Which if not both of the companies are run by the IRGC?  So the military gets richer.  “Petropars Group to develop the country’s Farzad B gas field,” Reuters, May 17, 2021.

I believe this is one of the longest anti-Israel statements or any other topic but out by the FM and the Tehran Times.  “Iran censures Israeli aggression against Palestine,” Tehran Times, May 17, 2021.

“Over a Decade of Iran Trafficking Arms to Houthis in Yemen amid Political Instability,” Asharq Al-Awsat, May 17, 2021.

“What does ‘voting’ mean in Iran?,” Hamid Dabashi, Al Jazeera, May 17, May 2021.

As just mentioned in this blog, the IRGC will control and benefit from more oil development.  The private sector continues to be squeezed in Iran.  “Iran to go it alone at offshore Farzad-B gas field,” Argus, May 17, 2021.

“Iran Calls on Muslim Countries to Confront Israeli ‘Aggression’,” Orkhan Jalilov, Caspian News, May 17, 2021.

“Iran: Khamenei’s Pick For The Presidency,” Cyrus Yaqubi, op-ed, Eurasia Review, May 17, 2021.