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The Increasingly Violent Conflict Between Shiites and Iran’s Proxies

A killing in Lebanon is a symbol of a growing regional backlash against sectarian politics.

Lokman Slim, a political analyst, activist, filmmaker, and prominent critic of Hezbollah, was killed in cold blood by unknown assailants on the night of Feb. 3. His bullet-ridden body, shot multiple times in the head and the neck, was found in his car in Hezbollah-dominated South Lebanon.

“The truth, I know the truth of who killed him in my heart,” Slim’s sister Rasha al-Ameer told Foreign Policy. Her implication was clear: It was Hezbollah. Slim had been receiving threats for a while, and he had warned in a letter he wrote last year that the Iran-backed Hezbollah should be blamed for any attempt on his life.

by Blazingcatfur•February 20, 2021February 19, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Hezbollah, Iran, Islam, Islam and violence

Iran: The Mullah’s Pursuit of Obtaining Nuclear Weapons

In spite of the Iranian leaders’ claim that their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, evidence reveals that the Iranian regime has long sought to acquire nuclear weapons.

A recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency pointed out that “Samples taken from two sites during inspections in the fall by the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) contained traces of radioactive material”.

by Blazingcatfur•February 18, 2021February 18, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Iranian Nuclear Capability, Islam, Islam and violence

U.N.: Iran Electrocuting Children to Prevent Them from Being Gay

The United Nations (U.N.) has condemned reports from Iran that LGBT youth suffer electric shocks and other mistreatment from state authorities, saying the practices amount to “torture,” the Jerusalem Post reported on Friday.

The U.N. is “concerned at recent reports that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children [LGBT] were subjected to electric shocks and the administration of hormones and strong psychoactive medications,” in Iran.

by Blazingcatfur•February 13, 2021February 13, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and homosexuality, Islam and violence

Revealed: how Mossad eliminated Mohsen Fakhrizadeh – The assassination was carried out using a remote-controlled gun

The Mossad is not known for its touchy-feely approach. Whether it was the kidnap of Adolf Eichmann in the Sixties, hunting down and executing the Black September terrorists in the Seventies and Eighties, or dispatching a Hamas chief while disguised as tennis players in a Dubai hotel in 2010, the agency has built a reputation as the most feared secret service in the world.

by Blazingcatfur•February 12, 2021February 12, 2021•0•Iran, Israeli - Islam Conflict

Iran’s Dissidents Plead with US to Keep Up “Maximum Pressure”

Taking huge personal risks, 38 Iran-based dissidents have asked the Biden administration to retain “maximum pressure” on Iran. In a letter dated February 1, they urge President Joe Biden to maintain “maximum political, diplomatic, and financial pressure on the regime” and to support the Iranians’ “determination in seeking a secular democratic government through a non-violent, free, and fair referendum”.

“Following the JCPOA agreement, when Iran received substantial financial benefits, the Islamic Republic lost a major opportunity to implement meaningful welfare reforms for its people…” the Iranian dissidents write in their letter.

by Blazingcatfur•February 9, 2021February 9, 2021•0•Iran, USA

Iran ‘hides spyware in wallpaper, restaurant and games apps’

Iran is running two surveillance operations in cyber-space, targeting more than 1,000 dissidents, according to a leading cyber-security company.

The efforts were directed against individuals in Iran and 12 other countries, including the UK and US, Check Point said.

It said the two groups involved were using new techniques to install spyware on targets’ PCs and mobile devices.

And this was then being used to steal call recordings and media files.

by Blazingcatfur•February 8, 2021February 8, 2021•0•Cyber War, Iran

Iran now wants ‘reparations’ for damage from Trump sanctions

Iran also wants to leverage its nuclear accomplishments and gain additional ones, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute.

MEMRI sai Iran wants to be “recognized as a nuclear threshold state with the ability to produce a nuclear bomb within a short time, in order to move towards a nuclear balance of terror in the Middle East, to block European initiatives to include the issue of Iran’s ballistic missile development and its expansion in the region in a new agreement, and to ensure the continued existence of the Iranian regime.”

by Sarcasticat•February 8, 2021February 7, 2021•0•Iran, Iranian Nuclear Capability, Sanctions, USA

Iran’s Role in Yemen: US, EU Go Wobbly

More evidence is emerging, including a recent report by the United Nations, showing that that the Iranian regime is delivering sophisticated weapons to the Houthi militia group in Yemen. The Houthi group was designated as a terrorist organization by the previous US administration.

Where are the European Union and the Biden administration on this issue? The Biden administration has suspended some of the terrorism sanctions that the previous administration imposed on the Houthis, and the Biden administration is reviewing the Houthis file to possibly remove it from the terrorist list. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that he has “deep concern about the designation” of the Houthis as a terrorist organization. The EU and Biden administration also appear to be busy charting ways to return to the nuclear deal — which Iran never signed and which enables Iran ultimately to possess nuclear weapons — and lift sanctions against the theocratic regime.

by Blazingcatfur•February 6, 2021February 6, 2021•0•European Union, Iran, USA, Yemen, Yemen - Houthi/proxy war

‘Evidence Of Undeclared Nuclear Activities’ Discovered At Locations In Iran That Raise New Concerns: Report

International inspectors from the United Nations have reportedly found new evidence of nuclear activity in Iran that the nation has not reported—in violation of its international obligations—and that could be indicative of work on making nuclear weapons.

by Blazingcatfur•February 6, 2021February 6, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, USA

France bomb plot: Iran diplomat Assahollah Assadi sentenced to 20 years

An Iranian diplomat has been convicted of a plot to bomb a big French rally held by an exiled opposition group.

Assadollah Assadi, 49, who worked at the Iranian embassy in Vienna, was given a 20-year jail term by the court in Antwerp in Belgium.

It was the first time an Iranian official had faced such charges in the EU since the 1979 revolution.

Three others were also convicted. They were arrested during a joint operation by German, French and Belgian police.

by Blazingcatfur•February 4, 2021February 4, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Belgium, Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Iran Regime’s Agents and Illegal Activities in the US

The US is apparently not immune from the Iranian regime’s operatives; unfortunately, the significance of this issue has long been downplayed.

Last week, Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, also known as Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi, was arrested at his home in Watertown, Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Justice Department, Afrasiabi is charged with “acting and conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)”.

What is alarming is that Afrasiabi, who has been in the US for almost 35 years, was working for the Iranian regime and getting paid for nearly 13 years without being detected.

by Blazingcatfur•January 30, 2021January 30, 2021•0•Iran, USA

Iran Turns Gaza Into Storehouse for Weapons

As many in the international community express more and more concern about the economic and humanitarian crisis in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, the Palestinian terror groups there seem less and less concerned about improving the living conditions of their people.

These groups, specifically Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), are not doing anything to secure vaccines against COVID-19 for the two million Palestinians living under their rule in the Gaza Strip.

by Blazingcatfur•January 29, 2021January 29, 2021•0•Gaza, Iran, Islam and hatred of Israel, Islam and hatred of Jews, Israeli - Islam Conflict

Top Iranian Politician Claims Sorcerers, Genies Influence Some State Decisions

Genies, sorcerers, and exorcists are back in the Iranian political debate a decade after then-President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s associates were accused of practicing witchcraft and summoning supernatural creatures, claims that he denied.

The debate about the alleged influence of sorcerers and clairvoyants on state officials was renewed this week when a member of the powerful Expediency Council — a body that advises Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — said some Iranian politicians have consulted with people who claim to be able to summon genies.

by Blazingcatfur•January 29, 2021January 28, 2021•0•"Islam WTF?", Iran

Twitter’s selectively elastic TOS: Iran tweets threat to President Trump – Jack takes time suspending account… a long time

A Twitter account bearing the name of Iran leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was suspended on Friday — 17 hours after tweeting a death threat to former President Donald Trump vowing “revenge” over the killing of top Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

The tweet from bogus Khamenei account @khamenei_site on Thursday depicted the likeness of Trump on the golf course being targeted by a drone flying overhead.

“Revenge is inevitable,” says the tweet, translated from Farsi.

Oh yea. I forgot. Orange man bad!

It struck me as odd that an American stealth bomber was used as the vengeance weapon of choice, then I remembered the Biden administration is now in power.

by Blazingcatfur•January 22, 2021January 22, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, Twitter, Twitter is Evil, USA

Nuclear Extortion: Mullahs Want More Concessions from Biden

The Iranian regime received a dangerous and unprecedented level of concessions from the Obama administration for Iran’s 2015 “nuclear deal,” known as the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) — which, by the way, Tehran never signed. The major concession was that the deal paved the way for Iran legally to become a full-blown nuclear state.

The sunset clauses, which enshrined that commitment, had set a firm expiration date for restricting Iran’s nuclear program. The Obama administration also helped swiftly lift all four rounds of UN sanctions against Iran — sanctions it had taken decades to put in place. Furthermore, Iran’s military sites were exempt from inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency, and other inspections were only to be at the times and places of Iran’s choosing — if ever. Iran then rejoined the global financial system with full legitimacy — plus billions of dollars flowing into the treasury of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its expanding militias across the Middle East.

by Blazingcatfur•January 19, 2021January 19, 2021•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden", Iran