Brief Notes Intel Minister Warns of ‘Enemy Plots’ Against Supreme Leader’s Life: Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib said the Islamic Republic’s “enemies” are seeking to target Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, citing “assassination plots to hostile campaigns” allegedly aligned with U.S. and Israeli...
Brief Notes Friday Prayer Leader Calls Saudi Arabia ‘America’s Milk Cow’: Leading Tehran’s Friday Prayers today, Mohammad Javad Haj Aliakbari attacked the UN and several Arab states for backing President Donald Trump’s proposed Gaza peace plan, calling it a “worthless plan presented by the gambler...
Brief Notes State Media Cast Epstein Vote as ‘Political Defeat’ for Trump: State media claimed the 427-1 U.S. House of Representatives vote directing the Department of Justice to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein was a “heavy political defeat” for President Trump, dubiously suggesting it...
Brief Notes FM Says Regime Will ‘Never Yield to Zero Enrichment’: Islamic Republic Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview today that Tehran would “never yield to zero enrichment,” calling any agreement that eliminates enrichment “treasonous” and insisting the nuclear program is a...
Brief Notes Tehran Denies Using MBS as Intermediary in U.S. Talks: Tehran claims that President Masoud Pezeshkian’s recent letter to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was strictly about thanking Riyadh for its cooperation in organizing safe Hajj pilgrimages for Iranians, dismissing speculation...
You might not know this, but the office park down the street or the luxury hotel in your city could be part of the Ayatollah’s financial network. Behind every “private” Iranian bank, there is a web of shell companies, crypto addresses, and real-estate fronts quietly washing the regime’s money into...
Brief Notes FM Says Tehran Supports ‘Unity’ for Lebanon: Islamic Republic Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Ali Hassan Khalil, a senior Lebanese MP of the Shia Amal Movement and a deputy to Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, on the sidelines of the “International Law Under Assault:...
Brief Notes IRGC Seizes Marshall Islands-Flagged Tanker in Strait of Hormuz: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intercepted the Marshall Islands-flagged crude oil tanker Talara today, forcing it towards Iranian territorial waters after it passed through the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker,...
Brief Notes Supreme Leader’s Restrictions on U.S. Talks Remain Unchanged: A senior official in the Office of the Supreme Leader, Mehdi Fazaeli, today said that restrictions on talks with the U.S. introduced by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have remained unchanged. He added, “Negotiations with the...
Brief Notes Despite Regime Crackdowns, Public Discontent Reaches Streets: Two individuals dressed as Artesh (the conventional Iranian Army, as opposed to the Islamic Republic’s IRGC) officers raised the pre-1979 lion-and-sun flag of Iran in a Tehran metro station today. Initial reports say...