A Very Fine Line

Iran’s allegedly “moderate” President Hassan Rouhani has called Israel a “cancerous tumor.” He doubled down by suggesting that Israel was a “fake regime” established by Western countries. This moderate language seems suspiciously similar to the supposedly hard-line Ayatollah Khamenei. It perfectly exemplifies the fine line between moderates and hard-liners in Iran.

Head of Iranian Navy Threatens to Sink US Navy Vessels

‘They will definitely figure it out when their ships are sunk, or when they find themselves in a catastrophic situation,’ said Ali Fadavi, the commander of Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran.