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No surprise here.\u00a0 And, as you’ll see in the story, they don\u2019t wear masks but not because of Covid.\u00a0 \u201cIranians guiding Houthi missiles, says captured spy,\u201d<\/a> Saeed Al-Batati, Arab News, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian law bans the use of Israeli flags, symbols or signs. Iranians and visitors to the country associated or allegedly associated with Israel have ended up imprisoned or executed in the past.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201c’Thank you Mossad’ banner, Israeli flag spotted in Iran’s capital \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post, December 8, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe flag and banner were placed amid the aftermath of the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u201cIran\u2019s recent announcement to the IAEA that it intends to install an additional three cascades of advanced centrifuges at the Fuel Enrichment Plant in Natanz is contrary to the JCPoA and deeply worrying,\u201d the statement by the so-called E3 said.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cUK, Germany, France calls Iran nuclear moves \u2018deeply worrying\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Adam Shaw, Fox News, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

Despite the Regime\u2019s representatives regular statements otherwise, \u201cKhomeini apparently never issued a fatwa against nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction (WMD).\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cNuclear Fatwa:\u00a0 Religion and Politics in Iran\u2019s Proliferation Strategy,\u201d<\/a> Michael Eisenstadt and Mehdi Khalaji, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Focus #115, September 2011,\u00a0cited and linked in \u201cA history of continuity in Iran\u2019s long nuclear program,” Sina Azodi, Atlantic Council, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran vows to build two new nuclear facilities, alarming observers,\u201d<\/a> Richard Stone, Science, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

This is the UN, not what individual countries track and know about the Dehlavieh anti-tank guided missile system and other weapons that Iran has been selling in contravention of Sec. Coun. Resolutions.\u00a0 See \u201cAnti-tank missile in Libya looks like Iran-produced weapon – U.N.,\u201d<\/a> Michelle Nichols, Reuters, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

Another article pointing out that Iran does not act as a normal country.\u00a0 Who else \u201csupports anti-Israel militant groups like the Palestinian Hamas and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah\u201d?\u00a0 See \u201cIran’s president vows to continue supporting Syria,\u201d<\/a> AP, Fox KVVU, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cCISA Warns About Iran\u2019s Offensive Cyber Capabilities,\u201d<\/a> Oodaloop, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

Just because an official says something doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s true.\u00a0 Case in point\u2014look at this article.\u00a0 There are no statements from the UN or WHO or the World Bank or anyone with credibility providing evidence for these Iranian officials\u2019 claims.\u00a0 See \u201cIran accuses US of blocking coronavirus vaccine purchases,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Upholds Death Sentence Against French-Based Journalist Captured Last Year,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, VOA, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

Not your ordinary university.\u00a0 Wonder what a degree qualifies one to do?\u00a0 I imagine that the Quds curriculum and degrees are not approved by an accrediting body.\u00a0 \u201cU.S. to impose sanctions on Iranian official, university – U.S. official,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

As just mentioned on this blog, Iran is not blocked from acquiring Covid vaccine.\u00a0 The media should not enable these claims.\u00a0 See \u201cWashington Post Spouts False Iranian Talking Points On Sanctions Allegedly Blocking Vaccine,\u201d<\/a> Jordan Davidson, Federalist, December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No surprise here.\u00a0 And, as you’ll see in the story, they don\u2019t wear masks but not because of Covid.\u00a0 \u201cIranians guiding Houthi missiles, says captured spy,\u201d Saeed Al-Batati, Arab News, December 8, 2020. \u201cIranian law bans the use of Israeli flags, symbols or signs. Iranians and visitors to the country associated or allegedly associated with … <\/p>\n

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