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Ayatollah Khomeini said that the regime he planned to install in Iran would have one guideline: “Doing the opposite of what the cursed Shah did.” [Khomeini’s] position started by dividing Iranians into Muslims and non-Muslims. He then divided them further into Shiites and Sunnis. He went on to divide the …
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4 August
Turkey: Arbitrary Arrests, Kidnappings, Torture in Prison
“Because my surgery was delayed while I was in prison, my left upper tooth, left palate, cheekbone and lymph nodes were removed. The bottom of my left chin is now empty. 20 cms of bone was taken from my leg and placed on my face… According to the latest MRI …
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4 August
Ismail Haniyeh Re-elected Hamas Chief in Gaza
Ismail Haniyeh was elected Sunday to a second four-year term as chairman of the Hamas political bureau in the Gaza Strip. The 59-year-old leader and father of 13 has been the de facto leader of the Gaza Strip and head of the Islamist organization’s political bureau since May 2017. He …
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4 August
Egypt: ISIS Kills 5 Soldiers in Sinai
Guerilla fighters from the Islamic State group attacked a checkpoint in the northern Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing at least five Egyptian troops, government officials said. At least six other Egyptian security personnel were wounded in the attack, which took place in the town of Sheikh Zuweid, a Bedouin town …
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4 August
Three dead in ambush on Shi’ite mourners south of Beirut, security sources say
At least three people were killed on Sunday in an ambush on Shi’ite mourners in a town south of Beirut, a day after a revenge killing of a member of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, security sources and a senior source in the group said. The three were shot in the town …
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4 August
Iran warns of response if security threatened after ship attack -TV
Iran will respond promptly to any threat against its security, the foreign ministry said on Monday, after the United States, Israel and Britain blamed Tehran for an attack on an Israeli-managed tanker off the coast of Oman. Tehran has denied any involvement in the suspected drone attack on Thursday in …
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4 August
Iranian Political Analyst Emad Abshenas: Israel Uses Commercial Vessels To Smuggle Spies, Terrorists, Weapons, So Iran Will Destroy These Ships; In Future War, Iran Will Target Israel’s Nuclear Warheads
Iranian political analyst Emad Abshenas, the editor-in-chief of Iran Diplomatic Newspaper, said that Israel uses commercial vessels to smuggle spies, collaborators, terrorists, and weapons, therefore if Israeli ships want to enter the region, Iran will not only target them but will “destroy” them. His remarks came after an Israeli-owned commercial …
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4 August
Protesters In Tehran Chant: Death To The Dictator! Death To The Rule Of The Jurisprudent! The Mullahs Should Get Lost!
Protesters chanted: “Cannons, tanks, rockets, the mullahs should get lost” in a protest staged in Tehran, video of which was posted on Kian Sharif’s Twitter account on July 26, 2021. Protesters also chanted: “Not Gaza, not Lebanon, I will give my life only for Iran” in another video posted on …
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4 August
Global Britain Slashes International Aid – OpEd
Politics is not merely the art of the possible but the pursuit of concerted hypocrisy. When it comes to that matter of funding good causes – foreign aid, for instance – wealthy states are often happy to claim they open their wallets willingly. As good international citizens, they fork out …
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4 August
After 2 Killed in Attack on Israeli Ship, Israel’s Bennett Points Finger at Tehran
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that his government had evidence Iran was responsible for a drone attack Thursday night on an Israeli-operated oil tanker, the Mercer Street, off the coast of Oman that killed two people.
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