Qasem Soleimani

Are Iraqi militias and Afghan fighters suppressing protests in Iran? - analysis

It’s possible Iran has used foreign groups to suppress protesters. Because they are foreigners, they have no allegiance to average Iranians and likely don’t mind harming them.

 People gather during protest on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
Anti-regime protesters gather in Tehran, January 5, 2026; illustrative.

WATCH: Iran arrests 'Mossad agent' participating in ongoing nationwide protests

Iranian Jews, including Rabbi Younes Hamami Lahlezar (R), hold an anti-Israel meeting in a Tehran synagogue in solidarity with Hamas terrorists and Gaza amid the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War, October 30, 2023; illustrative.

Iran's Jewish community maintains low profile amid nationwide protests - KAN

Qasem Soleimani, then-commander of IRGC Quds Force (L) and US President Donald Trump (R); Illustrative

Iran condemns local newspaper suggesting revenge on Trump for Soleimani assassination


Soleimani's daughter meets with Nasrallah

Zeinab tweeted a video of her meeting with the Hezbollah leader, along with the text: "The spider nests of America and Zionists will collapse."

Zeinab Soleimani

The fall of Qasem Soleimani and the Mahdi Doctrine

This messianic creed is the raison d’être for the Islamic Republic of Iran according to its founders and leaders.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gestures as he delivers a Friday prayer sermon in Tehran on January 17

Rockets make 'direct hit' on US embassy, Baghdad, reportedly injuring one

At least one rocket hit a dining facility or cafeteria at the site. Sirens sounded in the compound directing people to seek shelter.

Protesters and militia fighters throw stones towards the U.S. Embassy during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020.

Iran may be pushing Islamic Jihad to challenge ‘Deal of Century’

On the face of it, Iran’s media has reported the “deal” in a relatively neutral manner, but Tasnim news media's report may indicate Iran’s real intentions.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants take part in the funeral of their comrade in the southern Gaza Strip November 14, 2019

Assessing the ticking clock on Iran's nuclear weapon

The battle is on over when Iran could break out to a nuclear weapon, but opinions vary on what that means.

AN IRANIAN FLAG flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna last year

US bars Iranians from trade and investment visas

Iranians are no longer eligible for such visas, the service said.

Iranian pro-government protesters burn an U.S. flag as they attend a demonstration in Tehran, Iran

Successor to slain Iran general faces same fate if he kills Americans

"If (Esmail) Ghaani follows the same path of killing Americans then he will meet the same fate," Brian Hook told the Arabic-language daily Asharq al-Awsat.

 Mourners attend the start of the funeral in Kerbala, Iraq, of Gen. Qasem Soleimani

New Quds Force deputy is Iran’s missile man in Lebanon

Mohammad Hejazi led IRGC forces in Lebanon and worked with Hezbollah to improve precision guidance.

Hezbollah members carry mock missile during procession held to celebrate Ashura in south Lebanon, 2009

Turkey's elite unsure whether Soleimani was hero or war criminal

Underscoring the absence of any clear position, Erdogan’s spokesperson called on all sides to act with “common sense,” and the Turkish Foreign Ministry invited “restraint and discretion.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, 22 October 2019

Ethics and justice in killing Soleimani

Justice requires a trial in a court and a sentence. Ethics is right versus wrong behavior.

A MAN passes next to a billboard with posters of Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.