Schlagwort: Iran

„Two days after Iran’s chief of staff revealed that the production line of ballistic missiles shifted to Aleppo over the past years, Hussein Sheikh al-Islam – advisor to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif – said that missile production is not limited to Syria. Sheikh al-Islam, stated that Iran’s missiles…

„If Hillary Clinton had won, there was also widespread expectation that her administration would have increased pressure on Iran due to what many Clinton advisers saw as Iran’s increasingly provocative and aggressive behavior outside the nuclear realm. Some senior Democrats, including incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y), also…

Bei seinem Besuch im Iran sollt Karlheinz Kopf, Österreichs zweiter Nationalratspräsident, einem iranischen Propagandasender zufolge die Rolle der islamistischen Diktatur im Nahen Osten gepriesen haben. Mena Watch hat ihn daraufhin gefragt, ob er von Press TV richtig wiedergegeben wurde. Wir danken ihm für seine Antwort, die wir im Folgenden dokumentieren:…

„For months prior to the offensive, Iran, and its Iraqi proxies pressured the Iraqi government to accept the militias’ role in the Mosul offensive, a move that could give them a share of victory and provide them with a pretext to justify their activities long after the defeat of ISIS.…

„Iran has exceeded a soft limit on sensitive material set under its nuclear deal with major powers, the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Wednesday, hours after Donald Trump – who has strongly criticized the agreement – won the U.S. presidential election. It is the second time Tehran has surpassed the…

Von Florian Markl Nach einer Wahl, die für viele Amerikaner und Amerikanerinnen sprichwörtlich die für das kleinere Übel gewesen ist, steht fest: Der 45. Präsident wird Donald Trump heißen. Statt der ehemaligen First Lady und Außenministerin Hillary Clinton, deren inhaltliche Positionen zwar oft nur schwer fassbar, aber zumindest von der…

„Iran’s diplomatic charm offensive, which began in the summer of 2013 with the election of Hassan Rouhani as Iranian president, and the nuclear agreement signed with the Western powers in the summer of 2015, raised the question of whether Iran’s foreign policy towards Israel had become more moderate. Generally speaking,…

„Ahead of what it described as the battle of the bones in Aleppo, sources close to Iran’s Shi’ite Fatimiyoun militias said yesterday that passengers and cargo aircrafts had transported to the Damascus airport on Friday a large number of forces from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and several other militias linked to…

„The most intriguing aspect of the Mosul campaign, however, has been the differing and often opposing agendas of the various components of the attacking force.  These, with surprising rapidity, have now have come to the fore. Just two weeks into the offensive, two of its most prominent backers – the…

„Im Syrien-Konflikt spielt der Westen nach den Worten von Präsident Baschar al-Assad eine immer geringere Rolle. In der Vergangenheit sei ihm häufig vorgeworfen worden, ‚von der Realität abgekoppelt‘ zu sein, sagte Assad der britischen Sonntagszeitung The Sunday Times. ‚Jetzt ist es anders‘, fügte er in dem Interview hinzu. ‚Der Westen…

„Observing the 37th anniversary of the taking of hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave a blistering anti-American speech, Wednesday, with one major exception: the Ayatollah used a relatively positive tone for Donald Trump. (…) Although for many Americans,…

„Elite fighters from Iran are being sent to infiltrate Europe and the United States, a military leader in the Middle East state has reportedly said. Salar Abnoush, a senior figure in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claims military personnel will be operating ‚very soon‘, thwarting plots against the Islamic…

„Iran commands a force of up to 25,000 Shiite Muslim militants fighting in the Syrian civil war, a majority of them from Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to former Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter, who now chairs the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. In a briefing with a delegation from…

[caption id="attachment_13504" align="alignleft" width="300"] Präsident Rohani und der Kommandant der Auslandseinheit der iranischen Revolutionsgarden Qassem Soleimani[/caption] „Mit der Offensive von Haschid Schaabi, einer Dachorganisation von rund 40 kleineren schiitischen Milizen, rückt so auch wieder ein Spieler im Nahen Osten in den Blick, der zwar von westlichen Experten, Fachpolitikern und Geheimdiensten…

[caption id="attachment_13488" align="alignleft" width="300"] Demonstration in Bagdad: Mitglieder der Hashid Shaabi zeigen ein Portrait des iranischen Quds-Kommandanten Qassem Soleimani[/caption] „Gun trucks and humvees streamed north on a highway heading to Mosul on Sunday flying the banners of Shi’ite militias along with Iraqi flags while blaring religious songs. The convoys were…