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\u201cAustralia accuses Iran of directing anti-Semitic attacks, expels envoy,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 8-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cPrime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will also designate the IRGC as a \u2018terrorist organisation\u2019. \u2026 Albanese said Australia has also suspended operations at its embassy in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and relocated all its diplomats to a third country. \u2026 Penny Wong, the Australian foreign minister, said Iran\u2019s ambassador, Ahmad Sadeghi, and three of his colleagues have been declared persona non grata and given seven days to leave the country. She said the move marked the first time that Australia has expelled an ambassador since World War II and that the country has also withdrawn its envoy to Tehran.\u201d\u00a0 A couple of other things to mention.\u00a0 First, Australia knew its diplomats could be taken hostage in Iran, so moved them out before the announcement–where is the UN in condemning Iran for this?\u00a0 Second, the news mentions the IRGC, but what that really means is the Quds Force, which is a loose component of the IRGC.\u00a0 Last, Australians have been held in Iran before as hostages, and for long periods.\u00a0 No Australian should go to Iran for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran warns Europe against triggering ‘snapback’ in Geneva meeting,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 8-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIn the talks, “the Iranians gave E3 representatives very little to work with in order to get an extension of the snapback,” Axios reported citing an unnamed source.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cScoop: IAEA inspectors return to Iran as top security council weighs green light for inspections,\u201d<\/a> Amwaj, 8-26-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia expels Iranian ambassador over terror attacks,\u201d<\/a> 7NEWS Australia, 8-26-25.\u00a0 There are more attempted and planned attacks that are not mentioned in this story–it was the length and cumulative effort by Iran that made Australia blanch.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran faces \u2018snapback\u2019 of sanctions over its nuclear program. Here\u2019s what that means,\u201d<\/a> AP, 8-26-25.<\/p>\n

It is not that they couldn\u2019t agree.\u00a0 This whole line of stories spells out that Iran is not proposing anything, their men are simply showing up at the meetings and sitting at the tables.\u00a0 There are no propositions from their side.\u00a0 It is again delay, delay, delay.\u00a0 \u201cEuropean and Iranian diplomats fail to agree on how to avoid reviving UN sanctions,\u201d<\/a> Euronews, 8-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0Then we read \u201cIran says \u2018negotiating with all our might\u2019 to prevent sanctions snapback,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 8-26-25 and you realize Iran says something in public that is absolutely not true.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran vows reciprocal action after Australia expels ambassador,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 8-26-25.\u00a0 It is almost always ironic in diplomacy to see how these things work out.\u00a0 Country A does something bad, Country B expels Country A’s diplomats, and Country A then expels B’s diplomats.\u00a0 The bad actor gets two kisses at the pig.<\/p>\n

\u201cInfluential Iranian leader alleges Russian treachery,\u201d<\/a> Eurasianet, 8-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDescribes Tehran\u2019s strategic partnership with the Kremlin as \u201cworthless\u201d\u201d by informing Israel of Iranian air defenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAustralia accuses Iran of directing anti-Semitic attacks, expels envoy,\u201d Al Jazeera, 8-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cPrime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will also designate the IRGC as a \u2018terrorist organisation\u2019. \u2026 Albanese said Australia has also suspended operations at its embassy in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and relocated all its diplomats to a third country. \u2026 Penny Wong, the … <\/p>\n

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