“Iran’s ‘JCPOA Blackmail’ Must Be Met With International Pressure,” Hassan Mahmoudi, op-ed, Eurasia Review, February 15, 2021.
How can Iran claim that it is an act of piracy, if Iran said it is not their oil? Go figure. It would be nice if the media and other countries pointed this out. Iran can’t says its not theirs but that they’re been stolen from. Am I missing something? “Iran Says U.S. Attempt to Seize Oil Cargo Is ‘Act of Piracy’,” Arsalan Shahla, Yahoo Finance, February 15, 2021.
“Iran says it will end snap IAEA inspections if nuclear deal terms not met,” Arab News, Reuters, February 15, 2021.
“In a dangerous game of cat and mouse, Iran eyes new targets in Africa,” New York Times, The Economic Times, February 15, 2021. “When Ethiopia’s intelligence agency recently uncovered a cell of 15 people it said were casing the embassy of the United Arab Emirates, along with a cache of weapons and explosives, it claimed to have foiled a major attack with the potential to sow havoc in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. But the Ethiopians omitted a key detail about the purported plot: who was behind it. The only clue was the arrest of a 16th person: Accused of being the ringleader, Ahmed Ismail had been picked up in Sweden with the cooperation of friendly “African, Asian and European intelligence services,” the Ethiopians said. Now U.S. and Israeli officials say the operation was the work of Iran, whose intelligence service activated a sleeper cell in Addis Ababa last fall with orders to gather intelligence also on the embassies of the United States and Israel. They say the Ethiopian operation was part of a wider drive to seek soft targets in African countries where Iran might avenge painful, high-profile losses such as the death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran’s top nuclear scientist, said to have been killed by Israel in November, and Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian spymaster killed by the United States in Iraq just over one year ago.”
Notice who’s not there—Syria. If my country was going to have a new constitution, I kind of think at a minimum my country should be part of the conversation. Iran is angling to keep its pipeline to Hezbollah in Lebanon alive and well. “Turkey, Russia, Iran to start talks on Syria Tuesday,” Nazli Yuzbasioglu, AA, February 15, 2021.
Not a good idea, Iraq should have turned this down. Or at least until Iran made amends to Ukraine and Canada. “Iran and Iraq set up special court to investigate Soleimani assassination,” Middle East Monitor, February 15, 2021.
“Retired Government Employees Protest In Iran Demanding Higher Pensions,” RFE/RL, February 15, 2021.
“Iran says it will end snap IAEA inspections if nuclear deal terms not met,” Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, February 15, 2021.
“Iraqi Airlines Resume Flights to Iran,” Tasnim, February, 15, 2021.
“In Tehran, families of downed Flight PS752 demand arrest of Revolutionary Guard leader,” Nahayat Tizhoosh and Ashley Burke, CBC News, February 15, 2021.
“Khomeini in the Archipelago: Iranian Interests and Influence in Indonesia,” Maxwell Lowe, The Diplomat, February 15, 2021.