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\u201cGrieving mother slams nine-year sentence for Iranian man who beheaded daughter,\u201d<\/a> April Roach, Evening Standard, August 29, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cDervish Activists Reject Iran Official\u2019s Claim Their Banishment to Poor Areas Is Not Deliberate,\u201d<\/a> Michael Lipin and Ramin Haghjoo, VOA, August 29, 2020.<\/p>\n

Here is part of this story.\u00a0 \u201cU.S. authorities have targeted Luxembourg-based Clearstream for years in an investigation over whether it violated U.S. money laundering and Iran sanction laws. Deutsche Boerse has denied wrongdoing. In 2019, a Luxembourg court refused to enforce a U.S. ruling that would have helped families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks claim Iranian assets held with Clearstream. In 2012, a New York court found there was evidence to show that Iran provided \u201cmaterial support and resources to al Qaeda for acts of terrorism\u201d. The militant group carried out the hijacked plane attacks on New York and Washington. That court awarded the plaintiffs damages of over $7 billion.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran says to fight U.S. suit to seize $1.7 billion held by Deutsche Boerse unit,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, August 29, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cA group of 40 Iranian lawmakers has submitted a controversial draft bill to the parliament that could result in harsher online censorship by giving control of the country’s Internet gateways to the armed forces, including the notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). The bill also calls for the creation of a board that will oversee social-media platforms and deal with any violations. The board will include representatives from the judiciary and the government, as well as from the IRGC’s feared Intelligence Unit, which has, in recent years, arrested scores of activists, journalists, environmentalists, dual nationals, and others — including a Facebook engineer who recently spoke about his arrest and the pressure he faced from guards.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran Proposes Bill For Tighter Online Censorship, ‘Military Control’ Of Internet,\u201d<\/a> Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Farda, August 29, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs Russia Helping Iran Track F-35 Stealth Fighters?,\u201d<\/a> Peter Suciu, National Interest, August 29, 2020.<\/p>\n

It is an open question, something which open sources are not providing an answer for.\u00a0 My take is that if Iran could see an F-35 they would shoot without any hesitation, so I believe for now the Regime doesn\u2019t know where they are.\u00a0 \u201cIs Russia Helping Iran Track F-35 Stealth Fighters?,\u201d<\/a> Peter Suciu, National Interest, August 29, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cGrieving mother slams nine-year sentence for Iranian man who beheaded daughter,\u201d April Roach, Evening Standard, August 29, 2020. \u201cDervish Activists Reject Iran Official\u2019s Claim Their Banishment to Poor Areas Is Not Deliberate,\u201d Michael Lipin and Ramin Haghjoo, VOA, August 29, 2020. Here is part of this story.\u00a0 \u201cU.S. authorities have targeted Luxembourg-based Clearstream for years … <\/p>\n

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