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This article should be entitled \u201cIran\u201d, not \u201cHezbollah.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran-backed Hizbollah tightens its grip on sinking Lebanon,\u201d<\/a> The Straits Times, September 10, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe IAEA report published Tuesday revealed that Tehran has quadrupled its stockpile of 60 percent-enriched uranium since May, in open contravention of the 2015 accord with world powers that was meant to contain its nuclear program. The watchdog also told member states in its confidential quarterly report that its verification and monitoring activities have been \u201cseriously undermined\u201d since February by Iran\u2019s refusal to let inspectors access IAEA monitoring equipment. The agency said that it estimates Iran\u2019s stock of uranium enriched to up to 60% fissile purity at 10 kilograms, an increase of 7.6 kilograms since May. The country\u2019s stockpile of uranium enriched to up to 20% fissile purity is now estimated at 84.3 kilograms, up from 62.8 kilograms three months earlier. Iran\u2019s total stock of uranium is estimated at 2441.3 kilograms as of August 30, down from 3241 kilograms on May 22, the agency said. Tehran is only permitted to stockpile 202.8 kilograms of uranium under the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, which promises Iran economic incentives in exchange for limits on its nuclear program, and is meant to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cBennett calls for \u2018rapid international action\u2019 against Iran\u2019s enrichment surge,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, September 10, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor its survival, Iranian mullah regime resorts to human rights violations,\u201d<\/a> Pressenza, September 10, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran: One Nurse per 25 Patients,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Update, September 10, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich brings me back to Iran\u2019s new cabinet. It is not surprising that the Islamic Republic\u2019s new president, Ebrahim Raisi \u2014 a sadist who, as a regime prosecutor in the 1980s, supervised beatings, rapes and mass executions of prisoners \u2014 would appoint a bunch of thugs to his cabinet. But what is alarming is the silence of Western states on the unmistakable message that this cabinet sends. For this is not an occasion to defer to the principle of not commenting on political appointments in other countries.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cAnalysis: Islamism\u2019s Brutal Face is Back on Display in Afghanistan and Iran,\u201d<\/a> Detroit Jewish News, 9-10-21.<\/p>\n

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This article should be entitled \u201cIran\u201d, not \u201cHezbollah.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran-backed Hizbollah tightens its grip on sinking Lebanon,\u201d The Straits Times, September 10, 2021. \u201cThe IAEA report published Tuesday revealed that Tehran has quadrupled its stockpile of 60 percent-enriched uranium since May, in open contravention of the 2015 accord with world powers that was meant to … <\/p>\n

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