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\u201cThe Revolutionary Guards Are Poised to Take Over Iran,\u201d<\/a> Ali Reza Eshraghi and Amir Hossein Mahdavi, Foreign Affairs, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cNasrallah in Lebanon and Iran focus on Israel tensions,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

With pictures of the injuries after the protests.\u00a0 \u201cLocals in the Abolfazl Village in Ahvaz, capital of Iran\u2019s Khuzestan Province were protesting the destruction of their homes and confiscation of their lands by one of Iran\u2019s wealthiest bonyads owned by the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, the Mostazafan Foundation (Foundation for the Oppressed).\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s Security Forces Fire Shotgun Pellets at Protesting Villagers,\u201d<\/a> Iran HRM, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

This article strongly indicates that China will become a, if not the, major importer of Iranian oil, not only challenging U.S. sanctions, but representing the largest impediment (even larger than Russia) to keeping Iran from moving away from its Revolutionary urge.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cChina Resumes Reporting Oil Imports From Iran In July,\u201d<\/a> Dalga Khatinoglu, Radio Farda, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cA group of Iranian lawmakers is pushing to hand control of the country’s internet over to a committee composed of powerful elements of the regime, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Forty members of the Iranian parliament had signed the motion as of Monday, according to Radio Farda. The proposal\u2014titled “Organizing Social Media Messaging,” would also ban foreign messaging apps and replace them with domestically-produced ones, which may hand the regime closer surveillance capabilities. The legislation would also introduce new penalties for anyone offering foreign messaging apps or ways around the restrictions, for example VPNs.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0See \u201cIran Pushes for Regime, Military Control of Internet After Year of Unrest,\u201d<\/a> David Brennan, Newsweek, August 27, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0Likewise, remember that Iran has already blocked Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.\u00a0 See also \u201cIran lawmakers launch motion to block all foreign messaging apps,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Monitor, August 26, 2020.<\/p>\n

Amazing the amount of payments or \u201csalaries\u201d and corruption in the legislature.\u00a0 \u201cLawmakers In Iran Abuse Their Power To Receive Free Housing And Cars,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the question\u2014when the arms embargo on Iran ends in the month of October, what arms will Iran purchase from Moscow?\u00a0 See \u201cWhat\u2019s next for Russia-Iran military partnership?,\u201d<\/a> Anton Mardasov, Al Monitor, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the U.S. will seize the aluminum oxide under sanctions or to pay toward a judgment.\u00a0 \u201cExclusive: Iranian vessel loads with Venezuelan alumina, amid closer ties \u2013 sources,\u201d<\/a> Maria Ramirez and Luc Cohen, Reuters, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cChinese Data Shows Beijing Continues Iranian Oil Imports,\u201d<\/a> Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cGermany, Israel agree continued Iran arms embargo important,\u201d<\/a> David Rising, AP, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

Here is an article, the latest, about the Regime\u2019s money-laundering in other countries, here it is in Bahrain.\u00a0 \u201cBahrain fines Iranian banks implicated in money laundering,\u201d<\/a> Arab News, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

117 died Wednesday per the Health Ministry.\u00a0 \u201cIran reports 117 more virus deaths, nearly 2,200 cases,\u201d<\/a> \u00a0Ahmet Dursun, AA, August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho Says Iran Is Impervious to Pressure?,\u201d<\/a> Bobby Ghosh, op-ed, Bloomberg, August 27, 2020.\u00a0 Here is an excerpt:\u00a0 Critics of the Trump administration\u2019s sanctions campaign against Iran have long argued that the Islamic Republic is impervious to pressure. This claim never had a strong foundation: After all, extreme duress \u2014 prolonged diplomatic isolation, coupled with crippling economic sanctions \u2014 forced Tehran\u2019s theocrats to begin negotiations that led to the 2015 nuclear deal with the world powers. More proof, if it were needed, of Iran\u2019s susceptibility to pressure came this week, when the regime pledged to expand its cooperation with inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency. This announcement came soon after the United Nations nuclear watchdog rebuked Iran for failing to provide access to two sites where previous nuclear activity is thought to have taken place.\u00a0On Wednesday, during a visit to Tehran by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, the regime said it had agreed to give inspectors access to the two sites. A joint statement didn\u2019t say when the inspections would take place, but that dates for access have been agreed. The statement allows Iran to claim that it was \u201cvoluntarily\u201d providing access to the sites. Grossi seems inclined to draw a curtain of charity over some of Iran\u2019s more dubious behavior during previous inspections: In October, Tehran bizarrely claimed an IAEA inspector had tried to smuggle explosives into the enrichment facility in Natanz. But Grossi retains the right to yank the curtain back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Revolutionary Guards Are Poised to Take Over Iran,\u201d Ali Reza Eshraghi and Amir Hossein Mahdavi, Foreign Affairs, August 27, 2020. \u201cNasrallah in Lebanon and Iran focus on Israel tensions,\u201d Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, August 27, 2020. With pictures of the injuries after the protests.\u00a0 \u201cLocals in the Abolfazl Village in Ahvaz, capital of Iran\u2019s … <\/p>\n

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