To pressure the UK, and to punish the professor. “British-Australian woman jailed in Tehran moved to Iran’s notorious and remote Qarchak prison,” Stephen Sorace, Fox News, July 28, 2020.
In contrast to the story yesterday of the Supreme Leader’s controversial NGO called the Mostazafan Foundation, here is an NGO that really fights poverty, the Imam Ali Society. But because the government can’t own it or control it, the NGO’s officers have been arrested and the organization will be shut down. “More Than 500 Public Figures In Iran Call For Release Of Anti-Poverty NGO Founder,” Radio Farda, July 28, 2020.
And again, no causalities. Other than the gas leak at the clinic in North Tehran (19 dead there), it is amazing how few deaths. “Fuel tank explosion in Iran latest in string of mystery blasts,” Al Monitor, July 28, 2020.
Charles Dunaway, a “political commentator” from Oregon, (and what are his qualifications?) is one of the few Americans who support the Regime. “The world is fortunate that Iran is dominated by clear-headed thinkers, says American analyst,” Amir Mohammad Esmaeili, Tehran Times, July 28, 2020.
Monday deaths were 235, reported Tuesday. “Iran registers a record 235 coronavirus deaths in 24-hour period,” WHTC, July 28, 2020.
China’s enabling, and trying to get ahead, is empowering Iran. “While China Says No Oil From Iran In June, Three Tankers Arrived In Recent Weeks,” Dalga Khatinoglu, Radio Farda, July 28, 2020.
To help us understand why the Regime can spend more on its own people, and not spend money on terror. “Iran’s External Debt Is $8.6b, Assets $54b,” Financial Tribune, July 28, 2020.
These types of projects didn’t work in the USSR. Iran says it will transfer water from the Gulf to Iran’s southwestern Kerman Province, a 300-km pipeline with 7 pumping stations for 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water. The start is the Bandar Abbas desalination plant. See “Iran plans to transfer Gulf water to Kerman province in SW,” Xinhua, July 28, 2020.
“Iranian Ballistic Missile Launch Briefly Raises Alarm at Al Udeid, Al Dhafra,” Brian Everstine, Air Force Magazine, July 28, 2020.