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The Wuhan Institute of Virology in Jiangxia District, Hubei province, China, on Dec. 12, 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

COVID-19: Too many coincidences

A series of exceptional coincidences in Wuhan, China, prior to and during the onset of the pandemic strongly support the lab leak theory.

August 3, 2021

A computer generated representation of COVID-19 virions (SARS-CoV-2) seen under an electron microscope, Feb. 5, 2020. Credit: Felipe Esquivel Reed via Wikimedia Commons.

The roots of the COVID-19 pandemic

While the possibility of a natural contagion has not been ruled out, the alternative of an unnatural if primarily accidental contagion has gathered momentum—and with good reason.

December 14, 2020

Chinese Presient Xi Jinping meets with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, on Jan. 23, 2016. Credit: Official website of Ali Khamenei.

The quadruple threat: North Korea, China, Pakistan and Iran

The vast, uninterrupted territory containing the four countries has greater geostrategic importance today than ever before.

November 2, 2020

A computer generated representation of COVID-19 virions (SARS-CoV-2) seen under an electron microscope, Feb. 5, 2020. Credit: Felipe Esquivel Reed via Wikimedia Commons.

Where did COVID-19 really come from?

The true genomic origin and direct source of SARS-CoV-2 are hotly debated and highly consequential. Both science and intelligence will contribute to uncovering the evidence needed to answer these questions conclusively.

July 28, 2020

From left: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander Ali Jafari and IRGC Qods Force commander Qasem Soleimani at the Ashoura mourning ceremony at Khamenei's home. (Source: Kayhan, Oct. 1, 2017: MEMRI)

The Iranian modus operandi

Time and again in recent decades, Iran has used its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to attempt to deprive Israel of calm borders with its neighbors.

December 9, 2018

The United States now believes that Syrian President Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons against rebel forces, corroborating an earlier Israeli intelligence assessment. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

A snake pit at the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center

An open question still remains as to whether biotoxins, including cobra toxins and infectious biological-warfare agents, are being methodically weaponized anywhere in Syria.

October 7, 2018

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The North Korean foreign minister visits Tehran

The informal message is as follows: “We, Iran and North Korea, stand together to counter any move taken against either of us, and we intend to tightly and thoroughly cooperate for that purpose. Our legitimate scientific and technological infrastructures and activities will persist. We represent one system, based on one paradigm.”

September 12, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the Capella Hotel in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Photo courtesy of White House via Wikimedia Commons.

The Iran-North Korea nexus after the Singapore summit

Given the depth of strategic cooperation between the two countries, Iran can be expected to take steps to minimize any challenges that will be posed to that cooperation, either directly or indirectly, by the tentatively developing Pyongyang-Washington relationship.

July 9, 2018

The “USS Monterey” guided missile-cruiser fires a Tomahawk missile in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations against Syria over its use of chemical weapons, April 13, 2018. Credit: Navy Photo by Lt. j.g Matthew Daniels.

Syria’s growing entanglement with chemical weapons

Out of eight Syrian installations considered by the United States, France and Britain as potential targets for a responsive strike, at least three were attacked.

April 30, 2018