Month: September 2024

Iran allegedly hired a native of Pakistan, Asif Merchant, for $50,000, to shoot President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and former candidate Nikki Haley.  “Grassley releases new details of Iran-backed assassination plots against Trump, Biden and others,” Fox, 9-5-24.

“Iran’s Shadow Oil Trade: The Largest Global Share of Smuggling Vessels,” Iran News Update, 9-5-24.  This is the best one article I’ve seen on Iran’s ghost trade efforts and its scope—the largest smuggler in the world.  UANI says “Iran exported a total of 1.46 million bpd of oil last year. UANI identified 400 vessels involved in the secret transportation of Iranian oil.”

He is arguing that Iran is not changing.  “The man who predicted Hamas’s Iran-backed invasion of Israel,” Iran International, 9-5-24.

The hostage-taker gets taken hostage, and it cost $3 million.  “Iran pays millions in ransom to end massive cyberattack on banks, officials say,” Politico, 9-4-24.

I need someone to tell me what posting a “period” means.  See “An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader,” NPR, 9-2-24.

“Ukraine Allies Expect Iran to Ship Missiles to Russia Imminently,” Bloomberg, 9-2-24.

Iran continues to give the Houthis lots of leash.  “US military says Yemen’s Houthis attacked two crude oil tankers in Red Sea,” Reuters, 9-2-24.