“Concerns mount as Iran gripped by third major COVID-19 wave,” Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, September 27, 2020.

Keep the masses at bay?  “Iran Gov’t to Continue Supply of Subsidized Essential Goods,” Financial Tribune, September 27, 2020.

“Dollar On The Verge of Record High in Iran,” Radio Farda, September 27, 2020.

“Iran Guards unveil new naval ballistic missile AFP,” DH, September 27, 2020.

“Iran calls for immediate end to the conflict between Armenia, Azerbaijan,” Reuters, Jerusalem Post, September 27, 2020.

“Iran’s strategy and tactical shift until the US elections,” Majid Rafizadeh, op-ed, Arab News, September 27, 2020.

Because Iran is key to instigating the conflict, it is ironic that on the tail end it shows that it wants to help negotiate the conflict (according to what is in its interests).  “Iran’s Zarif offers help to end Nagorno-Karabakh violence,” Tehran Times, September 27, 2020.