Iran

Da können die führenden Vertreter des iranischen Regimes noch so viele Einwände erheben: Eine hierzulande stets aufs Neue wiederholte Behauptung ist es, dass eine moderate Fraktion im Iran an der Regierung sei. Diese Kräfte des Ausgleichs betrieben eine Öffnung des Landes sowie dessen Annäherung an den Westen und könnten so als Stabilitätsfaktor im Nahen Osten agieren. Nun liegt zwar mittlerweile…

„At the heart of the Obama administration’s diplomatic engagement with Iran is the notion that the regime is divided among hard-liners who foment its terrorism and regional aggression and more moderate forces who are open to cooperation with the West. The embodiment of the latter is said to be Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, an English-speaking favorite of many Western…

„In the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Muhammed, the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke in front of Ali Khamenei and many Iranian officials and Ambassadors from Muslim countries. In his speech, Rouhani attacked directly the United States and Israel (called the ‚illegitimate and usurper Zionist regime‘). Rouhani accused America and Israel to be the real responsible…

„Iran is expected to blind a man with acid next week to punish him for alleged crimes, according to a report by an Iranian opposition group. ‚Mojtaba Saheli (Sabeqi), 31, who was previously blinded in his left eye by the regime, has been informed by prison officials that he is to be blinded in the right eye with acid next…

„Iranians cast their votes Friday in runoff elections for the quarter of parliamentary seats still in contention from February’s first round. The complete tally appears to have produced a plurality of seats for members of President Hassan Rouhani’s camp, and Western media have been quick to hail those results as a win for ‚moderates.‘ The elections, however, will change little…

„Präsident Hassan Ruhani und die ranghöchsten Militärvertreter des Landes hatten angekündigt, dass aus Gründen der Abschreckung die ballistischen Kapazitäten erhöht werden sollten. Der Iran hatte erst Ende März mit Raketentests die Kritik Deutschlands, Frankreichs, Großbritanniens und der USA auf sich gezogen. Die Staaten riefen den UN-Sicherheitsrat auf, sich mit dem Thema zu befassen, da die Tests gegen das Atomabkommen mit…

„Islamic Jihad representatives are visiting Iran to discuss ways to strengthen the intifada in the West Bank and Jerusalem, Palestinian media reported on Sunday. The delegation, headed by the organization’s Secretary-General Ramadan Abdullah, will visit Iran for a few days, according to a statement issued by the terrorist organization. The delegation will meet Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Ali…

„The second round of the Iranian regime’s Parliamentary election on Friday was widely boycotted by the people of Iran. The regime held run-off votes in 21 of Iran’s 31 provinces, but reports by activists of the Iranian Resistance who monitored the polls across the country said that the vast majority of polling stations were empty throughout the day. In many…

Das iranische Regime, das bereits während des Iran-Irak-Kriegs in den 1980er Jahren Kindersoldaten in Selbstmordkommandos zur Minenräumung einsetzte, macht erneut Propaganda für den Einsatz von Kindern in bewaffneten Verbänden. Diesmal ruft es die Jugendlichen dazu auf, in den Krieg in Syrien zu ziehen und sich für die Verteidigung von Bashar al-Assad zu opfern. „Iran has released a propaganda video aimed…

Many Western journalists, diplomats and others seem desperate to believe that Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, is a moderate in a sea of hardliners, a rare Iranian with whom the West can and has done business. … Zarif has a very different mission. The Iranian foreign minister’s job is not to change Iran’s behavior, but to pretend that Iran is…

„There’s a tendency among some agenda journalists to walk across a field, point out how wonderful the roses smell, and seemingly ignore that the rest of the field is covered in cow manure. Hence, it is often with regard to Iran and the tendency of so many journalists and officials to see a desire for peace and tolerance in a…

„As the world marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Monday tweeted that he too, is a fan of The Bard, and highlighted ‚The Merchant of Venice‘ – famous for its derogatory depiction of Jewish moneylender Shylock – as being in „accordance with Western values.“ ‚I have read most of works by Shakespeare…

„Iran’s central bank must pay nearly $2 billion to victims of terrorist attacks, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. In a 6-to-2 decision, the court said Congress had not exceeded its constitutional role in enacting a statute to make it easier for the plaintiffs to recover damages that had been awarded to them in a series of lawsuits. The cases…

„Stimmte [der niedersächsische Ministerpräsident Stephan] Weil seinem Gesprächspartner [Ali Akbar Rafsanjani] bei der Analyse des Terrorproblems im Nahen Osten und weltweit noch zu, waren damit die Gemeinsamkeiten erschöpft. Rafsanjani sprach nun nämlich ein Thema an, das man durchaus als Affront gegenüber einem Gast aus Deutschland verstehen konnte: Israel. Dabei verlor sich der Ex-Präsident in eben jenen antisemitischen Klischees, die dem…

„Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday vowed to defend Muslim countries against terrorism and Israel while insisting that its neighbors should not feel threatened. Speaking during a National Army Day parade in which Iranian forces displayed sophisticated air defense systems recently acquired from Russia, Rouhani praised Tehran’s role in helping the Syrian and Iraqi governments roll back the Islamic State…