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\u201cThe actual voter turnout in the elections estimated at about 8%.\u201d\u00a0 Shocking.\u00a0 See \u201cIran Election Result: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Lost Gains Made From Gaza Conflict \u2013 OpEd,\u201d<\/a> Eurasia Review, 3-4-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Announces 41% Turnout In Parliamentary Elections,\u201d<\/a> Barron\u2019s, AFP, 3-4-24.\u00a0 So, is it 41%, 8%, or somewhere in the 10s or 20s?\u00a0 Western intelligence agencies will also use the methodology of this article, and will find that the Regime-announced results are grossly inflated, just as their Covid-response numbers were so out of line with reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cHard-liners dominate Iran\u2019s parliamentary election after record-low turnout,\u201d<\/a> Politico, AP, 3-4-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommander of Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force is expanding predecessor\u2019s vision of chaos in the Middle East,\u201d<\/a> The Conversation, 3-4-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommander of Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force is expanding predecessor\u2019s vision of chaos in the Middle East,\u201d<\/a> El Paso Inc., 3-4-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s Currency Plunges To Historic Low,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-4-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cBallistic Missiles Allow Iran to Act More Boldly,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 3-4-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOver the past decade, Iran has transformed much of its ballistic-missile arsenal, the largest in the Middle East, from mere tools of terror to battlefield-ready systems. Iranian missiles are more precise, mobile, lethal and abundant than ever before\u2014giving the regime more dangerous options when it wants to throw its weight around. \u2026 Since 2017, Iran has engaged in at least 11 separate ballistic-missile operations from its own territory against Kurdish, U.S., Islamic State, Baluch and other targets and interests across Iraq, Syria and Pakistan. Iran is likely to use these missiles to respond to any serious or perceived provocation in the future. \u2026 In 2023 the regime claimed to have developed its first-ever hypersonic missile and celebrated with a poster in Persian, Arabic and Hebrew proclaiming that it needed only \u201c400 seconds\u201d to strike Tel Aviv. \u2026 Tehran is already taking advantage of its missile capability to provide cover for other escalatory acts against the U.S. and Israel. When Israel thinks about how to respond to Hezbollah\u2019s attacks, it must take into account a deadly and potentially direct Iranian response. This, on top of Hezbollah\u2019s Iran-supplied precision-guided munition capabilities, helps deter Israel and is keeping 80,000 Israelis from returning to their homes in the north. \u2026 Missile mastery has emboldened the Islamic Republic, making it keen to take more risks and to respond to fire with fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIAEA chief: We have lost track of Iran nuke progress,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 3-4-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIAEA Chief Rafael Grossi on Monday told the IAEA Board of Governors, concerning Iran\u2019s nuclear advancement, that \u201cthe agency has lost continuity of knowledge about the production and inventory of centrifuges, rotors and bellows, heavy water and uranium ore concentrate.\u201d \u201cIt is three years since Iran stopped provisionally applying its additional protocol and therefore it is also three years since the agency was able to conduct complementary access in Iran,\u201d Grossi said, describing large gaps in nuclear inspections. Next, he referred to a recent Iranian nuclear official who said that all aspects of the nuclear weapons cycle are complete and that the only obstacle to Tehran producing a nuclear weapon is the political decision to do so. Grossi said, \u201cPublic statements made in Iran regarding its technical capabilities to produce nuclear weapons only increase my concerns about the correctness and completeness of Iran\u2019s safeguard declarations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s Supreme Leader Silent After Election Boycott,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-4-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cCooperation agreements with Iran pit Algeria against the West,\u201d Arab Weekly, 3-4-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Do Official Statistics Reveal About Iran’s Elections?,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-4-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAfter the closure of the polls, the media affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, including Fars News Agency, announced what they claimed was the turnout figures before the election authorities had provided any information.\u201d\u00a0 As of 3-5, there are still no official results.\u00a0 But we are left with the IRGC 41% figure.<\/p>\n

\u201cReligious dictators of Iran covet DNA identifiers of journalists \u2014 report,\u201d<\/a> Biometric, 3-4-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe actual voter turnout in the elections estimated at about 8%.\u201d\u00a0 Shocking.\u00a0 See \u201cIran Election Result: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Lost Gains Made From Gaza Conflict \u2013 OpEd,\u201d Eurasia Review, 3-4-24. \u201cIran Announces 41% Turnout In Parliamentary Elections,\u201d Barron\u2019s, AFP, 3-4-24.\u00a0 So, is it 41%, 8%, or somewhere in the 10s or 20s?\u00a0 Western intelligence … <\/p>\n

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