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\u201cHow Iran\u2019s Hard-Liners Prevailed and Sabotaged U.S. Peace Deal,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 9-13-26.\u00a0 “Opponents derailed the agreement with a clandestine effort to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, regime insiders say. Iran\u2019s president was furious when he found out.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Who are they?\u00a0 \u201cthe cleric Hossein Taeb, an influential spymaster\u201d and head of the Basij militia.\u00a0 Why won\u2019t the President insist on seeing if the Leader is alive?\u00a0 He is being prevented.\u00a0 This gives new meaning to \u201cshadow government.\u201d\u00a0 I think we have to assume the Supreme Leader is not alive.\u00a0 The NYT says this: \u201cIn May, Mr. Pezeshkian said he met with Ayatollah Khamenei but did not say when or where. Two Iranian officials and a former official said the circumstances of the encounter were bizarre. They said an ambulance with blacked-out windows was used to drive Mr. Pezeshkian around, while a secure video connection was established. A person who said he was an interlocutor for Ayatollah Khamenei appeared on a monitor and purportedly passed messages between the two men. Mr. Pezeshkian confided to a close ally that he was unsure whether he had actually been communicating with the supreme leader, according to the officials with knowledge of the meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWidening Mideast Instability Squeezes Global Oil Supplies,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 9-13-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cHouthi offensive in Yemen has put a second vital energy corridor in the region under the sway of Iran and its allies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran regime used Claude to expand surveillance of dissidents, Anthropic says,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 9-13-26.\u00a0 Creative.\u00a0 And dangerous to others.<\/p>\n

\u201cBadly wounded U.S. Air Force officer climbed 7,000 foot Iranian ridgeline to hide after being shot down,\u201d<\/a> CBS 60 Minutes, 9-13-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian cargo ship is struck, and talks between Tehran and its neighbors are postponed,\u201d<\/a> AP, 9-13-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cHow Iran\u2019s Hard-Liners Prevailed and Sabotaged U.S. Peace Deal,\u201d NYT, 9-13-26.\u00a0 “Opponents derailed the agreement with a clandestine effort to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, regime insiders say. Iran\u2019s president was furious when he found out.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Who are they?\u00a0 \u201cthe cleric Hossein Taeb, an influential spymaster\u201d and head of the Basij militia.\u00a0 Why won\u2019t … <\/p>\n

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