IRAN - Bataan Diary
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Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Hoseyni Khamenei
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June 4, 1989 Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khameneielected Supreme Leader by the Assembly of Experts.
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Seyyed Ali Hoseyni Khamenei,The new Supreme Leader
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,President, 1989-1997
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SupremeLeader
President
Assembly of Experts88 clerics
Appoints
Supreme NationalSecurity Council
Military/nuclear policyAdvisesCan remove
Council of Guardians12 Islamist Jurists
Vets candidates
Appoints secretary
Elects
Cabinet
Parliament (Majles)290 Representatives
Elects
Appoints
ProposesLegislation
Expediency Council
Vets candidates
Elects
Confirms
Appoint 6 each
Vets candidates
Resolvesconflicts
Appoints
Vets candidates
Supreme National Security Councilbecomes Iran’s top decision-making body.
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SupremeLeader
President
Assembly of Experts88 clerics
Appoints
Supreme NationalSecurity Council
Military/nuclear policyAdvisesCan remove
Council of Guardians12 Islamist Jurists
Vets candidates
Appoints secretary
Elects
Cabinet
Parliament (Majles)290 Representatives
Elects
Appoints
ProposesLegislation
Expediency Council
Vets candidates
Elects
Confirms
Appoint 6 each
Vets candidates
Resolvesconflicts
Appoints
Vets candidates
Hassan Rouhani appointed secretaryOf the Supreme National SecurityCouncil, and National Security AdvisorTo President Rafsanjani.
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9/11 and the Taliban
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1979, Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
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U.S., Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China support the Mujahideen.
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February 1989. The last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan.
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1992-1994, Taliban takes over Afghanistan
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Attack on the World Trade Center
Sponsored by al Qaeda Executed by Mohammad Atta and Kahlid Sheikh Mohammad
September 11, 2001
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November 2001. U.S. Special Forces arm and train the Mujahideen in fighting the Taliban.
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Tehran
Jerusalem
Samarkand
Istanbul
Armenia
Kabul
KandaharIsfahan
Afghanistan
India
Syria
Turkey
Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia
OmanUAE
Qatar
Egypt
Sudan
Pakistan
Yemen
IraqDamascus
Baghdad
Chabahar
Herat
November 2001, Iran allows U.S. to use its airfields, port of Chabahar.
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1/29/2002. George W. Bush declares that North Korea, Iraq and Iran constitute an “Axis of Evil.”
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3/20/2003. Operation Iraqi Freedom—U.S. invades Iraq.
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2/26/03. George Bush predicts that the invasion of Iraq will be the first step in the democratization of the Middle East.
3/21/03. Neocons William Kristol, Richard Perle and Michael Ledeen say that Syria and Iran are next.
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8/29/03. Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi truck-bombs the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, the most sacred site in Shi’a Islam. The driver of the suicide truck was Yassin Jarad, abuMus’ab al-Zarqawi’s father-in-law.
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Shi’a insurgents, spurred on by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, strike out across Iraq, but particularly in Baghdad and southern Iraq.
Iran sees the opportunity to step in and provide funding, weapons, organization and leadership. Chaos in Iraq protects Iran from the U.S. and from Iraq.
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Iranian Political Factions:• Religious leadership--Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
o US cannot be trusted.
o Not opposed to direct talks with the US, but not optimistic that any good could come of it.
• Hardliners—Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Qasem Soleimani, IRGC officer corps, religious rural Iranians.
o US does not respect the Islamic identity of Iran
o There is inherent antagonism between the US and Iran. Do not negotiate with the US.
o Iran is the spearhead of resistance to the US' global arrogance.
• Moderates--Hassan Rouhani and most Iranian Presidents and politicians.
o Believe they can alter the US' perspective of Iran, and achieve normal relations while protecting
Iran's interests
o Willing to engage with the US to advance Iran's interests--a win-win for both countries (free
market economy, eliminate Salafi extremists.)
• Reformists—Abdolhassan BaniSadr, Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, Mir-Hossein Mousavi
o The government of Iran should be changed to reduce religious influence and put mor decision-
making in the hands of elected officials.
• Liberals/leftists—there are none in Iranian politics today
o MEK were traitors
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
and the Green Movement
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Seyyed Mohammad Khatami,President, 1997-2005
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,President, 2005-2014
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Hezbollah’s rockets in southern Lebanon constitute Iran’s “nuc” against Israel.
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2006. In response to Hezbollah kidnapping and rocket attacks, Israel invades Lebanon
When Israel withdraws, Hezbollah claims victory and becomes enormouslypopular in Lebanon.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the UN General Assembly in 2006.
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Mahmoud AhmadinejadMir Hossein Mousavi
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Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan killed by car bomb outside North Tehran University.
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Siemens PLC CPU.
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EGYPT
Ankara
ARMENIA
Tehran
IRAN
Smyrna TURKEY
IRAQ
JORDAN
TK.
Baghdad
IRAQ
SAUDI ARABIA
SYRIA
KUWAIT
1980 – 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Army keeps Iran in check
GEORGIA
AZERBAIJAN
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EGYPT
Ankara
ARMENIA
Tehran
IRAN
Smyrna TURKEY
IRAQ
JORDAN
TK.
Baghdad
IRAQ
SAUDI ARABIA
SYRIA
KUWAIT
GEORGIA
AZERBAIJAN
2003 – 2011 US forces in Iraq keep Iran in check
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EGYPT
Ankara
ARMENIA
Tehran
IRAN
Smyrna TURKEY
IRAQ
JORDAN
TK.
Baghdad
IRAQ
SAUDI ARABIA
SYRIA
KUWAIT
GEORGIA
AZERBAIJAN
Dec 2011 US withdrawal leaves Nouri al Maliki to deal with Iran
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EGYPT
Ankara
ARMENIA
Tehran
IRAN
Smyrna TURKEY
IRAQ
JORDAN
TK.
Baghdad
IRAQ
SAUDI ARABIA
SYRIA
KUWAIT
GEORGIA
AZERBAIJAN
Possible Iran-Iraq-Syria-Hezbollah/Lebanon “Shi’a Axis.”
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Mahmoud Ahmedinajad, 2005
US
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Mahmoud Ahmedinajad, 2013
RUSSIA
US
VENEZUELAECUADORBOLIVIANICARAGUA
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
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HASSAN ROUHANI
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Tehran
Isfahan
Mashhad
Tabriz
Shiraz
Qom
Yazd
Karaj
Ahwaz
Kermanshah
Urmia
.Sorkheh
Tehran
Hassan Rouhani as a teenager
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Hassan RouhaniCommander of Iran’s
Joint Military Operations Center
Robert C. McFarlandPresident Reagan’s
National Security Advisor
Marine Lt. Col.Oliver North
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May 7, 2013 Hassan Rouhani registers to run for President of Iran.
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Rouhani’s supporters celebrate his first presidential victory in Tehran.
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Rouhani designated Mohammad Javad Zarif, an experienced Iranian diplomat, as Foreign Minister.
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Iran’s Nuclear Program
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Uranium enrichment:• Natural uranium: 1% isotope• For medical use: 3.67%• For research reactors: 20%• For Weapons: 90-98%
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Fordow:UraniumEnrichment
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Construction at a standstill (2015).
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Iran inflation rate.
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The Nuclear Deal
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Nov 2013. P5+1 Conference in Geneva negotiates interim nuclear deal for Iran.
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Jan 20, 2014. IAEA inspectors (center) watch Iranian technicians disconnect 20% uranium production cascades at the Natanz nuclear facility.
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P5+1 Conference in Vienna negotiates the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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July 14, 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Iran Nuclear Deal) signed in Vienna.
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Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA):• Close Iran’s weapons-capable nuclear reactors.• Limits Iran’s Nuclear program to power-generation
and medical research levels.• Ends the sanctions.• Gives the West ten nuclear-free years to negotiate
and end to Iran’s external adventures.
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Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility.
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Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility.
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Iran’s Arak heavy water nuclear plant.
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Ayatollah Khamenei speaks to students at Tehran University.
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Annual commemoration of taking American hostagesat the U.S. Embassy—Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015.
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Hassan Rouhani,President, 2014-present
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Emab intermediate-range precision-guided missile.
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Hassan Rouhani was re-elected President of Iran in May 2017.
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Ebrahim RaisiChief Justice of Iran’s Supreme Court