Here is the cruelty of the Ayatollah on display.  “Inside a tiny prison cell in Iran, an expert on disaster medicine and a citizen of Sweden named Ahmadreza Djalali is dying. At least, what is left of him is dying. This innocent man has spent four months in solitary confinement on a daily ration of 100 grams of bread. His possessions consist of a thin blanket and a picture of his wife and their two children. A prison photo of Djalali resembles a survivor of Nazi concentration camps. Djalali’s jailers have made it clear to his family that he will die unless Belgium agrees to swap him for Assadollah Assadi, a senior officer of Iran’s civilian intelligence service. Assadi, who worked undercover as a diplomat at the Iranian Embassy in Vienna, served as the operational commander for a foiled plot to bomb a Paris rally by exiled Iranian opposition groups. The spy is serving 20 years in a Belgian prison for his role in that terrorist plot. If successful, the attack might have killed hundreds, including Americans such as Rudy Giuliani who were in attendance.”  See “Iran is torturing a hostage it wants to exchange with a terrorist,” Eugene Chudnovsky, op-ed, Washington Examiner, March 24, 2021.

Quote of the Day—“Unfortunately, [the people] do not obey necessary observations in our country despite my emphasis,” declared Khamenei, expressing his frustration in a video message on the occasion of Nowruz broadcasted by state television on March 21. “The cyberspace should be managed. This means should not be given to the enemy.”  See “Iran: Supreme Leader Expresses His Concerns Over Cyberspace,” Sia Rajabi, Iran Focus, March 24, 2021.

These remain rare reports in the open press.  Not daily the way they used to be.  And are still under-reported; here the report is that 94 died March 23.  “Iran reveals COVID-19 data for March 24,” MENAFM, March 24, 2021.

“Iran’s IRGC to receive semi-heavy indigenous submarines,” Navy Recognition, March 24, 2021.

“Is the Iranian-Russian alliance in Syria waning? – opinion,” Maya Carlin, op-ed, Jerusalem Post, March 24, 2021.

“Decades in making, Afghan mega dam opens on Iran border,” Shadi Khan Saif, AA, March 24, 2021.

“Iran says it made five major military improvements last year,” Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, March 24, 2021.

“Iran temporarily releases elderly Jewish man jailed for living in Israel,” Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, March 24, 2021.

“Iran Looks To Expand Oil Influence In Africa Through New Pipeline,” Simon Watkins,OilPrice.com, March 24, 2021.