Qassim Soleimani

by Jim Hoft February 17, 2020 In early January the United States killed General Qassim Soleimani, a top commander of Iran’s al-Quds Force, in an airstrike at Baghdad’s International Airport.  The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces. Seven people were…

President Trump’s evolving justifications for the risky Iran strike end exactly where you thought they would: the garbage. Drew Angerer/Getty Images In a legally-mandated memo to Congress, the Trump White House outlined its legal rationale for carrying out the January drone strike to kill top Iranian commander Maj. Gen. Qassim…

The US and Iran have de facto collaborated in and over Iraq for decades. Iraqis are now protesting against both. Choreographed sword fights, such as those traditionally performed in Gulf Arab countries, may look like clashes between deadly enemies but in fact require close coordination between the participants. Many Arabs…

by Ron Paul via Ron Paul Institute This week the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office – impeachment over Trump allegedly holding up an arms deal to Ukraine – flopped. Just like “Russiagate” and the Mueller investigation, and a number of other attempts to overturn the 2016 election. We’ve…

This week the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office – impeachment over Trump allegedly holding up an arms deal to Ukraine – flopped. Just like “Russiagate” and the Mueller investigation, and a number of other attempts to overturn the 2016 election.We’ve had three years of accusations…

This week the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office – impeachment over Trump allegedly holding up an arms deal to Ukraine – flopped. Just like “Russiagate” and the Mueller investigation, and a number of other attempts to overturn the 2016 election. We’ve had three years of…

Today is the forty-first anniversary of the February 11, 1979 Iranian anti-monarchy revolution.  Iranians took to the streets 41 years ago with a desire for a better life, freedom, and democracy, but their revolution was stolen.  The Iranian people have been held hostage for 41 years.  They are now faced with a government…

This week the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office – impeachment over Trump allegedly holding up an arms deal to Ukraine – flopped. Just like “Russiagate” and the Mueller investigation, and a number of other attempts to overturn the 2016 election. We’ve had three years of…

Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has always been a controversial political operator in Iraq - the most popular among Shia leaders, the most temperamental, and the most unpredictable. His solid popular base has given him a very strong bloc in almost every Iraqi parliament since 2003 and has allowed him to…

Iran's official news agency says the EU's new foreign affairs chief is traveling to Tehran to meet with Iranian leadersFebruary 2, 2020, 7:21 AM2 min readTEHRAN, Iran -- The European Union's new foreign affairs chief is traveling to Iran to meet with the country's leaders, the Iranian official news agency…