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Meanwhile, the IRGC has been cleaning house. According to an opposition adviser who maintains close ties to the Guards leadership, at least five commanders sympathetic to the reformists were put under house arrest in the aftermath of the election. These purges within Iran's security apparatus consolidated power in the...
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), or Sepah for short in Farsi, is widely believed to have played a large role in orchestrating the crackdown on political dissidents and protesters following the disputed presidential election. Its political influence within the regime has always far exceeded the actual army's, and...
On Thursday, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, citing unnamed European Commission maritime officials, reported that following its attack in Swedish waters, the Arctic Sea sent a second set of radio messages saying it had again been hijacked after it passed through the English Channel, off the coast of Portugal. "Radio...
For now, suspicions and theories are all there is, until the rescue vessels find the missing ship - if they ever do. Maritime expert Burnett says international law would normally require that the Russian navy receive permission from Maltese authorities to board the Arctic Sea, but a specific piracy exemption in...
In many ways, Liberia is a predictable stop on Clinton's itinerary. Liberia has always had closer ties to America than other African countries, and with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the first female elected head of state in the continent, it's not surprising Liberia was in Clinton's...