I imagine the are not staying at the same accommodations where Ismail Haniyeh stayed last July.  I also imagine they are not staying at the Supreme Leader’s house.  “Iran leader Khamenei meets top Hamas leaders in Tehran, state TV says,” Reuters, 2-8-25.

There are so many dissidents and persons who have left Iran over the years.  “Emboldened by Trump, Iranian dissidents demand overthrow of rulers,” Reuters, 2-8-25.

This is the most important news of the day, but with a twist.  First, it is declaration, again, that the government of Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon(s).  Second, as this blog has regularly pointed out, is a reminder there was never a fatwa by the Grand Ayatollah, either one, that Iran religiously disavowed nuclear weapons.  It is a fiction that there is such a fatwa.  They’ve never shown it, produced it, said where the document is stored, etc.  They do not store fatwas with official numbers like a U.S. presidential executive order, and then you can read the thing.  No, fatwas are on a shelf and are generally known and read.  But here, Ali Hosseini Khamenei says he has issued a fatwa, but no one has ever seen it, including those in his closest circles.  It is a fiction the IRI produced several years ago to make the world believe that Shia Islam would never possess such a weapon.  See “Revoke fatwa against nuclear weapons, Iranian commanders tell Ayatollah,” Telegraph, 2-8-25.

“Iran currency plunges to record lows amid escalating U.S. tensions,” Reuters, 2-8-25.