Iran has spent as much as $30 billion to help Syria win its civil war and keep President Bashar Al-Assad in power, and maintain its campaign to fully control Lebanon and one day eliminate Israel.  MP Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, who has been a vital part of Iran’s national security and foreign policy commission, revealed this yesterday to the Iranian state-affiliated Etemad newspaper.  See “Iran MP: We have spent $30bn defending Assad, Syria must pay us back,” Middle East Monitor, May 21, 2020.

“Could the Coronavirus Pandemic Change Iran’s Political Future?,” Dorothy Wickenden, New Yorker, May 21, 2020.

“Iran has banned all use of Israeli tech. Really? That would set it back 50 years,” David Horovitz, op-ed, Times of Israel, May 21, 2020.

“Iran aims to disrupt 2020 elections via cyber hacking, intelligence officials say,” John Solomon and Susan Katz Keating, Just the News, May 21, 2020.

“Could the Coronavirus Pandemic Change Iran’s Political Future?,” Dorothy Wickenden, New Yorker, May 21, 2020.