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This is not a meeting with the Red Cross.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s foreign minister lands in China amid regional and domestic turmoil,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, 12-28-24.<\/p>\n

Israel has tried for years to warn Syria and\u00a0diminish ties between this proxy and Iran\u2019s bad use of its territory.\u00a0 \u201cMossad chief was set to meet Assad in 2019 in bid to cut Syria-Iran ties \u2014 report,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 12-28-24.<\/p>\n

This blog will always read Iranian government media mouthpieces (or foreign empowering sources), and occasionally post their reports.\u00a0 They provide crucial evidence, when contrasted against the free press that we rely on, of deception and what we prefer, reality.\u00a0 \u201cIran seeks calm rather than chaos in Syria: FM,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, 12-28-24.<\/p>\n

To silence opponents.\u00a0 Also, to raise some ransom cash (although this would be after three or four or five years in Evin Prison).\u00a0 \u201cReport: Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard plotted to lure and kidnap Israeli journalist,\u201d<\/a> Ynet, 12-28-24.\u00a0\u00a0“IranWire reported Saturday that Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) planned to kidnap Babak Eshaghi, an Israeli journalist working for the Saudi-funded opposition channel Iran International.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is part of the ongoing efforts for independence in SE Iran.\u00a0 \u201cSuicide bomber kills police commander in southern Iran – media reports,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 12-28-24.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t normally have cause for citing news from Ireland regarding this blog\u2019s purpose.\u00a0 But with the public spat between Ireland and Israel, when you see the story below it starts to dawn that a longer issue has been happening out of known view.\u00a0 It is important to encourage, in appropriate ways, autocratic regimes to move to openness.\u00a0 Certainly not to implicitly back the world\u2019s leader in terror and center of the Shia Crescent.\u00a0 Ireland\u2019s leadership needs to choose not to empower.\u00a0 \u201cCost of reopening Irish Embassy in Iran tops \u20ac1.6m,\u201d<\/a> The Irish Times, 12-28-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cPower Outages Halt 50% of Iran\u2019s Industrial Parks, Sparking Economic Concerns,\u201d<\/a> Iran Focus, 12-28-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnalysis: Iran\u2019s waning influence in the Arab world,\u201d<\/a> FDD\u2019s Long War Journal, 12-28-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cHalf of Iran\u2019s industrial capacity halted by energy crisis,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-28-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnalysis: Iran\u2019s waning influence in the Arab world,\u201d<\/a> Long War Journal, 12-28-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is not a meeting with the Red Cross.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s foreign minister lands in China amid regional and domestic turmoil,\u201d Al Monitor, 12-28-24. Israel has tried for years to warn Syria and\u00a0diminish ties between this proxy and Iran\u2019s bad use of its territory.\u00a0 \u201cMossad chief was set to meet Assad in 2019 in bid to … <\/p>\n

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