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\u201cIraq\u2019s New Prime Minister Wants to Control the Iran-Backed Militias. It Won\u2019t Be Easy,\u201d<\/a> Shelly Kittleson, Foreign Policy, August 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

A funny but serious op-ed, that makes a good point about good governance in Iran.\u00a0 \u201cIs everything about Iran fake?,\u201d<\/a> A.J. Caschetta, op-ed, The Hill, August 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

Interesting.\u00a0 \u201cIran’s foreign minister said Thursday that the US and its ally Israel constitute a “nuclear threat” to the Middle East, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic attack on Hiroshima.\u00a0 “Today, US & Israeli nukes threaten our region,” Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter.\u201d\u00a0 So, how exactly do US and Israeli (if they have them) nuclear weapons threaten the region?\u00a0 No one else is making this claim.\u00a0 And there is no saber rattling.\u00a0 See \u201cIranian FM: US, Israel pose ‘nuclear threat’ to Middle East,\u201d<\/a> Israel Hayom, August 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

Update on Beirut blast.\u00a0 \u201c”There is a possibility that fireworks, petrol and weapons were stored together,” another intelligence source told Fox News. “Officially, the blast happened at the fireworks and petrol warehouse.” An investigation is underway into the cause of the explosion, which killed at least 157 people, injured more than 5,000 and left 300,000 homeless. Reuters reported that a fire started at warehouse 9\u2014according to the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International possibly as a result of welding\u2014before spreading to warehouse 12 where some 2,750 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate was stored.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran-Backed Hezbollah Under Pressure in Lebanon as Explosion Anger Grows,\u201d<\/a> David Brennan, Newsweek, August 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Sentences 10 Bahai Citizens to Prison for Following Banned Faith,\u201d<\/a> Iran Press Watch, August 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoogle closes YouTube accounts linked to Iranian government,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, August 7, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cGoogle announced it terminated 16 YouTube accounts in April that were allegedly linked to the Iranian state-sponsored International Union of Virtual Media network. \u2026 The accounts in question allegedly took part in \u201ccoordinated influence operations,\u201d which refers to coordinated behavior from accounts related to certain information. The users posted in Arabic about the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and US-Saudi relations, according to Google.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIraq\u2019s New Prime Minister Wants to Control the Iran-Backed Militias. It Won\u2019t Be Easy,\u201d Shelly Kittleson, Foreign Policy, August 7, 2020. A funny but serious op-ed, that makes a good point about good governance in Iran.\u00a0 \u201cIs everything about Iran fake?,\u201d A.J. Caschetta, op-ed, The Hill, August 7, 2020. Interesting.\u00a0 \u201cIran’s foreign minister said Thursday … <\/p>\n

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