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Trump vindicated as explosive report confirms Iran supervises Houthi ‘political and military affairs’
FIRST ON FOX: Following a year of significant setbacks in the Middle East for Iran with its proxy forces flagging in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria, Tehran is leaning on its influence over the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen to carry out its offensive aims.
According to findings obtained by sources embedded in Tehran who are affiliated with the Iranian resistance group called the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, not only are some of Iran’s most senior military officials in its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) involved in Houthi decision-making, but Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has his thumb on the deadly group.
President Donald Trump’s recent threats against Tehran over its sponsorship of the Houthis are supported in the report, which claims well-placed sources have confirmed that one of the most senior commanders in the IRGC’s Quds Force – the elite branch of the Iranian military – is «directly commanding Houthi activities.»
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea attends a rally in Sana’a, Yemen, on Nov. 22, 2024. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)
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Khamenei, according to the report compiled by the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and first obtained by Fox News Digital, personally supervises all Houthi «political and military affairs» that are first approved by his regime.
«According to reports received from within the IRGC, Khamenei has personally emphasized the importance of Houthi attacks and the necessity of sending weapons and equipment for the Houthis to IRGC commanders and regime officials,» the report said.
The weakening of Iran’s «Axis of Resistance» amid the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria has increasingly pushed Tehran to lean on its proxies in Iraq and Yemen.
President Trump is taking action against the Houthis to defend U.S. shipping assets and deter terrorist threats. (The White House)
More than 100 attacks on commercial shipping vessels have been committed by Houthi forces since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, which sparked responses from surrounding terrorist networks, including Hezbollah.
The exchange of missile and drone fire by both the Houthis and U.S. forces escalated this week when the terrorist network threatened to renew strikes on Israeli vessels after Jerusalem cut off humanitarian aid headed for the Gaza Strip this month.
President Trump responded by vowing «overwhelming lethal force» until the Houthi attacks ceased and warned Iran that it would be held «fully accountable» for any attacks.
A missile is launched from a warship during the U.S.-led coalition operation against Yemen’s Houthi rebels in early February. (U.S. Central Command)
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«[IRGC Brig. Gen. Abdolreza] Shahlai is in charge of all military, political, and economic matters related to the regime’s intervention in Yemen, including all Houthi operations and attacks,» the report said, noting his close ties to the former commander of the Quds Force who was killed by then-President Trump’s order in Iraq in 2020, Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani had the blood of hundreds of American soldiers on his hands.
The report also found that the Iranian Embassy in Yemen is currently under «full control» of the Quds Force.
While it is not necessarily unheard of for intelligence operatives to work out of embassies abroad, the report said it could find no evidence that any personnel from Iran’s Foreign Ministry were in its embassy in Yemen.
The Iranian Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen, did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions.
Armed rebels of the Iran-backed Houthi militia take part in a demonstration against the U.S. and Israel. (Osamah Yahya/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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«The mullahs’ regime is the root cause of war and instability in the region, sustained through repression at home and the export of terrorism and conflict abroad,» Ali Safavi, a member of the NCRI’s Foreign Affairs Committee, told Fox News Digital. «The only viable solution to the Iranian crisis is the regime’s overthrow by the Iranian people.»
«A decisive international policy toward Iran must recognize and support the legitimacy of the Iranian resistance, proscribe the IRGC as a terrorist entity, activate the U.N. Security Council snapback mechanism and endorse the Resistance Units’ fight against the regime,» he added.
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Canada says China executed 4 Canadians this year amid rising tensions between the countries
- Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said China has executed four Canadian dual citizens in recent months.
- Joly said she and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for clemency in the drug-related accusations, but Beijing’s embassy noted that China does not recognize dual citizenship.
- Relations between China and Canada have been further strained recently as the countries impose tariffs on one another’s exports amid global trade tensions.
China executed four Canadians in recent months, Canada’s foreign affairs minister said Wednesday. Such executions of Westerners are relatively rare.
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said she and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for clemency in the drug-related accusations involving the dual citizens.
Beijing’s embassy in Ottawa said the executions were due to drug crimes and noted that China does not recognize dual citizenship.
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«We strongly condemn the executions,» Joly told reporters in Ottawa. «I asked personally for leniency … They were all dual citizens.»
Joly said Canada consistently asks for clemency for Canadians facing the death penalty abroad. She said the families have asked the government to withhold details of the identity of the four individuals.
Global Affairs spokeswoman Charlotte MacLeod said they continue to provide consular assistance to families and requested that the media respect their privacy. She said Ottawa continues to advocate for clemency for Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian who was sentenced to death for drug smuggling.
Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said China executed four Canadians in recent months. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
«China always imposes severe penalties on drug-related crimes,» a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy said. «The facts of the crimes committed by the Canadian nationals involved in the cases are clear, and the evidence is solid and sufficient.»
China is believed to execute more prisoners each year than the rest of the world combined, though the total is a state secret. Executions are traditionally carried out by gunshot, though lethal injections have been introduced in recent years.
The embassy spokesperson said Beijing «fully guaranteed the rights and interests of the Canadian nationals concerned,» and urged Canada’s government to «stop making irresponsible remarks.»
The two countries have some tensions. China imposed retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian farm and food imports earlier this month, after Canada imposed duties in October on Chinese-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products. The tariffs add to global trade tensions amid rounds of tariff announcements by the United States, China, Canada and Mexico.
«China is sending us a message that we have to take steps if we want to see an improvement in the relationship,» said a former Canadian ambassador to China, Guy Saint-Jacques.
Ian Brodie, a former chief of staff to ex-Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, posted on social media that it turns out «agricultural tariffs weren’t the worst part of the PRC response to EV tariffs.»
And opposition Conservative lawmaker Michael Chong said «executing a number of Canadians in short order is unprecedented, and is clearly a sign that Beijing has no intention of improving relations with Canada.»
China is Canada’s second largest trading partner, but relations have been bad since Canadian authorities in 2018 arrested a former Huawei executive who the U.S. had charged with fraud.
China jailed two Canadians shortly after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of the company’s founder, on a U.S. extradition request. They were sent back to Canada in 2021, the same day Meng returned to China after reaching a deal with U.S. authorities in her case.
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Many countries called China’s action «hostage politics,» while China described the charges against Huawei and Meng as a politically motivated attempt to hold back China’s economic and technological development.
Amnesty International condemned the executions and noted that China executed thousands of people in 2023.
«These shocking and inhumane executions of Canadian citizens by Chinese authorities should be a wake-up call for Canada,» the group’s head for English-speaking Canada, Ketty Nivyabandi, said Wednesday in a statement.
Las buenas noticias sobre la salud del Papa no prometen un regreso inminente al Vaticano, y ponen en duda la participación o no de Francisco en el momento litúrgico crucial que se avecina en el Año Jubilar 2025. Este año la Pascua llega el 20 de abril y en principio el santo padre no presidirá los ritos pascuales porque su recuperación estará aún en su parte final. El Vaticano está predisponiendo el plan de sustituciones, que comenzarán el Domingo de Ramos, con el vice decano del Sacro Colegio de Cardenales, el cardenal argentino Leonardo Sandri.
El vaticanista Francesco Capozza del matutino conservador romano “Il Tempo”, publica una lista completa del “Plan B”. La Vigilia de Pasqua sería presidida por el Secretario de Estado, Pietro Parolín, mientras que la misa del día de Pascua, 20 de abril, la celebraría el decano del Sacro Colegio de Cardenales, Giovanni Battista Re.
El programa de sustituciones exhibe a los purpurados que son personajes del elenco que en parte gobierna la Iglesia. El Jueves Santo están previstas dos misas, la del Crisma, a cargo del vicario de Roma, cardenal Baldo Reina, y la misa in Cena Dominis del arzobispo de la Basílica Vaticana Angelo De Donatis.
La Vigilia de Pascua sería presidida por el cardenal Pietro Parolín.
Por primera vez el Secretario de Estado Parolín leería además el mensaje del Papa del día de Pascua, que habitualmente afronta las reflexiones de Francesco con referencia a las guerras, las poblaciones sufrientes, las migraciones y otros temas candentes.
El Papa podría desde su residencia en Santa Marta dar la bendición “urbi et orbi” el día de Pascua, en una conexión especial. Faltan 31 días para la gran jornada y es imposible dar certidumbres. Los médicos que atienden a Francisco consideran imprescindible no acortar los tiempos de una recuperación de la salud que está yendo bien. También se dice que el Papa podría mostrarse por unos minutos.
Las conjeturas están a la orden del día, pero todo depende de la consolidación del restablecimiento del pontífice. Si es firme, las especulaciones de lo que puede venir se alargan en el tiempo, las reflexiones y apuestas de quién puede ser el sucesor de un Papa que sigue vivo resultan inevitables.
El papel del cardenal Parolín, secretario de Estado, de visitas frecuentes al Papa y de posible intervención estelar en las celebraciones de la Pascua, lo elevan en los pronósticos de sucesión.
Pero en esta crisis duradera, las tres etapas del drama se van cumpliendo lentamente. El miércoles, el Papa concelebró la misa cotidiana en su departamento en el hospital Gemelli por primera vez desde su internación el 14 de febrero.
La segunda etapa comenzará con el regreso al Vaticano.
La tercera es la incógnita de que siga combatiendo a pesar de enfermedades y contratiempos hasta que le llegue inexorable la muerte o la renuncia. Todo está por ocurrir, salvo las especulaciones que siguen subiendo de tono, impacientes.
El último boletín médico de del miércoles (el próximo llegaría recién el lunes) señala que la pulmonía del Papa “está bajo control”. Ya no es más necesaria la ventilación mecánica de noche. También la neumonía en los dos pulmones va cediendo lentamente. El Papa ha aumentado las fisioterapias respiratorias y motoras, preparándose al regreso al Vaticano. Los médicos y el mismo paciente no tienen prisa porque no quieren cometer el error de mortificar una curación plena.
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