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Best article today, and for some days seen on why authoritarian government mismanage and do not keep pace.\u00a0 Part of it is due to corruption, part of it is due the nature of the regime involved\u2014they don\u2019t let people have freedom in business and in their lives.\u00a0 This article is also not a product of the West\u2014it is based on investigative reporting by Fars itself.\u00a0 \u201cInside Iran\u2019s failure to become a gas hub,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, February 7, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran to start human trials on second local COVID vaccine,\u201d<\/a> Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, February 7, 2021.<\/p>\n

Good, if Iran claims no knowledge, they won\u2019t contest at court.\u00a0 \u201cIran Claims No Knowledge of Oil Cargo U.S. Trying to Seize,\u201d<\/a> By Arsalan Shahla, Bloomberg, February 7, 2021.<\/p>\n

I am sensing the wheels are coming off some with regard to the Leader\u2019s comments.\u00a0 Already Zarif is having conversations about the JCPOA or whatever comes after it.\u00a0 And already the Health Ministry ignored (at their peril?) the Leader\u2019s directive to not take Western Covid meds and only take Russian or Chinese.\u00a0 \u201cU.S. must lift curbs before Iran rejoins deal: Khamenei cites ‘final’ stance,\u201d<\/a> Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, February 7, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran cleric: People who are vaccinated for COVID have \u2018become homosexuals\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, February 7, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cEuropean officials and people familiar with discussions in Washington say there is likely to be a series of carefully sequenced steps leading both sides back to compliance in parallel.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cBiden Won\u2019t Lift Iran Sanctions to Bring Tehran Back to Negotiating Table,\u201d<\/a> Andrew Restuccia and Sune Engel Rasmussen, Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran calls for UN response over Israeli military action threat,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, February 7, 2021.\u00a0 But Iran doesn\u2019t mention its own many threats against Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iranians are also creative in how they take advantage of religious and cultural institutions and events in Iraq for intelligence purposes. Many of their Iraqi agents are, like Iranians, Shia Muslims, and so personal visits to Shia religious sites in Iraq provide the MOIS with good cover for their spy meetings.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cSpying on the U.S.:\u00a0 How Iran Tried to Recruit Spies Against the U.S. in Iraq,\u201d<\/a> James Risen, Intercept, February 7, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Best article today, and for some days seen on why authoritarian government mismanage and do not keep pace.\u00a0 Part of it is due to corruption, part of it is due the nature of the regime involved\u2014they don\u2019t let people have freedom in business and in their lives.\u00a0 This article is also not a product of … <\/p>\n

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