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\u201cU.S. launches airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria,\u201d<\/a> Tim Stelloh, Courtney Kube, and Saphora Smith, NBC, June 28, 2021.\u00a0 \u201cU.S. military forces carried out what a Pentagon official called \u201cdefensive\u201d airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on Sunday against Iran-backed militia groups that were behind drone attacks on American personnel.\u00a0 Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a statement that the airstrikes targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one in Iraq. The facilities were used by at least two militias, Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Kirby said. The fourteenth brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces, an umbrella group for a number of Iran-backed militias in Iraq, said four of its fighters were killed in the attack. The fourteenth brigade is made up of Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada members.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReport details China and Iran’s ‘pragmatic’ anti-U.S. partnership,\u201d<\/a> Jenna McLaughlin, Yahoo, June 28, 2021.<\/p>\n

Notice two things.\u00a0 Iran has attacked the U.S.\u00a0 Second, the news needs to remember to put things in sequence\u2014here, a few days ago Iran\u2019s militias attacked U.S. positions in Iraq, then the U.S. responded.\u00a0 Now Iran has attacked the U.S. again.\u00a0 See \u201cUS forces in Syria came under rocket fire, a day after US carried out airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias,\u201d<\/a> Barbara Starr and Nicole Gaouette, CNN, June 28, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cNavid Afkari: Executed Iranian wrestling star’s voice is ‘everywhere now’,\u201d<\/a> Don Riddell, CNN, June 28, 2021.<\/p>\n

This WPost op-ed portends what will happen.\u00a0 Remember, IRGC, Raisi, and the Leader.\u00a0 Too much invested to go backwards.\u00a0 (like the Taliban\u2014they are coming back).\u00a0 There will be a limited JCPOA, but Iran will continue NOT being a normal state as long as the current management is in charge.\u00a0 See \u201cThe U.S. and Iran near a breaking point,\u201d<\/a> Ishaan Tharoor, op-ed, Washington Post, June 28, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s 7,000km range drone is a warning to Israel \u2013 analysis,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, June 28, 2021.<\/p>\n

Mr. Simon is a good reporter.\u00a0 But he stakes this article\u2019s claim on one item only\u2014that Iran is running out of foreign reserves.\u00a0 \u201cIran Is Increasingly Likely To Accept A New Nuclear Deal,\u201d<\/a> Simon Watkins, OilPrice.com, June 28, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran should switch support from militias to Iraq, KRG: British ambassador,\u201d<\/a> Anis Ari, Rudaw, June 28, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cU.S. launches airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria,\u201d Tim Stelloh, Courtney Kube, and Saphora Smith, NBC, June 28, 2021.\u00a0 \u201cU.S. military forces carried out what a Pentagon official called \u201cdefensive\u201d airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on Sunday against Iran-backed militia groups that were behind drone attacks on American personnel.\u00a0 Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby … <\/p>\n

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