… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Revolutionary Guard Chief of Staff Jafari slapped Ahmadinejad in the face

According to an Iranian opposition journalist and former political prisoner… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Child Malnutrition, Drug Use, Drug Labs, Afflict Urban Poor in Iran

Baku Iran Watcher met with a two Iranian NGO leaders who focus on children’s rights and drug addiction problems in poor areas on Tehran and other cities… Continue reading

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Middle East Myths Metastasize, Iran War Hysteria Rages Onward

Much written and said about the Middle East has always been fantasy. And number one on that list is the war hysteria with Iran… Continue reading

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Azerbaijan as an Arena for Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorism and Subversion

Azerbaijan, despite its being a Shi’ite Muslim country, has a strong pro-Western orientation and, to Iran’s dissatisfaction, maintains good relations with Israel… Continue reading

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Thailand and Southeast Asia as Arenas for Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorism and Subversion

Since the late 1980s, Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, has been a favorite theater of terrorist operations for Iran and Hezbollah… Continue reading

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Turkey as an Arena for Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorism and Subversion

Turkey and Iran often state that there has been peace along their border for more than four hundred years… Continue reading

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Analysis: Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorist Attacks against Israeli Targets Abroad

For the past half year Iran and Hezbollah have organized and carried out a terrorist campaign against Israeli targets abroad… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Iranian Exporter Discusses Regime Pressures, Smuggling Routes, and Iran Narcotics Problem

Iranian manufacturer and exporter said that he and other export/importers utilizing the Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran route and reverse are occasionally approached by known regime insiders or representatives of Iranian security for “help” in bringing in mis-labeled shipments into and out of Iran… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Iran’s Money Launderers, Sanctions-Busters, and Revolutionary Guard Money Makers

According to widespread rumor, many Iranians in Baku are involved full- or part-time in Iranian regime-related profit making, sanctions-busting, money laundering, and similar activities… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Israel Cannot Accept Nuclear Iran

Labor MK Ephraim Sneh sees military action against Iran’s nuclear program as only a last resort… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Israeli Intentions Regarding the Iranian Nuclear Program

Israel sees Iran as the primary threat to its security and sees the enrichment cycle as the “point of no return” for Tehran’s nuclear weapons program… Continue reading

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Iran Cuts Down to Six Weeks Timeline for Weapons-Grade Uranium

Tehran this week hardened its nuclear and military policies in defiance of tougher sanctions and ahead of international nuclear talks… Continue reading

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Crisis in US-Israel Relations over Nuclear Talks with Iran

In the last 24 hours, the approach of international talks with Iran on its nuclear program has escalated already high tensions over the issue between the Obama administration and the Israeli government… Continue reading

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Iran needs to attack Israel by 2014

A number of conservative news websites in Iran published an article by blogger Ali-Reza Forghani discussing the rationale behind an attack on Israel from the point of view of Islamic religious law, based on interpretations of the term “jihad” in Islam and the thought of Ayatollah Khomeini… Continue reading

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Will Turkey Be Able to Join the West in Confronting Iran?

The international sanctions against Iran, and most recently the decision of the EU countries to stop importing oil from Iran, are ultimately going to have a major impact on Turkey… Continue reading

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The World Media Goes Bonkers: An Israel-Attacks-Iran Case Study

For the second time in a few months we have seen a crazy global Israel-About-to-Attack-Iran Story… Continue reading

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Iran and the uprisings in the Arab world: Islamic Awakening and Youths

An international conference titled Islamic Awakening and Youths convened in Tehran last week… Continue reading

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Response to Ron Paul: Did U.S. Policy Make Today’s Islamist Iran Hate America?

Presidential candidate Ron Paul has said repeatedly that Iranians hate America because of its role in the 1953 coup overthrowing Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadegh… Continue reading

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Assad contains Syrian uprising for now, with help of Russia, Iran and Hizballah

Ten months after the Syrian people launched an uprising against its ruler, Bashar Assad has recovered the bulk of his army’s support and his grip on most parts of the country… Continue reading

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Prison for Journalists: Wave of Journalists’ Arrests in Iran

Iranian reformist opposition and human rights sources have reported a wave of arrests of journalists and social media activists… Continue reading

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Security and Defense: Israel is not About to Attack Iran and Neither is the United States

The radio superhero, The Shadow, had the power to “cloud men’s minds.” But nothing clouds men’s minds like anything that has to do with Jews or Israel… Continue reading