On this story, and headline (which is the theme of this blog), The Atlantic is correct.  “Iran Is Not a ‘Normal’ Country,” The Atlantic, 2-2-24.  “Iran’s break with the West should not be surprising: It is the culmination of a trajectory that began even before the Islamic Revolution. The antipathy of Iranian Islamists toward the United States, Israel, and the core principles of Western liberalism was clear in 1979, when radicals seized the U.S. embassy and held its personnel hostage for 444 days. It was clear when the Islamic Republic established Lebanese Hezbollah to destroy Israel soon after. And it was in full evidence in 1989, when Iran’s then–supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a global call for the assassination of the writer Salman Rushdie, on the grounds that his novel offended Islam.”

Tricky.  How the Regime manipulated the International Crisis Group and the Iran Experts Initiative for its own purposes, and to mask its progress on the nuclear program.  “How Iran used its ties to a top global NGO,” Semafor, 2-2-24.

Harakat al-Nujaba, not Kataib Hezbollah.  “Iran-backed proxy group threatens more attacks on US troops,” Fox, 2-2-24.

“Report to Congress on Iran and U.S. Policy,” USNI News, 2-2-24.  This is the 1-26-24 CRS report, “Iran: Background and U.S. Policy.”

“Iran claims it discovered ‘dozens’ of Israeli spies around the world,” JPost, 2-2-24.