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\u201cThis was Shi\u2019ite Iran\u2019s greatest power hub. From here, they operated Hezbollah.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIsraeli reporter details the classified materials he found at Iran\u2019s embassy in Damascus soon after Assad\u2019s fall,”<\/a> Times of Israel, 2-24.25.<\/p>\n

\u201cSanctions on Iran\u2019s Oil Trade to Reimpose Maximum Pressure,\u201d<\/a> Department of State, 2-24-25.\u00a0\u00a0See also \u201cUS imposes new sanctions on Iran’s shadow fleet, Treasury Department says,\u201d JPost, 2-24-25.<\/p>\n

Iran couldn\u2019t knock the jets down with shoulder launched missiles either.\u00a0 From the photos, it looks like they were about 2,000 feet.\u00a0 Iran condemns Israel after its fighter jets fly over Nasrallah\u2019s funeral in Beirut.\u00a0 See \u201cIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi describes Israeli move as ‘act of terror’,\u201d<\/a> AA, 2-24-25.<\/p>\n

Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence:\u00a0 A Concise History, Steven Ward, 2025, 2-24-25.\u00a0\u00a0The first book about Iran’s shadowy Ministry of Intelligence.\u00a0 \u201cSteven R. Ward provides an accessible overview of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and its focus on tracking and countering domestic dissent and perceived foreign-inspired sedition. The ministry’s checkered record of effective intelligence operations includes a history of assassinations and human rights abuses. Developing a clearer picture of the MOIS is important for understanding how the Islamic Republic of Iran operates, seeks security, and competes with its adversaries. Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence updates and improves on the paucity of available information about Iranian intelligence activities. The chapters in the book cover the MOIS’s origins, leaders, structure and organizational culture, operations and tradecraft, foreign partners, cultural representations, and future outlook. The book also provides a significant examination of this contemporary intelligence agency that does not follow the model of Western organizations.\u00a0\u00a0Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence will be of interest to scholars, students, and general readers of intelligence and Iran’s history and politics. It will also be an important resource for national security and foreign policy practitioners.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRisking Sanctions, South Africa Welcomes Nuclear Cooperation with Russia and Iran,\u201d<\/a> FDD, 2-24-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnergy shortages force Iran to cut workweek to two, three days,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 2-24-25.\u00a0 These are severe gas shortages and electricity cuts.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s ask the IAEA if the Iranian FM is telling the truth.\u00a0 \u201c”Iran has always conducted its peaceful nuclear activities under international supervision and within the framework of the Nuclear Non-Prolife<\/p>\n

ration Treaty (NPT),” FM Araghchi said in a UN meeting on disarmament in Geneva on Monday. “Iran has fully cooperated with the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to ensure the safety of these activities,” he added elsewhere.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran FM warns world against danger of Israeli WMDs,\u201d<\/a> Mehr, 2-24-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran is the world\u2019s top executioner of women, with at least 31 executed in Iran in 2024, the highest number of women executions since 2010.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cWomen Executed in Iran in 2024,\u201d<\/a> Iran Human Rights, 2-24-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cVenezuela, Iran Forge Anti-Western Partnership of Necessity,\u201d<\/a> DW, 2-24-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis was Shi\u2019ite Iran\u2019s greatest power hub. From here, they operated Hezbollah.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIsraeli reporter details the classified materials he found at Iran\u2019s embassy in Damascus soon after Assad\u2019s fall,” Times of Israel, 2-24.25. \u201cSanctions on Iran\u2019s Oil Trade to Reimpose Maximum Pressure,\u201d Department of State, 2-24-25.\u00a0\u00a0See also \u201cUS imposes new sanctions on Iran’s shadow … <\/p>\n

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