Spotlight on Iran (September 18 – 25 , 2024)

  • Iran strongly condemned Israel’s operations in Lebanon, including the detonation of the communications devices, the killing of Ibrahim Aqil, and the extensive airstrikes. However, at this stage, Iran refrains from committing to direct military involvement in the campaign alongside Hezbollah, focusing instead on diplomatic efforts. These efforts are being led by the president and foreign minister, who are actively participating in the UN General Assembly deliberations.
  • Additional Iranian threats to avenge Ismail Haniyeh’s death: The Iranian General Staff warned Israel and the United States that it intends to avenge Haniyeh’s death, and the head of the Supreme Leader’s office stated that Iran’s response is expected soon.
  • Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that if the Islamic nation used its internal power, it could remove Israel from the heart of the Muslim community. Iranian President Pezeshkian used his speech at the UN General Assembly to accuse Israel of “genocide” and “crimes against humanity.”
  • Iran is reportedly mediating talks between Russia and the Houthis over a shipment of anti-ship missiles that could increase the threat to vessels in the Red Sea.
  • The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for 13 drone and cruise missile attacks against targets in Israel this past week, five of them in one day. The Israeli Air Force fighter jets and air defense units intercepted most of the launches. Three drones exploded in the Golan Heights and the Arava. There were no casualties.
  • The pro-Iranian Shiite militias also announced that they would assist Hezbollah with a shipment of fighters and weapons in the event of an Israeli land invasion of southern Lebanon.
  • The militias in Iraq stepped up their security measures following the explosion of Hezbollah’s communications devices. At least 40 Houthi fighters were reportedly killed or wounded in the series of explosions in Lebanon.
  • A senior security advisor to Kata’ib Hezbollah in Iraq was killed in an attack attributed to Israel in Syria.
  • Senior Houthi officials threatened that they would continue launching rockets into Israeli territory, saying they are prepared for a long confrontation.

Hezbollah

Established In: 1985

Established By: Abbas al-Musawi, Subhi al-Tufayli

Also Known As: Hizballah, Party of Allah, Party of God

Country Of Origin: Lebanon

Leaders: Hassan Nasrallah

Key Members: Hassan Nasrallah

Operational Area: Lebanon

Number Of Members: 65,000

Involved In: Suicide attacks, Terrorist attacks, Recruiting terrorists, Terror financing, Kidnapping

Taleb Sami Abdallah

Terror organization: Hezbollah

Status: Commander of Nasser unit. The Nasser unit is responsible for the area between the border with Israel and the Litani River.

Role: He was an operative since the establishment of the organization. He joined Hezbollah in 1984. In 1992-1994 participated in the war in Bosnia. In 2005, he commanded a failed kidnapping attempt of IDF soldiers in the Ajja area on the Israeli-Lebanese border near the Sheba farm.

Hezbollah and Iran’s calculus as the conflict with Israel heats up

Following a series of brazen attacks against Iran-backed Hezbollah last week that decimated the Lebanese militant group’s command-and-control structure — an operation widely believed to have been executed by Israel — the two hostile parties have been trading some of the most severe fire since Oct. 7. With tensions ablaze, on Sept. 22, Hezbollah struck deep into Israel, firing retaliatory drones, rockets, and missiles at the Ramat David Airbase as part of its “open-ended battle of reckoning.” While most of these munitions were intercepted, the region is bracing for an all-out war with potentially devastating consequences for Lebanon. And as the Israeli side ups the ante with an expanding air campaign, Hezbollah shows no signs of backing down; speculation abounds about how the situation will evolve and especially how Tehran will respond.

Biden Can Halt Wider War: Stop Sending Arms

Israel’s violence toward its neighbors, long out of control in its destruction of Gaza, now threatens to open new fronts, involve new nations, and even drag the United States into direct conflict. Promises of a ceasefire from the Biden Administration have come to nothing. Soft, behind the scenes diplomacy has failed to achieve peace.

When Britain armed Iraq’s genocidal war on the Kurds

Conservative and Labour governments supported Baghdad’s brutal attack on the Kurds 60 years ago, knowing it may have constituted genocide, declassified files show.

  • UK ministers stepped up arms exports to Iraq’s regime after it launched a “terror campaign” against the Kurds in 1963
  • Thousands of rockets were sent to Baghdad knowing they would be use to destroy Kurdish villages
  • The British attempted to ensure the United Nations would not discuss allegations of genocide in Iraq
  • Labour government ignored Kurdish leader’s plea to prevent Iraq beginning possible chemical weapons attacks against Kurds

Le cybercide du Mossad au Liban et ses répercussions mondiales

Les explosions de bipeurs et de talkie-walkies du Mossad au Liban ne sont pas uniquement des crimes de guerre contre les civils. Ils n’ont pas touché les combattants, mais la force de police du Hezbollah et les civils au milieu desquels ils sont. Ils posent une question de sécurité beaucoup plus vaste. Immédiatement les gardiens de Révolution iraniens ont stoppé net l’usage de matériels électronique fabriqué en Occident, et pas seulement des outils de communication. Israël est le spécialiste mondial des logiciels espions. Désormais, nous savons qu’ils peuvent non seulement nous écouter à notre insu, mais aussi nous tuer. C’est vrai au Liban et partout dans le monde.

Le cybercide du Mossad au Liban et ses répercussions mondiales

Les explosions de bipeurs et de talkie-walkies du Mossad au Liban ne sont pas uniquement des crimes de guerre contre les civils. Ils n’ont pas touché les combattants, mais la force de police du Hezbollah et les civils au milieu desquels ils sont. Ils posent une question de sécurité beaucoup plus vaste. Immédiatement les gardiens de Révolution iraniens ont stoppé net l’usage de matériels électronique fabriqué en Occident, et pas seulement des outils de communication. Israël est le spécialiste mondial des logiciels espions. Désormais, nous savons qu’ils peuvent non seulement nous écouter à notre insu, mais aussi nous tuer. C’est vrai au Liban et partout dans le monde.