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\u201cUS intelligence indicates Iran paid bounties to Taliban for targeting American troops in Afghanistan,\u201d<\/a> Zachary Cohen, CNN, August 17, 2020.\u00a0 It is now public that U.S. intelligence agencies determined that Iran offered bounties to the Taliban for targeting U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan.\u00a0 The CIA and other agencies identified amounts for at least six attacks including a concerning attack at Bagram in December.\u00a0 Iran paid the bounties to the Haqqani network, led by the second highest ranking Taliban leader.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s deal with the untruth told by Iran about who owned the oil.\u00a0 Here\u2019s Iran\u2019s side.\u00a0 \u201cIran: Fuel en route to Venezuela seized by US wasn\u2019t Iranian,\u201d<\/a> AP, Seattle Times, August 17, 2020.\u00a0 \u201cThe cargo of four tankers seized by the United States last week en route to Venezuela was no longer Iranian property, Iran\u2019s oil minister said Monday, insisting that the U.S. had no right to confiscate the shipment in international waters. [If it\u2019s not their oil, they shouldn\u2019t care if it was confiscated on the high seas]. According to the semi-official ISNA news agency, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the oil had been \u201csold to customers and the payment was received\u201d for it. He did not elaborate or say who the owners of the petrol was at the time of the seizure. But Zanganeh\u2019s remarks echoed those of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who on Sunday called the U.S. \u201cpirates of Caribbean\u201d in a tweet and said the ships carried sold cargo. Iran\u2019s ambassador to Venezuela, Hojad Soltani, also said that neither the ships not the oil were Iranian. \u201cSadly for them, stolen booty wasn\u2019t Iran\u2019s. Fuel was sold F.O.B. Persian Gulf. Ship and flag weren\u2019t ours either,\u201d Zarif tweeted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Claims Fuel Seized By U.S. Was Not Iranian\u2026. But It Was,\u201d<\/a> Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com, August 17, 2020.\u00a0 Iran claims the oil was FOB (Free on Board), which means the buyer is responsible for cost and liabilities once goods are shipped.\u00a0 Otherwise a shipment is CIF (Cost, Insurance, and Freight).\u00a0 But it doesn\u2019t matter, the oil or gasoline can be seized even when the next buyer or the next buyer possesses the goods purchases, no matter what the good or the line.\u00a0 The persons dealing with Iran are subject to seizure also\u2014no one in international law says the goods can only be seized when still in the possession of the subject country.<\/p>\n

\u201cTehran Says Ships Targeted by U.S. Were Holding Iranian Fuel,\u201d<\/a> Arsalan Shahla and Verity Ratcliffe, Bloomberg, August 17, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cVice Admiral James Malloy, commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain, said on Monday that Washington contracted vessels to stop the tankers and transfer the fuel to other ships. Two of the transfers took place in the Gulf of Oman, and the other two occurred off the coast of Mozambique, he said on a call with reporters.\u201d<\/p>\n

A detailed, well-sourced report.\u00a0 \u201cEvidence suggests Iranian weapons being trafficked by criminal networks into the Horn of Africa,\u201d<\/a> Daily Maverick and Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, August 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

Four tankers whose fuel was seized by the U.S. over the past month were heading to Venezuela and carrying gasoline loaded in Iran, according to Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh. His comments are the first acknowledgment by Tehran that the vessels were transporting cargo from the Islamic Republic when the U.S. confiscated it. Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday it was a \u201clie.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cTehran Says Ships Targeted by U.S. Were Holding Iranian Fuel,\u201d<\/a> Arsalan Shahla and Verity Ratcliffe, Bloomberg, August 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran reports 165 more virus deaths, over 2,200 cases,\u201d<\/a> Ahmet Dursun, AA, August 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s Economy Facing New Trouble With the Fall of the Stock Market,\u201d<\/a> Pooya Stone, Iran Focus, August 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s proxies continue to be regional menace,\u201d<\/a> Maya Carlin, Israel Hayom, August 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

Quote of the Day, this from Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, head of the Parliament.\u00a0 \u201cThis deal and compromise is a blatant betrayal of human values, Islamic teachings of the Muslim community and the cause of Palestine.\u201d\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 \u201cToday, defending Palestine and fighting the Zionist regime [of Israel] is a clear criterion for telling justice-seekers around the world from hypocrites and criminals.\u201d\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 \u201cThose who strike up a friendship with the Zionist regime [of Israel] are seen by the entire Muslim community as a traitor, criminal and accomplice to all wicked actions done by the evil Zionist regime in the past, present and future.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cEntire Muslim World Sees UAE as Traitor: Iran,\u201d<\/a> IFP, August 17, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cUS intelligence indicates Iran paid bounties to Taliban for targeting American troops in Afghanistan,\u201d Zachary Cohen, CNN, August 17, 2020.\u00a0 It is now public that U.S. intelligence agencies determined that Iran offered bounties to the Taliban for targeting U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan.\u00a0 The CIA and other agencies identified amounts for at least six … <\/p>\n

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