Tag Archives: Qassem Sulaymani

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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Trump and Venezuela: Is This “Regime Change”?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 January 2026

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

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025

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A Note on the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Dependence on Iran

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025

Muhammad al-Sudani has been Iraq’s Prime Minister since October 2022. He was installed at Iran’s behest after a year-long political logjam following the 2021 Iraqi elections. The political fronts for Iran’s terrorist-militias lost those elections, but Tehran picked the Prime Minister anyway.

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Bashar al-Assad Falls

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 December 2024

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A Note on Iran’s Control of Iraq

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 October 2024

A debate has been ongoing since the emergence of al-Hashd al-Shabi in Iraq in 2014 about the extent of Iran’s control over the militia conglomerate. In truth, there was never really much doubt.

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Hizballah Has Been Devastated. What’s Israel’s Next Move?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 21 September 2024

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Islamic State Mocks the Losses of Iran and HAMAS

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 August 2024

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The West Needs a Strategy to Counter Iran’s “Ring of Fire”

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 April 2024

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The Evidence is Now Clear: Iran Was Behind Every Aspect of the October 7 Pogrom in Israel

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 January 2024

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