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This was Soleimani\u2019s dream, and remains the Supreme Leader\u2019s dream.\u00a0 \u201cSoleimani\u2019s vision was to exploit the defeat of ISIS in order to attain regional hegemony for Iran. The Revolutionary Guards, the Shi\u2019ite militias of mercenaries, and volunteers from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, commanded by Soleimani and his officers \u2013 all sought to establish a significant Iranian foothold in Yemen, Iraq and Syria.\u00a0 Soleimani planned to deploy in Syria and to settle there 100,000 Shi\u2019ite fighters, to house air force and intelligence bases, and missile sites aimed at Israel, and to bring thousands of teachers to Syria to augment its Shi\u2019ite connection with Tehran.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cWhy Syria Isn\u2019t Firing Its S-300 Missiles at Israeli Jets:\u00a0 The incredible behind-the-scenes story of how Iran\u2019s Soleimani eliminated Hezbollah\u2019s top commander \u2013 who dared to say no,\u201d<\/a> Yossi Melman, Haaertz, May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cSister of Detained Iranian Student: Iran Government Supporters Threatened Me,\u201d<\/a> Michael Lipin, Elham Yazdiha, Behrooz Samadbeygi, VOA, May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran launched a small satellite into orbit. But more importantly, it was Iran\u2019s revolutionary guards, not the civilian space program, that did the launching.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s Satellite and the IRGC Space Program,\u201d<\/a> Arms Control Wonk, May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

Yes, U.S. sanctions are having some affect on Iran.\u00a0 For example, the cash-strapped Regime is reining in some of its forces in Syria because of American sanctions.\u00a0 \u201cIntel: US sanctions squeezing Iranian forces in Syria, says US envoy,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, Elizabeth Hagedorn, May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cSatellite images show Iran\u2019s nuclear ambition unaffected by Covid-19 outbreak,\u201d<\/a> Callum Paton, The National, May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIRGC Space Command Chief Says Iran Plans To Put A Satellite In Geostationary Orbit,\u201d<\/a> SpaceWatch.global, May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo honor among thieves at head of Iran and Venezuela,\u201d<\/a> Struan Stevenson, UPI, May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran launched a small satellite into orbit. But more importantly, it was Iran\u2019s revolutionary guards, not the civilian space program, that did the launching.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s Satellite and the IRGC Space Program,\u201d<\/a> Arms Control Wonk, May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s mishandled coronavirus response is triggering a backlash against the regime,\u201d<\/a> Cynthia Schneider and Nik Kowsar, op-ed, Business Insider, May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran progresses anti-Israel bill, plans to establish embassy in Jerusalem,\u201d<\/a> Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post, May 12, 2020.\u00a0 Iranian MPs chanted “down with Israel” after the bill was approved, and want to create an Iranian embassy in Jerusalem for Palestine after the people of Israel are defeated and forced to leave the land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was Soleimani\u2019s dream, and remains the Supreme Leader\u2019s dream.\u00a0 \u201cSoleimani\u2019s vision was to exploit the defeat of ISIS in order to attain regional hegemony for Iran. The Revolutionary Guards, the Shi\u2019ite militias of mercenaries, and volunteers from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, commanded by Soleimani and his officers \u2013 all sought to establish a significant … <\/p>\n

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