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I imagine the are not staying at the same accommodations where Ismail Haniyeh stayed last July.\u00a0 I also imagine they are not staying at the Supreme Leader’s house.\u00a0 \u201cIran leader Khamenei meets top Hamas leaders in Tehran, state TV says,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 2-8-25.<\/p>\n

There are so many dissidents and persons who have left Iran over the years.\u00a0 \u201cEmboldened by Trump, Iranian dissidents demand overthrow of rulers,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 2-8-25.<\/p>\n

This is the most important news of the day, but with a twist.\u00a0 First, it is declaration, again, that the government of Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon(s).\u00a0 Second, as this blog has regularly pointed out, is a reminder there was never a fatwa by the Grand Ayatollah, either one, that Iran religiously disavowed nuclear weapons.\u00a0 It is a fiction that there is such a fatwa.\u00a0 They\u2019ve never shown it, produced it, said where the document is stored, etc.\u00a0 They do not store fatwas with official numbers like a U.S. presidential executive order, and then you can read the thing.\u00a0 No, fatwas are on a shelf and are generally known and read.\u00a0 But here, Ali Hosseini Khamenei says he has issued a fatwa, but no one has ever seen it, including those in his closest circles.\u00a0 It is a fiction the IRI produced several years ago to make the world believe that Shia Islam would never possess such a weapon.\u00a0 See \u201cRevoke fatwa against nuclear weapons, Iranian commanders tell Ayatollah,\u201d<\/a> Telegraph, 2-8-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran currency plunges to record lows amid escalating U.S. tensions,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 2-8-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I imagine the are not staying at the same accommodations where Ismail Haniyeh stayed last July.\u00a0 I also imagine they are not staying at the Supreme Leader’s house.\u00a0 \u201cIran leader Khamenei meets top Hamas leaders in Tehran, state TV says,\u201d Reuters, 2-8-25. There are so many dissidents and persons who have left Iran over the … <\/p>\n

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