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07-02-2025
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The MEMRI Weekly: January 31-February 7, 2025
The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series , as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project , released during the past week. MEMRI REPORTS Inquiry and Analysis No. 1808 – The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 5, February 7, 2025, February 7, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11824 – Former IRGC Minister General Mohsen Rafighdoost: We Produced Chemical And Biological Weapons; Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Only Forbade Nuclear Bombs; We Need To Establish A China-India-Iran-Russia Line Of Defense Against Europe And The U.S., February 7, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11823 – Canada Chapter Of Hizb-ut-Tahrir, The International Islamist Organization Aiming To Reestablish The Caliphate, Cancels Its 'Khilafa 2025' Conference Planned For January 18 In Ontario, Reschedules It For February 9 Online – As Canadian Government Weighs Listing It As A Terror Organization , February 7, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11822 – Recently-Formed Formidable In Might Militia Declares 'The Start Of Preparations' For Violent Campaign Against Israeli, U.S., Turkish 'Occupation;' Calls 'To Set Ground On Fire Under Occupiers' Feet' , February 7, 2025 MEMRI Daily Brief No. 710 – Chronicle Of A Death Foretold: The Case Of Belarus, Russia's Most Loyal Satellite Country, February 6, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11821 – Palestinian Columnist On Saudi Website Welcomes Trump Proposal To Evacuate Gaza Strip; Says Palestinians Want To Live And Build A Better Future For Their Children, February 6, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11820 – Reactions In Qatar To Trump's Vision For Gaza: It Is A 'Cursed' Plan And 'A Heinous Crime', February 6, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11819 – Mother Of Slain Kurdish Politician Hevrin Khalaf: 'I Do Not Accept That Hevrin's Murderers Have A Role In The Future Of Syria', February 6, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11818 – Anti-Liberal Russian Philosopher Dugin: 'An Alliance With China Is Russia's Trump Card That Strengthens Its Position, But With Iran, Russia Can Achieve Even More', February 6, 2025 MEMRI Daily Brief No. 709 – From The Gaza Strip To The U.S. Border With Mexico – A Growing Strategic Threat From Terrorist Use Of Tunnels, February 5, 2025 Inquiry and Analysis No. 1804 – Senior Iranian Regime Officials Claim Victory For The Iran-Led Resistance Axis, Saying The Palestinian Resistance Forced The Zionist Regime To Accept Ceasefire; Iran's Apologetic Explanation For The High Price Paid By Its Proxies: The Resistance Axis Was Merely Preemptively Defending Itself Against An Imminent Attack By Israel And The West, February 5, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11817 – Hamas Visit To Moscow Shows Strained Relations With The Kremlin, February 5, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11816 – Pakistani Columnist: Many Pakistanis Yearn For A Trump-Like Anti-Establishment Leader; 'Pakistan's History Of Subjugation To America Is Very Old'; 'Will We Pakistanis Also Step Forward To Make Pakistan Greater?', February 4, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11815 – CAIR Lawsuit Against The City Of New York, Alleging Police Brutality During October 2023 Anti-Israel Protest In Brooklyn, Joined By Nerdeen Kiswani, Leader Of 'Within Out Lifetime', Which Led NYC Protests In Support Of Palestinian Terror, Valorizing Hamas 'Martyrs', Where Speakers Called To Abolish Police, Israel, And U.S. Government, Chanting 'Death To America!', February 4, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11814 – Baloch Media Outlet Balochwarna: Iran's Military Forces Demolish Homes In Balochistan To Alter Region's Demographic Composition , February 4, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11813 – Advisor To Saudi King: The Changes Unfolding In The Middle East Provide An Opportunity For Peace With Israel, February 4, 2025 MEMRI Daily Brief No. 708 – The Way Of The Serpent: The Silent Chinese Encroachment On American Industrial And Technological Dominance – The Year Of The Snake, February 3, 2025 MEMRI Daily Brief No. 708 – Memo To President Trump, February 3, 2025 MEMRI Daily Brief No. 706 – In Russia, If You Have The 'Wrong Views,' You Become A Foreign Agent – An Enemy Of The People, February 3, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11812 – Iranian Foreign Minister In Meeting With Hamas Leadership In Qatar: Iran Welcomes Gaza's 'Historic Victory' And Will Continue To Support It; We Coordinate Extensively With Qatar, February 3, 2025 MEMRI TV MONITOR PROJECT MEMRI TV Clip No. 11809 – Former IRGC Minister General Mohsen Rafighdoost: We Produced Chemical And Biological Weapons; Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Only Forbade Nuclear Bombs; We Need To Establish A China-India-Iran-Russia Line Of Defense Against Europe And The U.S., Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11808 – Senior Hamas Official Mousa Abu Marzouk: War And Peace Can Only Be Negotiated With Hamas – Not With 'Dead' EntitiesThat Do Not Engage In Political Activity, Russia Today TV (Russia) MEMRI TV Clip No. 11807 – Deputy IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Mohammad-Reza Naghdi: We Can Build Missiles That Would Reach Anywhere In The World, IRINN TV (Iran) MEMRI TV Clip No. 11806 – British-Palestinian Academic Ghada Karmi: Hamas Has Been Completely Demonized; We Need To Work Towards Ridding The World Of Israel – It Cannot Be Reformed And Made To Join The Human Family, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11804 – Gaza-Born Palestinian Politician Tahani Abu Daqqa On The Israel-Hamas War: This Is The First Time My Family Has Actually Been Displaced, Turned Into Refugees – How Is This Victory? The Resistance Axis Has Collapsed, Bodies Are Being Eaten By Dogs In The Streets, Al-Arabiya Network (Dubai/Saudi Arabia) MEMRI TV Clip No. 11803 – CAIR Senior Official Hussam Ayloush Solicits Paid Membership In LA Friday Sermon Condemning Israel's Military Response To October 7: There Were No Military Targets After The Second Day; Allah Told Us To Prepare For Our Enemies, Occupiers With Any Means We Have; We Stand By Gazans; Our Goal Is To Build Political Power For Our Community, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11802 – Yemeni-Houthi Official Abdullah Al-Na'ami Warns: U.S. Interests In The Region Are Within Missile Range – In Case Trump Starts A Feud With The Yemeni People, Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) MEMRI TV Clip No. 11801 – Fatah Terrorist Released In Gaza Ceasefire Deal Muhammad Al-Tous: 60,000 Dead In Gaza And For What? We Never Wanted Palestinian Civilians To Die For Our Release; I Have Been Discouraging My Children, Grandchildren From Carrying Out Military Operations Against Israel, Al-Mashhad TV (UAE) MEMRI TV Clip No. 11800 – President Trump At 2017 Arab Muslim Summit In Riyadh: Terrorism Cannot Be Tolerated, Accepted, Or Ignored; You Must Do Your Part, Do Not Wait For American Power To Crush This Enemy For You; Drive Terrorists And Extremists Out, Deny Them Territory, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11799 – President Trump In 2017: Qatar Has Been A Funder Of Terrorism At A Very High Level; I Call On Qatar To End Its Funding For Terrorism (Archival), Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11798 – NYC Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Joins CAIR Lawsuit Against The City Of New York For Police Brutality During A Bay Ridge Anti-Israel Protest Held In October 2023, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11797 – Iran's IRGC Navy Unveils Underground Cruise Missile Base Housing Hundreds Of Cruise Missiles In Tunnel Networks: These Missiles Can Be Launched From Inside The Base, Which Is Hidden From Spy Satellites And Radars, Channel 2 (Iran) MEMRI TV Clip No. 11796 – Hamas Flag Waved In Brooklyn Rally Celebrating 'Victory' In Gaza And Liberation Of Prisoners: America Is Destroying The World! We Salute The Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades!, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11795 – Rafah Schoolboy On Hamas TV: I Wish For The War To End, For Us To Finish Off The Jews; We Are Arabs, Our Weapon Is Knowledge, And No One Can Beat Us, Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas/Gaza)
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07-02-2025
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Former IRGC Minister General Mohsen Rafighdoost: We Produced Chemical And Biological Weapons; Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Only Forbade Nuclear Bombs; We Need To Establish A China-India-Iran-Russia Line Of Defense Against Europe And The U.S.
General (ret.) Mohsen Rafighdoost, former minister of the IRGC, a position that has since been merged with the Ministry of Defense, stated that Iran is not economically or culturally independent, but it is completely independent in terms of defense—from bullets to missiles. He explained that he established groups to manufacture various weapons, including chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. While Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini instructed him not to create an atomic bomb, Rafighdoost confirmed that they did produce chemical and biological weapons. Rafighdoost also emphasized that a line of defense must be established from China, through India and Iran, to Russia, as a counter to the U.S. and Europe. He said that this has happened, and Iran is no longer in anyone's pocket, rather it is engaged in cooperation. Click here or below to view the clip on MEMRI TV: "We Are Not Economically Or Culturally Independent, But When It Comes To Defense, We Are Completely Independent" Interviewer: "There is a rumor about the purchase of [military] equipment at a certain point in time – that we bought weapons from Israel. Is it true?" Mohsen Rafighdoost: "That's what the Israelis are saying. They tried really hard [to sell us weapons], but they did not succeed. We did not buy as much as a single bullet from them. [...] "Our precision-guided missiles – one specific missile even the U.S. does not have. With regard to UAVs, they have UAVs that we do not have, and vice versa. Generally speaking, defense is the only aspect that our country... We are not economically or culturally independent, but when it comes to defense, we are completely independent." Interviewer: "Completely?" Rafighdoost: "Yes, 100%. Beginning with bullets... We Produced Chemical, Biological, Radioactive Weapons; Imam Khomeini Only Said Not To Make Atomic Bombs "One day, I met with Imam [Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini]. I had established 18 [manufacturing] groups, beginning with bullets and all the way to missiles. The last group that I established was called CBN or CBR..." Interviewer: "Chemical, biological, radioactive or nuclear [weapons]." Rafighdoost: "The Imam asked what it was, and I explained. He said: 'Does that mean atomic?' I said: 'Yes.' Then he said: 'Atomic – no. Don't make atomic [bombs].'" Interviewer: "So chemical and radioactive [sic]..." Rafighdoost: "We produced these [weapons]." Interviewer: "The Imam did not object?" Rafighdoost: "He did not say anything." [...] "A Line Of Defense Needs To Be Established From China, Through India And Iran, To Russia, In Opposition To America And Europe" Interviewer: "One question that occupies the public opinion and the youth, and they raise it in the virtual sphere: Are we in the pocket of the East now?" Rafighdoost: "No, we are not." Interviewer: "Take, for example, our 20-year contract with Russia, or the 25-year contract with China. They say that from the defense and military perspective, we are becoming a client state of China and Russia. How do you see that? How do you answer the new generation?" Rafighdoost: "All the objective analysts in the world say that a line of defense needs to be established from China, and through India and Iran, to Russia, in opposition to America and Europe. So now it happened. We are in nobody's pocket. We are..." Interviewer: "So it's cooperation." Rafighdoost: "Yes, cooperation."
