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Twitter is an enabler of Iran.\u00a0 It tells a Knesset committee that the Supreme Leader\u2019s tweets calling for Israel\u2019s destruction do not violate company rules, and are \u201cforeign policy saber-rattling.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cTwitter to MKs: Unlike Trump tweets, Khamenei\u2019s \u2018eliminate Israel\u2019 posts are ok,\u201d<\/a> Raphael Ahran, Times of Israel, July 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

Time for the bizarre at the end of July, but this is not really strange in the world of Twelvers.\u00a0 I will let the story and his quotes talk for themselves.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s former Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance said during a recent interview that the moon landings are a lie, and that travel to other planets will only become possible once the Hidden Imam arrives. Mohammad-Hadi Homayoun, a professor at Imam Sadegh University, told Iran\u2019s Channel 4 on July 17 that when this happens, there will be no more diseases and people will be able to communicate with jinns. \u201cEnormous things are going to take place,\u201d said Homayoun. \u201cThose who want regimes that are just must know that this will certainly happen [when the Hidden Imam appears]. If somebody wants to travel to other planets\u2014this is also going to become possible. People say that [man] has gone to the moon and stuff like that, but they are almost certainly lying. Man has not yet left planet Earth. We have not yet gone to the moon.\u201d Homayoun added that \u201caccording to our tradition, we will be able to go to other planets only after [the Hidden Imam] appears.\u201d Communicating with jinns \u201cwill also become possible, and the jinns will serve man,\u201d said Homayoun. \u201cWe won\u2019t be afraid of the jinns like we are now. I am talking about God-fearing jinns.\u201d He added that once the imam arrives, there will be no more disease.\u201d\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIranian professor: Space travel will only be possible after Hidden Imam\u2019s arrival,”<\/a> MEMRI, Jewish News Syndicate, July 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

What a crucial moment it would be one day if Iraq would decide to buy its electricity and gas for energy from the GCC states, and not Iran.\u00a0 The Iraq PM trip to Washington will be an important step in keeping Iran from skirting U.S. sanctions.\u00a0 \u201cIssue of Iran-backed militias to top agenda of Kadhimi\u2019s US visit,\u201d<\/a> Arab Weekly, July 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

The Nour-1 was not peaceful, as Iran claimed.\u00a0 \u201cIran Uses First Military Satellite to Map, Publish U.S. Base in Qatar,\u201d<\/a> David Brennan, Newsweek, July 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

A new report explains that management, corruption, and other factors may explain the recent explosions as somewhat consistent with historical events in the country.\u00a0 \u201cNot every explosion or fire in Tehran is the result of foreign subterfuge. Recent research carried out by Tiziana Corda, a political science PhD candidate at the University of Milan, revealed that such events frequently occur in Iran. Thus, she argues that these present occurrences are not necessarily anomalies. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency\u2019s archive, there were at least ninety-seven fires or explosions between mid-May 2019 and the end of July 2019. That averages out to more than one per day over a period of 2.5 months. The data shows that, just like this year, there were explosions or fires in power plants, factories, hospitals, research centers, naval vessels, and arms depots in 2019.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cWhen it comes to Iran, not everything that goes boom in the night is sabotage,\u201d<\/a> Raz Zimmt, Atlantic Council, July 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

No word yet of what type or pictures of the Iranian arms-carrying ship.\u00a0 \u201cUS informs Security Council of detention of Iranian ship off Yemen coast,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Monitor, July 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

This is key, isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 The IRI\u2019s past behavior, over 40 years, is indicative of future behavior.\u00a0 \u201cU.S., UANI Warn That Ending Restrictions On Iranian Arms Will Accelerate Global Terror Campaign,\u201d<\/a> UANI, July 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

Quote of the Day.\u00a0 \u201cWe will stand fast against the world of arrogance. We will not rest until we have raised the banner of Islam over the White House.\u201d\u00a0 Ali Shirazi, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s representative in the Quds Force, in \u201cUnrealistic to expect Iranian regime to change its behavior,\u201d<\/a> Majid Rafizadeh, Arab News, July 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran-Syria air defense pact could cause Russian-Iranian friction,\u201d<\/a> Mark Katz, MENA, July 30, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twitter is an enabler of Iran.\u00a0 It tells a Knesset committee that the Supreme Leader\u2019s tweets calling for Israel\u2019s destruction do not violate company rules, and are \u201cforeign policy saber-rattling.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cTwitter to MKs: Unlike Trump tweets, Khamenei\u2019s \u2018eliminate Israel\u2019 posts are ok,\u201d Raphael Ahran, Times of Israel, July 30, 2020. Time for the bizarre … <\/p>\n

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