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“Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have transferred power to his son amid concerns over his declining health, Iranian journalist Momahad Ahwaze reported Saturday.”

Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei hands power to son due to health – report If true, it is unclear if the role is permanent, as it goes against the Iranian constitution's laws regarding succession.

“A senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), was killed during an airstrike over the weekend in Syria, according to local officials and reports.”

Another Top Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Terminated In Airstrike: Reports A senior commander in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), was killed during an airstrike

“In a phone call to his wife, Ahmad Reza Jalali, an Iranian-Swedish professor on death row in Evin Prison, told her that he had been transferred to solitary confinement and will soon be transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison where his death sentence is to be carried out.”

Rights Groups Call For Action To Stop Ex*****on Of Iranian Professor ICBPS- Ahmadreza Djalali (Jalali) was transferred to solitary confinement and will soon be transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison where his death sentence is to be carried out

“Their theological differences notwithstanding, they have much in common. Both are committed to waging jihad (with terrorism as a signature weapon), spreading their (not identical) interpretations of Islamic law, and re-establishing a great and powerful Islamic empire that is to diminish and eventually defeat America and the West. In other words, they are rivals. Rivals are not the same as enemies, bitter or otherwise.”

Abu Muhammad al-Masri’s assassination exposes relations between Tehran and al Qaeda The assassins were professionals and they had planned carefully. On Aug. 7, 2020, around 9 o’clock on a warm evening, they rode a motorcycle down a street in Pasdaran, a well-off Tehran neighborhood.

“Belgian prosecutors charged Vienna-based diplomat Assadolah Assadi and the other Iranians for the alleged plot against the gathering, where the keynote speaker was U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.”

Iranian Diplomat on Trial in Belgium, Charged with Plotting Attack An Iranian diplomat and three other Iranian citizens went on trial in Belgium Friday for allegedly plotting to bomb a 2018 rally of the Paris-based National Council Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an opposition group in exile. Belgian prosecutors charged Vienna-based diplomat Assadolah Assadi and the oth...

“The Islamic Republic of Iran on Sunday imposed a sentence of 80 lashes on Zaman Fadaee, an Iranian Christian, for drinking Communion wine.”

Iranian Christian gets 80 lashes for drinking Communion wine According to Article 18, a religious freedom website, “Zaman Fadaee, who prefers to be called Saheb, received 80 lashes.”

“Iranian authorities arrested the three men on Oct. 31, 2016, in the southwestern city of Marvdasht, three days after they had joined the celebration of the birthday of ancient ruler Cyrus the Great at his tomb an 85-kilometer drive away.”

Iranian Activists Who Celebrated Ancient Persian Ruler’s Birthday Get Long Prison Terms An Iranian court has sentenced three activists to long prison terms four years after they were arrested for celebrating the birthday of an ancient Persian ruler at a public gathering criticized by Iran’s Islamist rulers, according to a knowledgeable source. In a Nov. 12 interview with VOA Persian ...

“Al Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran three months ago, intelligence officials have confirmed. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was gunned down on the streets of Tehran by two assassins on a motorcycle on Aug. 7, the anniversary of the embassy attacks. He was killed along with his daughter, Miriam, the widow of Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza bin Laden.”

Al Qaeda’s No. 2, Accused in U.S. Embassy Attacks, Is Secretly Killed in Iran Israeli agents shot Abu Muhammad al-Masri on the streets of Tehran at the behest of the U.S., officials said, but no one — Iran, Al Qaeda, the U.S. or Israel — has publicly acknowledged the killing.

“Iranian President Hassan Rouhani predicted that under a Biden administration, Washington would ‘surrender’ to Tehran and undo its sanctions over the country’s nuclear program.”

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“The American people deserve to know if NIAC is being illegally used by an Iranian regime that routinely wishes ‘death to America’ and funds terrorism throughout the globe to advance policies favorable to its interests. Attorney General Barr, therefore, should act promptly in honoring the senators’ request for a federal investigation of NIAC’s activities and funding sources.”

An Iran Lobby in America? | National Review The National Iranian American Council frequently echoes Tehran’s rhetoric in redirecting blame at the U.S. for Iranian aggression and malfeasance.

“The Iranian-American Jewish federations of California and New York on Sunday condemned the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ex*****on of the 27-year-old Greco-Roman wrestling champion Navid Afkari and welcomed the US sanctions targeting the regime for the hanging of the athlete.
The organizations wrote the ex*****on was ‘inhumane’ and based on ‘bogus charges.’”

Iranian-American Jewish federations condemn murder of wrestler 'Applaud sanctions targeted at the Islamic Republic officials responsible for Afkari’s sham trial and murder'

“The Trump administration on Monday announced new sanctions against Iran’s defense ministry and others involved in Tehran’s nuclear and weapons program to support U.S. assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored.”

U.S. announces new sanctions on Iran defense ministry and others The Trump administration on Monday announced new sanctions against Iran's defense ministry and others involved in Tehran's nuclear and weapons program to support U.S. assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored, a move key allies such as the Europeans...