“Iran’s Raisi Reportedly Cancels Iftar Dinner After Guests Refuse To Attend,” Iran International, April 9, 2022.

“President Raisi says Iran will not retreat from ‘nuclear rights’,” Reuters, April 9, 2022.

There is not direct evidence at present of Iran attempting to weasel into to the Secret Service detail and do violence against the Bidens, but it doesn’t look good.  “Man arrested for impersonating federal agent had Iran visas,” Marc Rod, Jewish Insider, April 8, 2022.

“Iran could be planning a ‘surprise’ for Israel in Jerusalem – analysis,” The Jerusalem Post, April 4, 2022.

“Iran violates 2nd consecutive IAEA deadline in 2 weeks – analysis,” The Jerusalem Post,” April 4, 2022.

“Iran fully reopens schools a day after two years of COVID closure,” Al Jazeera, April 3, 2022.

“Iran is beginning to understand the Abraham Accords – analysis,” The Jerusalem Post, April 3, 2022.

“Activists urge FIFA to eject Iran from World Cup for banning women spectators,” The Times of Israel, April 3, 2022.

“The irony of China and Iran working on “counter-terrorism” is that the US has accused Iran’s IRGC of being a terrorist group and the US accuses China of genocide in its treatment of Uighurs.”  See “Iran and China seek closer cooperation – analysis,” Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, April 2, 2022.

U.S. will play Iran.  No April Fool’s joke.  “World Cup 2022 draw: United States to face England; Mexico to play Lionel Messi’s Argentina,” Jeff Carlisle, ESPN, April 1, 2022.

“Calls to ban Iran from World Cup for teargassing women to bar access at match,” The Jerusalem Post, March 31, 2022.

“Iran won’t break with Russia over Ukraine. Here’s why,” Javad Heiran-Nia, Iran Source, March 30, 2022.

Finally.  “US imposes new sanctions against Iran’s ballistic missile program,” Jeremy Herb, CNN, March 30, 2022.

“Blame game after Iran women pepper-sprayed at World Cup qualifier,” Al Jazeera, March 30, 2022.

“Why a terror designation is the last sticking point in Iran-US talks,” Mostafa Salem and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, March 28, 2022.

“Iran bombed Iraq’s Kurdish region over natural gas plan involving Israel – report,” Times of Israel, March 28, 2022.

Surprising this piece from St. Antony’s, but that is answered from their homepage—Agha is a visiting prof, not on faculty.  He correctly writes “A new nuclear deal will strengthen the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps without derailing the regime’s long-term ambitions.”  See “The United States’ Clueless Diplomacy Won’t Stop a Nuclear Iran,” Hussein Agha, FP, March 25, 2022.