“Iran’s hardline new president to be inaugurated amid stalled nuclear talks and hopes of Saudi détente,” Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto, CNN, August 5, 2021.

In no other country of the world does this happen.  “Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders arrive in Tehran for Iran president’s inauguration,” Aaron Boxerman, Times of Israel, August 5, 2021.

Tension of its own making.  “Iran Swears in New Hard-Line President Amid Regional Tension,” AP, August 5, 2021.

“Crew of tanker said to have thwarted Iranian hijackers by sabotaging the engines,” Times of Israel, AP, August 5, 2021.