“Garneau says still no black boxes from Iran in January shootdown of airliner,” Mike Blanchfield, National Post, May 29, 2020.

Thursday saw 50 pass away from the virus.  “Iran Reports Most New Cases in Nearly Two Months,” Bourse & Bazaar, May 29, 2020.

These three stories are all related.  Iran celebrates, then realizes that the party is getting smaller and smaller, and a veteran reporter misses the real story thinking that the party is still on.  “Fuel Shipments To Venezuela Hailed In Iran As ‘Humiliation For America’,” Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Farda, May 28, 2020.  “Wielding Sanctions, U.S. Disrupts Iranian Fuel Shipments to Venezuela,” Benoit Faucon and Ian Talley, Wall Street Journal, May 28, 2020.  It is seemingly surprising that Jason Rezaian, himself a former hostage, would make this argument that sanctions are not working—just look at how few countries with which Iran can now trade?  They are on one, maybe two hands, and include Russia, China, and Cuba.  The sanctions are dwindling Iran’s options drastically.  See “Trump’s sanctions are failing. Venezuela and Iran just proved it,” Jason Rezaian, op-ed, Washington Post, May 29, 2020.

“Mystery Submarine May Reveal A Major New Capability For Iran,” H.I. Sutton, Forbes, May 29, 2020.

So Twitter is another actor that does not discourage Iran from malicious speech and behavior.  “Twitter censors Trump for glorifying violence, lets Iran threaten Israel,” Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2020.

“Regime change in Iran shouldn’t be a taboo,” Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, FDD, Washington Post, May 29, 2020.