Interesting piece demonstrating that Iran was the impetus for creating SOCOM’s creation.  “A 1980s showdown with Iran was US Special Operations Command’s first test in combat,” Stavros Atlamazoglou, Business Insider, January 5, 2022.

The 127 were not named.  “Iran says it seeks to prosecute 127 people abroad over Soleimani killing,” Times of Israel, January 5, 2022.

“Iraqi and Syrian bases holding US troops attacked, but no American forces were killed,” Barbara Starr and Devan Cole, CNN, January 5, 2022.

This article highlights the hypocrisy central to the Regime’s staying in power.  “Father And Daughter: Controversy On Soleimani’s Death Anniversary,” Iran International, January 5, 2022.

“Iran: COVID-19 Death Toll Exceeds 495,300,” NCRI, January 5, 2022.

“CSW welcomes the news that Pastor Matthias Haghnejad and the Christians sentenced alongside him have been able to return home after spending nearly three years in prison,” CSW’s President and Founder Mervyn Thomas said. “However, they are still facing unfounded and excessive charges simply for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief. They have committed no crimes, and we continue to call for their exoneration and to urge the Iranian authorities to end use of national security-related charges against members of the Christian community who are peaceably exercising practicing their faith,” Thomas concluded.  See “Nine Iranian Christians released from jail,” Ben Zion Gad, Jerusalem Post, January 5, 2022.