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When the Supreme Leader Speaks, Who Still Listens?

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  By: Struan Stevenson Mojtaba Khamenei inherited the most powerful office in the Islamic Republic. Yet six months into his tenure, a question once considered unthinkable is surfacing in Tehran. When the Supreme Leader speaks, who still listens? For almost five decades, the answer was obvious. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini created a system in which factional warfare could rage beneath the surface, provided everyone ultimately bowed to the Supreme Leader. Ali Khamenei preserved that arrangement for more than three decades. Presidents came and went. Clerics competed. The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) accumulated power. Yet one principle remained sacrosanct. The Supreme Leader had the final word. Today that principle is under strain. On August 28, Mojtaba Khamenei warned officials against creating false choices between war and negotiation, compromise and confrontation. He urged them to avoid publicizing weaknesses and declared that anything damaging social cohesion was forbidden. The mess...

Images of Iranian Resistance Leadership Projected With the Slogan “Hail to Rajavi”.

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  Iran – Yasuj Images of Iranian Resistance Leadership Projected in Belko industrial town With the Slogan “Hail to Rajavi” The Resistance Units utilized outdoor projectors to display an image of the leadership of the Resistance, Mr. Masoud Rajavi and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, along with the phrase “Hail to Rajavi” in Belko industrial town. https://www.mojahedin.org/ Join us on YouTube: IRAN UPRISING https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8rfxSSmFhtaVrzFTaRD4g

Invasion and explosion in the police headquarters of Mahabad city in response to the murder of a citizen

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  In their latest crime, the guards of the border regiment of the repressive force in Baneh killed a fellow Kurd named Mohammad Latif Ahmedpour in the most heinous way by driving a car toward him and hitting him. He died after 4 days in the hospital. The governor of the regime in Baneh called Ahmadpour’s family and threatened that his body should be buried at midnight without public notice. The repressive police command in Mahabad is responsible for suppressing the Peshmerga fighters and the uprisings and protests of the people and youth of this city. This article was first published by Persian Mojahedin https://www.mojahedin.org/ Join us on YouTube: IRAN UPRISING https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8rfxSSmFhtaVrzFTaRD4g

Targeting the IRGC base known as Nabi Akram in Kermanshah province

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  Targeting the IRGC base known as Nabi Akram in Kermanshah province by the uprising youth in response to chemical attacks on schoolgirls. The command of the Revolutionary Guards and Suppression in Kermanshah province is located in the barracks known as Nabi Akram. The main mission of this corps is to suppress urban uprisings and rebel forces, especially in Kermanshah and Javanrud, and also to send mercenaries to Syria for the Iranian regime’s proxy war. The sound of successive explosions was heard in the area. This article was first published by Persian Mojahedin https://www.mojahedin.org/ Join us on YouTube: IRAN UPRISING https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8rfxSSmFhtaVrzFTaRD4g

Iran’s 1401 Year: A Hopeful Beginning, a Turbulent Journey, and a Promising Future

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  Written by Hossein Daei Alilslam The Persian Year 1401 has just ended. A year full of ups and downs, sorrow and happiness, fear and bravery for the Iranian people in their quest to establish a secular, non-nuclear, and democratic republic. As the year began, the regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei lauded the installation of Ebrahim Raisi as the new president, extolling it as a “sweet development.” Yet, as the year progressed, even the state-controlled press reported on the  dwindling support  for Raisi amongst Khamenei’s faction due to the worsening economic and social crises. The country’s inflation now hovers above 50%, the highest in four years. The value of the national currency, the rial, rapidly plunges. When the year began, the value of a dollar was 250,000 rials, but presently, it has exceeded 450,000 rials. An egg now costs 30,000 rials, which represents a 100% rise compared to last year. Likewise, the cost of meat has skyrocketed to 5 million rials per kilo. ...