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\u201cSeeking clarification\u201d means that Iran is really mad at Indonesia today.\u00a0 Indonesia could have continued to look the other way.\u00a0 \u201cIran seeks clarification from Indonesia on seizure of its tanker,\u201d<\/a> Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

A top Israeli expert on Iran and the Arab world, Mordechai Kedar, said \u201cThey saw what happened to Libya and Muammar Gaddafi after he stopped his nuclear program while at the same time, they see how the world gently treats North Korea now that is has a bomb. The lesson for Teheran is very clear.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIsraelis Say They\u2019ll Attack Iran If US Eases Sanctions,\u201d<\/a> Arie Egozi, Breaking Defense, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cRouhani says U.S. suffered defeat in economic war on Iran,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran: Regime Intimidates Public In Bid To Prevent Uprisings \u2013 OpEd,\u201d<\/a> Hassan Mahmoudi, Eurasia Review, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran says 30 volunteers have no side effects from 2 doses of a homemade vaccine,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, AP, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran To Receive First Shipment Of COVID-19 Vaccines From COVAX Soon – State Media,\u201d<\/a> Umer Jamshaid,Urdu Point, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

Iranian MP Ali Asgar Annabestani got out of his car and insulted and slapped a police officer because he would not allow Annabestani\u2019s car to use the lane designated for buses.\u00a0 See \u201cIranian lawmaker under fire for slapping traffic cop,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Close to Passing New Laws Against Domestic Violence,\u201d<\/a> Cassie Ransom, Organization for World Peace, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

China and Russia have certainly helped.\u00a0 But the pressure has certainly been felt, and there\u2019s been less money for bad acts.\u00a0 \u201cMaximum pressure policy is a failed policy, Javani says,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

Former hostage Xiyue Wang \u00a0said he thought Biden should \u201ctake advantage of leverages provided to him through the maximum pressure policy of the Trump administration.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cUS General Says US, Iran Entering ‘Period of Opportunity;’ Former Prisoner Warns Against Softening Stance,\u201d<\/a> VOA, January 25, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0BTW, British, German and French governments all have citizens currently held hostage in Iran.\u00a0 And BTW, it looks like Xiyue Wang will have soon made more warning statements about hostages than the new Biden administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn an unprecedented interview, a former senior Iranian cleric and current opposition figure spoke with an Israeli television news channel Monday night from Tehran, and called for an end to hostilities between the countries. \u201cIt is time for the Iranian regime to stop inventing enemies that don\u2019t exist,\u201d the former ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani told Israel\u2019s Channel 12 news. Masoumi-Tehrani, who had the honor of the \u201cayatollah\u201d title revoked by Tehran due to his disagreements with the regime, said he has \u201cno problem\u201d with the Jewish state. He also derided the Islamic Republic\u2019s frequent declarations of its intention to destroy Israel: \u201cDon\u2019t forget, these slogans were also said by [late former Iraqi leader] Saddam Hussein, and we know where he is today.\u201d Masoumi-Tehrani said the Islamic Republic is a dictatorship that stifles dissenting opinions and freedom of speech. Asked if he feared for his life for speaking to an Israeli TV station, he told interviewer Ohad Hemo: \u201cI have been speaking clearly for 20 years. If they don\u2019t like that I\u2019m talking to you or anyone else, it\u2019s their problem.\u201d \u201cIranians and Jews have many years of friendship,\u201d he said. \u201cI haven\u2019t met Iranians who don\u2019t have a positive opinion of Israel.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cFrom Iran, cleric tells Israel TV hostility between the two countries should end,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

Now the Iron Dome moves beyond defending against Iran-sponsored Hamas and Hezzbollah.\u00a0 \u201cIsrael Approves Use of Iron Dome to Protect US Bases Against Iran,\u201d<\/a> Asharq al-Awsat, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran crumbling under Islamic fundamentalism,\u201d<\/a> Struan Stevenson, op-ed, UPI, January 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

When you read enough news you see the same excuses, even on the same days, and by the same FM spokesman\u00a0 Notice the reference to \u201ctechnical issues.\u201d\u00a0 Gets comical.\u00a0 \u201cIran has asked Indonesia to provide details about the seizure of an Iranian-flagged vessel, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday, a day after Jakarta said it had seized Iran and Panama-flagged tankers in its waters. Khatibzadeh said that the seizure was over a \u201ca technical issue and it happens in shipping field\u201d.\u00a0 Second, the ships involved were the Iranian-flagged MT Horse and the Panamanian-flagged MT Freya.\u00a0 In that Iran sent the MT Horse vessel to Venezuela last year to deliver 2.1 million barrels of Iranian condensate, someone needs to i.d. the captain\u2014he\u2019s up to no good.\u00a0 And the captain of the Freya.\u00a0 \u201cOver the past few months, MT Freya has delivered two crude oil cargoes totalling about 4 million barrels into Qingdao port on the east coast of China and northeast Yingkou port.\u201d\u00a0 Sounds like Iran and China got caught skirting U.S. oil sanctions.\u00a0 See \u201cIran asks Indonesia to explain seizure of tanker accused of illegal oil transfer,\u201d<\/a> Parisa Hafezi and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters, January 25, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s the second \u201ctechnical issue.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t accept political mediation on technical issues and we informed the South Koreans of this issue,\u201d Saeed Khatibzadeh said in an interview with the Iranian ISNA news agency, noting that the South Korean-flagged ship was seized because it polluted the maritime environment. … \u201cBased on initial reports coming from local authorities, the issue is completely technical, and the vessel was led ashore upon a judicial order because the vessel had been polluting the sea,\u201d Khatibzadeh said in a statement following the seizure of the ship.\u201d\u00a0 Thus, Iran is again saying the SK ship was polluting.\u00a0 I wonder if they think the Iran tanker was leaking in Indonesia?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 See \u201cIran rules out mediation on South Korean-flagged tanker,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, January 24, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s intelligence minister warns US and Israeli bases in Kurdistan,\u201d<\/a> MEMO, September 25, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cSeeking clarification\u201d means that Iran is really mad at Indonesia today.\u00a0 Indonesia could have continued to look the other way.\u00a0 \u201cIran seeks clarification from Indonesia on seizure of its tanker,\u201d Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, January 25, 2021. A top Israeli expert on Iran and the Arab world, Mordechai Kedar, said \u201cThey saw what happened to … <\/p>\n

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