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Khomeini Orchestrated the 1979 Hostage Crisis Because Iranian-American Relations Were Going Too Well

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 January 2026

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This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Algerian Revolution, Anwar al-Sadat, ARAMCO, Ayatollah Khomeini, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bruce Laingen, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, clergy, Communism, communists, Cultural Revolution, den of spies, Donald Trump, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, Ebrahim Yazdi, EFPs, Egypt, Ettela’at, Frantz Fanon, George W. Bush, Gharbzadegi, Henry Kissinger, hezbollahi, Hichi, hizballahi, Hossein Ali Montazeri, Ibrahim Yazdi, Imam, international law, Iran, Iran hostage crisis, Iran-Contra Affair, Iran-Iraq War, IRGC, Islamic Republic, Islamic Republican Party, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Islamists, Israel, Jimmy Carter, John Brennan, Khobar Towers bombing, komitehs, Lebanon, Liberation Movement of Iran, Mehdi Bazargan, Mohammad Beheshti, Mohammad Khatami, Mohammad Mosaddeq, Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Mohsen Mirdamadi, MOIS, mostazafeen, MSFIL, Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line, Muslim Students of the Imam Khomeini Line, Operation EAGLE CLAW, Palestine Liberation Organisation, PLO, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Rahbar-e Moazzam, Ronald Reagan, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Salman Rushdie, SALT II, Saudi Arabia, Shah, Shahriar Shafiq, Shi’a militias, Supreme Leader, terrorism, The Satanic Verses, theocracy, United States, VEVAK, Westoxification, William Sullivan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Zionism, Zionists on January 26, 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.

A Microcosm of Why There’s No Israeli-Palestinian Peace

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 November 2025

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This entry was posted in History, Israel and tagged Abu Iyad, Antisemitism, Ariel Sharon, Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Morris, Bill Clinton, Camp David, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Farouk Kaddoumi, Faruq al-Qaddumi, Gaza, ideology, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish State, Jews, KGB, Oslo Peace Process, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian National Charter, Palestinian National Council, Palestinian National Covenant, Palestinian State, Phased Program, PLO, PLO Charter, PNC, rejectionism, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Salah Khalaf, Six-Day War, Soviet Union, suicide bombing, Temple Mount, Ten Point Program, terrorism, Tony Blair, United States, West Bank, Yasser Arafat, Zionism on November 18, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State’s Commentary on Israel (So Far) in 2025

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 October 2025

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Israel, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abu Mazen, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, Al-Azhar, al-Naba, Amn al-Kharji, Antisemitism, Ariel Sharon, Battle of Al-Bab, Camp David, Christianity, Crusaders, Donald Trump, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza War, HAMAS, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, ideology, Iran, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic State, Islamists, Israel, jahiliyya, Jewish State, Jews, jihadism, Lebanon, Mahmoud Abbas, Mahmud Abbas, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, nationalism, NATO, Operation EUPHRATES SPRING, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, Persians, PLO, Pope, Pope Francis, Qatar, Qur’an, rabbis, Rafida, Rafidites, Roman Catholic Church, Second Intifada, shari’a, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, Turkey on October 24, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Has Lost the Information War

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 14 September 2025

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This entry was posted in Israel and tagged Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, Aboud, academia, active measures, activism, activists, African National Congress, Amir, Amnesty International, ANC, Anthony Aguilar, Antisemitism, Ariel Bibas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bibas family, Cold War, disinformation, dolus specialis, Donald Trump, entryism, Gaza, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Gen Z, genocide, Genocide Convention, GHF, Holocaust, hostages, human rights groups, Human Rights Watch, human shields, humanitarian NGOs, IAGS, ICC, ICJ, IDF, information war, International Association of Genocide Scholars, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, international law, Iranian Revolution, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel Defence Forces, Kfir Bibas, Krystal Ball, media, Mehdi Hasan, misinformation, Nazis, newsfluencers, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, PIJ, PLO, podcasts, propaganda, public relations, rape as a weapon of war, Raphael Lemkin, Saagar Enjeti, Sabra and Shatila massacre, Shiri Bibas, Simchat Torah pogrom, social media, South Africa, Soviet Union, subversion, Syria, terrorism, TikTok, Tucker Carlson, Twitter, UG Solutions, Ukraine, United Nations, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, war crimes, Yazidi genocide on September 15, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Russia Tries to Recover Ground in Syria

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 August 2025

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This entry was posted in Russia, Syria and tagged Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, atrocities, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Communism, Donald Trump, Druze, Hamza al-Mustafa, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hmaymeem Airbase, HTS, ideology, Imperialism, IRA, Iran, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, jihadism, Khmeimim Airbase, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Libya, NATO, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, PKK, PLO, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Qamishli Airport, Qatar, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia, SDF, Soviet Union, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Kurds, Tartus Naval Base, Turkey, Vladimir Putin, war crimes on August 18, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

HAMAS Reportedly Admits To Being in Crisis

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Islamic Militancy, Israel and tagged Al-Aqsa Flood, Al-Qassam Brigades, Antisemitism, Asharq al-Awsat, Britain, disinformation, Donald Trump, Europe, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, humanitarian aid, Intelligence, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Resistance Movement, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Izzadeen al-Qassam Brigades, Kataib al-Shahid Izz al-Din al-Qassam, Khan Younis, Khan Yunis, LAF, Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanon, media, misinformation, Mohammad Shabana, Mohammed Sinwar, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Operation GIDEON’S CHARIOTS, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, PLO, political warfare, Qassam Brigades, Rafah Brigade, Saudi Arabia, Simchat Torah pogrom, United Nations, West Bank, Yahya Sinwar on May 24, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

What Iran’s Leaks Really Tell Us About Syrian “Interim” President Ahmad al-Shara’s Past with the Islamic State

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Syria, Syrian Insurgency and tagged 9/11, Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Anas al-Sahaba, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Ghraib Prison, Abu Julaybeeb, Abu Julaybib, Abu Mariya al-Qahtani, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Abu Mutaz al-Qurayshi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Omar al-Filistini, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Filistini, Adnan al-Suwaydawi, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad Husayn al-Shara, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, Al-Aqsa Intifada, al-Hashd al-Shabi, al-Qaeda, al-Sahwa al-Islamiyya, Ali Muhammad al-Shara, Ali Muhammad al-Sharaa, Amjad Muzafar Husayn Ali al-Nuaymi, Anas Hassan Khattab, Antisemitism, Arab nationalism, Arab-Afghans, Askari Mosque, atrocities, Awakening, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ba’ath, Ba’athists, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Bassam Ahmad al-Hasri, Bosnia, Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper, Colonel Gaddafi, Communism, corrective coup, crimes against humanity, Egypt, Fadel al-Hiyali, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Hafez al-Asad, Hafez al-Assad, Haji Bakr, Haji Dawud, Haji Mutaz, HAMAS, Hamid al-Zawi, Husayn al-Shara, Husayn Ali al-Shara, Hussein al-Sharaa, Hussein Ali al-Sharaa, Ibrahim al-Badri, Ikhwan, information operation, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Awakening, Islamic resistance, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Iyad al-Tubaysi, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jaysh al-Quds, Jews, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, Joint Special Operations Command, Jordan, JSOC, Juhayman al-Otaybi, Juhayman al-Utaybi, Jund al-Sham, KGB, Lebanon, Maysar al-Jabouri, Maysar al-Jiburi, Maysar Ali Musa Abdullah al-Juburi, Mosul, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muhammad al-Sudani, mukhabarat, muqawama, Muslim Brotherhood, Mustafa Abd al-Latif al-Saleh, Nasserism, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, pan-Arabism, PLO, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, radicalism, Ruhollah Khomeini, Sabereen, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Sahwa, Salafism, Saleh al-Hamawi, Samir al-Khlifawi, Saudi Arabia, Second Intifada, secret police, Sednaya, September 11 attacks, Shah, shari’a, Shi’a militias, Six-Day War, Soviet Union, Special Groups, suicide bombers, Surge, Syria, Taha Falaha, Taji Prison, terrorism, The Army of Jerusalem, United Arab Republic, Wahhabism, Zarqawists on May 3, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Prepared Well For the War With Hizballah in Lebanon

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Abbas Nilforoushan, Ahmad Mahmoud Wahabi, Ali Karaki, Ariel Sharon, Axis of Resistance, Aziz Unit, ceasefire, Dahiyeh Doctrine, diplomacy, displaced people, Fuad Shukr, Gaza, HAMAS, Hashem Safieddine, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, human shields, Ibrahim Aqil, Ibrahim Qubaisi, IDF, Intelligence, Ireland, IRGC, IRGC Network, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jihad Council, jihadism, Lebanon, Marine barracks bombing, Mohammed Naame Nasser, Mohammed Surur, MOSSAD, NATO, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, PLO, Radwan Force, refugees, Resistance Axis, Sami Taleb Abdallah, Suleiman Frangieh, Syria, terrorism, UNIFIL, United Nations, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, United States, Wafiq Safa, Wissam al-Tawil on October 23, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

No Honest Person Should Be Using The HAMAS Casualty Figures For Gaza

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 15 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Adolf Hitler, Ahli Hospital, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Amnesty International, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Bosnia, Christianity, Communism, disinformation, Francesca Albanese, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, Government Media Office, HAMAS, Houthis, human rights, Human Rights Watch, IDF, Intelligence, International Court of Justice, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jews, jihadism, Joe Biden, Lebanon, Marxism, media, MEK, misinformation, Mojahedeen-e-Khalq, MOSSAD, Nazis, Nazism, NGOs, OCHA, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PLO, provokatsiya, racism, Ruhollah Khomeini, SAVAK, Shah, Simchat Torah pogrom, Soviet Union, Srebrenica Massacre, Syria, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Telegram, The Lancet, totalitarianism, United Nations, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Wikipedia, Yemen, Zionism on October 15, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

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