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Memri
25-06-2025
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Canadian Shiite Imam Shafiq Hudda: Despite the Supreme Leader's Rulings – Iran Needs a Deterrent; No One Took Pakistan Seriously Before It Went Nuclear – Our Missiles Are Not a Joke, We Can Reach Anyw
Canadian Shiite imam Shafiq Hudda, in a June 20, 2025 Friday sermon at the Islamic Shia Jama'at of Waterloo-Wellington, discussed the importance of Iran having a deterrent. He said that while Supreme Leader Khamenei has issued rulings and provided reasoning against possessing a nuclear weapon, the reality is that countries with strength are respected, while weak nations are subjugated. Hudda gave the example of India and Pakistan, saying that India historically looked down on Pakistan, but once both became nuclear powers, peace talks followed. He emphasized that he was not contradicting the Supreme Leader, but he reiterated that people listen to countries and take them seriously only when they are strong. He added that this is also why European countries have begun speaking with Iranian Foreign Ministry official Abbas Araghchi, following Iran's attacks on Israel. He said the West failed to grasp Iran's capabilities when merely watching military parades featuring Khaybar, Qasem, and Qods missiles. 'They didn't understand that this is not a joke,' he said, claiming that Iran can now reach anywhere in Israel. Hudda concluded by asking Allah for a speedy victory and protection for Supreme Leader Khamenei. For more information about Shafiq Hudda, see MEMRI TV clips no. 8586 and 6614.
Memri
17-06-2025
- Politics
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Emergency Appeal: Help Support The MEMRI Iran Studies Project Campaign
This is a emergency wartime appeal as Israel is battling the Iranian regime. MEMRI needs to double its efforts covering Iranian open sources that reveal a huge amount of vital information. MEMRI's Iran Studies Project, led by native-born Iranians, operates 24/7/365, monitoring, translating, and analyzing content from Iranian TV, social media, websites, blogs, online forums, and more. It identifies trends and provides real-time insight into Iran's thinking and planning, tracking major developments and threats before they happen. Over nearly three decades, the project has produced thousands of translations from Iranian primary sources and hundreds of original analysis pieces on issues of vital importance – and Iranian broadcast content comprises a significant part of MEMRI's nearly 12,000 translated clips. It also maintains a massive archive of translated Farsi media from this research. No other organization, or government, is doing this vital work. View the MEMRI Iran Studies Project here The project's latest report, published today, lists MEMRI coverage of threats by the Iranian regime and its affiliates over the years to assassinate President Trump (see MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 12022, From The MEMRI Archives: Iranian Regime Threats To Assassinate President Trump). For example: MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11864, Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan' To Iranian President: 'Mr. Pezeshkian, Iran Has Planned, And Is Planning, To Assassinate Trump', March 4, 2025 MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11783, While Iranian President Pezeshkian Claims Iran 'Never' Plotted Trump Assassination And 'Never Will,' Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan' Declared That 'There Is No Guarantee' Trump Is Safe From Punishment For Soleimani's Killing And U.S. Authorities Charged A Suspect In Iranian Trump Assassination Plot, January 15, 2025. MEMRI TV Clip No. 9303, Iranian Animation Posted On Khamenei's Website Depicts Targeted Assassination Of Former President Trump At Mar-A-Lago: 'Revenge Is Definite,' January 12, 2022 The New Iran-Israel War Page The MEMRI Iran Studies project's new page for the Israel-Iran war features the dozens of MEMRI reports, clips, and analysis pieces on the subject of Iran and the war that it has published since the early hours of June 13, when Israel first struck military and nuclear facilities in Iran. Visit the Iran-Israel War page here. Producing this content for the Iran Studies Project is very costly. Your help allows us to continue our vital work– you can make a tax-deductible donation here. Please help support our Iran research. Thank you for your consideration,
Memri
16-06-2025
- Politics
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From The MEMRI Archives: Iranian Regime Threats To Assassinate President Trump
The following are MEMRI reports and clips about the recurring threats by the Iranian regime and its associates to assassinate President Trump. MEMRI Reports On Iranian Regime Threat To Assassinate Trump MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11864, Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan' To Iranian President: 'Mr. Pezeshkian, Iran Has Planned, And Is Planning, To Assassinate Trump', March 4, 2025 MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11956, Hossein Shariatmadari, 'Kayhan' Editor And Close Associate Of Supreme Leader Khamenei: 'The Day Is Not Far Off When A Few Bullets Will Be Fired Into Trump's Hollow Head To Avenge The Blood Of The Martyr [Qassem] Soleimani' – This Is A 'Religious And Islamic Principle' And Khamenei's 'Promise And Clear Position' Of Vengeance; 'Vengeance May Come At Any Possible Moment – We Are Ready, We Will Wait Until The Time Is Right' May 1, 2025 MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11783, While Iranian President Pezeshkian Claims Iran 'Never' Plotted Trump Assassination And 'Never Will,' Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan' Declared That 'There Is No Guarantee' Trump Is Safe From Punishment For Soleimani's Killing And U.S. Authorities Charged A Suspect In Iranian Trump Assassination Plot, January 15, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11783, While Iranian President Pezeshkian Claims Iran 'Never' Plotted Trump Assassination And 'Never Will,' Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan' Declared That 'There Is No Guarantee' Trump Is Safe From Punishment For Soleimani's Killing And U.S. Authorities Charged A Suspect In Iranian Trump Assassination Plot, January 15, 2025. Special Dispatch No. 11717, Despite Iranian Foreign Ministry's Denials, Regime Mouthpiece Outlet 'Kayhan' Writes: Punishing The Murderers Of IRGC Qods Force Commander Qasem Soleimani Is Still On The Table; There Is No Guarantee That Trump Is Safe From Punishment, December 6, 2024. MEMRI TV Clip No. 11542, Iranian Politician Hossein Kanani Moghaddam On Trump's Re-Election: The Sword Of Revenge For Qassem Soleimani Will Continue To Hover Over Trump's Head, November 6, 2024. Special Dispatch No. 11665, Reactions In Iran To Trump's Election Victory: 'The Return Of The Murderer'; 'The Sword Of Vengeance… Hovers Above Trump's Head'; 'America – The Great Satan'; 'Iran And The Resistance Axis Are Ready', November 8, 2024. Special Dispatch No. 11454, Since The U.S.'s January 2020 Killing Of IRGC Qods Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, Iranian Regime Officials Have Reiterated Their Intent To Assassinate Trump In Retribution – But Today, Iran Denies Any Connection To The July 13 Assassination Attempt Against Him, July 17, 20204. Special Dispatch No. 8960, 'Kayhan' Editor Shariatmadari To Trump: The IRGC Will Take Revenge Against You Personally For Your Involvement In Killing Of Qods Force Commander Soleimani, October 8, 2020. MEMRI TV Clips On Iranian Regime Threat To Assassinate Trump MEMRI TV Clip No. 11764, Iranian International Affairs Expert Mostafa Khoshcheshm Refutes President Pezeshkian's Claim That Iran Never Plotted to Kill Trump: We Put a Price on His Head, I Remember Several Officials Talking about Killing Him, January 15, 2025 MEMRI TV Clip No. 9303, Iranian Animation Posted On Khamenei's Website Depicts Targeted Assassination Of Former President Trump At Mar-A-Lago: 'Revenge Is Definite,' January 12, 2022 MEMRI TV Clip No. 10042, IRGC-Affiliated Telegram Channel Threatens To Kill Former President Trump, Top U.S. Defense Officials, Using Guns, Bombs, Poison To Avenge Qassem Soleimani Assassination, January 9, 2023 MEMRI TV Clip No. 7702, Iranian Video Depicts Assassination of President Trump as Revenge for Soleimani's Death; Caption Reads: 'If You Begin the War, We Will End the War,' January 6, 2020.
Memri
05-06-2025
- Politics
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Neo-Nazis And White Supremacists React To Molotov Attack In Boulder, Colorado, By Egyptian National: 'Muslim Guy Throws Six Million Cocktails At Pro-Israel Rally In Denver, CO'
On June 1, 2025, a man attacked a demonstration held in Boulder, Colorado, to raise awareness for Israeli hostages in Gaza. The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, used a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails in the attack. Fifteen people were injured. Online, neo-Nazis and white supremacists reacted to the attack, largely dismissing it as a "false flag." Soliman is an Egyptian national who immigrated to the United States in August 2022, receiving a two-year work authorization in 2023. A note for his family left on his phone and his testimony during his interview with the police confirmed that he had planned the attack far in advance. Soliman had initially intended to use a firearm to carry out the assault, but changed his plan to use Molotov cocktails after learning that as a non-citizen he could not purchase a gun. Soliman picked the "Run for Their Lives" walk as his target after researching the group online. He claimed that he was motivated by his hatred of Israel and Zionism, but that the attack had nothing to do with the Jewish community, only Zionists who support "the killings of people on his land," referring to Palestine. Soliman recorded a video before the attack in which he declared: "Jihad is more beloved to me than my mother, wife, and children; Allah is greater than Zionists and America." To view the video, see MEMRI TV clip: "Boulder, CO Firebomber Mohamed Sabry Soliman Recorded Video Before Attack Declaring: Jihad Is More Beloved To Me Than My Mother, Wife, And Children; Allah Is Greater Than The Zionists And America." The following report will provide an overview of neo-Nazi and white supremacist reactions to the terror attack on a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1. YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO THE MEMRI DOMESTIC TERRORISM THREAT MONITOR (DTTM) TO READ THE FULL REPORT. GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA CAN REQUEST A COPY BY WRITING TO DTTMSUBS@ WITH THE REPORT TITLE IN THE SUBJECT LINE. PLEASE INCLUDE FULL ORGANIZATIONAL DETAILS AND AN OFFICIAL EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR REQUEST. NOTE: WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A COPY ONLY TO MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, MEDIA, AND ACADEMIA, AND TO SUBSCRIBERS; IF YOU DO NOT MEET THESE CRITERIA PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST. Neo-Nazis Label Terror Attack False Flag On X, Telegram, Gab On Telegram, a neo-Nazi account posted a video on June 1 of people trying to help the burn victims with the caption: "Group of jewish protesters in Boulder, Colorado, were allegedly just set on fire by a guy with a molotov cocktail." An antisemitic conspiracy theorist on X posted a screenshot on June 1 of a post from Laura Loomer saying, "get ready for another 9/11" and wrote, "So the Zionist [redacted] tweets this and then an attack happens in Boulder, Colorado. Coincidence? I don't think so." An antisemitic conspiracy theorist on X posted an image on June 2 of the alleged perpetrator of the Molotov attack and wrote: "This man is not Muslim This man is not called Mohamed This man is an Israeli agent who has just perpetrated a false flag event in Boulder Colorado It is all theatre Period." On Gab, a neo-Nazi account posted a news article on June 2 that noted that one of the victims of the Molotov attack is a Holocaust survivor and wrote, "This headline is how you should know it was a fake and ghey false flag." A Canadian white supremacist on X posted a video on June 2 of the terror attack suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman. He captioned the video: "Boulder, Colorado terror attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman is an illegal invader from Egypt. The Press will continue to call him a white man. I'm sick of thousand year old wars and grievances happening on our soil."
Memri
22-05-2025
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From The MEMRI TV Archives: Pro-Palestinian Activist Who Killed Two People At Jewish DC Event For Young Professionals While Yelling 'Free Palestine!' Was Affiliated With Extremist 'Party For Socialism
The following clips from the MEMRI TV archives feature pro-Palestinian activists from the Party for Socialism and Liberation speaking at protests and demonstrations calling for martyrdom and chanting death to Israel! and death to America! In the May 21, 2025, shooting attack that took place outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where the American Jewish Committee was holding an event for young professionals, the accused suspect, Elias Rodriguez, was a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. The attacker yelled Free Palestine! during the shooting, which resulted in the deaths of two Israeli Embassy employees. On May 22, the Party for Socialism an Liberation published a post on X denying any connection to the DC shooting.[1] It wrote: "We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL. He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it." Party For Socialism And Liberation Posts Video Of November 2023 Protest Against VP Kamala Harris: When It Comes To Genocide There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils; We're Done Supporting Politicians Just Because Of Their Background And What They Look Like On July 23, 2024, following Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the November presidential elections, the Party for Socialism and Liberation posted a video on X of a November protest against a Kamala Harris fundraiser in Boston. In the video, a protester said that when it comes to genocide there is no lesser of two evils. You are either on the right side of history or on the wrong side of history! He added: We're done supporting politicians just because of what they look like or what their background is. Click here or below to view the clip on MEMRI TV: Speaker: "We were told that we should vote for them, because they're the 'lesser of two evils.' When it comes to genocide, there is no lesser of two evils! You are either on the right side of history, or on the wrong side of history! Her campaign communications director said, 'Kamala Harris's support for Israel is central to who she is.' And now, with over 10,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza in a month, with almost half of them being children, we can see exactly what that means! It means support for genocide, support for colonialism, support for oppression. That is central to who Kamala Harris is." Speakers At Raleigh, NC Demonstration Salute Rocket Attacks On Israel; Transgender Activist Claire Clark: The Palestinians, Muslims Are No Enemies Of The LGBTQ Community – My Enemies Are In Israel, The White House, Congress, Supreme Court At a May 13, 2023 Nakba Day rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, Lebanese-American environmental organizer Rania Masri said that Israel has no right to exist and the Palestinians have the right to armed resistance. She saluted the armed fighters in Palestine and the rockets launched from Gaza. Dana Al-Hasan, an American activist who is also a postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), said that the fighters in Gaza are coordinating with freedom-fighters in Jenin and in Al-Aqsa, and she praised the unity between the various armed Palestinian factions. American transgender rights activist Claire Clark of the Party for Socialism and Liberation said that claims that she should support Israel because of the supposed LGBTQ-friendly policies of the Zionist government and the supposed enmity of the Muslims and Palestinian people are a bold-faced lie. She added: There is not one enemy of mine among the Palestinian people fighting for their freedom. Clark also said that her enemies, who are the enemies of the entire LGBTQ community, are in the United States. Another activist named Iyad spoke in Arabic and said that the Palestinian and Muslim people, as well as the free people of the world, say to the resistance in Palestine: Go fight, we are fighting with you. Footage of the rally was uploaded to DART VIDEO channel on YouTube. For more about rallies held on Nakba Day 2023, see MEMRI TV clips 10292, 10299, and 10296. Click here or below to view the clip on MEMRI TV: Claire Clark: "I come to you today, as a transgender woman, as a queer woman, as a member of the LGBTQ community. I come to you today to denounce the duplicitous and divisive propaganda spread by the occupation regime. [...] "Them telling [me] that I should support the occupation, I should support the settlers, I should support the apartheid regime, and I should oppose the resistance of Palestinians. And why? Because of the allegedly LGBTQ-friendly policies of the Zionist government and the supposed enmity of the Muslims and Palestinian people. But I am here to tell you, that is a bold-faced lie. It doesn't matter how many times the politicians and the talking heads repeat it, or how cleverly they tell it – it is a lie! "I have no friends in the Zionist regime. I have no friends among the settlers. "I have no friends in the White House, in the halls of Congress, the chambers of the Supreme Court, or the corporate boardrooms where exploitation is turned into profit through the malign sorcery of capitalism, and there is not one enemy of mine among the Palestinian people fighting for their freedom. "My enemies, the enemies, the enemies of the LGBTQ people, are right here, in these United States. [...] "They say that Palestinians are my enemy, but that is a lie. The commitment of the Palestinian people to justice is legendary, it is a proven fact, and it is sealed in the blood of martyrs." Pro-DPRK Activist Ju-Hyun At NYC Pro-Palestine Rally: North Korea Has Been Arming And Training The Palestinians For Decades; Palestinians And Koreans Have A Common Enemy On July 9, 2023, the Palestinian Youth Movement, as well as other organizations, held a rally in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City in support of the Palestinian resistance in Jenin and of imprisoned terrorist Walid Daqqa, who was part of a cell of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) comprised of Arab Israelis who kidnapped IDF soldier Moshe Tamam in 1984, gouged his eyes out, and castrated him before shooting him dead. At the rally, Korean activist Ju-Hyun, who belongs to Nodutol, a pro-Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPKR) organization promoting the reunification of Korea, expressed his support for Palestinian resistance by any means necessary. He stated that North Korea has been training and arming the Palestinian resistance for decades. He quoted North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung as saying that the Korean people will resolutely support the Palestinian people in liberating their homeland. Ju-Hyun also said that Koreans and Palestinians have a common enemy and that they will have a common future when imperialism has fallen, and we have built socialism in its stead. In addition, a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation who attended the rally said: We do not just mourn our martyrs, we come here to be like our martyrs. Video of the rally was posted on the Instagram page of the Palestinian Youth Movement. Other organizations who participated in the event include: American Muslims for Palestine, New York 4 Palestine, Al-Awda NY, Samidoun, Within Our Lifetime, CUNY for Palestine, Palestinian Assembly Liberation. Click here or below to view the clip on MEMRI TV: Member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation: "They wish to threaten us, they wish to kill us, and they wish for us to be scared of the martyrs they make of the Palestinian people. [...] "We do not just mourn our martyrs, we come here to be like our martyrs. Don't we?" At Brooklyn 'No To Annexation' Rally, Speakers Call To Abolish Police, Israel, And U.S. Government, Crowd Chants: 'Death To America!', 'Millions Of Martyrs Are Marching To Jerusalem!'; Activist: 'F*ck The NYPD!' When A Precinct Or A Cop Car Burns, I Feel Closer To Palestine Within Our Lifetime, a NY-based pro-Palestinian organization, organized a Day of Rage rally against Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank. The event, which was called No to Annexation, was held in Brooklyn on July 1, 2020, and the video of the event was uploaded to the organizers' Facebook page. During the rally, an activist named Jamie from the pro-North Korea Nodutdol organization told the protestors that Palestine will be liberated, that Korea will be unified, and that the U.S. and its puppet governments will be no more. Another speaker, Amin Hosain of Decolonize This Place, an anti-gentrification movement, said that the police are the enemy and an impediment to the liberation of Palestine, and he said that when NYPD cop cars burn, a revolutionary country is being awakened. Dequi Kioni Sadiki, wife of former Black Panther Seko Odinga, said that the European Jews who force Palestinians into refugee camps, concentration camps, and killing fields are related to the Europeans who forced Africans into slavery and prison death camps. She added that Palestine must be free like the stolen land of North America, which she referred to as Turtle Island. A representative of the Puerto Rican New York Borica Resistance movement said that the police, Israel, and the U.S. government must be abolished. Nerdeen Kiswani from Within Our Lifetime said that Palestinians do not only want to return to Gaza and the West Bank, but that they want all of Palestine. Wrapped in a red flag, a man named Rob from the Party for Socialism and Liberation led the crowd in chant in Arabic: Death to Israel! Death to America! In addition, the crowd chanted: Millions of martyrs are marching to Jerusalem!... The gates of Al-Aqsa are made of iron – its gates will only be opened by a martyr... From Gaza to Minnesota, globalize the Intifada!... Black lives matter!... Not just annexation, not just occupation, fight for liberation – bring the whole thing down! For more about Nerdeen Kiswani and Within Our Lifetime, see MEMRI TV clips No. 6100, No. 6311, and No. 7628. Click here or below to view the clip on MEMRI TV: Within Our Lifetime, a NY-based pro-Palestinian organization, organized a "Day of Rage" rally against Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank. The event, which was called "No to Annexation," was held in Brooklyn on July 1, 2020, and the video of the event was uploaded to the organizers' Facebook page. During the rally, an activist named Jamie from the pro-North Korea Nodutdol organization told the protestors that Palestine will be liberated, that Korea will be unified, and that the U.S. and its puppet governments will be "no more." Another speaker, Amin Hosain of Decolonize This Place, an anti-gentrification movement, said that the police are the enemy and an impediment to the liberation of Palestine, and he said that when NYPD cop cars burn, a "revolutionary country" is being awakened. Rob, Party for Socialism and Liberation: "Death to Israel!" Crowd: "Death to Israel!" Rob: "Death to America!" Crowd: "Death to America!"
