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\u201cReport: Iran Threatens to Destroy Tomb of Esther and Mordechai,\u201d<\/a> Hana Levi Julian, JewishPress.com, February 16, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cMark Zuckerberg says Facebook thwarted Iran disinformation bid,\u201d<\/a> Damien McElroy, The National, February 15, 2020.<\/p>\n

Ukraine Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said to Iran\u2019s FM Zarif that a quick financial resolution for Flight PS752 was needed and \u201cthey would not wait long, saying they\u2019re talking weeks and months, not years.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran plane crash: Ukraine minister says they told Iran a quick resolution is needed,\u201d<\/a> Global News, February 15, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cAir Pollution Kills 30,000 People in Iran Annually,\u201d<\/a> Pooya Stone, Iran Focus, February 16, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian hackers have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world,\u201d<\/a> Catalin Cimpanu, ZDNet, February 16, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs Iran Using Space Launches To Develop Long-Range Missiles?,\u201d<\/a> Ron Synovitz, RFE\/RL, February 16, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran-backed group launches attack near small garrison in Syria housing American special operators,\u201d<\/a> Shawn Snow, Military Times, February 16, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo ensure turnout of Iran\u2019s some 60 million registered voters, the regime has launched a campaign of public relations, making it clear that non-participation in the elections is tantamount to treason. \u201cAll to whom Iran and its security are important must take part in the elections … The enemies who threaten our country are afraid of public support [for the regime] more than of our military capabilities\u2026Participation in the election is a stamp of support for the ways of the regime and will thus lead to security,\u201d the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cAnalysis Iran’s Parliamentary Election Is a Test of Legitimacy for the Regime,\u201d<\/a> Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz, February 16, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran militias assassinated Lebanon\u2019s Rafik Hariri: Saudi Deputy Defense Minister,\u201d<\/a> Arab News, February 16, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran and Najaf struggle for control over Hashd al-Shaabi after Muhandis’s killing,\u201d<\/a> Suadad al-Salhy, February 16, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cReport: Iran Threatens to Destroy Tomb of Esther and Mordechai,\u201d Hana Levi Julian, JewishPress.com, February 16, 2020. \u201cMark Zuckerberg says Facebook thwarted Iran disinformation bid,\u201d Damien McElroy, The National, February 15, 2020. Ukraine Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said to Iran\u2019s FM Zarif that a quick financial resolution for Flight PS752 was needed and \u201cthey would … <\/p>\n

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