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ifmat - Examining Iran ever-expanding role in Syria and Iraq

Iranian presence in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province

At the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, the Iranian government announced it would provide strategic support to the Bashar al-Assad regime without direct military intervention. However, as ...
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ifmat - Recruiting a Militiaman IRGCs Wooing of Qais al-Khazali

Recruiting a Militiaman: IRGC’s Wooing of Qais al-Khazali

From Tehran apartments to beaches in Lebanon, figures in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah acted as handlers of Qais al-Khazali as the Iraqi split from Muqtada ...
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ifmat - Florida Republicans working with Mike Pompeo on tougher sanctions on Iran

Assassinated IRGC General’s Mystery Company Outside Beirut

A senior Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force commander reportedly assassinated by Israel had commercial interests in a mysterious company outside Lebanon’s capital.
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ifmat - Iran played key role in helping Hamas develop missiles to strike Israel

Iran played key role in helping Hamas develop missiles to strike Israel

Iran has played a key role in helping the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas to develop its missiles, enabling them to hit targets well inside Israel, according to a report ...
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ifmat - Iran rules out Initial Deal in Vienna JCPOA Talks

Iran rules out ‘Initial Deal’ in Vienna JCPOA Talks

No such thing as an “initial agreement” is going to come out of the JCPOA talks in Vienna, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said, according to IRGC-linked Tasnim ...
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ifmat - Iran - Wolves in Sheep Clothing

Iran – Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

There are many figures among Iranian politicians who used to wear clerical garb. However, they took off clerical clothes and wore suit pending their positions. Gholamhossein Karbaschi, the former ...
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