“Britain says appalled by Iran’s new case against Zaghari-Ratcliffe,” Jerusalem Post, Reuters, November 2, 2020.

“The head of the National Security Committee in the Iranian Parliament, Mojtaba Dhu al-Nour, announced on Sunday, the arrest of the head of the separatist “Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz”, the dissident Habib Al-Kaabi. Dhul-Nour confirmed that Al-Kaabi was arrested outside Iran, and transferred inside the country. Iranian television reported that Tehran managed to lure Al-Kaabi to Turkey, arrest him there and transfer him to Iran, in cooperation with the Turkish security services.”  See “Iran arrests head of separatist group in special operation with Turkey,” AMN, November 2, 2020.

“Proxy Wars: How Turkey and Iran Employ Militias Abroad,” Maya Carlin, National Interest, November 2, 2020.

“FBI: Iranian hackers obtained voter data from at least 1 US state,” Ryan Morgan, American Military News, November 2, 2020.

“Iran announces joint Saudi oil field project in the Gulf,” Middle East Monitor, November 2, 2020.  “The Forouzan field is shared with the Saudi Marjan field and is located approximately 100 kilometres from the south of the Iranian island of Kharg. Iran’s share in the joint field is 11per cent while Saudi Arabia owns 89 per cent. The oil fields are some of the oldest oil and gas fields in the Gulf region. The Forouzan was discovered in 1966 and the Marjan, a year later. The latest state of Iran’s extraction from the Forouzan oil field, according to a research paper published this year by the University of Kashan, is about 40,000 barrels per day, while the Saudi company Aramco which owns the Marjan, extracts over 405,000 barrels of crude oil per day from its part of the field.”

More pressure on a hostage and on the UK.  “Britain says it’s appalled by Iran’s new case against Zaghari-Ratcliffe,” Reuters, November 2, 2020.