Iran: Photo shows Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps badge, note “I won’t accept brutal orders anymore”
If this is authentic, and I have no reason to believe it isn’t, it is an immense sign of hope.
Thanks to Jack Posobiec.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Virginia: Muslim arrested, talked of joining the Islamic State and building homemade bombs
Yet another convert to Islam gets the idea that his new religion, which we are always told is peaceful on pain of charges of “Islamophobia,” commands him to commit treason and mass murder. Yet again, authorities don’t care about this recurring phenomenon in any way whatsoever.
“Sterling man arrested in FBI investigation of possible ISIS supporter,” by Patrick Roth, WTOP, December 30, 2017:
WASHINGTON — Court documents say an FBI raid at a home in Sterling, Virginia, on Friday was related to an investigation of a possible ISIS supporter.Sean Andrew Duncan, who moved to Sterling in June 2017, was arrested for “knowingly altering, destroying, mutilating and concealing tangible objects … with the intent to impede and obstruct” an FBI investigation.The documents said that when FBI agents knocked on the front door with their search warrant, Duncan ran out of the back door barefoot with “something clenched in his fist.”Agents yelled at Duncan to stop, but before he did he threw a plastic bag over their heads. The documents say the bag contained a memory chip from a thumb drive that “had been snapped into pieces and placed in a liquid substance that produced frothy white bubbles.”The FBI had been investigating Duncan for more than a year.Duncan and his wife attempted to travel to Turkey in February 2016, but were denied entry and sent back to the U.S. Upon returning, they were interviewed by the FBI.A relative of Duncan also warned the FBI that they feared he had become radicalized because he had voiced approval of westerners being beheaded in the Middle East.When the FBI searched Twitter in December, they found an account created in November 2015 that linked to Duncan’s phone. The Twitter account had a handle with an Arabic phrase that roughly translated to “The Islamic State.”An unnamed co-conspirator told the FBI in July that Duncan told her he was interested in joining ISIS and they would share news articles from an ISIS publication. The co-conspirator also told the FBI that Duncan had shared an article about how to build a homemade bomb from an al-Qaida publication.An undercover FBI agent also reached out to Duncan in August claiming to be the unnamed co-conspirator.The agent told Duncan about an individual who was attempting to arrange travel to Libya, but was “asking various vetting questions.” When the agent asked Duncan if he and his wife were asked similar questions before they traveled to Syria, Duncan told the agent he never had to deal with vetting by contacts because he “always had referrals.”In June 2017, the Allegany County police Department searched Duncan’s phone in an unrelated investigation into the death of Duncan’s infant child. During their search, they found numerous internet searches for ISIS-related material, ISIS attacks, weapons, body armor, defense tactics and YouTube videos of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS.The court documents say that the Allegany County police Department’s search “discovered over 24,000 positive results after searching a list of common counterterrorism terms.”…
Iran: Leading Muslim cleric announces support for protests
He is only voicing support for the protests against economic injustices, not the calls for the downfall of the Islamic Republic, but still, it is significant that a major figure of the Iranian clerical establishment would break ranks.
“Qom’s top legal, religious cleric announces support for Iran protests,” Al Arabiya, December 30, 2017:
A prominent hardline cleric responsible for being one of Iran’s leading reference on Islamic jurisprudence has voiced support for the ongoing protests currently gripping several cities across the country.Considered the top religious cleric in the city of Qom, Hossein Noori Hamedani, on Saturday supported the popular protests against the high prices and high costs of living in the country.“The people are demanding their right and we must support them,” Hamedani was quoted by the Iranian media.He added: “People are demanding their legitimate rights because they suffer from high living costs and the difficulty of living, as well as the spread of unemployment,” calling on the government to work to reduce poverty and unemployment and avoid the anger of the people….
Iran protests: Mullahs block access to social media as pro-freedom rallies continue
The Iranian authorities are genuinely afraid, which is all to the good. The thing is that this is a truly spontaneous popular uprising. There is as of yet no leader, or even a spokesman. So if the mullahs flee, what will follow? They should flee; I just hope a stable and peaceful government will emerge after that.
“Iran protests: Authorities blocks access to social media amid anti-government rallies,” by Ben Kentish, Independent, December 31, 2017:
Iranian authorities have temporarily blocked mobile access to Instagram and the messaging app Telegram to “maintain peace” amid anti-government protests, state TV reports.At least Two people were killed in the country’s biggest protests since 2009. Many of the demonstrations have been started and promoted using Telegram.Iran’s interior minister, Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazil, said authorities would respond to the “spreading of violence, fear, and terror”Pavel Durov, Telegram’s Chief Executive, wrote on Twitter: “Iranian authorities are blocking access to Telegram for the majority of Iranians after our public refusal to shut down [one of the main channels] and other peacefully protesting channels.”…
Iranian official blames murder of protesters on “foreign agents” and Sunnis
Of course. For jihadis, it’s always someone else’s fault.
“Iran’s government warns protesters they will ‘pay the price’ for mass unrest,” by Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, December 31, 2017:
ISTANBUL — Iran’s government on Sunday warned protesters they would pay a heavy price for breaking the law after three days of unrest spread across the country and two demonstrators were killed.“Those who damage public property and create disorder are accountable before the law and must pay the price,” Interior Minister Abdolrahman Rahman Fazli said Sunday, according to state media.An official in western Iran also confirmed that two demonstrators had been shot and killed in Lorestan province Saturday night, when mass peaceful protests escalated into attacks on government buildings and confrontations with police.Habibollah Khojastehpour, the deputy governor of Lorestan, blamed the protesters’ deaths on “foreign agents” and Sunni militants he said had infiltrated the area.“No bullets were shot from police and security forces at the people,” he said on state television Sunday, the Associated Press reported.Reuters had reported late Saturday that videos on social media showed two men lying on the ground covered with blood. A voice-over said the men had been shot dead by riot police firing on protesters.The anti-government protests were the largest since a 2009 uprising over disputed election results, and were poised to seriously challenge the administration of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a moderate politician who promised key economic reforms.The demonstrations began Thursday to oppose high unemployment and rising costs, including a 40 percent jump in the price of eggs. But they swiftly expanded to take on a system many protesters have said is corrupt.“Down with the dictator!” some demonstrators chanted, as they tore down posters of the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in central Tehran. Protesters defied police from Kermanshah in the west to the holy city of Qom in the north and Ahvaz southwest of the capital, according to footage uploaded onto social media. Many of the images could not be confirmed….
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