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Another attempted attack in Europe on a critic of Iran.\u00a0 \u201cIranian dissident wounded in stabbing in the Netherlands, says report,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, June 20, 2020.\u00a0 Here’s a related story, and its not the first time Iran has tried to assassinate him–\u201cKurdish Iranian politician survives assassination attempt in the Netherlands: Local media,\u201d<\/a> Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Kurdistan24, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

Organ sales are legal in Iran and among Palestinians, a terrible public policy.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how this article begins, quoting, \u201cIran is ranked first for organ donation among Asian countries, Mehdi Shadnoush, head of the Health Ministry’s center for transplantation and disease management, has announced.\u00a0 \u201cThe country\u2019s organ donation rate is 14.34 per 1 million people,\u201d he noted.\u00a0 The occupied Palestinian territories that claim to have the most advanced scientific and technical facilities are at the second place with 10.8 donors per a million population, he explained.\u201d\u00a0 See the story at \u201cIran tops Asian countries in organ donation,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Arsenal Of Hypocrisy: Iranian Mistreatment Of Peaceful Protesters,\u201d<\/a> Marjan Keypour Greenblatt, op-ed, Radio Farda, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe book ends with a study of the radical movements during the student protests and the students\u2019 relations with the community of Iranian students in overseas universities, which led the 1979 revolution.\u201d\u00a0 And that\u2019s all you need to know, that protests during the Regime\u2019s 41 years are not part of this book, they\u2019re not part of the narrative Iran wants it youth since 1979 to know.\u00a0 See \u201cBook on history of student protests in Iran published,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

Read and laugh.\u00a0 A spokesman criticizes another country for testing a ballistic missile.\u00a0 \u201cIran criticizes France over nuclear ballistic missile test,\u201d<\/a> AP, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian port spared from US sanctions in rare cooperation,\u201d<\/a> Zein Basravi, Al Jazeera, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran has withheld confirmation of its apparent recent execution of a Kurdish activist, in the latest example of its long-running practice of secretly executing ethnic minority dissidents.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran Silent on Kurdish Activist\u2019s Execution,\u201d<\/a> Michael Lipin and Ramin Haghjoo, VOA, June 19, 2020.<\/p>\n

The rial has fallen from 32,000 rials to $1 at the time of the 2015 JCOPA agreement to its lowest value ever at 190,000 rial amid severe U.S. sanctions.\u00a0 And since 2011, Iran\u2019s oil revenues have fallen from $100 billion to $8 billion.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran\u2019s currency hits lowest value ever against the dollar,\u201d<\/a> Hindustan Times, AP, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

This headline and story have it wrong.\u00a0 Airlines don\u2019t want to fly over Iran because they don\u2019t want to get shot down, not because the overflight fees are too expensive.\u00a0 See \u201cIran may offer discounts to lure airlines to fly through its airspace,\u201d<\/a> KFGO, Thomson Reuters, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran urges IAEA not to rely on unreliable information,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran: IAEA\u2019s Report and Zarif\u2019s Scary Reaction,\u201d<\/a> Pooya Stone, Iran Focus, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Disappearance of Iran\u2019s Middle Class, Its Assimilation Into the Lower Classes,\u201d<\/a> Jubin Katiraie, Iran Focus, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Syria Iran criticizes United States sanctions,\u201d<\/a> MENAFN, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the response to the IAEA condemnation story from yesterday.\u00a0 \u201cSpokesman Says IAEA Resolution On Full Inspections Sets ‘No Obligation’ For Iran,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, June 20, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another attempted attack in Europe on a critic of Iran.\u00a0 \u201cIranian dissident wounded in stabbing in the Netherlands, says report,\u201d Reuters, June 20, 2020.\u00a0 Here’s a related story, and its not the first time Iran has tried to assassinate him–\u201cKurdish Iranian politician survives assassination attempt in the Netherlands: Local media,\u201d Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Kurdistan24, June … <\/p>\n

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