Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC)

October 10 , 2007
 
 

A selection of Information Bulletins about Iran Issued in English
by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
 


“ Israel must be uprooted and wiped off [the pages of] history” – the inscription on
a Shahab 3 missile in a military parade in Tehran , September 22, 2003.

Overview

1. In the wake of the interest currently being taken in Iranian policy in the Middle East and internationally, the ITIC has taken upon itself to provide a list of selected Information Bulletins it has issued over the past years about Iran .

2. The Bulletins focus on two areas: the support Iran gives Hezbollah and the Palestinian terrorist organizations; and the anti-Israeli, anti-Semitic, anti-Western propaganda campaign it wages in the Arab-Muslim world. The list also includes Bulletins dealing with Iranian involvement in Iraq and internal Iranian topics.

3. The list includes Information Bulletins in English which can be accessed at the ITIC Website, www.terrorism-info.org.il . Many of the Bulletins were translated into French, Russian, German and Arabic, and can be accessed at the same Website.

Iranian support of Terrorism

General

  1. Using the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards as the main tool
    to export the revolution beyond the borders of Iran     2/04/2007

  2. Iran as a State Sponsoring and Operating Terror 1/04/2003

Hezbollah

  1. “One year since the acceptance of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the second Lebanon war: An interim report” 12/8/2007

  2. Hezbollah as a case study of the battle for hearts and minds in the confrontation between Israel and the terrorist organizations 11/05/2007

  3. In an interview granted to an Iranian TV channel, Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hassan Nasrallah's deputy, stresses that Hezbollah's policy of terrorist operations against Israel (including suicide bombings and rocket fire) requires jurisprudent permission of the Iranian leadership 29/04/2007

  4. Terrorism and Internet: Hezbollah's widespread use of the Internet as a means to distribute anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish, and anti-American incitement as part of the war for the hearts and minds 3/12/2006

  5. Hezbollah publications found during the second Lebanon war in south Lebanon inculcate the radical ideology of the Islamic revolution in Iran, and glorify jihad, shahada (death as a martyr) and the personality cults of the Ayatollah Khomeini and ‘Ali Khamenei 10/10/2006

  6. Hezbollah's Shi'ite youth movement, “The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts,” has tens of thousands of members. According to captured documents, they are indoctrinated with the principles of radical Iranian Islam. That indoctrination includes the personality cult of Iranian leader ‘Ali Khamenei and Hezbollah's “battle legacy;” national Lebanese symbols are minimized 11/09/2006

  7. Hezbollah as a strategic arm of Iran 8/09/2006

  8. “Exporting” the radical ideology of the Islamic revolution in Iran : Analysis of a booklet entitled “Al-Jihad” (holy war) found in the possession of Hezbollah operatives during the Second Lebanon War. The booklet, presents the Islamic teachings of Khamenei, an ideology based on jihad and shahada (martyrdom for the sake of Allah ) 28/08/2006

  9. Countdown to Conflict: Hizballah's Military Buildup and the Need for Effective Disarmament 20/08/2006 An Iranian figure who had a key role in founding Hezbollah publicly announced that long-range Iranian Zelzal-2 rockets were delivered to the organization 8/08/2006

  10. Hezbollah (Part B) 1/7/2003

  11. Hezbollah (Part A) Profile of the Lebanese Shiite Terrorist Organization of Global Reach Sponsored by Iran and Supported by Syria 1/6/2003

Palestinian Terrorist Organizations 

  1. Iran and Hamastan: From Iran's perspective, the establishment of a Hamas-dominated entity in the Gaza Strip presents both opportunities and risks, in general tipping the scales in Iran's favor. Iran publicly recognized the legitimacy of Ismail Haniya's government and is expected to continue providing Hamas with economic and military aid 15/7/2007

  2. A Hamas spokesman in an interview granted to an Iranian TV channel: Abu Mazen does not have full authority to engage in negotiations with Israel and Hamas will oppose any agreement reached in such negotiations 29/04/2007

  3. Anti-Israeli Terrorism, 2006: Data, Analysis and trends 11/03/2007

  4. Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya firmly positioned himself in the Iranian-Syrian axis during visits to Damascus and Teheran. He made it clear that Hamas rejected Israel's right to exist and supported its destruction by terrorism. He totally rejected the demands of Abu Mazen, the Quartet and the international community 12/12/2006

  5. In an unusual public statement, Zakaria Zubeidi, chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin, admits that his organization receives operative assistance from Hezbollah (funds, arms and training), and that the organization exerts much influence on him 19/03/06

  6. “ Thirty-one wounded in another Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) suicide bombing attack at fast-food restaurant in Tel Aviv” 23/1/2006 at

  7. Iran and Hezbollah as instigators of terrorism in the Palestinian Authority-administered territories: high-ranking officials in the PA claim Hezbollah recently increased its efforts to disrupt the calm in the PA-administered territories by encouraging its operatives there to escalate their activities 10/02/2005

  8. Iranian money and Hezbollah are behind terrorism in the Palestinian Authority-administered territories: high-ranking Fatah/Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades members and Arafat himself publicly announce the receipt of funds from Iran and Hezbollah. In the meantime, in Nablus, another group of Fatah/Tanzim terrorists directed by Hezbollah to perpetrate suicide bombing attacks was exposed 1/08/2004

  9. Iran and its Proxies are Sponsoring and Encouraging Terrorism in the Palestinian Authority Administered Territories 1/01/2004

  10. Iran and Syria as Strategic Support for Palestinian Terrorism 1/08/2002

International Terrorism

  1. Following an appeal from the Argentinean Attorney General, Interpol issued international extradition warrants for five senior Iranians and one senior Hezbollah operative. The charge was involvement in the suicide bombing attack of the Jewish community center building (AMIA) in Argentina in 1994 23/08/2007.

  2. Argentina accuses Iran of responsibility for the Hezbollah terrorist attack which destroyed Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 1994. The Argentinean Attorney General's office announced it had found Iran responsible for the terrorist attack and an Argentinean judge issued arrest warrants for seven senior Iranians and one senior Hezbollah member 14/11/2006

The War in Iraq

  1. Iran's Role in the Recent Uprising in Iraq 1/05/2004

  2. Iran's Stirrings in Iraq 1/05/2004

Hate Propaganda against Israel , the Jewish People and the West

  1. “Iranian-sponsored World Jerusalem Day was marked in Iran, some countries in the Arab-Muslim world, and Western countries such as Britain and Canada.” 9/10/2007

  2. Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism: the Iranian media gave wide coverage to the Holocaust denial conference held in Cairo by marginal opposition parties. The conference was rife with anti-Semitic propaganda, and the director waved The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and repeated the lies it contained 7/01/2007

  3. Holocaust denial as a tool of Iranian policy -The Holocaust denial conference in Tehran: Overview 25/12/2006

  4. The Iranian regime operates many Arabic-language Internet sites to spread its radical Islamic ideology to the Arab and Muslim populations around the world. They preach violence and hatred of Israel, the Jewish people, the United States and the West. At the same time Iran strictly censors Western Internet sites 20/12/2006

  5. The hate industry - At Jerusalem Day, initiated by Iran and celebrated in the Arab-Muslim world and in London, calls were heard for the elimination of Israel. Prominent was Ahmadinejad's statement about the end of the “Zionist regime,” accompanied by a warning to the West that Middle East would produce a “hurricane" 6/11/2006

  6. Iranian Presidential Advisor Mohammad Ali Ramin: 'The Resolution of the Holocaust Issue Will End in the Destruction of Israel 22/06/2006

  7. Iran TV Discussion on the Myth of the Gas Chambers and the Truth of Protocols of the Elders of Zion; "The Only Solution for This Cancerous Tumor [Israel] is Surgery" 24/01/2006

  8. Iranian president Ahmadinejad again denied Israel's right to exist and expressed doubts about the Holocaust. His crude statements are a continuation of his October 26 speech calling for Israel to be wiped off the map, and reveal him as a fanatic ideologue who despite criticism at home and abroad, clearly prefers revolutionary Islamic considerations, as defined by Khomeini, to pragmatic national ones 12/12/2005

  9. “ Jerusalem Day,” this year as in years past, was exploited by Iran and its supporters to call for the destruction of Israel, the support for the armed Palestinian struggle (i.e., terrorism), the rule of Islam over the entire world and the desire for a world without the United States 31/10/2005

  10. Iranian President at Tehran Conference: "Very Soon, This Stain of Disgrace [i.e. Israel] Will Vanish from the Center of the Islamic World - and This is Attainable" 30/10/2005

  11. Iran's marketing of anti-Semitic literature: anti-Semitic books in English translation were exhibited at the Iranian stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The anti-Semitic literature marketed by Iran spreads messages of hatred against the Jewish people and grants legitimacy to violence and terrorism directed against Israel and Jewish communities worldwide 7/10/2005

  12. Iran Calls for the Destruction of Israel 1/11/2003

  13. Every year Iran and its supporters celebrate Jerusalem Day on the last day of the holy month of Ramadan. This year as well, the top officials of the Teheran régime and the Hezbollah in Lebanon held popular ceremonies on that day (November 21, 2003) whose main themes were the annihilation of Israel, increasing the aid for the violent Palestinian armed insurrection , total rejection of any political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and provoking hatred for the United States. Moreover, this year for the first time, similar ceremonies were held in Baghdad and other areas in Iraq with large Iranian-oriented Shiite Moslem populations 1/12/2003

The Iranian Regime

  1. Iran preserves the ethos of the takeover of the US embassy in Tehran
    by militant students in 1979     14/05/2007

  2. Iranian president Ahmadinejad is identified with Messianism, one of the factors contributing to the further radicalization of the regime but also challenging the rule of the mullahs 9/03/2007

  3. Iranian Martyr Recruitment Website: Coalition Forces In Iraq Be Warned –Iranian Martyr Forces on Alert to Move in 6/03/2006

  4. Iran 's "Second Islamic Revolution": Fulfilled by Election of Conservative President 4/07/2005


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