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Some people might say Dead Man Walking, but I\u2019ll say Dead Man Talking.\u00a0 \u201cIranian message attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei accuses Israel of attacking Turkey, Oman to frame Tehran,\u201d<\/a> i24, 3-20-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran’s new leader is yet to make a public appearance or even record a message in his own voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is an important step.\u00a0 \u201cSaudi Arabia agrees to open King Fahd Air Base in Taif to US for Iran operations,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-20-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cPro-Iran Ashab al-Kahf claims attack on US diplomatic facility in Iraq,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-20-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Look at the Escalating Battle for the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 3-20-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cU.S. admin mulls land occupation of Kharg Island, i24NEWS told,\u201d<\/a> i24, 3-20-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOccupying or besieging the island would cut Iran off from its primary source of oil revenue, depriving its already strained economy of vital income.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael: Top Iranian spokesperson killed,\u201d<\/a> The Hill, 3-20-26.\u00a0\u00a0Not quite Baghdad Bob.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian missile strikes near Israeli nuclear facility, after Tehran says one of its sites targeted,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 3-20-26.\u00a0\u00a0In the city of Dimona, not the nuclear facility, 47 hurt.<\/p>\n

Read this story and then think.\u00a0 Why else would they meet other than to preserve the nuclear weapons program?\u00a0 If the uranium was simply for research or for electricity production, you would never see this sort of meeting under these circumstances and history.\u00a0 Just wouldn\u2019t.\u00a0 \u201cTehran meeting struck by Israel likely tied to Iran\u2019s atomic bomb plans,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-20-26.\u00a0 It is too bad this story is at the bottom of the page for March 20, but regular readers will see it.\u00a0 The persons who assembled at the Feb. 28 meeting weren’t gathering for a picnic.\u00a0 And Israel knew their identities.<\/p>\n

\u201cUS F-35 Hit By Suspected Iranian Fire, Makes Emergency Landing: Report,\u201d<\/a> NDTV, 3-20-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some people might say Dead Man Walking, but I\u2019ll say Dead Man Talking.\u00a0 \u201cIranian message attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei accuses Israel of attacking Turkey, Oman to frame Tehran,\u201d i24, 3-20-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran’s new leader is yet to make a public appearance or even record a message in his own voice.\u201d This is an important step.\u00a0 \u201cSaudi Arabia … <\/p>\n

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