“Joint Statement by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the International Atomic Energy Agency,” IAEA, 3-20-23.
“Exclusive: IRGC Commanders Warn Khamenei About Implosion,” Iran Wire, 3-19-23.
“Saudi Arabia invited Iran’s President Raisi to visit, Tehran says,” BBC, 3-19-23.
We will see if Iran keeps its word. This will be difficult for them because of their track record in Yemen. “Iran Agrees to Stop Arming Houthis in Yemen as Part of Pact With Saudi Arabia,” Wall Street Journal, 3-16-23.
“Child detainees in Iran subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence, says Amnesty,” CNN, 3-16-23.
No thanks to Russia. “Russia has been sending captured US Javelins and Stingers from Ukraine to Iran, which may be able to reverse-engineer the weapons: report,” Business Insider, 3-10-23.
No thanks to China. “China brokers Iran-Saudi Arabia detente, raising eyebrows in Washington,” Washington Post, 3-10-23.
“Saudi Arabia, Iran agree to resume ties, reopen embassies after talks in Beijing,” Global Times, 3-10-23.
ODI warns of threats against the U.S. from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran in its 2023 annual threat assessment report. “‘Complex threats from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran’: US intel agency,” Mint, 3-9-23.
“Iran’s IRGC rolls out new missiles, naval supply ships,” Jerusalem Post, 3-9-23.
“Iran sent Russia over 100 million rounds of ammo, plans to send more – report,” Jerusalem Post, 3-9-23.
“Iran said to have supplied Russia with large shipment of ammunition,” Times of Israel, 3-8-23. (100 million bullets and 300,000 shells).
“Iran secured secret deal with Russia over uranium for nuke program – report,” Jerusalem Post, 3-8-23.
Classic Regime operations. They don’t name the accused, but name critics and journalists. “Iran makes first arrests over suspected schoolgirl poisonings,” Guardian, 3-7-23.
“Russia and Iran Taking Steps Towards a Gold Stablecoin,” Russia Briefing, 3-7-23. (it its not crypto, it’s bullets)
“Drawing on about two dozen testimonies from Iranian lawyers and survivors of the black sites, CNN found that the use of the black sites – which exist outside of Iranian due process – was unprecedented in scale. Among the most severe forms of torture detailed in those testimonies were electrocutions, removal of nails, lashings and beatings that resulted in scars and broken limbs, and sexual violence. The findings paint a picture of a regime meting out torture on an industrial scale, to crush an uprising that has posed the biggest domestic threat to the clerical elite in decades.” See “US senators call for UN probe into secret Iranian torture centers exposed by CNN,” CNN, 3-6-23.
“Iran’s judiciary says women will be punished for violating Islamic dress code -IRNA,” Reuters, 3-6-23.