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Has Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Been Displaced By an IRGC “Military Coup” in Iran?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 May 2026

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This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Ali Abdollahi, Ali Khamenei, Ali Larijani, Alireza Salarian, Artesh, Ayatollah Khamenei, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA, disinformation, Donald Trump, Intelligence, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, James Adams, John Ratcliffe, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Masoud Pezeshkian, Mazaher Hosseini, media war, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Mojtaba Khamenei, Pete Hegseth, propaganda, Rahbar-e Mo'azzam, SNSC, Supreme Leader, Supreme National Security Council, United States, velayat-e faqih on May 12, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Film Review: ‘Cover-Up’ (2025)

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 8 May 2026

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This entry was posted in Film Review, History and tagged Abu Ghraib scandal, activism, al-Qaeda, Antonio Taguba, Ari Ben-Menashe, Arthur Schlesinger, Augusto Pinochet, Barack Obama, Bob Kerrey, Camille Lo Sapio, Central Intelligence Agency, chemical weapons of mass destruction, Chile, Church Committee, CIA, Citizenfour, COINTELPRO, Cold War, Communism, conspiracy theories, Cover-Up, Cuba, Defense Department, democracy, disinformation, Edward Korry, Edward Snowden, Ernest Medina, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, forgeries, George W. Bush, Ghouta Massacre, Ha My Massacre, Henry Kissinger, Hue Massacre, Hugh Thompson Jr., ideology, Indochina, insurgency, Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence, Iran, Iraq War, ISI, James Angleton, James Jesus Angleton, James R. Schlesinger, John F. Kennedy, KGB, Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Laura Poitras, Lawrence X. Cusack, LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, Marilyn papers, Mark Obenhaus, media, Michael Terry, MKULTRA, My Khe Massacre, My Lai Massacre, National Security Agency, Netflix, NSA, Operation CHAOS, Operation ORCHARD, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Paul Meadlo, Pentagon, Phong Nhi Massacre, poison gas, press, propaganda, Richard Nixon, Rockefeller Commission, Russia, Salvador Allende, Seymour Hersh, South Korea, Soviet Union, Sy Hersh, Syria, terrorism, Thanh Phong Massacre, The Dark Side of Camelot, Ukraine, Usama bin Laden, Vietcong, Vietnam War, war crimes, Watergate scandal, William Calley, William Colby, WMD on May 8, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya and Iranian Terrorism in Britain

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 March 2026

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This entry was posted in British Domestic Terrorism, Iran and tagged Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Ashab al-Kahf, Australia, Axis of Resistance, Azerbaijan, Britain, espionage, Foxtrot, Golders Green, Gulf States, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, Hatzola, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Houthis, Intelligence, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Jews, Kuwait, Mafia, organised crime, piracy, propaganda, Qatar, Resistance Axis, Saraya Awliyah al-Dam, Strait of Hormuz, Telegram, terrorism, The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, United Arab Emirates on March 24, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

What is Trump Trying to Do in Iran?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 8 March 2026

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This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Ali Khamenei, Antisemitism, Artesh, Azerbaijan, Basij, Benjamin Netanyahu, Britain, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, Donald Trump, drones, Gulf States, Intelligence, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, J.D. Vance, Jews, KDPI, KRG, Kurdistan Free Life Party, Kurdistan Freedom Party, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Kurds, Marco Rubio, missiles, Mojtaba Khamenei, nationalism, NATO, North Korea, nuclear weapons, Operation EPIC FURY, Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER, PAK, patriotism, Pete Hegseth, PJAK, PKK, propaganda, public diplomacy, Qatar, Russia, separatism, Shahed drones, spies, Strait of Hormuz, subversion, terrorism, terrorist-revolutionaries, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela on March 8, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Britain Should Shut Down Iran’s Subversive Islamic Institutions

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 March 2026

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This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Ahlul-Bayt Islamic Society, Al-Zahra Centre, Ali Khamenei, Amar Hussein, Antisemitism, Charity Commission, Heaton Park synagogue attack, infiltration, Intelligence, Iran, Iranian Revolution, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Centre of England, Islamic Centre of Manchester, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolution, Islamic State, Islamism, Jews, jihadism, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, religion, Sayed Hussain Makke, Soviet Union, subversion, terrorism, Walid Saadaoui on March 4, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

What the Captured Documents in Gaza Tell Us About HAMAS’s Relationship with the “Humanitarian” NGOs

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 25 February 2026

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Israel and tagged Abu Islam, academics, al-Qaeda, Al-Qassam Brigades, Alaa Hassan Abdullah Asbihi, Alger Hiss, Antisemitism, antizionism, Ayman Rouqa, Branch of Foreign Associations, Britain, charity, Christianity, Conny Lenneberg, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, Division of Foreign Activity, Doctors Without Borders, espionage, Ethel Rosenberg, Fadi al-Wadiya, Fadi Jihad Mohammed al-Wadiya, Francesca Albanese, Gaza, Gaza European Hospital, Gaza War, Guantanamo Bay, HAMAS, human rights activists, humanitarian NGOs, IDF, Intelligence, international law, interrogation, IRGC, Islamic Resistance Movement, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Islamists, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Israel Security Agency, jihadism, jihadists, journalists, Julius Rosenberg, Kamal al-Adwan Hospital, Kataib Izzadeen al-Qassam, KGB, Khalil El-Halabi, Kim Philby, liberalism, MAAN Development Centre, Médecins Sans Frontières, media, Mohammad el-Halabi, Mohammed Akram Abdullah al-Kafarna, Mohammed Khalil Mehdi, Mohammed Khalil Mohammed el-Halabi, MSF, Muslim Brotherhood, NGOs, non-governmental organisations, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinian Nursing Association, Palestinian Territories, Palestinians, PIJ, political prisoners, political warfare, press, provocation, Rafah Brigade, Samir Suleiman Abu Shawish, SHABAK, Shin Bet, Simchat Torah pogrom, Soviet Union, spies, Spy War, terrorism, terrorists, Tim Costello, torture, UNDP, United Kingdom, United Nations, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, VENONA, World Vision, World Vision Gaza, World Vision International, Yabna Battalion, Zionism, Zionists on February 25, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

“Damned Lies and Statistics”, Al-Qaeda Edition

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 February 2026

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy and tagged 9/11, 9/11 Commission Report, Africa, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Shabaab, al-Shabab, AQAP, AQIM, Australia, Bondi Hanukkah Massacre, caliphate, Global War on Terror, Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen, ideology, Intelligence, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Khaled Shaykh Muhammad, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting, Osama bin Laden, September 11, September 11 attacks, Somalia, strategy, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, United Nations, United States, Usama bin Laden, Yemen on February 9, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

How the Palestinians Enabled the Islamic Revolution in Iran

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 January 2026

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This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Abolhassan Banisadr, Abu Hassan, al-Qaeda, Albania, Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur, Ali Hassan Salameh, Ali Reza Sepasi, Amal movement, Anis Naccache, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Anthony Parsons, anti-imperialism, anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, antizionism, Anwar al-Sadat, Artesh, Asadollah Alam, Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani, Ayatollah Muhammad Beheshti, Baader-Meinhof Gang, Black September, Captive Nations, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Cold War, Colonel Gaddafi, Colonel Qaddafi, Communism, Cuba, DDR, Dhofar Liberation Front, Dhofar Rebellion, disinformation, East Germany, Eastern Bloc, Enver Hoxha, espionage, FATAH, Fedayeen-e-Khalq, Fidel Castro, Force 17, Gaza War, German Democratic Republic, Grand Ayatollah Kazem Shariatmadari, Green Book, HAMAS, Hani al-Hassan, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hosayn Ruhani, Hossein Ruhani, Houthis, Husayn al-Musawi, ideology, Imad Mughniyeh, Imperial Government, Intelligence, IRA, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, Irish Republican Army, Islamic Republic Party, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, Italian Red Brigades, Jalaleddin Farsi, Japanese Red Army, Jews, Jordan, KGB, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanon, Liberation Movement of Iran, Libya, LMI, Mao Zedong, Marine barracks bombing, Marxism, Marxist Mojahedeen, Marxist Mujahideen, MEK, MJTRUST/2, Mohammad Montazeri, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Mohammad Saleh Hosseini, Mojahedeen-e-Khalq, Moscow gold, MOSSAD, Mostafa Chamran, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Munich massacre, Musa al-Sadr, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Oman, Operation WRATH OF GOD, Osama bin Laden, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, Pasdaran, Pasdaran-e Enghelab, Peykar, PFLP, PLO, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, radicalism, Red China, Red Mullah, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, SAVAK, Sazman-e Peykar dar Rah-e Azadi-ye Tabaqe-ye Kargar, Sepah-e Pasdaran, Shah, Shi’a Islam, Shi’ism, Siahkal incident, socialism, South Yemen, Soviet Union, STASI, terrorism, The Organisation of Combat for the Emancipation of the Working Class, The Organisation of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class, totalitarianism, Tudeh Party, Usama bin Laden, Vasili Mitrokhin, veleyat-e-faqih, Vladimir Lenin, White Revolution, Yasser Arafat, Zionism on January 19, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Trump and Venezuela: Is This “Regime Change”?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 January 2026

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy and tagged Ansar Allah, Bay of Piglets, Canada, Cartel de Los Soles, Cartel of the Suns, cartels, Central Intelligence Agency, Chavismo, Chavistas, China, CIA, cocaine, Cold War, colonialism, Communism, corruption, cryptocurrency, Cuba, Cubazuela, Delcy Rodríguez, despotism, DGI, DI, Dirección de Inteligencia, Dirección General de Inteligencia, Donald Trump, drug wars, drugs, Edmundo González, espionage, FARC, fentanyl, Foreign Terrorist Organisations, Fox News, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Greenland, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Honduras, Houthis, Hugo Chavez, Intelligence, invasion of Iraq, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, J.D. Vance, Jack Keane, John Bolton, Juan Orlando Hernández, Kim Jong-il, Manuel Noriega, María Corina Machado, Marco Rubio, Marxism, narco-terrorism, narcotics, NATO, Nicolas Maduro, Nicolas Maduro Moros, Nobel Peace Prize, oil, Operation ABSOLUTE RESOLVE, Operation GIDEON, Panama, Proconsul, propaganda, public diplomacy, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, SEBIN, secret police, Sinaloa Cartel, socialism, Specially Designated Global Terrorist, spies, Syria, TdA, terrorism, Tren de Aragua, Venezuela, Victor Manuel Rocha, Vladimir Putin, War on Terror, weapons of mass destructions, WMD, Xi Jinping, Yemen on January 6, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

The Islamic State’s Al-Naba Editorial on the Bondi Hanukkah Massacre

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 December 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Amaq News Agency, Amn al-Kharji, Antisemitism, Australia, Belgium, Bondi Beach, Bondi Hanukkah Massacre, Christianity, Christians, Crusaders, Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Edgar Torres-Tovar, Gaza War, global terrorism, HAMAS, ideology, Intelligence, Internet, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jews, jihadism, munafiqun, mushrikun, Muslims, nationalism, Naveed Akram, Palestine, Palmyra, populism, Sajid Akram, Sydney, Syria, Tadmur, terrorism, United States, William Howard, William Nathaniel Howard on December 28, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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