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\u201cTwo Iranians charged over foiled plot targeting Manchester Jews,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 10-2-26.\u00a0 \u201cRahman Salehi, 35, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, were arrested on September 20, on the eve of Yom Kippur, in Manchester\u2019s Northern Quarter and charged with preparing or assisting an act of terrorism. Police allege the two men were in contact with a third party overseas who may have been in Iran, though authorities have not publicly established that the Iranian state directed the alleged plot.\u201d\u00a0 This article lists many of the Quds Force\/IRGC activities against the UK.\u00a0 Remember, this blog is not focused on terrorism, balance of power, U.S. foreign policy, etc., etc.\u00a0 Since 2018, I’ve been posting news and commentary based on Secretary Kissinger’s observation that Iran was going to have to decide if it would be a revolutionary state or a normal state.\u00a0 And since 1979, and up to today, the Regime has sided with the desire to spread the Radical Shia Revolution.\u00a0 We pine for the normal, for its citizens, for the Middle East region, and for our country.<\/p>\n

\u201c’They shot on sight’: Amnesty details 2022 protest killings in Kurdish areas,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 10-2-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cUK-Iranian national arrested over RAF \u2018plot\u2019 released on bail: What to know,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 10-2-26.<\/p>\n

\u201c’They shot on sight’: Amnesty details 2022 protest killings in Kurdish areas,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 10-2-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cUK-Iranian national arrested over RAF \u2018plot\u2019 released on bail: What to know,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 10-2-26.<\/p>\n

FDD and UANI revealing that Turkey enabling sanctions-defying flights from Iran and shipping anti-sanctions efforts from Iran to Malaysia.\u00a0 \u201cTrump\u2019s Iran crackdown collides with NATO ally seeking access to America\u2019s prized fighter jet,\u201d<\/a> Fox, 10-2-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cUS deploys two more Patriot batteries to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to defend energy sites \u2014 report,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 10-2-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cAl-Qaeda is Iran’s quiet backup if the war turns, expert says,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 10-2-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cTwo Iranians charged over foiled plot targeting Manchester Jews,\u201d Iran International, 10-2-26.\u00a0 \u201cRahman Salehi, 35, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, were arrested on September 20, on the eve of Yom Kippur, in Manchester\u2019s Northern Quarter and charged with preparing or assisting an act of terrorism. Police allege the two men were in contact with a third … <\/p>\n

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