Will Reuters remind its readers that the head of a terror organization is announcing basic goods being delivered to Lebanon?  So, who controls Lebanon?  Certainly this hasn’t passed by the Reuters editors.  “Hezbollah says Iranian fuel oil ship to sail to Lebanon in hours,” Reuters, August 19, 2021.

“Iran: Government Mismanagement Compounds Covid-19 Crisis,” HRW, August 19, 2021.

Iran continues to stretch out the negotiating time while working on its bomb.  “Exclusive: Biden’s Iran envoy calls nuclear deal’s fate ‘one big question mark’,” Alexander Ward and Quint Forgey, Politico, August 19, 2021.

Emboldens Iran.  “Catastrophe in Afghanistan — for Afghans, Israel, the region… and for America,” David Horovitz, Times of Israel, August 19, 2021.  “As the Taliban retake power, the imminent 20th anniversary of 9/11 underlines the horrific consequences of the US failing to reckon with this region’s darkest forces.”

Notice in this fascinating article about oil and gas politics the power that Russia has against Iran.  “Iran’s Huge Caspian Gas Find Is A Geopolitical Gamechanger,” OilPrice.com, August 19, 2021.