“Iran claims case of UIA plane crash completed,” Ukrinform, January 6, 2021.
We go sideways to report on what Qatar and Saudi Arabia have just done, enlightening the regular news from Iran’s leadership. “Qatar says deal to end Gulf crisis will not change its ties with Iran,” Andrew England, Financial Times, January 6, 2021.
They, including Hatami, still won’t say what the evidence is. “Iran Has Strong Evidence of Israeli Role in Scientist’s Assassination: Defense Minister,” Tasnim, January 6, 2021.
Notice the picture of the unhappy family. “Businessman Sanctioned By U.S. Over Ties To Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force,” Audrey Everist and Samuel Rubenfeld, Kharon, January 6, 2021.
“Spate of Attacks on Ships In Middle East Points to Iran-Backed Group,” H.I. Sutton, USNI News, January 6, 2021.
“In Beirut, a bronze bust of Iran general sparks controversy,” Sarah El Deeb, The Tribune, January 6, 2021. The unveiling of a large statue of Soleimani “has sparked indignation among many … to lambast the celebration of a foreign military leader in Lebanon’s capital.” … The bronze bust about 3 meters (10 feet) high is located in a roundabout on a street named for the Iranian general and is linked to a highway named after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini — a reflection of growing Iranian influence in Lebanon. Giant posters of Soleimani were also installed along the airport highway and in streets and neighborhoods allied with Hezbollah, in some instances sparking angry reactions from locals. In the eastern Bekaa highway to the Brital area, unidentified men torched a billboard of Soleimani on Sunday, according to the local LBC TV channel. The following day, other portraits of Soleimani were burned north of Beirut in Nahr al-Kalb by men who brandished the portraits of Christian leader Bachir Gemayl, who was assassinated in 1982.”
“Cut Off Petty Thieves’ Hands, Iranian MP Suggests,” Radio Farda, January 6, 2021.
A disappointment to many countries. “Qatar says deal to end Gulf crisis will not change its ties with Iran,” Andrew England, Financial Times, January 6, 2021.
“Iran Just Fired Its Sidewinder Missile Clone From A Drone,” Thomas Newdick, The War Zone, January 6, 2021.