You may not know me, just as you do not necessarily know all [the rest] of the victims of the terrorist militias you deploy in Iraq and in the other unfortunate countries that have become theaters for your score-settling with the East and the West and for barricades that keep threats away from your throne and your country… Addressing you fills me with shame, even if it is only to expose some of your crimes and your terror. But no disgrace that has befallen Iraq and the Iraqis throughout the history of their civilization can compare to the disgrace that has befallen them now, when their county has become just another small farm of the Iranian [ruling] jurisprudent [i.e., Khamenei]!! My only comfort is that you would have never defiled the Land of the Two Rivers [Iraq] had the American forces not brought you there in 2003 and allowed your militias and parties to take control of Iraq with iron and fire.
OilPrice.com just after the last major attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities on 14 September 2019, there are many positive aspects from Iran’s perspective in pursuing such a strategy. If it had not been for Iran’s uncertainty about how former U.S. President Donald Trump might have reacted in the run-up to presidential elections in 2020 then there might well have been more such attacks before those most recently launched on 4 and 7 March. “Although major direct action against Iran by the U.S. [for the 14 September attacks on Saudi Arabia was not taken at the time – with planned strikes against Iranian targets vetoed in the Oval Office due to Trump’s concern about the possible number of civilian casualties – Iran did pay the price later with the [3 January 2020] assassination of [Major General] Qasem Soleimani who was the mastermind behind Iran’s foreign military and clandestine operations,” a source who has worked closely with Iran’s government told OilPrice.com las
Iran s parliament speaker Ali Larijani speaks during a news conference in Baghdad December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Ali Larijani is a veteran official in the Islamic Republic whose long service in a variety of key posts would make him a plausible if not especially charismatic candidate in Iran’s upcoming June 18 presidential elections.
A former national security adviser and nuclear negotiator whose views have become more centrist in an Iranian context over the years, Larijani reached out unsuccessfully to the George W. Bush administration for talks on Iran’s nuclear program in 2006-2007. Later, he helped defend the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) from hardline criticism as speaker of parliament.
Iranian Dissidents Claim Biden State Dept Hire is Pro-Regime Advocate
Ariane Tabatabai downplayed anti-government protests and defended Iran’s presence in Iraq Ariane Tabatabai / YouTube screenshot Adam Kredo • March 16, 2021 12:45 pm
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Iranian dissidents are organizing against a Biden State Department hire they claim is an Iranian regime sympathizer and whose father allegedly has close ties to the hardline government ties that they say raise questions about the senior official s qualifications to hold office.
The Biden administration recently hired Ariane Tabatabai to serve as a senior adviser in the Office of the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, a high-level posting that requires security clearance. News of the hire sent shockwaves through the Iranian dissident community, which launched an online offensive targeted at the State Department calling for Tabatabai s removal over what they say are her and her family s close ties to