#Tehran

A few thoughts ahead of the first anniversary of the US drone killing of Soleimani and Mohandis:1. The preoccupation with a sizeable commemorative/revenge attack on the exact date is likely
Read more
Some thoughts on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Iran-al-Qaida nexus speech: 1/n 1. Pompeo today made a case for how al-Qaida poses a major threat to the US and allied
Read more
I'm a JCPOA supporter. @mdubowitz and @rich_goldberg write that JCPOA advocates "avoid debating the many fallacies inherent in returning to the agreement". Challenge accepted. [Thread]https://twitter.com/ForeignPolicy/status/1
Read more
Trump’s many faults are well known (and close to disqualifying for high office) but - despite what you constantly hear in the UK media - he really wasn’t all bad.
Read more
1/10 MUST READ: Powerful piece on how Islamic Republic of Iran uses hostage taking to further its goals. MUST READ by @xiyueWang9 who saw how this works from inside Evin
Read more
THREAD1)U.S. intelligence indicates #Iran paid bounties to the terrorist Haqqani network of the Taliban for targeting American troops in Afghanistan.Iran has long been known to use proxies for conducting attacks
Read more
1/ In 1965, a leftist Iranian student movement in Europe declared its support for Mao Zedong's theories. The Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party (Sāzmān-e Enghelābi-ye Ḥezb-e Tūdeh) would become
Read more
LONG THREADIMPORTANT1)From @SidneyPowell1’s lawsuit filed in Georgia“… the Dominion software was accessed by agents acting on behalf of China & Iran in order to monitor & manipulate elections, including the
Read more
1/Thread About the Mysterious explosions in Who is behind the Mysterious explosions in Iran? Is it the ? ? Sleeper cells? Opposition groups? A combination? How are the explosions occurring?
Read more
THREAD1)Lawrence B. Wilkerson is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell.He has close ties with @tparsi, founder of
Read more
2027 Asian Cup bid books. A thread.Might be very long. First up, the cover. India covered 177 pages, Iran 132 pages, Qatar 397 pages, Saudi Arabia 420 pages. Bidding theme.Note:
Read more
Article + threadUnderstanding Iran; an impenetrable bulwark strategically located between West and East.A guide to understanding Iran; it's topography, demography, strategies, alliances, economic partnerships, and the future US strategy
Read more
I am skeptical about the idea that "regional issues" should be included in any new round of negotiations between the US and Iran, for a few reasons... 1/ First, it
Read more
I generally don't like to nitpick, but calling Mosaddeq "democratically-elected" is problematic and inaccurate.https://twitter.com/zachjcarter/status/1296163614471192576 Mosaddeq was selected as PM by the 16th Majlis in April
Read more
THREAD1)The UN Security Council on Friday failed to uphold an arms embargo on #Iran & the U.S. could now act on a threat to trigger a return of all U.N.
Read more
Some updates on Iran... we have had a widespread blackout across Iran.Talking to families, it has affected all parts of the country and it has been for 2-2.5 hours. Blackouts
Read more
By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.