“Report: Iran Threatens to Destroy Tomb of Esther and Mordechai,” Hana Levi Julian, JewishPress.com, February 16, 2020.

“Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook thwarted Iran disinformation bid,” Damien McElroy, The National, February 15, 2020.

Ukraine Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said to Iran’s FM Zarif that a quick financial resolution for Flight PS752 was needed and “they would not wait long, saying they’re talking weeks and months, not years.”  See “Iran plane crash: Ukraine minister says they told Iran a quick resolution is needed,” Global News, February 15, 2020.

“Air Pollution Kills 30,000 People in Iran Annually,” Pooya Stone, Iran Focus, February 16, 2020.

“Iranian hackers have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world,” Catalin Cimpanu, ZDNet, February 16, 2020.

“Is Iran Using Space Launches To Develop Long-Range Missiles?,” Ron Synovitz, RFE/RL, February 16, 2020.

“Iran-backed group launches attack near small garrison in Syria housing American special operators,” Shawn Snow, Military Times, February 16, 2020.

“To ensure turnout of Iran’s some 60 million registered voters, the regime has launched a campaign of public relations, making it clear that non-participation in the elections is tantamount to treason. “All to whom Iran and its security are important must take part in the elections … The enemies who threaten our country are afraid of public support [for the regime] more than of our military capabilities…Participation in the election is a stamp of support for the ways of the regime and will thus lead to security,” the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced.”  See “Analysis Iran’s Parliamentary Election Is a Test of Legitimacy for the Regime,” Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz, February 16, 2020.

“Iran militias assassinated Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri: Saudi Deputy Defense Minister,” Arab News, February 16, 2020.

“Iran and Najaf struggle for control over Hashd al-Shaabi after Muhandis’s killing,” Suadad al-Salhy, February 16, 2020.