The Ministry of Intelligence itself is luring citizens for kidnapping, etc. “Be wary of online contacts, warns Israeli after Iran tries to lure him to UAE,” Michael Bachner, Times of Israel, April 14, 2021.
“Those women, they just can’t make soccer calls. We better interrupt the international broadcast of that soccer game every time a woman referee is shown.”—Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei [satirical] “Iran censors soccer match over 100 times due to woman referee,” Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, April 14, 2021. Also see (or maybe not see, that is what the mullahs prefer) “Iranian TV slammed for interrupting football to prevent fans seeing female referee’s legs,” Arab News, April 14, 2021.
“Iran’s supreme leader: Vienna offers ‘not worth looking at’,” Jon Gambrell, AP, April 14, 2021.
