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\u201cIsrael demands UN Security Council action against Iranian presence in Syria,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

So Prof. Kylie Moore-Gilbert lost more than two years of her life simply because she was an Australian.\u00a0 She did nothing wrong.\u00a0 \u201cIran says British-Australian academic freed for 3 Iranians,\u201d<\/a> AP, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

Supposedly Iran will pay families of the victims of the Ukrainian flight it shot down, but the payment will come from an emergency fund for natural disasters, not the responsible party\u2014the wealthy Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for the missile attack.\u00a0 See \u201cIran taps into emergency fund to compensate Ukraine flight victims,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

Iran says it continues to shoot missiles at Saudi Arabia and plans to use them against Israel.\u00a0 Keep in mind that the missiles supplied to the Yemen rebels are from Iran, and that Iran tells them when and how to use them.\u00a0 \u201cIran-backed Houthis say missile that hit Saudi Arabia will also target Eilat,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s Mass Arrests of Activists and Their Families,\u201d<\/a> Iran Focus, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s close connections to Al-Qaeda should surprise no one,\u201d<\/a> Majid Rafizadeh, op-ed, Arab News, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

Parliament offers a subsidy of $5 a month, the President offers $4.\u00a0 Part of the Parliament\u2019s plan is the sale of government shares in petrochemical and industrial firms, as well as banks, and insurance companies (guess what? The IRGC will buy them, leading to an ever-increasing ownership of the country).\u00a0 But also, \u201cIf political groups promise the Iranian people they will increase cash subsidies in the run-up to the presidential elections but don\u2019t specify exact budget sources, they will have to pay for the subsidies through having the central bank print more money.\u201d \u2026 \u201cThat would be very bad and will only lead to more increases in inflation in Iran.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran conservatives score key victory in battle over cash handouts,\u201d<\/a> Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cOil Tanker In Red Sea Struck In Mine Attack With Similarities To Past Iranian Strikes,\u201d<\/a> Joseph Trevithick, The War Zone, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201c[T]he law requires the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to redesign and optimize a new 40-megawatt heavy water reactor in Arak within four months.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s parliament demands construction of heavy water reactor,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour people are going on trial in the Belgian city of Antwerp on Friday accused of planning to bomb a rally of Iranian opposition supporters.\u201d\u00a0 100s could have died.\u00a0 See \u201cIran diplomat on trial over plot to bomb opponents in France,\u201d<\/a> Samuel Petrequin, AP, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

I keep on posting these stories about Iran\u2019s refusal to provide compensation for the plane it shot down.\u00a0 What is somewhat interesting about this article is that the IRI says it will act according to international standards\u2014but it won\u2019t, and hasn\u2019t yet.\u00a0 \u201cIran says will compensate Ukrainian plane crash victims according to int’l standards,”<\/a> Xinhua, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

Just as the innocent academic Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert is being released, Iran prepares to execute the innocent scientist Swedish Ahmadreza Djalali.\u00a0 When will countries be more forceful to stop these hostage takings?\u00a0 It is part of Iran\u2019s foreign policy to hold people like pawns.\u00a0 \u201cIran to execute Iran-Swedish scientist,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, November 25, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIsrael demands UN Security Council action against Iranian presence in Syria,\u201d Times of Israel, November 25, 2020. So Prof. Kylie Moore-Gilbert lost more than two years of her life simply because she was an Australian.\u00a0 She did nothing wrong.\u00a0 \u201cIran says British-Australian academic freed for 3 Iranians,\u201d AP, November 25, 2020. Supposedly Iran will pay … <\/p>\n

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