Arash Aramesh

Brig Gen Mohammad-Reza Naghdi, the commander of Basij forces, said July 28 that his organization was going to build 7,000 new Basij bases throughout Iran. Naghdi said this was going to be an “unprecedented” expansion of the Basij and that the Iranian parliament had already appropriated sufficient funds for this massive expansion. more»

Mahour S.

Mohsen Kadivar, the exiled cleric, professor and activist, has written a forty-three page letter to the head of the Assembly of Experts, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, citing the reasons why Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei should be impeached. more»

Arash Aramesh

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the secretary of the Council of Guardians, said July 27 that he had evidence the United States offered $50 billion to leaders of the opposition in Iran, if they manage to topple the Islamic Republic. He claimed that the U.S. already paid $1 billion to opposition leaders. more»

Arash Aramesh

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Press TV July 26 that the United States and Israel were planning to start new wars in the region and predicted an attack on “at least two countries in the region within the next three months.” more»

Arash Aramesh

Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters July 26 that Iran has informed the Vienna group, which is comprised of the United States, Russia, France, and the IAEA, that it is willing to sit down with the European Union at the “very first opportunity” to discuss fuel for Tehran’s nuclear reactor. more»