Normal countries don’t act in hidden and criminal ways.  “Special Report: Phantom buyers in Russia, advice from Iran help Venezuela skirt sanctions,” Marianna Parraga, Rinat Sagdiev, Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, November 10, 2020.

“Iran reveals an underground missile city,” Middle East Monitor, November 10, 2020.

“Iran is to introduce air taxis which will become operational by early next year according to the head of Iran Aviation Industries Organisation.”  See “Iran’s air taxis to become operational by early 2021,” Middle East Monitor, November 10, 2020.

“71 Men and Women Prosecuted for Participating in July Protests in Iran,” Iran HRM, November 10, 2020.

“Iran, Lebanon to impose lockdowns, curfews as virus surges,” Amir Vahdat, AP, Seattle Times, November 10, 2020.

Helpful, but certainly not definitive of Iran’s options and motivations, and payoffs.  The Post and NYT have never stressed (or sometimes even reported) about the downsides of the JCPOA, hopeful that international agreements in themselves will better a situation.  Here’s another example.  It would behoove these two national newspapers to admit what all signs appear—that Iran has attempted to make a weapon for years—and then propose appropriate negotiations.  Instead, they dance around the issue and talk about components of a weapon (which are not for peaceful energy production or medical isotopes) without ever admitting the truth of what is in front of them.  See  “The Iran Nuclear Deal,” Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg, Washington Post, November 10, 2020.