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\u201cThe Twilight of the Iranian Revolution,\u201d<\/a> Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, May 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s Interior Ministry Claims No Responsibility For November Protests, Consequences,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, May 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dangers of Iran\u2019s military mistakes,\u201d<\/a> Mohammed Al-Sulami, Arab News, May 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

The Revolutionary Guard has continued to assert itself, and in the process marginalize Pres. Rouhani.\u00a0 See \u201cIRGC exploits pandemic to solidify control,\u201d<\/a> Steven Terner, Jerusalem Post, May 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran claims fuel shipment to Venezuela perfectly legal,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, May 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran No Longer Banking on European Support for JCPOA Rights,\u201d<\/a> Financial Tribune, May 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t criticize the rulers.\u00a0 \u201cA prominent Iranian reformist lawmaker has been sentenced to 21 months in prison and given a fine after he called on the former head of the judiciary to make his finances public, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.\u00a0 Mahmoud Sadeghi, who had appealed a preliminary sentence handed down in April, posted a picture of the court ruling on Twitter on Monday. It said that seven months of the jail term relate to his \u201cinsulting the head of the judiciary.\u201d\u00a0 In 2016, Sadeghi had written to cleric and then-judiciary chief Sadegh Larijani seeking the publication of his financial assets.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran Jails Reformist Lawmaker for Criticizing Top Cleric,\u201d<\/a> Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg, May 18, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Twilight of the Iranian Revolution,\u201d Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, May 18, 2020. \u201cIran’s Interior Ministry Claims No Responsibility For November Protests, Consequences,\u201d Radio Farda, May 18, 2020. \u201cThe dangers of Iran\u2019s military mistakes,\u201d Mohammed Al-Sulami, Arab News, May 18, 2020. The Revolutionary Guard has continued to assert itself, and in the process marginalize Pres. … <\/p>\n

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