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\u201cUS State Department slams Iran\u2019s Mahan Air for role in spreading coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> Arab News, May 9, 2020.<\/p>\n

Good news, Iran does not use cyberattacks.\u00a0 \u201cThe Iranian government does not engage in cyberwarfare,\u201d said Alireza Miryousefi, spokesman for Iran’s Mission to the United Nations.\u00a0 See \u201cForeign intelligence officials say attempted cyberattack on Israeli water utilities linked to Iran,\u201d<\/a> Washington Post, May 9, 2020.\u00a0 And see, \u201cScoop: Israeli security cabinet held secret meeting on unusual Iranian cyberattack,\u201d<\/a> Barak Ravid, Israel Channel 13, Axios, May 9, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0The cabinet met about the cyberattack on civilian water infrastructure\u2014Israeli officials see the attack as a major escalation by Iran due to the target was civilian (water facilities) in nature.\u201d \u00a0BTW, that is accurate, it is a principle of international law that civilians are not to be attacked, even in times of war.\u00a0 This goes back to the Paquete Habana case (1900) and centuries beyond.\u00a0 But terrorists don\u2019t usually adhere to international or moral law \u2026.<\/p>\n

It is tragic that Australia is not or cannot do more to wrest this academic hostage away from her captors.\u00a0 She is being held in solitary cell barely larger than her body now for months and is undoubtedly worried she will go insane.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cKylie Moore-Gilbert feels abandoned by Australia, sources in Iranian prison say,\u201d<\/a> Ben Doherty, Guardian, May 9, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cUS State Department slams Iran\u2019s Mahan Air for role in spreading coronavirus,\u201d Arab News, May 9, 2020. Good news, Iran does not use cyberattacks.\u00a0 \u201cThe Iranian government does not engage in cyberwarfare,\u201d said Alireza Miryousefi, spokesman for Iran’s Mission to the United Nations.\u00a0 See \u201cForeign intelligence officials say attempted cyberattack on Israeli water utilities linked … <\/p>\n

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