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 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 Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:37 pm CEST
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The Price Hezbollah Pays for Supporting the Syrian Regime

Being drawn into the Syrian civil war forced Hezbollah to pay both a political price and a price to its image in the Arab-Muslim world… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:36 pm CEST
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Hezbollah Support for the Syrian Regime

Hezbollah supports the Syrian regime as the civil war drags on… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:36 pm CEST
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Hezbollah Involvement in the Syrian Civil War

For Iran and Hezbollah, the preservation of Bashar Assad’s regime is of supreme strategic importance… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, February 21, 2013 at 01:06 am CET
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Iran Has to Prefer Syria to the Khuzestan Region

Should Iran give more importance to Syria than to the Khuzestan region… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • SouthWest Asia • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, February 21, 2013 at 01:00 am CET
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Cairo Conference in Support of Arab Minority in Khuzestan Provokes Anger from Iran

Cairo conference to support Arab minority in Khuzestan region stirs up Arab-Sunni and Persian-Shia animosity… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Egypt • Iran • Shi'ism • SouthWest Asia • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 12:33 pm CET
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Anti-Islamism in an Islamic Civil War

The notion of a Sunni-Shi’ite conflict is not the only perceived dichotomy at play in the Syrian civil war… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • History • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
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 
Posted on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 14:51 pm CEST
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Subversion and Exporting the Islamic Revolution in Latin America

Iran invests considerable resources in its battle for hearts and minds and in exporting the Iranian revolution in Latin American countries… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Argentina • Brazil • Colombia • Culture • Hezbollah • Iran • Religion • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Venezuela 
Posted on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 14:50 pm CEST
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Iranian and Hezbollah Involvement in Criminal Activities in Latin America

According to findings presented before the January 18, 2012 session of the U.S. Congress, through its proxies Iran is involved in numerous criminal activities in Latin America… Continue reading

Topics: Colombia • Hezbollah • Iran • Politics • Religion • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Venezuela 
Posted on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 14:50 pm CEST
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Latin America as an Arena for Iranian-Hezbollah Terrorism

Iran regards Latin America as an arena for terrorist activity, which the Iranian regime considers an instrument for promoting its strategic objectives… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Argentina • Brazil • Chile • Counter-terrorism • Hezbollah • Iran • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Venezuela 
Posted on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 14:49 pm CEST
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Latin America as an Arena for Iran and Hezbollah’s Terrorist, Subversive and Criminal Activities

Since Ahmadinejad was elected president in August 2005, Iran has extended and solidified its relations with several Latin American countries, especially Venezuela and Bolivia, and increased its efforts to obtain a political foothold in the others… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Argentina • Brazil • Hezbollah • Iran • Politics • Religion • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Venezuela 
Posted on Fri, May 4, 2012 at 17:48 pm CEST
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Regime Change in Iran?

There is every reason to believe that the Islamic Republic’s days are numbered… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Religion • Shi'ism