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\u201cIran Says It Has Built Underground Missile Cities Along Gulf Coastline,\u201d<\/a> Haaretz, July 6, 2020.<\/p>\n

The attacks by Iran continue.\u00a0 \u201cMossad said to foil Iranian attacks on Israeli embassies in Europe, elsewhere,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, July 6, 2020.<\/p>\n

Beyond directing Iran\u2019s infrastructure to aligned with China\u2019s Belt project, \u201cOne of the secret elements of the deal signed last year is that China will invest US$280 billion in developing Iran\u2019s oil, gas, and petrochemicals sectors. This amount will be front-loaded into the first five-year period of the new 25-year deal, and the understanding is that further amounts will be available in each subsequent five year period, provided that both parties agree. There will be another US$120 billion of investment, which again can be front-loaded into the first five-year period, for upgrading Iran\u2019s transport and manufacturing infrastructure, and again subject to increase in each subsequent period should both parties agree. In exchange for this, to begin with, Chinese companies will be given the first option to bid on any new \u2013 or stalled or uncompleted \u2013 oil, gas, and petrochemicals projects in Iran. China will also be able to buy any and all oil, gas, and petchems products at a minimum guaranteed discount of 12 per cent to the six-month rolling mean average price of comparable benchmark products, plus another 6 to 8 per cent of that metric for risk-adjusted compensation. Additionally, China will be granted the right to delay payment for up to two years and, significantly, it will be able to pay in soft currencies that it has accrued from doing business in Africa and the Former Soviet Union states. \u201cGiven the exchange rates involved in converting these soft currencies into hard currencies that Iran can obtain from its friendly Western banks, China is looking at another 8 to 12 per cent discount, which means a total discount of around 32 per cent for China on all oil gas, and petchems purchases,\u201d one of the Iran sources underlined.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cChina Inks Military Deal With Iran Under Secretive 25-Year Plan,\u201d<\/a> Simon Watkins, OilPrice.com, July 6, 2020.<\/p>\n

Sadly, this one person at the UN is an example of how obtuse that international body can sometimes be, and how misunderstood or misinterpreted international law can be.\u00a0 This investigator insists on having the U.S. intelligence of upcoming attacks by Soleimani and ignores the several immediately prior attacks by the Quds Force in coming to her conclusion.\u00a0 See \u201cU.N. expert deems U.S. drone strike on Iran’s Soleimani an ‘unlawful’ killing,\u201d<\/a> Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters, July 6, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s top leader vows support for Palestinian cause,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, July 6, 2020.<\/p>\n

The real reason Iran requires phone registration is so they can ultimately listen in.\u00a0 \u201cIran has launched a national scheme to curb the growing market for smuggled mobile phones. Under the scheme, mobile phone users in the country need to register their devices in the country\u2019s telecommunications user database. It has been estimated that 12.5 million mobile phone devices were smuggled into the country in 2018 depriving the government of $350 million in tax revenues.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran’s mobile phone registration plan helps curb smuggling,\u201d<\/a> Trend, July 6, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThink Tank Scrutinizes Iran\u2019s Trade Agreements Since 1979,\u201d<\/a> Financial Tribune, July 6, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrestige Of Iranian Passport Declines Further In World Rankings,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, July 6, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIran Says It Has Built Underground Missile Cities Along Gulf Coastline,\u201d Haaretz, July 6, 2020. The attacks by Iran continue.\u00a0 \u201cMossad said to foil Iranian attacks on Israeli embassies in Europe, elsewhere,\u201d Times of Israel, July 6, 2020. Beyond directing Iran\u2019s infrastructure to aligned with China\u2019s Belt project, \u201cOne of the secret elements of the … <\/p>\n

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