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Not an April Fools joke.\u00a0 But the U.S. is not invited.\u00a0 \u201cE.U. to chair meeting of world powers and Iran on U.S. rejoining nuclear deal,\u201d<\/a> Karen DeYoung, Washington Post, April 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

Again, no April Fools joke.\u00a0 See the sections\/provisions in this article (not the least is submitting treaties to the Parliament for approval).\u00a0 See \u201cIran-China Pact Violates Constitution,\u201d<\/a> Center for Human Rights in Iran, April 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran has historically supported any militancy against pro-Western regimes, regardless of their religious or political orientation.\u201d\u00a0 In Morocco, that country twice in a decade \u201cbroke relations with Iran\u2014the first time, in 2009, officially over an Iranian clerical official\u2019s statement that Bahrain, the tiny Gulf kingdom, really belonged to Iran. In 2018, barely a year after Tehran had reopened its embassy, Morocco\u2019s foreign minister, Nasser Bourita, publicly accused Iran of dispatching senior Hezbollah operatives and supplying weapons and training to the Polisario Front, a group Morocco is fighting over sovereignty in the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara. Algeria, Morocco\u2019s neighbor, backs Polisario. Beyond these spats, Morocco has accused Iran of efforts to spread its revolutionary brand of Shi\u2019ism among Morocco\u2019s predominantly Sunni population, something Iran has certainly done zealously across Western Africa and among Moroccan immigrants in northern Europe. There is little evidence these attempts have won significant backing in Morocco, but not for want of trying.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s Mischief in Morocco Is a Problem,\u201d<\/a> Emanuele Ottolenghi, National Interest, April 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi has made unusually direct comments criticizing the Hezbollah movement, accusing it of harming Lebanon by dragging it into regional conflicts.\u201d\u00a0 Al-Rahi is really addressing the Supreme Leader and Iran.\u00a0 Hope he has good security.\u00a0 See \u201cLebanese cleric steps up criticism of Hezbollah,\u201d<\/a> Najia Houssari, Arab News, April 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecently, officials announced\u00a0 more than 90 percent of working families are below the poverty line. However, Iranian workers suffer from systematic discrimination, meaning the minimum monthly wage approved by the Parliament (Majlis) is 26.55 million rials [$106.20] while the poverty line has reached 100-130 million rials [$400-520]. In fact, it is forecasted that the current growing rate of prices, especially in foodstuff prices, has led the majority of Iran\u2019s society to poor nutrition. Given the $400 poverty line and workers\u2019 $106 monthly wage, Iranians have no solution except shrinking their food baskets, which may spark social protests in the upcoming months due to expanding public distrust and hatred against the government.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIranians Consume Red Meat Less Than Anywhere,\u201d<\/a> Sia Rajabi, Iran Focus, April 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

This is according to a survey reported in Iranian media (Fars).\u00a0 \u201cMore than 50,000 in Iran demand end to military conscription,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, April 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran adds advanced machines enriching underground at Natanz: IAEA,\u201d<\/a> Francois Murphy, Reuters, April 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clause that could scupper the Iran nuclear accord,\u201d<\/a> James Dorsey, JNS, April 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Iran \u2018can kill Navid Afkari who’s so beloved, they would kill anybody\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, April 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cPro-Iran militias divert billions of dues from Iraqi customs,\u201d<\/a> Arab Weekly, April 1, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not an April Fools joke.\u00a0 But the U.S. is not invited.\u00a0 \u201cE.U. to chair meeting of world powers and Iran on U.S. rejoining nuclear deal,\u201d Karen DeYoung, Washington Post, April 1, 2021. Again, no April Fools joke.\u00a0 See the sections\/provisions in this article (not the least is submitting treaties to the Parliament for approval).\u00a0 See … <\/p>\n

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