this week: five events you need to know (february 8)

Amir Hatami said the missile “accurately hit the set target” from a distance of 750 miles, describing it as the “long arm of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” . ... In 2009, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Venice lamented that a radical form of “Shiite messianism” was corrupting Iran and..

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forty years of misreading iran

The Islamic Republic’s employment of terror and assassinations are but tools in service of its vision. ... Yet, the Islamic Republic’s decision — to lead an Islamic revolution across the region and beyond — has always been clear, muddled observations..

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TEHRAN - Ardeshir Zahedi, minister under the rule of deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran and his last ambassador to Washington praised the performance of Islamic Republic in the 40 years, calling the opposition as traitors... ..

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