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And this will flow both ways, not just China learning from Iran, but the Regime benefitting from Chinese intelligence.\u00a0 The growing enabling continues.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cEx-IDF commander voices alarm at intel-sharing included in Iran-China megadeal,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, March 29, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would anyone\u2014including Mohammad Javad Zarif\u2014want to be Iran\u2019s president?,\u201d<\/a> John Limbert, Atlantic Council, March 29, 2021.\u00a0 Good article.\u00a0 And it reminds us of some of the history of Iranian presidents since 1979.\u00a0 The first, Abolhassan Bani Sadr, had to run for his life dressed as a woman and became exiled in Paris.\u00a0 The second, Mohammad Ali Rajai, was assassinated after 28 days. \u00a0The third, Ali Khamenei (now the Supreme Leader) was maimed by an assassination attempt. \u00a0The fifth, Mohammad Khatami, is a silenced non-person.<\/p>\n

\u201cChild Marriage In Iran: Is 13 Too Young? Some Are Even Younger,\u201d<\/a> World Crunch, March 29, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile, the IRGC and various Tehran-allied forces (Lebanese Hezbollah, the Fatemiyoun Brigade, Kata\u2019ib Hezbollah, Kata\u2019ib Sayyid al Shuhada, Zainabiyoun Brigade, etc.) will likely continue maintaining their strong presence in Syria that can help the Islamic Republic establish further deterrence over Israel, limiting Tel Aviv\u2019s freedom to strike against Iran-linked assets in the region, as well as Iran itself. \u201cThe IRGC leadership considers its military involvement in Syria as a spectacular success,\u201d said Ali Alfoneh of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. \u201cThe IRGC not only managed to achieve its primary strategic objective of securing the survival of the Assad regime. It also managed to establish a dormant front against Israel with the aim of impacting [Tel Aviv\u2019s] military calculations.\u201d Iran\u2019s military successes in Syria are partly because its non-Iranian militiamen from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and elsewhere are relatively dispensable to Iranian officialdom. Iran\u2019s leadership has been able to deploy these fighters to Syria without having to pay any political price in Tehran.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cCan Israel Uproot Iran\u2019s Presence in Syria?,\u201d<\/a> Brett Sudetic and Giorgio Cafiero, The National Interest, March 29, 2021.<\/p>\n

Where is the condemnation by other countries of Iran\u2019s threat to target another country\u2019s citizens?\u00a0 \u201cIsrael warns citizens they could be targeted by Iran, as outbound tourism renews,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, March 29, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s New Missile Corvette Could Reshape IRGC Naval Doctrine,\u201d<\/a> H.I. Sutton, USNI News, March 29, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cPro-Iran parties launch smear campaign against Iraq’s intelligence service,\u201d<\/a> Mustafa Saadoun, Al Monitor, March 29, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran pardons or cuts sentences of 1,800 prisoners amid festival,\u201d<\/a> AFP, March 29, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201c’Worse than a jungle’: the cartel controlling Iraqi borders,\u201d<\/a> France 24, March 29, 2021.<\/p>\n

2 of the 3 are IRGC commanders\u2014the next president won\u2019t be a cleric or civilian or politician.\u00a0 It will reflect the growing mafia of the IRGC military (i.e., Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan).\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s next hardline president coming into view,\u201d<\/a> Kourosh Ziabari, Asia Times, March 29, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cU.S. tries to break Iran nuclear deadlock with new proposal for Tehran,\u201d<\/a> Nahal Toosi, Politico, March 29, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And this will flow both ways, not just China learning from Iran, but the Regime benefitting from Chinese intelligence.\u00a0 The growing enabling continues.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cEx-IDF commander voices alarm at intel-sharing included in Iran-China megadeal,\u201d Times of Israel, March 29, 2021. \u201cWhy would anyone\u2014including Mohammad Javad Zarif\u2014want to be Iran\u2019s president?,\u201d John Limbert, Atlantic Council, March 29, 2021.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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