{"id":3039,"date":"2021-05-05T08:50:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2021-05-07T10:15:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:15:39","slug":"3039","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/05\/05\/3039\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasi-Mehr accused Valiollah Seif, who led the central bank from 2013 to 2018, of \u201cwasting\u201d more than $30bn and 60 tonnes of gold reserves\u201d Tasnim news agency reported. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/5\/5\/iran-ex-central-bank-boss-faces-indictment-over-mismanagement\">\u201cEx-boss of Iran central bank indicted over \u2018wasting\u2019 of funds,\u201d<\/a> Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, May 5, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the next clue in this story. \u201cIranian emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi said the diplomat&#8217;s body was found by a gardener after an employee who arrived at her apartment early on Tuesday noticed she was missing, the news agency Fars reported. &#8220;This person was the first secretary of the Swiss embassy,&#8221; Khaledi told Mehr news agency. &#8220;The cause of her fall has yet to be determined,&#8221; he told Fars.\u201d See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/05\/middleeast\/swiss-diplomat-iran-dead-intl\/index.html\">\u201cSenior Swiss diplomat in Iran found dead after fall from high-rise building,\u201d<\/a> Reuters,\u201d May 5, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The rep for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace believes that a piece of paper binds action.\u00a0 They need to judge on action, though, in the past and for today, let alone tomorrow.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/552021-us-iran-signal-possible-breakthroughs-in-nuke-talks\">\u201cUS, Iran signal possible breakthroughs in nuke talks,\u201d<\/a> Laura Kelly, The Hill, May 5, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout these European reports. First, they were nowhere to be seen on the front pages of The New York Times or Washington Post, which cover the Iran nuclear talks closely.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/blog\/iranian-compliance-and-jcpoa-negotiations\">\u201cIranian Compliance and the JCPOA Negotiations,\u201d<\/a> Blog Post by Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Affairs, May 5, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theintelligencer.com\/news\/article\/Iraqi-president-Talks-between-rivals-Iran-and-16153749.php\">\u201cIraqi president: Talks between rivals Iran and Saudi ongoing,\u201d<\/a> Intelligencer, May 5, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey give the name of the diplomat as Sylvie Brunner and say that a newspaper named Hamshahri has provided a different account. This account says a loud noise \u201clike an explosion\u201d was heard after midnight on Tuesday. This was eight hours before the body was discovered. \u201cHamshahri said a cleaner discovered the body and immediately informed the building\u2019s management. It quoted an expert from the coroner\u2019s office confirming death occurred eight hours before the body was discovered.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/death-of-diplomat-in-iran-feeds-gossip-and-conspiracies-analysis-667289\">\u201cDeath of diplomat in Iran feeds gossip and conspiracies \u2013 analysis,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, May 5, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasi-Mehr accused Valiollah Seif, who led the central bank from 2013 to 2018, of \u201cwasting\u201d more than $30bn and 60 tonnes of gold reserves\u201d Tasnim news agency reported. \u201cEx-boss of Iran central bank indicted over \u2018wasting\u2019 of funds,\u201d Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, May 5, 2021. 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