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“I announce from here the end and failure and the collapse of the terrorist state of falsehood and terrorism which the terrorist Da’esh (ISIS) announced from Mosul,” the Iraqi Prime Minister declared on state television recently. Following a three-year long blitz, Iraqi forces with the support of the international coalition, have now defeated ISIS in Mosul, despite all challenges and sectarian disputes. But the defeat of ISIS has created a vacuum and there are some hard questions about Shi’ite militias such as the People Mobilization Units (PMU) that must be answered. This is particularly important because the PMU was established because of the sectarian divisions in Iraq.   Hamid Bahrami But what role will the PMU play in the future of Iraq? Who will control and command the PMU? It is a known fact that some Shi’ite militant groups in Iraq – such as the Kata’ib Hezbollah, Badr Organization and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq – are supported by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

With the recapturing of Mosul, the rein of ISIS in northern Iraq is coming to an end. This, however, can lead to the reemergence of a far more dangerous threat for the future of this fledgling democracy. Iran and its destructive meddling Mesopotamia has devastated this entire nation, leaving at least tens of thousands killed, scores more wounded, injured and displaced. Tehran has continuously targeted the Sunni community in Iraq and taken advantage of the war against ISIS to change the very fabric of this minority. Sunni provinces have been the target of this wrath especially after Nouri al-Maliki, described by many as Iran’s puppet in Iraq, reached the premiership in 2006. Dark history Ever since 2003, with a surge beginning under al-Maliki’s watch, Iran has flooded its western border neighbor with financial, logistical and manpower resources, spearheaded by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). The track record of Iran-backed proxy groups and  death squads in Iraq ...

In 1979, after decades of oppression, people in Iran courageously stood up to the Shah dictatorship and demonstrated power of the people by toppling him. But their hopes of freedom were soon crushed when Khomeini was able to deceive them with false promises to establish a bloody reign of terror, based on a state principle called velayat-e-faqih. We must not be deceived by media outlets, which try to compare Iran’s state principle to other countries in the region. Velayat-e-faqih means that the faqih, a so-called Islamic jurist, is the custodian of all Muslims until the missing 12th Imam Mahdi reappears. By nature, he must rule not only people in Iran but Muslims all over the world and has the divine duty to give global fatwas and intervene into other nations to “free” them. This is manifested in the preamble of the Iranian constitution of 1979 when it says: “[T]he Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) […] will be responsible not o...

President Donald Trump is welcomed with bouquets of flowers May 20 on his arrival to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia By Struan Stevenson  July 10, 2017 (UPI)  -- Last week, ahead of his meeting with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump urged Moscow to end its support for Syria and Iran. This came on the back of Trump's first foreign visit as U.S. President to Saudi Arabia in May where he launched a head-on challenge to the Iranian regime, denouncing Iran as the Middle East's main sponsor of terror. He didn't mince his words, stating: 'From Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen, Iran funds, arms and trains terrorists, militias and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region.' Trump urged the leaders of more than 50 predominantly Sunni Muslim states to 'drive out' the extremists in their nations, as he branded the mullahs' theocratic regime as: 'a government that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing th...

Revolutionary Guard's Missiles Fired Into Syria Hit Hospitals and Residential Areas NCRI - “The six missiles launched into Deir ez-Zor by Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards have actually hit a hospital, residential areas, and a number of schools used to accommodate refugees”, says a Syrian writer and journalist in his interview with NRT TV. “I myself come from Deir ez-Zor”, said Amer Howeedy, adding “The six missiles fired by Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards into Syria have hit ‘Noorisaeid’ hospital, the ‘Badieh Maydan’ district, and another residential area. They’ve also targeted a number of schools which were used as a shelter for the refugees in the region.” “The missiles didn’t hit ISIS”, he added, “The images and the evidence related to the areas hit by the missiles are available. The question is, where the ISIS headquarters, which are said to be hit by six missiles launched by Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards into Deir ez-Zor province, are located?” A...