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\u201cIsraeli defense minister says Iran behind cargo ship explosion,\u201d<\/a> Arab News, March 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

The Quds Force members who planted this bomb may have been Iranian diplomats in India.\u00a0 \u201cIndia said to blame Iran\u2019s Quds Force for blast outside Israeli embassy,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, March 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo country for minorities: The agony of Iran\u2019s ethnic Arabs, Kurds, Balochis and Azeris,\u201d<\/a> Oubai Shahbandar, Arab News, March 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Saudi Energy Ministry confirmed the strikes targeting infrastructure at the port of Ras Tanura and in the city of Dhahran late on Sunday. A ministry spokesman said a drone launched from the sea hit a petroleum tank farm at Ras Tanura Port and a “ballistic missile’s shrapnel” fell near Saudi Aramco’s residential compound in the city of Dhahran after it was intercepted by the country’s missile defense systems.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cSaudi Arabia oil facilities targeted in drone and missile attack by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen,\u201d<\/a> Khaled Wassef, CBS, March 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

China remains one of the main enablers of problem states such as Iran, Myanmar, and North Korea.\u00a0 There are differences, students of international relations see, in how countries behave.\u00a0 See \u201cAnalysis: Iran slips record volume of oil into China, reaches out to Asian clients for trade resumption,\u201d<\/a> Oil & Gas 360, March 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIAEA says Iran enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges, in further breach,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, March 8, 2021.\u00a0 “UN nuclear watchdog tells member states Islamic Republic has started using a third cluster of advanced IR-2m centrifuges at underground Natanz plant.”<\/p>\n

It is easy to ask why would Iran know to send its drone to film the attacked Israeli cargo ship and to know where to zoom in at the waterline.\u00a0 \u201cIranian drone footage shows Israeli ship after explosion damage,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, March 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

Iran is the only country I am aware of who actively supports the BDS movement.\u00a0 And is a leader.\u00a0 \u201cBDS groups from US and Europe team up with Iran and Hamas against Israel,\u201d<\/a> Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, March 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cLatest Houthi attack shows reach of Iran\u2019s power,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, March 8, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIsraeli defense minister says Iran behind cargo ship explosion,\u201d Arab News, March 8, 2021. The Quds Force members who planted this bomb may have been Iranian diplomats in India.\u00a0 \u201cIndia said to blame Iran\u2019s Quds Force for blast outside Israeli embassy,\u201d Times of Israel, March 8, 2021. \u201cNo country for minorities: The agony of Iran\u2019s … <\/p>\n

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