“US watching as Iran quietly replaces Red Sea spy ship damaged in April attack,” Oren Liebermann, CNN, August 6, 2021.

“Iran ‘working systematically to build serious cyber-attack capabilities’,” Cleveland Jewish News, August 6, 2021.

First, this is news—“Mercer Street suffered an unsuccessful explosive drone attack the day before the fatal strike, on July 29, in which the drones crashed into the ocean near the ship, according to CENTCOM.”  Second, “Other Iranian officials have blamed Israel this week for being the primary source of instability in the region,”—but we can do the math—countries in the Middle East overwhelmingly say Iran is the main source of turmoil in the region, not Israel.  See “Here’s why CENTCOM thinks Iran was behind a fatal drone attack on a ship last month,” Geoff Ziezulewicz, Air Force Times, August 6, 2021.

“US and G7 blame Iran for deadly attack on tanker off Oman,” Lolita Baldor and Frank Jordans, Intelligencer, August 6, 2021.

“Iran-Linked Hackers Expand Arsenal With New Android Backdoor,” DA Loop, August 6, 2021.