“US seizes another crop of Iranian propaganda domains masked as news outlets,” Campbell Kwan, ZDNet, November 5, 2020.

Part of me says why is this even a story?  Why should the countries of South America and Central America and North America even get to the point where this is even debated?  I suppose it is at the very first of the debate.  But it should also be very easy to ask these countries to demand that Iran (which has done this thing in other places) to quickly come together and condemn any such missiles/weapons movement plan.  See “How the U.S. Can Prevent Iran from Stationing ICBMs in Venezuela,” Benjamin Weil, op-ed, Newsweek, November 5, 2020.

First, the province of Kerman, then Yazd.  These types of projects do not have a good track record in authoritarian states and usually end up in great loss of water and environmental disaster.  “Iran to Start Transferring Persian Gulf Water to Desert Areas,” IFP, November 4, 2020.  Here is another article describing the almost completed project to ship water to the desert.  “The projects come with a price tag of more than Rls. 160 billion, employing around 16 thousand people during the time they were under construction and 1,200 staff members after they become operational. The major water desalination and transfer project was implemented by drawing on both domestic and foreign expertise as well as the latest technical and technological advances. The project aims to produce some 1.5 million cubic metres of desalinated water, which will be pumped via three transfer lines for potable, industrial and mineral water.”   See “Iran Puts into Service Phase One of Major Desalination Project,” IFP, November 5, 2020.

“Azerbaijan, Iran mull bilateral energy cooperation,” MENAFM, November 5, 2020.

“Iranian parliament approves bill specifying increased uranium enrichment,” Nuclear Engineering International, November 5, 2020.

“Baha’is and Women in Iran Victims of Discrimination in Seeking Higher Education,” Iran Press Watch, November 5, 2020.

Interesting statement by FM Zarif.  Does it portend expanded action by Iran and Venezuela?  In the same statement he encourages Maduro to acquire Iranian weapons—which means missiles.  “Iran foreign minister, in ally Venezuela, says U.S. no longer ‘controls world’,” Reuters, November 5, 2020.

“Factbox: Iranian influence and presence in Syria,” Navvar Saban, MENASource, November 5, 2020.

“Iran Executes Four People in 24 Hours,” Iran News Update, November 5, 2020.

Pres. Rouhani said, “It does not matter what the outcome of the US election is tonight or tomorrow… the future US administration will succumb to the will of the Iranian people.”  Iran’s regime thinks the next Administration will “surrender” to them and return to the JCPOA.  See “Iran: Next US administration will ‘surrender’ to Iran,” Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, November 5, 2020.