Analysis

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  Analysis

  2021-09-27

  Leaders in IRGC reap huge profits as Iran's official death toll hits 120,000

  The IRGC has taken advantage of state contracts to produce vaccines and officials bans on Western vaccines to reap massive profits on the black market.

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  Analysis

  2021-09-15

  Tehran's mismanagement, misplaced priorities fuel growing domestic unrest

  As the Iranian regime careens from crisis to crisis on the domestic and international front, public unrest and dissent have been on the rise, and many see an emboldened resistance movement.

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  Analysis

  2021-09-08

  Despite historic agreement, Iran not China's preferred regional partner

  Tehran and Beijing signed a 25-year 'strategic co-operation' agreement in March, but China's projected trade with Iran pales in comparison to its other agreements.

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  Analysis

  2021-08-30

  Houthi-controlled Sanaa ranks as world's third worst city to live in

  Sanaa has turned into one of the world's worst cities to inhabit because of lack of security, shortage in essential public services and high unemployment.

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  Analysis

  2021-08-13

  Tehran's 'Axis of Resistance' proves more akin to 'Axis of Terrorism'

  The Iran-backed 'resistance' alliance, despite its claims otherwise, proves to be doing little else other sabotaging regional and global security at the expense of innocent civilians.

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  Analysis

  2021-08-04

  Iraqi security forces on alert as Iranian proxies eye upcoming election

  Iraqi forces are preparing to conduct pre-emptive operations in the lead-up to Iraq's parliamentary elections in order to curb any attempt by rogue actors to influence the electoral process.

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  Analysis

  2021-07-21

  Gas crisis exposes Hizbullah's fading appeal among Lebanese Shia

  People are saying party leader Hassan Nasrallah's 'victory speeches' have turned into 'boring political talk that has nothing to do with crisis resolution'.

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  Analysis

  2021-07-13

  The great coverup: how China tried to trick the world about COVID-19

  Beijing's obsession with secrecy regarding the origins of the coronavirus has fuelled suspicions about the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

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  Analysis

  2021-07-07

  Protests, strikes rock Iran as blackouts, economic woes worsen

  Iranians are taking the to streets chanting 'Death to Khamenei' in protest to never-ending blackouts, worsening economic conditions, and pandemic mismanagement.

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  Analysis

  2021-07-05

  IRGC's use of smaller proxies in Iraq signals loyalty concerns

  Concerned about inner conflict and potential disobedience, the IRGC has been forming smaller proxies in Iraq and being more selective.