In just one day (!) the black box is successfully opened and the data read. After Iran shot down the Ukraine International Airlines jet on Jan. 8 and killing 176 people, the Regime hung onto the black box and its evidence until July 18. The long standoff with Canada, Ukraine, and France, and apparently whatever concessions or payments Iran demanded were rightly not met. The data extraction is being conducted with an Iranian investigator present and observed by Canadian, U.S., Swedish, and British experts, along with and representatives from UIA, Boeing, and engine maker Safran. This could have been done in January. “Voice data recovered from downed Ukraine jet, Canada sceptical about Iran explanation,” Laurence Frost and David Ljunggren, Reuters, July 20, 2020.
Just the most recent meeting between Iran and an enabler of the Regime’s disaster in Syria. “Russian, Iranian FMs to discuss nuclear deal in Moscow,” Xinhua, July 2020.
“Iran Security Official Says ‘Instigators Of Protests In Behbahan’ Arrested,” Radio Farda, July 20, 2020.
These deaths occurred Sunday per Iran. “Iran reports 217 more deaths from coronavirus,” Muhammet Kursun, AA, July 20, 2020.
“Iran signs $1.3 billion deal to double output at South Azadegan oil field,” Aresu Eqbal, S&P Global, July 20, 2020. “Iran awarded a $1.3 billion development plan to more than double oil production at the South Azadegan field, the second oil project signed this month with local companies as US sanctions bar IOC’s from stepping into its energy sector. The contract was awarded to Petropars, and signed with Petroleum Engineering & Development to boost production capacity to 320,000 b/d from 140,000 b/d over 30 months, according to the country’s oil ministry. The field is on the border with Iraq. Earlier this month, Iran awarded a $300 million contract to develop the Yaran oil field to another local contractor Persia Oil and Gas Industry Development Co.” That earlier contract was corruption, pure and simple. In short, the National Iranian Oil Company’s contract is with the Supreme Leader through his Persia Oil and Gas Industry Development Company, which belongs to Imam’s Executive Headquarters.
“Iran executes man accused of spying for CIA, Mossad,” Darryl Coote, UPI, July 20, 2020. “Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi Majd was executed after being sentenced to death by an Iranian court for informing the United States of the movements and location of Qassem Soleimani, the slain commander of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, Iran’s judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaeili said, according to Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency.”
All they did was peacefully protest in November. But that can be deadly. The temporary review of the case is due to a large hashtag and social media campaign, embarrassing the Regime. “Iran’s state TV says the country has halted the execution of three young man who participated in a November protest after the country’s Supreme Court decided to review their case,” Journal-News, July 20, 2020.
Tehran Times is controlled by the Regime. Note what they say here, and I quote. “Iran has not officially declared whether the incident at the Natanz complex was an accident or an act of sabotage, but the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said the main cause has been determined and will be announced at an appropriate time. Some reports suggested Tel Aviv’s alleged role, but Israeli officials neither confirmed nor denied the regime’s involvement. Meanwhile, Iranian officials have said much of the speculation linking the incident to Israel is nothing but bluster which pleased Israeli leaders, warning Tel Aviv of serious consequences if it turned out to be true.” So, from this quote we read that the Iranian government KNOWS what caused the explosion at Natanz but still doesn’t know WHO is responsible. As reported earlier on this blog, after so many explosions, if the Ministry of Intelligence can’t figure this out, they will have to drop the name “Intelligence.” See “Iran denounces Bloomberg article for promoting violence, terrorism,” Tehran Times, July 19, 2020.
“Days before the 26th anniversary of the Buenos Aires AMIA Jewish center bombing that killed 85 in 1994, Jewish community leaders called for international action against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah. The head of the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, Ariel Eichbaum, said Friday, July 17, the international community should investigate the massacre that also left 300 injured.” See “Argentina’s Jewish Community Calls For Action Against Iran, Hezbollah For 1994 Bombing,” Radio Farda, July 20, 2020.
Note that “the ship could have been seized by the Iranian authorities to stop the United States getting access to it amid allegations of oil smuggling.” See “UN agency confirms ‘hijacked’ tanker taken to Iranian waters,” Hellenic Shipping News,” July 20, 2020.
AI provides this quote, giving readers just a glimpse of what it is like to be in prison in Iran. “Diaku Rasoulzadeh and Saber Sheikh Abdollah, who were in their early 20s and 30s respectively, were taken outside their cells in Urumieh prison on July 13. According to information leaked from inside prison, they were deceptively told by prison officials that their death sentences had been quashed by the Supreme Court and they were being taken outside prison to start their retrial process. Instead, the prison officials transferred them to solitary confinement and executed them in the early hours of the following day, without their lawyers receiving prior notice.” See “Two Kurds In Iran Executed Amid Increasing Use Of Death Penalty As Weapon Of Repression,” Amnesty International, July 20, 2020.
The headline does not match the article content. And the headline is not supported in the article–no evidence. But this is from Tehran Times. Here is the headline “Iran has managed to prove peaceful nature of its nuclear program: Russian analyst,” Tehran Times, July 20, 2020.
“Iran interested in buying new Russian weapons – ambassador,” TASS, July 20, 2020.