This article should be entitled “Iran”, not “Hezbollah.”  See “Iran-backed Hizbollah tightens its grip on sinking Lebanon,” The Straits Times, September 10, 2021.

“The IAEA report published Tuesday revealed that Tehran has quadrupled its stockpile of 60 percent-enriched uranium since May, in open contravention of the 2015 accord with world powers that was meant to contain its nuclear program. The watchdog also told member states in its confidential quarterly report that its verification and monitoring activities have been “seriously undermined” since February by Iran’s refusal to let inspectors access IAEA monitoring equipment. The agency said that it estimates Iran’s stock of uranium enriched to up to 60% fissile purity at 10 kilograms, an increase of 7.6 kilograms since May. The country’s stockpile of uranium enriched to up to 20% fissile purity is now estimated at 84.3 kilograms, up from 62.8 kilograms three months earlier. Iran’s total stock of uranium is estimated at 2441.3 kilograms as of August 30, down from 3241 kilograms on May 22, the agency said. Tehran is only permitted to stockpile 202.8 kilograms of uranium under the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, which promises Iran economic incentives in exchange for limits on its nuclear program, and is meant to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb.”  See “Bennett calls for ‘rapid international action’ against Iran’s enrichment surge,” Times of Israel, September 10, 2021.

“For its survival, Iranian mullah regime resorts to human rights violations,” Pressenza, September 10, 2021.

“Iran: One Nurse per 25 Patients,” Iran News Update, September 10, 2021.

“Which brings me back to Iran’s new cabinet. It is not surprising that the Islamic Republic’s new president, Ebrahim Raisi — a sadist who, as a regime prosecutor in the 1980s, supervised beatings, rapes and mass executions of prisoners — would appoint a bunch of thugs to his cabinet. But what is alarming is the silence of Western states on the unmistakable message that this cabinet sends. For this is not an occasion to defer to the principle of not commenting on political appointments in other countries.”  See “Analysis: Islamism’s Brutal Face is Back on Display in Afghanistan and Iran,” Detroit Jewish News, 9-10-21.