“Water crisis protests continue in Iran, with chants in capital – reports,” KFGO, Thomson Reuters, July 20, 2021.

“Iran’s Oil-Rich Khuzestan Hit By Fifth Night Of Protests Over Water Shortage,” RFE/RL, Radio Farda, July 20, 2021.

“Sudden Protest At Tehran Metro As Unrest Continues In Khuzestan,” Iran Interanational, July 20, 2021.

“Iran orders week-long shutdown in Tehran amid fifth COVID wave,” KFGO, Thomson Reuters, July 20, 2021.

“Iran intensifies attacks on US bases in Syria to win nuclear negotiations,” Enab Baladi, July 20, 2021.

“After Rocket Fire Israel’s Bennet Says Iran Has Taken Lebanon Hostage,” Iran International, July 20, 2021.

The JCPOA may be dead in the water, and it is in Iran’s advantage to delay negotiations.  This is one of the reasons the Trump Administration wanted to end the agreement.  “Iran’s Security Council rejects draft nuclear deal with U.S., spokesman says,” Barak Ravid, Axios, July 20, 2021.

“Iran Sponsors and Foments Anti-Semitism, but Its People Embrace Israel,” Victoria Coates and Ellie Cohanim, op-ed, Newsweek, July 20, 2021.

“Iranian Terror Comes to America,” Navid Mohebbi and Cameron Khansarinia, op-ed, Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2021.  There will be dangerous consequences if Biden doesn’t respond strongly to the kidnapping plot.