“Iran bans weightlifter for shaking hands, taking photo with Israeli competitor,” USA Today, 8-31-23.
“Iran Uranium Near Bomb-Grade in Focus at Atomic Watchdog,” Bloomberg, 8-30-23.
How many other countries in the world push terrorist groups to action? “’Iran Pushes Hezbollah to Act’: Israel’s Defense Minister Warns UN Chief of Escalation on Northern Border,” Haaretz, 8-29-23.
This is a reminder about a mouthpiece of the Regime, Hussein Mousavian, who teaches at Princeton. “US Strategic Command Hosts Former Iranian Official Who Bragged About Efforts To Assassinate US Leaders,” Washington Free Beacon, 8-29-23.
A 1980 uprising. Illogical and ahistorical court order. “Iran court orders US to pay $330m for ‘planning coup’,” TBS, 8-26-23.
“West Bank terror attacks show Iran has become a bigger threat,” Jerusalem Post, 8-25-23.
So many of these claims turn out to be false or bluster. “Pentagon rejects Iranian claims of ‘intercept’ against US Navy vessels,” Fox, 8-21-23.
Increased funding and directives by the Quds Force to places like Janin. “How is Iran influencing Palestinian terrorism in the West Bank? – analysis,” Jerusalem Post, 8-21-23.
Is the Palestinian wave of terror linked to Iran? Yes. “Israel warns of strikes on Iranian, Hamas targets to halt terror wave?”, Jerusalem Post, 8-21-23.
Remember, this is the one country in the world that makes hostage taking a part of its foreign policy. Totally immoral and of course violative of international law and human rights law. “Iran says prisoner exchange process with US will take up to two months,” WHBL, 8-21-23.
I bet you didn’t know this–There is a ban on walking dogs in public parks in Iran. See “Iranian estate agent arrested for transferring couple’s flat to dog,” Telegraph, 8-20-23.
“Iran: Mass Arrests of Women’s Rights Defenders,” Human Rights Watch, 8-19-23.
Russian empowerment of Iran continues. “Russia-Iran Proposed Energy Hub: Energy Cooperation In Convergence Of Interest – Analysis,” Eurasia Review, 8-16-23.
If the Biden administration will simply release the written agreement being prepared with Iran, we can all judge which explanation Iran is providing for how it will spend the $6 billion (a shocking ransom of approximately one billion per hostage) is accurate. “Iran’s Raisi says released assets abroad will be used to enhance domestic production,” Al Arabiya, 8-16-23.