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\u201cIran\u2019s \u2018JCPOA Blackmail\u2019 Must Be Met With International Pressure,\u201d<\/a> Hassan Mahmoudi, op-ed, Eurasia Review, February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

How can Iran claim that it is an act of piracy, if Iran said it is not their oil?\u00a0 Go figure.\u00a0 It would be nice if the media and other countries pointed this out.\u00a0 Iran can\u2019t says its not theirs but that they\u2019re been stolen from.\u00a0 Am I missing something?\u00a0 \u201cIran Says U.S. Attempt to Seize Oil Cargo Is \u2018Act of Piracy\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Arsalan Shahla, Yahoo Finance, February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran says it will end snap IAEA inspections if nuclear deal terms not met,\u201d<\/a> Arab News, Reuters, February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a dangerous game of cat and mouse, Iran eyes new targets in Africa,\u201d<\/a> New York Times, The Economic Times, February 15, 2021.\u00a0 \u201cWhen Ethiopia\u2019s intelligence agency recently uncovered a cell of 15 people it said were casing the embassy of the United Arab Emirates, along with a cache of weapons and explosives, it claimed to have foiled a major attack with the potential to sow havoc in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. But the Ethiopians omitted a key detail about the purported plot: who was behind it. The only clue was the arrest of a 16th person: Accused of being the ringleader, Ahmed Ismail had been picked up in Sweden with the cooperation of friendly \u201cAfrican, Asian and European intelligence services,\u201d the Ethiopians said. Now U.S. and Israeli officials say the operation was the work of Iran, whose intelligence service activated a sleeper cell in Addis Ababa last fall with orders to gather intelligence also on the embassies of the United States and Israel. They say the Ethiopian operation was part of a wider drive to seek soft targets in African countries where Iran might avenge painful, high-profile losses such as the death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran\u2019s top nuclear scientist, said to have been killed by Israel in November, and Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian spymaster killed by the United States in Iraq just over one year ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notice who\u2019s not there\u2014Syria.\u00a0 If my country was going to have a new constitution, I kind of think at a minimum my country should be part of the conversation.\u00a0 Iran is angling to keep its pipeline to Hezbollah in Lebanon alive and well.\u00a0 \u201cTurkey, Russia, Iran to start talks on Syria Tuesday,\u201d<\/a> Nazli Yuzbasioglu, AA, February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

Not a good idea, Iraq should have turned this down.\u00a0 Or at least until Iran made amends to Ukraine and Canada.\u00a0 \u201cIran and Iraq set up special court to investigate Soleimani assassination,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Monitor, February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cRetired Government Employees Protest In Iran Demanding Higher Pensions,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL, February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran says it will end snap IAEA inspections if nuclear deal terms not met,\u201d<\/a> Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIraqi Airlines Resume Flights to Iran,\u201d<\/a> Tasnim, February, 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Tehran, families of downed Flight PS752 demand arrest of Revolutionary Guard leader,\u201d<\/a> Nahayat Tizhoosh and Ashley Burke, CBC News, February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cKhomeini in the Archipelago: Iranian Interests and Influence in Indonesia,\u201d<\/a> Maxwell Lowe, The Diplomat, February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIran\u2019s \u2018JCPOA Blackmail\u2019 Must Be Met With International Pressure,\u201d Hassan Mahmoudi, op-ed, Eurasia Review, February 15, 2021. How can Iran claim that it is an act of piracy, if Iran said it is not their oil?\u00a0 Go figure.\u00a0 It would be nice if the media and other countries pointed this out.\u00a0 Iran can\u2019t says its … <\/p>\n

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