Lots of relevant news today.<\/p>\n
Only country in the world doing this.\u00a0 \u201cIran using drones and apps to enforce women’s dress code,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 3-14-25.\u00a0 This reminds me, along with the next story about the Picasso exhibition, of the 2024 award-winning movie “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” which was combined with images of the 2022\u20132023 protests in Iran after Mahsa Amini was killed–those nationwide protests were violently suppressed by the Iranian state.<\/p>\n Multiple women without hijab in the public galleries\/showing, you can see in the story\u2019s video.\u00a0 The exhibition may get shut down, let\u2019s see.\u00a0 \u201cPicasso exhibition unveiled in Iran after spending decades locked away,\u201d<\/a> NBC, 3-14-25.<\/p>\n What are \u201cillegal\u201d sanctions?\u00a0 \u201cChina calls for lifting of \u2018illegal unilateral sanctions\u2019 on Iran,\u201d<\/a> AFP, Times of Israel, 3-14-25.<\/p>\n \u201cSingapore-based shipping firm hit with US sanctions over Iran oil links,\u201d<\/a> The Straits Times, 3-14-25.<\/p>\n Both the Golbon and the Jairan are thinking they are fortunate not to be sunk along the way.\u00a0 \u201cExclusive: Second Iranian ship suspected of carrying missile ingredient leaves China,\u201d<\/a> VOA, 3-14-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cChinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded to the news reports in a Jan. 23 press briefing, asserting that China abides by its own export controls and international obligations and rejects other countries’ imposition of what Beijing considers illegal unilateral sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHigh stakes as Iran nuclear issue reaches crunch moment,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 3-14-25.<\/p>\n $71 for the day!\u00a0 For Nowruz, the Iranian\u00a0New Year.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s central bank incr<\/a>eases daily cash withdrawal limits,\u201d<\/a> Central Banking, 3-14-25.<\/p>\n \u201cIran\u2019s Nuclear Disarmament:\u00a0 The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security,\u201d<\/a> FDD, 3-14-25.<\/p>\n \u201cHow a Russian Mobster Stalked an Iranian Dissident in Brooklyn,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 3-14-25.<\/p>\n Notice the source.\u00a0 \u201cChina, Russia affirm Iran’s peaceful nuclear program,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, 3-14-25.<\/p>\n \u201cUN Says Iran\u2019s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation,\u201d<\/a> Center for Human Rights in Iran, 3-14-25.<\/p>\n