A woman who tricked and infiltrated Iran’s ruling class is revealing new details about her encounters with some of the most powerful men in Iran – and shares a dire warning.
Catherin Perez-Shakdam, a French analyst, Middle East expert, who leads the advocacy group We Believe in Israel, came face-to-face with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei in 2017 after being invited for a private visit by the top leader.
«La Seconde Guerre mondiale a certainement été le conflit militaire le plus colossal de l’histoire de l’humanité et elle est devenue l’événement déterminant de notre monde moderne, dont les conséquences et l’influence restent extrêmement importantes près de quatre-vingts ans après que les armes se sont tues.
Ce qui suit n’est pas un pamphlet, mais un constat. Froid, brutal, et pourtant urgemment nécessaire à l’heure où Macron cherche à entraîner la France toujours plus profondément dans deux guerres qui ne sont ni les nôtres, ni dans notre intérêt. D’abord avec l’Ukraine, où l’illusion d’un front européen masque une débâcle militaire programmée, et ensuite avec Israël, où le soutien aveugle à une armée en roue libre nous expose à des représailles sans que personne ne daigne en débattre. Deux fronts, deux impasses, et un président voyageur qui joue avec les braises d’un monde en feu comme s’il allumait une bougie d’anniversaire. Pendant ce temps, la France, déjà exsangue, paie en argent, en crédibilité et en sécurité, les frais d’une fuite en avant géopolitique dont elle ne reviendra pas indemne.
On June 11, 2025, two days before he was killed in Israel’s strikes on Iran, IRGC commander Hossein Salami said in a speech at the Center for Documentation, Research, and Dissemination of the Legacy of the Iran-Iraq War that the Iran-U.S. war did not end with the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, but only changed its face. According to him, despite the changes to the areas and the deployment of forces, the essence of the struggle remains the same: Iran is on one axis, and America is on the other.
Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on Sunday, killing and wounding civilians and raising concerns of a broader regional conflict, with both militaries urging civilians on the opposing side to take precautions against further strikes.
On the night the Ayatollah Khomeini died, 3 June 1989, I was fast asleep in a guest room at the Tehran home of a famous cinematographer, a friend of my bohemian parents. The adults were glued to state TV in the living room. Contraband booze flowed, as usual, fortifying the voices of the speculators. The commotion woke me, prompting me to waddle downstairs to berate the adults: “Can’t you people see some of us are trying to sleep here!” I was four years old.
Iranian activists of all stripes opposed to the Islamic Republic and many citizens were in celebratory mood on social media after Israel’s June 13, 2025, attack on military and nuclear targets in Iran.
An anonymous activist with 157,000 followers on X wrote, “It appears that Israel has eliminated the entire command structure of the Revolutionary Guard. This is an extraordinary opportunity. The Islamic Republic is at its weakest. Let us seize this moment to bring an end to this absolute ruin.”
To stop Iran’s drive to build nuclear weapons, Israel eliminated nine top scientists and experts whose knowledge was critical to Tehran’s initiative. Israel explained that it struck on the night of June 12-13 because Iran’s nuclear weapons activities had “accelerated significantly” in recent months.
Tehran has long denied that it ever had a nuclear weapons program, but the evidence clearly shows otherwise. The effort was initially known as the Amad Plan, but amid fear of discovery in 2003, the clerical regime downsized and dispersed the program’s activities to preserve them while allowing the work to progress on a more limited scale. Many became part of the Organization for Defense Innovation and Research, known by its Persian acronym, SPND.
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