Secrets of the 1983 Beirut Bombings: The role of Iran’s IRGC Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the viewpoint of Al Arabiya English. The 1983 double bombing in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, left 241 American service members, 58 French military personnel and six civilians killed, alongside hundreds of others injured. 21 years later in 2004 Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) unveiled a “monument” in “honor” of that terrorist attack. This “memorial” column, installed in a section dubbed “Martyrs of the Islamic World” in Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, carried a very vivid message: Iran’s  IRGC  was behind the 1983 blast targeting the peacekeeping force in Beirut. 34 years have passed since that attack and today the IRGC has been designated a terrorist organization by the US Treasury Department. Such a measure deserves praise, yet is long overdue. On October 23 of that year a suicide bomber ...

IRGC Vows to Respond to New US Sanctions With More Powerful, Precise Missiles 11/2/2017 4:18:30 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Mohammad Ali Jafari speaks with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a graduation ceremony at the IRGC Imam Hossein University on May 10, 2017 By Patrick Goodenough CNSNews.com, November 1, 2017  - The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed new sanctions on entities and individuals linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, prompting the IRGC’s commander to vow to double down on its ballistic missile program. In line with sanctions legislation signed by President Trump in August, the Treasury updated its list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs), adding a range of IRGC divisions, linked organizations, and senior officers. U.S. citizens may not do business with SDNs, whose assets are also blocked by the U.S. government. IRGC commander Major Gen...

Secrets of the 1983 Beirut Bombings: The role of Iran’s IRGC Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the viewpoint of Al Arabiya English. The 1983 double bombing in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, left 241 American service members, 58 French military personnel and six civilians killed, alongside hundreds of others injured. 21 years later in 2004 Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) unveiled a “monument” in “honor” of that terrorist attack. This “memorial” column, installed in a section dubbed “Martyrs of the Islamic World” in Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, carried a very vivid message: Iran’s  IRGC  was behind the 1983 blast targeting the peacekeeping force in Beirut. 34 years have passed since that attack and today the IRGC has been designated a terrorist organization by the US Treasury Department. Such a measure deserves praise, yet is long overdue. On October 23 of that year a suicide bomber ...

On Iran: Former US House Speaker and Presidential Candidate 10/21/2017 06:43 pm ET Former House Speaker and Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich  described  the clerical establishment of Iran as “a dictatorship with a façade of democracy,” adding, “If you’re not part of the dictatorship, and you’re not acceptable to the dictator, you can’t run, and therefore to pretend that the elections actually offer any serious choice to the Iranian people is simply a fantasy.” NCRI US House Speaker and Presidential Candidate, and Amb. Bloomfield Mr. Gingrich was speaking at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Friday, held by the Organization of Iranian American Communities,  OIAC . The event was  moderated  by Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., the Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs under the George W. Bush administration. Referring to President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy roll-out, the House Speaker...