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\u201cIran Exploits Iraq’s Discontent With U.S. To Strengthen Syria, Russia Ties,\u201d<\/a> Tom O\u2019Connor, Newsweek, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cConvicted Hezbollah Financier To Be Released From U.S. Custody,\u201d<\/a> Counterterrorism Project, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cU.N. Security Council to start talks on U.S. bid to extend Iran arms embargo,\u201d<\/a> Michelle Nichols, Reuters, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s Government Fights to Control the Internet and Its So-Called National Information Network,\u201d<\/a> Pooya Stone, Iran Focus, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

Over six months later.\u00a0 \u201cIran commits to handing over PS752 black boxes, start compensation talks: Ottawa,\u201d<\/a> Coast Mountain News, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

The Golsan is a standard-sized cargo ship.\u00a0 If what Iran\u2019s government says is accurate about the ship supplying Venezuela\u2019s first Iranian supermarket, there are two points to be made.\u00a0 First, this must be the world\u2019s largest supermarket.\u00a0 (what else was the boat?).\u00a0 Second, why do they need to create an Iranian supermarket?\u00a0 (how many Iranians are in Venezuela?) (and why?)\u00a0 See \u201cU.S. navy ship navigates near Venezuelan coast after Iranian cargo ship arrives,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

The massive discrimination continues against the Bahai.\u00a0 \u201cLengthy Prison Sentences for 30 Iranian Baha\u2019is,\u201d<\/a> Kian Sabeti, Iran Press Watch, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

This just sounds fishy.\u00a0 He had no reason to take his life unless \u2026\u00a0 \u201cThe police said that hotel staff had found a guest dead in the lobby after he appeared to have fallen from a higher floor from inside the building\u2019s circular staircase. Iran\u2019s foreign ministry has confirmed Mansouri\u2019s death and called for a thorough investigation. It said he had been arrested in Romania on the basis of an Iranian warrant, after having visited the Iranian embassy to discuss the possibility of returning to Iran.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIranian judge in Romania died of impact from fall, autopsy says,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian Assassins,\u201d<\/a> Struan Stevenson, NCRI, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

It is okay for the UN to take sides if that is where the evidence takes them.\u00a0 And it is okay for the UN and the General Secretary to declare that Iran and Russia are wrong.\u00a0 There really is a good and bad in the world at times, and calling a spade a spade is one of the best ways for international organizations and international relations to actually work.\u00a0 See \u201cIran, Russia Dispute U.N. Findings on Saudi Oil Attack,\u201d<\/a> Polygraph.info, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a tweet on Tuesday, Sadeq Zibakalam, a prominent reformist figure, said the biggest crime of the charity is their independence. “The system will generally not tolerate any independent group, even if their work is offering service to people”. Imam Ali’ Popular Students Relief Society was founded in 1999 and says it is a non-political, non-governmental, independent popular organization.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran Charity Founder Arrested For Allegations Of Insulting Leader \u2013 Statement,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cCooperating with Trump \u2018unconstructive\u2019, Iran tells Australia,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cEssential Geopolitics: Iran’s Cyberwarfare Strategy,\u201d<\/a> Stratfor, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cWriters, Artists In Iran Issue Call For Freedom Of Speech, Warning Of ‘Social Collapse’,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe end of the honeymoon between Iran and Russia in Syria,\u201d<\/a> Aref Bijan, Modern Diplomacy, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

This takes place during the COVID-19 crisis and shows that Iran can continue to advance for electricity and other things nuclear despite difficulties.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s Bushehr nuclear power plant reconnected to grid,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cUS State Department insists no \u2018back-room deal\u2019 behind release of Hezbollah financier,\u201d<\/a> Joyce Karam, The National, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaudis Say They Intercepted Missiles, Drones Launched By Iran-Backed Houthis,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

About 80 Baha’is face a new wave repression for their religious faith.\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s regime escalates violent persecution of Baha\u2019is,\u201d<\/a> Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, June, 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Exploits Iraq’s Discontent With U.S. To Strengthen Syria, Russia Ties,\u201d<\/a> Tom O\u2019Connor, Newsweek, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Reports Highest Virus Deaths Since April,\u201d<\/a> Asharq al-Awsat, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s chief rabbi attacks Zionism in a rare interview,\u201d<\/a> Tobias Siegal, Jerusalem Post, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian Student Sentenced to Prison, Flogging for Commemorating Victims of Plane Crash,\u201d<\/a> Iran HRM, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Steel Exports Halve to 661,000 Tons in Two Months,\u201d<\/a> Financial Tribune, June 23, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIran Exploits Iraq’s Discontent With U.S. To Strengthen Syria, Russia Ties,\u201d Tom O\u2019Connor, Newsweek, June 23, 2020. \u201cConvicted Hezbollah Financier To Be Released From U.S. Custody,\u201d Counterterrorism Project, June 23, 2020. \u201cU.N. Security Council to start talks on U.S. bid to extend Iran arms embargo,\u201d Michelle Nichols, Reuters, June 23, 2020. \u201cIran\u2019s Government Fights to … <\/p>\n

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