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Iran reports 111 virus deaths on Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cIran’s health ministry on Monday reported another 111 deaths, raising total to 4,585,\u201d<\/a> AFP, Times of India, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian Medical Staff Wearing Masks Speak via Poems on their Suits,\u201d<\/a> IFP, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cFormer Football Chief Says Iran Always Lied To FIFA About Government Control,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran no longer poses imminent threat to Israel: Mossad to NYT,\u201d<\/a> AMN, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s president has left nation open to second Covid-19 wave \u2013 critics,\u201d<\/a> Patrick Wintour, Guardian, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s regime executes Kurdish political prisoner,\u201d<\/a> Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, April 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThousands Of Labor And Civic Activists In Iran Demand Renegotiation Over Wages,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

This means the black boxes will most likely never leave Iran\u2014they will use to delay, and because Iran\u2019s pandemic will continue for months.\u00a0 \u201cCanada asks Iran to postpone decryption of downed PS752 black boxes,\u201d<\/a> UNIAN, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

It is much easier if the Regime will simply take steps that will induce the U.S. to end sanctions.\u00a0 But instead, \u201cIran to send trade attaches to number of countries,\u201d<\/a> Elnur Baghishov, Trend, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Says US Has No Legal Right to Veto IMF\u2019s Measures,\u201d<\/a> IFP, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran: Dams 69% Full But Water Use Soaring,\u201d<\/a> Financial Tribune, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

This story is not as significant for what it says, but for who said it\u2014the VP, who had been stricken with coronavirus.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s vice-president calls for economic aid from private sector,\u201d<\/a> Yasmine Mosimann, Rudaw, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

This is a type of story I\u2019ve not seen before\u2014let\u2019s hope it reflects reality and not just a Regime headline.\u00a0 \u201cThe top echelon of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have agreed to take a 20 percent pay cut to help efforts to battle the coronavirus pandemic in Iran, the Middle Eastern country hit the hardest by the outbreak, Iran\u2019s Mehr News Agency reported Sunday.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard To Donate Nearly A Quarter Of Their Pay To Help With Virus Effort,\u201d<\/a> Joshua Finkelberg, Schpiel, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran welcomes Iraq\u2019s new prime minister,\u201d<\/a> Al-Monitor, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t usually post stories from Breitbart, but this headline captures the wide-spread situation.\u00a0 \u201cIran Digs 10,000 Coronavirus Graves near Tehran but Claims Less than 5,000 Deaths Nationwide,\u201d<\/a> John Hayward, Breitbart, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n

This article talks about Iran\u2019s actions in the context of why the U.S. should not lift sanctions\u2014because the Regime won\u2019t use the money to aid people, but for terrorism and other improper activities, saying \u201cThey will spend the money in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and Palestine. They will not spend it on Iranians.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cFather of son murdered by Iran: Sanctions-lift will aid regime, not people,\u201d<\/a> Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran reports 111 virus deaths on Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cIran’s health ministry on Monday reported another 111 deaths, raising total to 4,585,\u201d AFP, Times of India, April 13, 2020. \u201cIranian Medical Staff Wearing Masks Speak via Poems on their Suits,\u201d IFP, April 13, 2020. \u201cFormer Football Chief Says Iran Always Lied To FIFA About Government Control,\u201d Radio … <\/p>\n

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