‘Death to America’? China smiles at Iran’s mantra

‘Death to America’? China smiles at Iran’s mantra

Special to WorldTribune, October 23, 2023 Commentary by Laurence F Sanford “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” were chanted in Iranian cities after Hamas Islamic jihadists from Gaza slaughtered, raped, and kidnapped over 1,300 Jews in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Iranians were seen dancing and celebrating the brutal killings of innocents. But, […]

Iran on the brink? Demonstrations and their suppression much worse than those that toppled the Shah

Iran on the brink? Demonstrations and their suppression much worse than those that toppled the Shah

Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, September 26, 2022 Most of Iran’s 36 provinces saw mass demonstrations in September 2022 against the clerical Government of the Islamic Republic, and, as with earlier periodic waves of demonstrations, each occurrence prompts the question: Is this the outburst which topples the […]

Iran dissidents risk lives with public appeal for ‘maximum’ pressure on regime

Iran dissidents risk lives with public appeal for ‘maximum’ pressure on regime

FPI / February 11, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct.com Leading Iranian dissidents are calling on the Biden administration to continue former President Donald Trump’s strategy of “maximum pressure” on the Iranian regime. “[T]he Islamic Republic Theocracy is on the verge of collapse,” said a letter dated Feb. 1 from 38 Iran-based dissidents to the Biden administration. The dissidents, […]

Trump stopped rogue state’s strategy cold, now Iran demands reparations from Biden

Trump stopped rogue state’s strategy cold, now Iran demands reparations from Biden

by WorldTribune Staff, February 9, 2021 After President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal, he imposed crippling sanctions which devastated the Islamic Republic’s nuclear aspirations as well as much of their state-sponsored terrorism. Now, the ruling mullahs in Iran are demanding that Joe Biden compensate them for Trump’s “maximum pressure” […]

Ahmadinejad mounting political comeback as Iranians sour on nuclear deal

Ahmadinejad mounting political comeback as Iranians sour on nuclear deal

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2016 The rising unpopularity in Iran of the nuclear deal with world powers has helped spur the re-emergence of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Islamic Republic. When his tenure ended in 2013, the former Iranian president was “deeply unpopular at home, roundly blamed for a major decline in both domestic prosperity […]

Iran’s Iraq strategy revealed in battle for Shi’ites’ spiritual center in Najaf

Iran’s Iraq strategy revealed in battle for Shi’ites’ spiritual center in Najaf

Special to WorldTribune.com By Fariborz Saremi It was hoped the overthrow of Saddam would herald a new age of democracy and growth in Iraq. Instead chaos, destruction and inter-faction bloodshed followed. Discreetly, however, away from the spotlight of the international press, another less obvious change has been going on: The Iran revolutionary system has been […]