“Iranian courts sentenced two men to 10 years each in jail for spying on the country for the United Kingdom, Germany and Israel in separate cases.”  “Iran convicts citizens for spying for foreign powers,” Al Jazeera, August 11, 2020.

“Iranian Oil Exports Much Higher Than Official Data Suggests,” Charles Kennedy, OilPrice.com, August 11, 2020.

“Former Lawmaker Arrested For Massive Corruption Involving Iran Parliament Speaker,” Radio Farda, August 11, 2020.

Yet another Iranian official who will need to issue a retraction about Brian Hook “failing.”  If only Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, had waited a day or two until the surprise UAE-Israel-U.S. agreement.  Shamkhani claimed Hook is leaving his post without success, “After Hook, [Secretary of State] Mike Pompeo may also be forced to pack and leave before Donald Trump’s departure.””  See “Iran’s judiciary calls to file lawsuit against ex-US envoy Brian Hook,” Aaron Reich, Jerusalem Post, August 11, 2020.

“Hezbollah pushes Lebanon toward Iranian domination,” Edy Cohen, op-ed, Israel Hayom, August 11, 2020.

“Iran exporting over twice as much oil as US estimated – report,” Jerusalem Post, August 11, 2020.  “TankerTrackers has found that Iran has conducted maneuvers with foreign tankers many times to transfer and export millions of barrels of oils and bypass US sanctions.”

“Iran fears loss of Hezbollah after Beirut blast,” Ahmad Parhizi, Asia Times, August 11, 2020.