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Sizing Up Iran’s New Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 March 2026

This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Ali Khamene’i, Ali Khamenei, Alireza Panahian, Ebrahim Raisi, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Islamists, jihadism, jihadists, Mojtaba Khamenei, Operation EPIC FURY, Principlists, subversion, terrorism, United States on March 9, 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.

The Death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Fate of the Islamic Republic

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 March 2026

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This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Ali Khamenei, Benjamin Netanyahu, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, Donald Trump, espionage, Hassan Nasrallah, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, Mohammad Pakpour, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Shah, spies, terrorism, United States on March 1, 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.

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

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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.

Credit Where it is Due: Trump’s Campaign Against the International Criminal Court is Working

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 January 2026

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy and tagged Antisemitism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, European Union, HAMAS, International Criminal Court, international law, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Karim Khan, Omar al-Bashir, political warfare, Qatar, Russia, Sanctions, Ukraine, Umar al-Bashir, United Nations, United States, Vladimir Putin, Western Alliance, Yoav Gallant on January 12, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

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

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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.

Soviet Strategy and the Downfall of Salvador Allende

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 December 2025

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This entry was posted in History, Soviet Union and the Cold War and tagged Alexei Kosygin, Andrés Allende, Andrés Pascal Allende, Angola, Augusto Pinochet, Bernard Lewis, Bolivia, Cambridge spies, Carlos Altamirano, Central Intelligence Agency, Chamber of Deputies, Che Guevara, Chile, Chile truckers' strike, Chilean coup, Christopher Andrew, Church Committee, CIA, Claudio Orrego, Claudio Véliz, Clodomiro Almeyda, Cold War, COMINTERN, Communism, Communist Party of Chile, confidential contact, constitution, Cuba, Cuban Revolution, Czechoslovakia, DDR, democracy, DGI, Diario Oficial, Directorate of National Liberation, DLN, East Germany, Eduardo Frei, El Furor y el Delirio, El Mercurio, ELN, Ernesto Guevara, Ethiopia, extremism, Fernandez Oña, Fidel Castro, Fuerza Central, GAP, GDR, General Directorate of Intelligence, German Democratic Republic, Group of Personal Friends, Grupo des Amigos Personales, Grupo Móvil, Guatemalan coup, ideology, Informacion y Chequeo, Intelligence, Investigations Service, Joaquín Fermandois, Jorge Masetti, José Piñera, Joseph Stalin, Juan Carretero Ibáñez, KGB, Latin America, Leandro Yañéz, Leftist Revolutionary Movement, Leonid Brezhnev, Luis Corvalán, Magnificent Five, Mariano Rumor, Mario Garcίa Enchaustegui, Marxism, Marxism-Leninism, Miguel Enríquez, mir, Miristas, Movement of the Revolutionary Left, Movimiento de la Izquierda Revolucionaria, Mozambique, National Liberation Army, national liberation movements, Nikolai Podgorny, North Korea, Novosti, Oscar Waiss, PCC, PCCh, Pedro Vuslovic, Popular Front, Popular Unity, PS, Rule of Law, Salvador Allende, secret police, Servicio de Investigaciones, Sierra Maestra, socialism, Socialist Party, South America, South Vietnam, Soviet Communist Party Central Committee, Soviet Empire, Soviet Politburo, Soviet Union, Spanish civil war, spies, STASI, Svyatoslav Fyodorovich Kuznetsov, terrorism, terrorist-revolutionaries, Third World Strategy, totalitarianism, trades unions, Unidad Popular, United States, urban guerrillas, USSR, Vasili Mitrokhin, Vietnam War, Vladimir Lenin, Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, Yuri Andropov on December 2, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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

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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.

The Islamic State’s Attack Reports and Ideological Focus in Al-Naba From June to October 2025

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 21 October 2025

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Islamic State Strategy, Islamic State Terrorist Attacks, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abu al-Mughira al-Qahtani, Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Abul-Mughirah al-Qahtani, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahl al-Kitab, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmed Abdi Ali, al-Bab, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Amaq News Agency, Antisemitism, apostates, atrocities, Badiya, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Boko Haram, Borno State, Burkina Faso, Burning of the Camps Campaign, Cabo Delgado, Cameroon, Christianity, Christians, da’wa, deen, Deir Ezzor, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Donald Trump, Egypt, Europe, Gaza War, General Qalyare, Ghouta, Ghouta chemical attack, global jihad, GRU, hajj, HAMAS, Hasaka, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, hijra, HTS, Iblis, ideology, IEDs, Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISCAP, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamism, Israel, ISWAP, Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam, Jews, jihad, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, jizya, KGB, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, massacres, missionaries, Mozambique, munafiqun, Muslims, muwahideen, nationalism, Niger, Nigeria, Operation Burning of the Camps, Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Palestine, Palestinians, People of the Book, Persians, PKK, pogroms, proselytism, Puntland, Rafida, Rafidites, Raqqa, Russia, Rwanda, Saddam Husayn, Sahel, SDF, sectarianism, Shi’a, Shi’is, Somalia, Syria, Syrian Badiya, Syrian Democratic Forces, Tabuk expedition, Taliban, Tawhid, terrorism, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Wagner, war crimes, Wissam al-Zubaydi, Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi, Zionism, Zionists on October 21, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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