Introduction October 18, 2023 was Transition Day under the JCPOA – the nuclear deal with Iran whose directives have been de facto violated for many months. On that way, the United Nations restrictions on Iran's purchase and sale of weapons, particularly drones and missiles, expired, and Iran can now sell them to any country that wants them, and can acquire parts and weapons
In an editorial last Monday, Kayhan, believed to reflect the views of the "Supreme Guide", claimed that now that the Islamic Republic has defeated the American "Great Satan" in the Middle East, it must deal with hyperinflation as "the greatest threat to
Is Bill Clinton replacing Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini as the “Source of Emulation” (Marja’a taqlid) of the leadership in Tehran? Posed by an Iranian satirist the question cannot be dismissed as a tongue-in-cheek quip on the new discourse developed by the Khomeinist establishment. In July 1980 the late ayatollah who founded the Islamic Republic told a group of university professors that the new revolutionary regime should not waste time on economic issues. “We didn’t give so much blood for economic reasons,” he boasted. “Economics is of interest only to asses.”
[W]e also know that Henry Kissinger, peddler of detente, helped prolong the evil empire s life by providing it with easy credit and undeserved prestige. In the case of Iran, Obama and his entourage invented a false choice between "doing another Iraq",
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