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Here's a sample of news stories presented by Jim on this edition of the News Round-Up-----Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed the death earlier this month of Mohammed Deif, dubbed the 'Osama bin Laden of Gaza.' ----Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosion device that detonated in his room and not by a missile as previously believed, according to the New York Times. According to the report, the bomb was planted approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, which is managed and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound in northern Tehran. ----Iranian leader Ali Khamenei vowed revenge for the assassination of the Hamas political chief. Khamenei said, -The criminal, terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our territory and has caused our grief, but it has also prepared the ground for a severe punishment.- ----Russia has proposed that the U.N. Security Council adopt a statement to condemn the assassination of the Hamas leader but the proposal was blocked by the U.S., the U.K. and also by France.----Iran reportedly took in nearly 16 billion in profits from its illicit oil trade over the past several months, heightening the Biden-Harris administration's perennial lax enforcement of sanctions meant to stymie Tehran's cash flow. ----Alejandro Mayorkas has replaced Director Cheatle with the man whose job was to oversee the protective details that failed former President Trump. That man is acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe who worked for the Obama White House.----Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Here's a sample of news stories presented by Jim on this edition of the News Round-Up-----Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed the death earlier this month of Mohammed Deif, dubbed the 'Osama bin Laden of Gaza.' ----Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosion device that detonated in his room and not by a missile as previously believed, according to the New York Times. According to the report, the bomb was planted approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, which is managed and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound in northern Tehran. ----Iranian leader Ali Khamenei vowed revenge for the assassination of the Hamas political chief. Khamenei said, -The criminal, terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our territory and has caused our grief, but it has also prepared the ground for a severe punishment.- ----Russia has proposed that the U.N. Security Council adopt a statement to condemn the assassination of the Hamas leader but the proposal was blocked by the U.S., the U.K. and also by France.----Iran reportedly took in nearly 16 billion in profits from its illicit oil trade over the past several months, heightening the Biden-Harris administration's perennial lax enforcement of sanctions meant to stymie Tehran's cash flow. ----Alejandro Mayorkas has replaced Director Cheatle with the man whose job was to oversee the protective details that failed former President Trump. That man is acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe who worked for the Obama White House.----Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Here's a sample of news stories presented by Jim on this edition of the News Round-Up:--Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed the death earlier this month of Mohammed Deif, dubbed the 'Osama bin Laden of Gaza.' --Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosion device that detonated in his room and not by a missile as previously believed, according to the New York Times. According to the report, the bomb was planted approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, which is managed and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound in northern Tehran. --Iranian leader Ali Khamenei vowed revenge for the assassination of the Hamas political chief. Khamenei said, "The criminal, terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our territory and has caused our grief, but it has also prepared the ground for a severe punishment." --Russia has proposed that the U.N. Security Council adopt a statement to condemn the assassination of the Hamas leader but the proposal was blocked by the U.S., the U.K. and also by France.--Iran reportedly took in nearly 16 billion in profits from its illicit oil trade over the past several months, heightening the Biden/Harris administration's perennial lax enforcement of sanctions meant to stymie Tehran's cash flow. --Alejandro Mayorkas has replaced Director Cheatle with the man whose job was to oversee the protective details that failed former President Trump. That man is acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe who worked for the Obama White House.--Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Here's a sample of news stories presented by Jim on this edition of the News Round-Up-----Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed the death earlier this month of Mohammed Deif, dubbed the 'Osama bin Laden of Gaza.' ----Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosion device that detonated in his room and not by a missile as previously believed, according to the New York Times. According to the report, the bomb was planted approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, which is managed and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound in northern Tehran. ----Iranian leader Ali Khamenei vowed revenge for the assassination of the Hamas political chief. Khamenei said, -The criminal, terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our territory and has caused our grief, but it has also prepared the ground for a severe punishment.- ----Russia has proposed that the U.N. Security Council adopt a statement to condemn the assassination of the Hamas leader but the proposal was blocked by the U.S., the U.K. and also by France.----Iran reportedly took in nearly 16 billion in profits from its illicit oil trade over the past several months, heightening the Biden-Harris administration's perennial lax enforcement of sanctions meant to stymie Tehran's cash flow. ----Alejandro Mayorkas has replaced Director Cheatle with the man whose job was to oversee the protective details that failed former President Trump. That man is acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe who worked for the Obama White House.----Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Here's a sample of news stories presented by Jim on this edition of the News Round-Up-----Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed the death earlier this month of Mohammed Deif, dubbed the 'Osama bin Laden of Gaza.' ----Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosion device that detonated in his room and not by a missile as previously believed, according to the New York Times. According to the report, the bomb was planted approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, which is managed and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound in northern Tehran. ----Iranian leader Ali Khamenei vowed revenge for the assassination of the Hamas political chief. Khamenei said, -The criminal, terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our territory and has caused our grief, but it has also prepared the ground for a severe punishment.- ----Russia has proposed that the U.N. Security Council adopt a statement to condemn the assassination of the Hamas leader but the proposal was blocked by the U.S., the U.K. and also by France.----Iran reportedly took in nearly 16 billion in profits from its illicit oil trade over the past several months, heightening the Biden-Harris administration's perennial lax enforcement of sanctions meant to stymie Tehran's cash flow. ----Alejandro Mayorkas has replaced Director Cheatle with the man whose job was to oversee the protective details that failed former President Trump. That man is acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe who worked for the Obama White House.----Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Here's a sample of news stories presented by Jim on this edition of the News Round-Up:--Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed the death earlier this month of Mohammed Deif, dubbed the 'Osama bin Laden of Gaza.' --Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosion device that detonated in his room and not by a missile as previously believed, according to the New York Times. According to the report, the bomb was planted approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, which is managed and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound in northern Tehran. --Iranian leader Ali Khamenei vowed revenge for the assassination of the Hamas political chief. Khamenei said, "The criminal, terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our territory and has caused our grief, but it has also prepared the ground for a severe punishment." --Russia has proposed that the U.N. Security Council adopt a statement to condemn the assassination of the Hamas leader but the proposal was blocked by the U.S., the U.K. and also by France.--Iran reportedly took in nearly 16 billion in profits from its illicit oil trade over the past several months, heightening the Biden/Harris administration's perennial lax enforcement of sanctions meant to stymie Tehran's cash flow. --Alejandro Mayorkas has replaced Director Cheatle with the man whose job was to oversee the protective details that failed former President Trump. That man is acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe who worked for the Obama White House.--Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi this past weekend has prompted questions about the future of the Islamic Republic, the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Iranian domestic politics, and succession race for Supreme Leader Khamenei. Afshon Ostovar, a FPRI Senior Fellow, joined FPRI President Aaron Stein to discuss the latest developments in Iran.
Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is day 173 of the war with Hamas. Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. A 25-year-old man has been declared dead after being pulled out of a building struck by a Hezbollah rocket in Kiryat Shmona's industrial zone after yesterday, the IDF conducted its deepest strike in Lebanon amid the Israel-Hamas war, some 110 kilometers from Israel's border. Fabian gives updates. The Israeli Air Force also carried out airstrikes in the predawn hours of Tuesday morning in eastern Syria, targeting Iranian assets and operatives involved in a recent plot to smuggle advanced arms to West Bank terrorists. We learn how members of Iran's Unit 4000, the Special Operations Division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Intelligence Organization, and the special operations unit of the IRGC's Quds Force in Syria, known as Unit 18840, were eliminated. The Palestinian death toll in routine overnight clashes with Israeli forces in Jenin has risen to three. Fabian weighs in on how the operations in the West Banks have shifted since the beginning of Operation Breaking the Wave two years ago. This morning the IDF said its raid on Gaza City's Shifa Hospital is ongoing, with the military saying troops killed dozens of gunmen and captured weapons over the past day. Yesterday, the IDF released video footage of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives detailing how the terror groups used the hospital as a base for terror operations. What else does the IDF hope to learn? The Israel Defense Forces' top spokesman on Tuesday confirmed that the deputy commander of Hamas's military wing, Marwan Issa, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip earlier this month. What do we know about the power structure of Hamas now? For the latest updates, please see The Times of Israel's ongoing live blog. Discussed articles include: Live blog March 26, 2024 IDF strikes Hezbollah deep in Lebanon after missile fire on base, border community IDF strikes Iran-linked operatives, assets in eastern Syria; more than 15 said killed In interrogations, Hamas, PIJ operatives describe using Shifa hospital as terror hub IDF confirms Marwan Issa, Hamas's No. 3, was killed in central Gaza strike THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel THOSE WE ARE MISSING: The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by the Pod-Waves. IMAGE: Israeli forces check a building that was hit by a Hezbollah rocket in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel near the Lebanon border, on March 27, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In a statement, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that forces conducted airstrikes on more than 171 targets in Yemen, Iraq and Syria against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.China and Russia conducted a joint naval operation near U.S. territory earlier this week, triggering a large response from the U.S. Navy The U.S. State Department on Monday brushed off reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to look into reclaiming what he deems former Russian "real estate," including Alaska. A Democratic Tennessee lawmaker introduced legislation that would impose a "thoughts and prayers" tax on the sale of firearms in the state. State Rep. Bo Mitchell's bill would impose a 15% sales tax on firearms sold at retail, with the proceeds going to the Tennessee Department of Education to help hire school counselors. Gun owners in Maryland would be required to buy at least $300,000 in liability insurance or forfeit their ability to carry a firearm under a new bill. The controversial legislation, introduced by Delegate Terri Hill, D-Howard County, would prohibit the "wear or carry" of a gun anywhere in the state unless the individual has obtained a liability insurance policy of at least $300,000. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested at least a dozen illegal immigrants with previous charges or convictions related to child exploitation following a national operation, the agency confirmed Friday. The arrests were made in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Texas. At least 171 illegal immigrants have been arrested in 25 cities nationwide with pending charges or convictions for murder, homicide or sexual assault against children. #behindthelinepodcast #leftcoastnews #shtfnews #usairstrikes #airstrikes #middleeastnews #yemen #iraq #syria #usmilitary #usnavy #china #russia #chinesenavy #russiannavy #alaska #russiawantsalaskaback #tennesseegunbill #secondamendment #freedom #constitution #maylandgunbill #guninsurance #ice #illegals #shtf #prep #prepping #prepper #preppernews #survival #survivalnews #worldwar #ww3 #nationalsecurityact #bidenborder #biden #border #openborder #closetheborder --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/behindtheline/support
Support Us Here! --> https://anchor.fm/politicana/support Welcome to the Politicana Podcast, your go-to source for the latest updates, analysis, and honest conversation on world politics. Join hosts Tyler, Prateek, and Nick as they dive into current events, world affairs, policy debates, elections, gaffes, and everything in between! Tune in every week for new episodes (Typically Monday). Don't miss out on staying informed – follow us on your preferred podcasting platform to receive notifications whenever we release new episodes. For any comments, questions, or inquiries, reach out to us at Backofthemob@gmail.com. Stay engaged and informed with the Politicana Podcast! -- Topics And Timestamps -- 00:00 - Biden Speaks on Maine Massacre The man suspected in Wednesday's massacre that killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, has been found dead, authorities confirmed Friday night. 9:55 - US Prepares To Go To War With Iran On Friday, US F-16 fighter jets bombed facilities used by Iranian proxies and their Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Syria. After the attack, Iranian proxies fired back by launching an attack drone at US Forces stationed in West Iraq. 25:40 - It's Going To Be Long and Difficult Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation, Saturday night, “the military has opened a “second stage” in the war against Hamas by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea.” Netanyahu said they will only increase their attacks ahead of a broad ground invasion into the territory. 29:35 - Pence Realizes That Nobody Cares About Him Former Vice President Mike Pence decided on Saturday to suspend his 2024 Republican presidential campaign at the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) conference in Las Vegas. 42:20 - Your Invited, Your Invited, Everyone's Invited” Rep. Dean Phillips launched a Democratic primary challenge against President Biden in Concord, NH. The 54-year-old Minnesota congressman aims to steer the party toward the future, highlighting issues like the economy and border chaos. 45:50 - Biden Takes on AI According to NPR, President Biden signed a sweeping executive order to create some federal oversight of rapidly expanding AI systems today. More Details Yet To Come. 55:45 - Bye Bye Bye—Three Week Diva Rep. Patrick McHenry, fresh from a grueling three-week caretaker speaker role, candidly shared his frustration, casting doubt on the House GOP's unity 1:00:40 - Fifty Shades of Foreign Policy Nikki Haley did her best at snubbing Trump without trashing his foreign policy of which she was the second biggest face. At the RJC, Haley criticized Trump for praising foreign strong men, and warned that his style of “chaos, vendettas and drama” would be dangerous. “Eight years ago, it was good to have a leader who broke things,” Haley said of Trump. “But right now, we need to have a leader who also knows how to put things back together.” 1:06:25 - Wanna Be My Frenemy? President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, as per a U.S. official. The meeting agreement was made during talks between Chinese and U.S. officials, but specifics like the date and venue are yet to be finalized. 1:14:25 - Trump v Biden v RFK --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politicana/support
Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for –Wednesday, October 11th 2023— —Here are 3 big things you need to know— One — U.S. officials are investigating whether some of the Hamas militants who carried out the shocking attack on Israel got advanced training from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday that Iran was complicit in the attack that was far more sophisticated than past Hamas operations. Two— More than 12-hundred Palestinian supporters gathered at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn to denounce Israel. Arab American News publisher Osama Siblani said Hamas is not a terrorist organization. President Biden, Governor Whitmer, and U.S. Senator Gary Peters were booed by the crowd for their support of Israel. Three -- House Republicans are scheduled to vote on a new speaker today. The closed-door vote will come after Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan of Ohio auditioned for the job on Tuesday. Lawmakers still aren't sure Scalise or Jordan can come up with the votes needed to be elected Speaker.
On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck's breaks down the U.S. military's possible plan to deploy U.S. troops to guard commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf from Iranian piracy. This unprecedented move would be meant to send a message to the Iranian regime and prevent Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps from seizing shipping, in particular in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. But does Iran believe the Biden administration is bluffing, given its desperate attempts to re-establish the Iran nuclear deal? Or is conflict on the horizon? Watch now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down a very busy weekend of strikes and counterstrikes to Israel's north. The Israeli Ai Force has carried out three air strikes against Iranian targets in Syria over the past four nights alone—resulting in the deaths of two officers from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. With Iran's regime vowing revenge, Israel shot down an Iranian drone over the Golan Heights on Sunday. Is the Great Northern War fast approaching? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Baila Sebrow, host of The Definitive Rap sat down with the show's Israeli Correspondent Barry Shaw and International Public Diplomacy Director at The Israel Institute for Strategic Studies. As always Barry gives a full account of details not heard anywhere else. Mainstream media does not necessarily cover everything, and Barry will be fascinating the viewers and listeners. Barry explained how the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas have spread their influence throughout the territory governed by the Palestinian Authority and President Biden's two-street solution on 1967 lines, and the security issues it will potentially pose. He also talked about how after Israel fought a three-day battle with the terror group in the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Benny Gantz accused Iran of funding Palestinian Islamic Jihad tens of million dollars a year, and that the U.S. Justice Dept. charged a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps with plotting to assassinate former President Donald Trump's National Security advisor John Bolton, in an apparent retaliation for the U.S. airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani. Barry believes that Israel's biggest problem is the U.S. appeasement of Iran. Barry also discussed the Likud primaries shaking up the party's Knesset slate.
Baila Sebrow, host of The Definitive Rap sat down with the show's Israeli Correspondent Barry Shaw and International Public Diplomacy Director at The Israel Institute for Strategic Studies. As always Barry gives a full account of details not heard anywhere else. Mainstream media does not necessarily cover everything, and Barry will be fascinating the viewers and listeners. Barry explained how the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas have spread their influence throughout the territory governed by the Palestinian Authority and President Biden's two-street solution on 1967 lines, and the security issues it will potentially pose. He also talked about how after Israel fought a three-day battle with the terror group in the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Benny Gantz accused Iran of funding Palestinian Islamic Jihad tens of million dollars a year, and that the U.S. Justice Dept. charged a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps with plotting to assassinate former President Donald Trump's National Security advisor John Bolton, in an apparent retaliation for the U.S. airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani. Barry believes that Israel's biggest problem is the U.S. appeasement of Iran. Barry also discussed the Likud primaries shaking up the party's Knesset slate.
The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Cambridge UP, 2021) represents a fascinating and carefully documented intellectual history of how Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps document, remember, and contest the Iran-Iraq War and of its ramifications for the religious, cultural, and political history of the country. Utilizing a large corpus of a range of previously unexplored sources, Annie Tracy Samuel explains in meticulous detail and with aesthetic verve the interconnections between the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, and the legacy of these two critical moments in relation to the Iranian state's self- imagination today. This lucidly written book should interest scholars from a range of disciplines and non-academics as well. SherAli Tareen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. His research focuses on Muslim intellectual traditions and debates in early modern and modern South Asia. His book Defending Muhammad in Modernity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) received the American Institute of Pakistan Studies 2020 Book Prize and was selected as a finalist for the 2021 American Academy of Religion Book Award. His other academic publications are available here. He can be reached at sherali.tareen@fandm.edu. Listener feedback is most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Cambridge UP, 2021) represents a fascinating and carefully documented intellectual history of how Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps document, remember, and contest the Iran-Iraq War and of its ramifications for the religious, cultural, and political history of the country. Utilizing a large corpus of a range of previously unexplored sources, Annie Tracy Samuel explains in meticulous detail and with aesthetic verve the interconnections between the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, and the legacy of these two critical moments in relation to the Iranian state's self- imagination today. This lucidly written book should interest scholars from a range of disciplines and non-academics as well. SherAli Tareen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. His research focuses on Muslim intellectual traditions and debates in early modern and modern South Asia. His book Defending Muhammad in Modernity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) received the American Institute of Pakistan Studies 2020 Book Prize and was selected as a finalist for the 2021 American Academy of Religion Book Award. His other academic publications are available here. He can be reached at sherali.tareen@fandm.edu. Listener feedback is most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Cambridge UP, 2021) represents a fascinating and carefully documented intellectual history of how Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps document, remember, and contest the Iran-Iraq War and of its ramifications for the religious, cultural, and political history of the country. Utilizing a large corpus of a range of previously unexplored sources, Annie Tracy Samuel explains in meticulous detail and with aesthetic verve the interconnections between the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, and the legacy of these two critical moments in relation to the Iranian state's self- imagination today. This lucidly written book should interest scholars from a range of disciplines and non-academics as well. SherAli Tareen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. His research focuses on Muslim intellectual traditions and debates in early modern and modern South Asia. His book Defending Muhammad in Modernity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) received the American Institute of Pakistan Studies 2020 Book Prize and was selected as a finalist for the 2021 American Academy of Religion Book Award. His other academic publications are available here. He can be reached at sherali.tareen@fandm.edu. Listener feedback is most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history
The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Cambridge UP, 2021) represents a fascinating and carefully documented intellectual history of how Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps document, remember, and contest the Iran-Iraq War and of its ramifications for the religious, cultural, and political history of the country. Utilizing a large corpus of a range of previously unexplored sources, Annie Tracy Samuel explains in meticulous detail and with aesthetic verve the interconnections between the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, and the legacy of these two critical moments in relation to the Iranian state's self- imagination today. This lucidly written book should interest scholars from a range of disciplines and non-academics as well. SherAli Tareen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. His research focuses on Muslim intellectual traditions and debates in early modern and modern South Asia. His book Defending Muhammad in Modernity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) received the American Institute of Pakistan Studies 2020 Book Prize and was selected as a finalist for the 2021 American Academy of Religion Book Award. His other academic publications are available here. He can be reached at sherali.tareen@fandm.edu. Listener feedback is most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies
The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Cambridge UP, 2021) represents a fascinating and carefully documented intellectual history of how Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps document, remember, and contest the Iran-Iraq War and of its ramifications for the religious, cultural, and political history of the country. Utilizing a large corpus of a range of previously unexplored sources, Annie Tracy Samuel explains in meticulous detail and with aesthetic verve the interconnections between the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, and the legacy of these two critical moments in relation to the Iranian state's self- imagination today. This lucidly written book should interest scholars from a range of disciplines and non-academics as well. SherAli Tareen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. His research focuses on Muslim intellectual traditions and debates in early modern and modern South Asia. His book Defending Muhammad in Modernity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) received the American Institute of Pakistan Studies 2020 Book Prize and was selected as a finalist for the 2021 American Academy of Religion Book Award. His other academic publications are available here. He can be reached at sherali.tareen@fandm.edu. Listener feedback is most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science
The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Cambridge UP, 2021) represents a fascinating and carefully documented intellectual history of how Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps document, remember, and contest the Iran-Iraq War and of its ramifications for the religious, cultural, and political history of the country. Utilizing a large corpus of a range of previously unexplored sources, Annie Tracy Samuel explains in meticulous detail and with aesthetic verve the interconnections between the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, and the legacy of these two critical moments in relation to the Iranian state's self- imagination today. This lucidly written book should interest scholars from a range of disciplines and non-academics as well. SherAli Tareen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. His research focuses on Muslim intellectual traditions and debates in early modern and modern South Asia. His book Defending Muhammad in Modernity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) received the American Institute of Pakistan Studies 2020 Book Prize and was selected as a finalist for the 2021 American Academy of Religion Book Award. His other academic publications are available here. He can be reached at sherali.tareen@fandm.edu. Listener feedback is most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies
The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Cambridge UP, 2021) represents a fascinating and carefully documented intellectual history of how Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps document, remember, and contest the Iran-Iraq War and of its ramifications for the religious, cultural, and political history of the country. Utilizing a large corpus of a range of previously unexplored sources, Annie Tracy Samuel explains in meticulous detail and with aesthetic verve the interconnections between the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, and the legacy of these two critical moments in relation to the Iranian state's self- imagination today. This lucidly written book should interest scholars from a range of disciplines and non-academics as well. SherAli Tareen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. His research focuses on Muslim intellectual traditions and debates in early modern and modern South Asia. His book Defending Muhammad in Modernity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) received the American Institute of Pakistan Studies 2020 Book Prize and was selected as a finalist for the 2021 American Academy of Religion Book Award. His other academic publications are available here. He can be reached at sherali.tareen@fandm.edu. Listener feedback is most welcome.
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Political correspondent Tal Schneider and military reporter Mannie Fabian join host Jessica Steinberg for today's podcast. Fabian reviews a recent series of seemingly connected events, beginning with an Israeli strike in Syria on Friday night, the assassination of a senior member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Tehran on Sunday and a foiled attempt by the Shin Bet of an Iranian operation to contact and possibly kidnap Israelis. Schneider looks at the ongoing debate regarding the IDF scholarship bill that is currently dividing the Likud party during the ongoing coalition crisis. Fabian discusses the plans for a month-long IDF drill that was delayed last spring. Schneider also talks about the emotional speech offered by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday regarding a bill expanding budgets for people with disabilities, in light of his own experiences raising his adult daughter, who is on the autism spectrum. Discussed articles include: Syria says 3 soldiers killed in Israeli missile strikes near Damascus Slain Iranian officer said to have planned attacks against Israelis, Jews worldwide Israel says it foiled Iranian operation to lure Israelis abroad, possibly nab them Lapid in tears as cabinet discusses budget boost for people with disabilities Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 15, 2022 (Courtesy Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
DEVELOPING right now! Russia's “eleventh hour” hour interference in the Iran deal. On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck shares the infuriating details of Russia's plan to evade international sanctions via the Iran nuclear deal. New documents reveal that a leading Russian energy company has a $10 billion contract to build out one of Iran's most contested nuclear sites amid reports of carveouts that will waive sanctions on both countries. Is the U.S. enabling this dangerous duo? Will Joe Biden cave on dropping the terror designation on Iran's deadly Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The struggle to succeed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is growing intense. Its outcome will have significant consequences for Iran, the Middle East, and the US. Khamenei’s health has been failing for years, and his retirement or passing seems increasingly imminent. Current indicators suggest that his successor will be more hardline and less willing or able to rein in the aggressive instincts of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. In this episode of Overwatch, Nicholas Heras, Director of Government Relations at ISW, and Nicholas Carl, the Iran Team Lead at the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, discuss the leading candidates to succeed Khamenei, their policy views on engaging with the United States and the West, and how the process of picking the next Supreme Leader could affect US policy on Iran.
Maryam Alemzadeh (Princeton) Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (St Andrews), author of The Quest for Authority in Iran: a history of the presidency from revolution to Rouhani (2017), give a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series. Chaired Professor Edmund Herzig (Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford) Scholars have shown the dictatorial function of the parallel political system of the Islamic Republic: although the authoritarian office of supreme leadership and the security apparatuses strictly limit the quasi-democratic institutions (i.e. the presidency and the parliament), they avert any criticism of the government’s malfunction to the latter, thereby saving ideological face among dedicated supporters. In this functionalist explanation of the dual system of power, the qualitative difference of the two sides’ working mechanisms goes unnoticed. In this talk I address the organizational dynamics of the nonconventional section of state in Iran, with a special focus on the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. I demonstrate that behind the security apparatus Panopticon and its capillary power lies a “revolutionary” institution—one that tolerates and encourages revolutionary direct action, thereby sustaining a sizable popular base over the years. The popular base is not necessarily brainwashed to serve the state. Rather, I argue, institutions of power keep it committed and interested by authorizing spontaneous, direct action, even though revolutionary times are long passed. Maryam Alemzadeh-Bio Maryam Alemzadeh is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. She earned her PhD in sociology at the University of Chicago in 2018, and has previously worked as the Grinspoon Junior Research Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. Maryam is a historical and cultural sociologist of revolutions, state building, and grassroots militias, specializing on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Based on detailed historical findings, she writes about cultural practices as a sociologist, and about contemporary US-Middle East politics as an Iran expert. Her work has appeared in the British Journal of Middle East Studies and Foreign Affairs, among other places.
Maryam Alemzadeh (Princeton) Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (St Andrews), author of The Quest for Authority in Iran: a history of the presidency from revolution to Rouhani (2017), give a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series. Chaired Professor Edmund Herzig (Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford) Scholars have shown the dictatorial function of the parallel political system of the Islamic Republic: although the authoritarian office of supreme leadership and the security apparatuses strictly limit the quasi-democratic institutions (i.e. the presidency and the parliament), they avert any criticism of the government’s malfunction to the latter, thereby saving ideological face among dedicated supporters. In this functionalist explanation of the dual system of power, the qualitative difference of the two sides’ working mechanisms goes unnoticed. In this talk I address the organizational dynamics of the nonconventional section of state in Iran, with a special focus on the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. I demonstrate that behind the security apparatus Panopticon and its capillary power lies a “revolutionary” institution—one that tolerates and encourages revolutionary direct action, thereby sustaining a sizable popular base over the years. The popular base is not necessarily brainwashed to serve the state. Rather, I argue, institutions of power keep it committed and interested by authorizing spontaneous, direct action, even though revolutionary times are long passed. Maryam Alemzadeh-Bio Maryam Alemzadeh is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. She earned her PhD in sociology at the University of Chicago in 2018, and has previously worked as the Grinspoon Junior Research Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. Maryam is a historical and cultural sociologist of revolutions, state building, and grassroots militias, specializing on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Based on detailed historical findings, she writes about cultural practices as a sociologist, and about contemporary US-Middle East politics as an Iran expert. Her work has appeared in the British Journal of Middle East Studies and Foreign Affairs, among other places.
The killing of Qasem Soleimani by the US in January will not likely lead to open war with Iran. But the death of the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ elite Qods Force and arguably Iran’s second most powerful man will not go unanswered. In this podcast we bring together four of Control Risks’ leading analysts to discuss the key domains in which the Iran US conflict will play out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Show Sponsor - PBE Group Texas - 972- 764-3120 ---- ew Segment - #Fitness expert with @Tim McComsey www.TRYMFIT.com Tehran's streets were packed with black-clad mourners Monday as a sea of people turned out to pay their respects to Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad last week. The mourners clutched photographs of Soleimani, a revered and powerful figure who headed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps elite Quds Force and led Iran's overseas operations. Many of those on the streets of the Iranian capital was visibly upset and angry; others shouted "down with the USA" and "death to the USA." Iranian state television said millions of people attended, although this figure has yet to be verified. Soleimani's body was later taken to a ceremony in the holy city of Qom, ahead of a burial in his hometown of Kerman.
A day after President Trump backed away from further military conflict with Iran, a commander of the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps declared that Iran would soon take “harsher revenge” on the United States for a drone strike last week that killed a top Iranian general. The slain commander, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, had led the Quds Force, a powerful branch of the corps, and his death reverberated across the country, prompting calls for revenge and retaliatory strikes by Iran against two military bases in Iraq. The barrage of missiles on Wednesday took no American lives, Mr. Trump said, and appeared to have inflicted little damage on air bases in Al-Asad and Erbil that house thousands of Iraqi and American servicemen and women. And though Tehran said afterward that it had “concluded proportionate measures” to avenge the killing of General Suleimani, officials in the region cautioned that Iran might not be done maneuvering and had not abandoned its goal to drive the United States out of the Middle East. A senior commander in the Revolutionary Guards, Abdollah Araghi, said on Thursday that Iran’s armed forces would “impose harsher revenge on the enemy in the near future,” according to a translated report from Iran’s Tasnim News Agency. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support
Show Sponsor - PBE Group Texas - 972- 764-3120 ---- ew Segment - #Fitness expert with @Tim McComsey www.TRYMFIT.com Tehran's streets were packed with black-clad mourners Monday as a sea of people turned out to pay their respects to Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad last week. The mourners clutched photographs of Soleimani, a revered and powerful figure who headed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps elite Quds Force and led Iran's overseas operations. Many of those on the streets of the Iranian capital was visibly upset and angry; others shouted "down with the USA" and "death to the USA." Iranian state television said millions of people attended, although this figure has yet to be verified. Soleimani's body was later taken to a ceremony in the holy city of Qom, ahead of a burial in his hometown of Kerman.
In this week's media review we ask if Iran is spying on the USS Eisenhower. We also take a look at the possible knock-on effects of President Donald Trump's designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terror organization. David Harris hosts Clarion's Shillman Fellow and Arab Affairs Analyst Ran Meir. (Photo: TV screenshot)