Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe confirmed on Wednesday evening that the Islamic Republican of Iran — the world&#8217;s leading state sponsor of terrorism — interfered in the U.S. election to damage President Donald Trump by sending threatening emails to Democrat voters while posing as a right-wing group.
&#8220;The U.S. government has concluded that Iran was behind a series of threatening emails arriving this week in the inboxes of Democratic voters,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/20/proud-boys-emails-florida/">reported</a>. &#8220;The emails claimed to be from the Proud Boys, a far-right group supportive of President Trump, but appeared instead to be a deceptive campaign making use of a vulnerability in the organization’s online network.&#8221;
At a press conference, Ratcliffe said that intelligence officials have discovered that Iran and Russia have obtained “some voter registration information” and that officials have &#8220;already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;You may have seen some reporting on this in the last 24 hours or you may have even been one of the recipients of those emails,&#8221; Ratcliffe said. &#8220;Additionally, Iran is distributing other content to include a video that implies that individuals could cast fraudulent ballots, even from overseas. This video and any claims about such allegedly fraudulent ballots are not true. These actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversaries. Even if the adversaries pursue further attempts to intimidate or attempt to undermine voter confidence, know that our election systems are resilient and you can be confident your votes are secure.&#8221;
Ratcliffe said intelligence officials have &#8220;not seen the same actions from Russia&#8221; but noted that they are prepared to take action if Russia takes malicious action.
FBI Director Christopher Wray spoke after Ratcliffe, saying that the FBI is &#8220;the primary agency responsible for investigating malicious cyber activity against election infrastructure, malign foreign influence operations, and election related crimes like voter fraud and voter suppression or intimidation, and that’s exactly what we’ve been doing.&#8221;
&#8220;At the FBI, we’ve been working closely with our intelligence community partners, as well as our other federal, state, and local partners to share information, bolster security, and identify and disrupt any threats,&#8221; Wray continued. &#8220;We are not going to tolerate foreign interference in our elections or any criminal activity that threatens the sanctity of your vote or undermines public confidence in the outcome of the election. When we see indications of foreign interference or federal election crimes, we’re gonna aggressively investigate and work with our partners to quickly take appropriate action. We’re also coordinating with the private sector, both technology and social media companies, to make sure that their platforms aren’t used by foreign adversaries to spread disinformation and propaganda.&#8221;
In August, National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NSCS) Director William Evanina <a href="https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2139-statement-by-ncsc-director-william-evanina-election-threat-update-for-the-american-public">highlighted</a> the threat posed to U.S. elections by Iran, noting that Iran wanted to “undermine” Trump’s re-election efforts.
“We assess that Iran seeks to undermine U.S. democratic institutions, President Trump, and to divide the country in advance of the 2020 elections,” Evanina said in a statement. “Iran’s efforts along these lines probably will focus on on-line influence, such as spreading disinformation on social media and recirculating anti-U.S. content. Tehran’s motivation to conduct such activities is, in part, driven by a perception that President Trump’s reelection would result in a continuation of U.S. pressure on Iran in an effort to foment regime change.”
This report has been updated to include additional information. A quote from CNN that was initially in the second paragraph has been replaced with a quote from The Washington Post.
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Iranian Gen. Hossein Salami, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on Saturday threatened “revenge” against the United States for the drone attack that killed the country’s top general in January.
Salami vowed to “hit” those involved in the drone strike, The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/0f5efb8f2c00b538dea7ab44acc2f267">reported</a>. The IRGC’s website quoted Salami as saying “Mr. Trump! Our revenge for martyrdom of our great general is obvious, serious and real.”
The direct threat comes after a report that alleged Iran was plotting to assassinate the U.S. ambassador to South Africa as retaliation for the drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani while he was at the Baghdad airport in January. Salami denied the report, which would have resulted in the death of U.S. Ambassador Lana Marks.
“Do you think we hit a female ambassador in return to our martyred brother?’ Salami said, according to the AP. “We will hit those who had direct and indirect roles. You should know that everybody who had role in the event will be hit, and this is a serious message. We do prove everything in practice.”
In response to the report suggesting otherwise, President Donald Trump tweeted that if Iran “hit us in any way, any form, written instructions already done we’re going to hit them 1000 times harder.”
More from the AP:
<blockquote>In January, Iran launched a ballistic missile attack targeting U.S. soldiers in Iraq in response to the fatal drone strike.
Trump has stepped up economic pressure on Iran with sanctions since he pulled the United States out of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.
Tehran has continued to expand its stockpile of enriched uranium and pressured other nations to offset the harm of U.S. sanctions, while insisting it does not want to develop a nuclear weapon.</blockquote>
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iranian-general-killed-in-airstrike-helped-plan-benghazi-attack-which-left-4-americans-dead">reported</a>, Trump ordered the airstrike on Soleimani, the world’s top terrorist at the time, in January. Democrats and their media supporters collectively mourned for Soleimani’s death and attacked. The Daily Wire’s Joe Curl reported that Soleimani helped plan the September 11, 2012, Benghazi attack, which killed four Americans including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
After Soleimani’s death, Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released details on a terror attack the former IRGC-Quds Force leader was planning. The Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra reported:
<blockquote>During a White House press briefing on Friday, Pompeo said, “We had specific information on an imminent threat, and those threats included attacks on U.S. embassies. Period. Full stop.”
Pompeo said the only thing that U.S. officials did not know was the exact minute or day that Soleimani was going to launch the attack but that “it was very clear” that “Qassem Soleimani himself was plotting a broad, large-scale attack against American interests. And those attacks were imminent.”
When asked about what targets Soleimani had designated, Pompeo said, “American facilities, including American embassies, military bases. American facilities throughout the region.”</blockquote>
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed an indictment that charged three Iranian nationals with hacking U.S. computers, stealing “hundreds of terabytes of data” relating to national security.
“For the third time in three days, the Department has charged Iranian hackers,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers in <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state-sponsored-iranian-hackers-indicted-computer-intrusions-us-satellite-companies">a press release</a>. “This case highlights the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ efforts to infiltrate the networks of American companies in search of valuable commercial information and intellectual property. It is yet another effort by a rogue foreign nation to steal the fruits of this country’s hard work and expertise.”
The indictment alleges that the three hackers began their campaign around July 2015 and continued through at least February 2019. At one point, the DOJ press release said, the hackers had “a target list of over 1,800 online accounts, including accounts belonging to organizations and companies involved in aerospace or satellite technology and international government organizations in Australia, Israel, Singapore, the United States, and the United Kingdom.”
Over the half-decade in which the hackers operated, they &#8220;stole hundreds of terabytes of data, which typically included confidential communications pertaining to national security, foreign policy intelligence, non-military nuclear information, aerospace data, human rights activist information, victim financial information and personally identifiable information, and intellectual property, including unpublished scientific research,&#8221; the indictment alleges.
In order to do this, the hackers “engaged in a coordinated campaign of social engineering to identify real U.S. citizens working in the satellite and aerospace fields whose identities the defendants could assume online,” the DOJ said, adding:
<blockquote> The defendants then impersonated those individuals and used their stolen identities to register email addresses and fraudulently purchase domains and hacking tools for use in the scheme.  The defendants then created customized spear phishing emails that purported to be from the individuals whose identities the defendants had stolen, in an attempt to entice the recipients to click on malicious links embedded in the emails.  Once a recipient clicked on a malicious link, malware would be downloaded to the individual’s computer, giving the defendants unauthorized access to the recipient’s computer and network.  The defendants then used additional hacking tools to maintain unauthorized access, escalate their privileges, and steal data sought by the IRGC.  Using these methods, the defendants successfully compromised multiple victim networks, resulting in the theft of sensitive commercial information, intellectual property, and personal data from victim companies, including a satellite-tracking company and a satellite voice and data communication company.</blockquote>
The three Iranians charged with the hacks are 34-year-old Said Pourkarim Arabi, 34-year-old Mohammad Bayati, and Mohammad Reza Espargham, whose age is unknown. Arabi was a member of the IRGC.
Each one faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for their alleged crimes.
“Today’s charges are yet another example of the FBI’s dedication to investigating those who target and attempt to steal data and proprietary information from the U.S.,” said James A. Dawson, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. “Today’s charges allege that these individuals conspired in a coordinated campaign with known IRGC members and acted at their direction. The defendants targeted thousands of individuals in an attempt to steal critical information related to U.S. aerospace and satellite technology. The FBI remains dedicated to protecting the U.S., and we continue to impose risk and consequences on cyber adversaries through our unique authorities, world-class capabilities, and enduring partnerships.”
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President Donald Trump responded to a report from Sunday that indicated that the Islamic Republic of Iran was weighing plans to assassinate a U.S. ambassador by stating that any attack by Iran would be met with a response &#8220;1,000 times greater in magnitude.&#8221;
&#8220;According to press reports, Iran may be planning an assassination, or other attack, against the United States in retaliation for the killing of terrorist leader Soleimani, which was carried out for his planning a future attack, murdering U.S. Troops, and the death &amp; suffering caused over so many years,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!&#8221;
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&#8230;caused over so many years. Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1305704032988622848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump&#8217;s tweet came in response to a report from Politico that said that U.S. intelligence officials believed that Iran was weighing a plan to assassinate Lana Marks, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, in retaliation for the U.S. strike that killed Soleimani at the start of the year.
“U.S. officials have been aware of a general threat against the ambassador, Lana Marks, since the spring, the officials said,” Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/13/iran-south-africa-ambassador-assassination-plot-413831">reported</a>. “But the intelligence about the threat to the ambassador has become more specific in recent weeks. The Iranian embassy in Pretoria is involved in the plot, the U.S. government official said.”
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-iran-considers-plot-to-kill-u-s-ambassador-in-retaliation-for-terrorist-soleimani-report-says">reported</a> on Sunday:
<blockquote>Marks, 66, has been the U.S. ambassador to South Africa for nearly a year and has known President Donald Trump for more than 20 years. Marks is a famous handbag designer — her bags sell for well into the tens of thousands of dollars — and is a successful businesswoman. Politico added that Marks has deep connections with famous figures in the international community.
A U.S. official told Politico that they think one of the potential reasons that the Iranians could have targeted Marks is her long-term friendship with Trump. Iran is known for planning and executing assassinations around the world including in the U.S., where they previously <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-men-charged-alleged-plot-assassinate-saudi-arabian-ambassador-united-states">planned</a> a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., to kill a foreign official that would have <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80185048">resulted</a> in the deaths of over 100 people.</blockquote>
The strike on Soleimani was ordered due to the belief by U.S. intelligence officials that the terrorist commander was planning attacks on U.S. interests throughout the region.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/iran-taliban-bounties-us-intelligence/index.html">reported:</a> “A current administration official and former senior official with knowledge of the situation told CNN that Iran’s link to the Taliban was cited by US officials as part of the argument for conducting the strike that killed top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in January.”
The U.S. government released the following information on Soleimani following the strike:
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>Since 1998, Qassem Soleimani commanded Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF), the terror arm of the Iranian regime.  The IRGC-QF is tasked with planning and executing terror and military operations outside Iran’s borders.  Under Soleimani’s command, the IRGC-QF has fueled destabilizing sectarian conflicts throughout the Middle East for decades.</li>
<li>The IRGC-QF continues to wage an illegal campaign of terrorism, assassinations, and violence. At Soleimani’s direction and with his oversight and guidance, the IRGC-QF has planned and conducted terrorist attacks across six continents and inside the United States.</li>
<li>The United States designated IRGC-QF a Foreign Terrorist Organization for its activities, and the United States designated Soleimani as a Specially-Designated Global Terrorist.</li>
<li>As the leader of the IRGC-QF, Qassem Soleimani was directly responsible for arming, funding, and training proxy groups in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Yemen, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.  Operations carried out by these proxy groups have led to the death and suffering of tens of thousands, including many hundreds of Americans. These proxies routinely target and kill civilians, intensify sectarian conflicts, and prolong the suffering of innocent men, women, and children.</li>
<li>Soleimani personally directed and provided arms to militias in Iraq for more than a decade.  These militias undermine the sovereignty of the Iraqi state, threaten the legitimacy of Iraq’s security forces, and target American citizens and forces. With Soleimani’s support and lethal assistance, proxies of the IRGC-QF targeted and killed over 600 Americans between 2003 and 2011.</li>
<li>We can confirm that in the past several days, General Soleimani had been traveling in the Middle East coordinating further imminent large-scale attacks against U.S. diplomats and service members. These threats were highly credible and the intelligence is sound. General Soleimani’s travel also violated the ban imposed by the United Nations Security Council.</li>
<li>Recent orders given by General Soleimani dramatically escalated Iran’s campaign of violence and terrorism against Americans and American interests in the Middle East. He orchestrated a series of attacks against American forces in Iraq in the past several months, culminating in the rocket attack on December 27, 2019, which resulted in the death of an American citizen, wounded four American service members, and threatened the lives of many more American personnel. General Soleimani also ordered the assault on the American Embassy in Baghdad.  General Soleimani continued to command Iranian supported proxies in Iraq, which posed an escalating threat to the lives of Americans.</li>
<li>For his actions, Soleimani had been designated and sanctioned by the United Nations, European Union, and United States and is banned from international travel by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231.  In defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions, however, Soleimani continued to travel to Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon directing and coordinating lethal actions that pose a threat to regional peace and security.</li>
<li>Some key international and United States designations of Soleimani include:
<ul>
<li>Designated a Tier I terrorist as part of the Department of State designation of the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2019.</li>
<li>Designated under U.S. Executive Order 13224 as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in 2011.</li>
<li>Designated under U.S. EO 13572 for human rights abuses in 2011.</li>
<li>Designated under U.S.  EO 13882 for providing material support to terrorists in 2007.</li>
<li>Sanctioned by the United Nations under UNSCR 1747 for involvement in Iran’s nuclear program in 2007.</li>
<li>Designated by the European Union in EU 442/2011 for support to the Syrian regime in 2011.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
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The Islamic Republic of Iran, the world&#8217;s leading state sponsor of terrorism, reportedly is weighing a plan to assassinate Lana Marks, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, in response to the Trump administration killing Qassem Soleimani — a terrorist Iranian general.
&#8220;U.S. officials have been aware of a general threat against the ambassador, Lana Marks, since the spring, the officials said,&#8221; Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/13/iran-south-africa-ambassador-assassination-plot-413831">reported</a>. &#8220;But the intelligence about the threat to the ambassador has become more specific in recent weeks. The Iranian embassy in Pretoria is involved in the plot, the U.S. government official said.&#8221;
Marks, 66, has been the U.S. ambassador to South Africa for nearly a year and has known President Donald Trump for more than 20 years. Marks is a famous handbag designer — her bags sell for well into the tens of thousands of dollars — and is a successful businesswoman. Politico added that Marks has deep connections with famous figures in the international community.
A U.S. official told Politico that they think one of the potential reasons that the Iranians could have targeted Marks is her long-term friendship with Trump. Iran is known for planning and executing assassinations around the world including in the U.S., where they previously <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-men-charged-alleged-plot-assassinate-saudi-arabian-ambassador-united-states">planned</a> a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., to kill a foreign official that would have <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80185048">resulted</a> in the deaths of over 100 people.
Trump ordered the strike to kill Soleimani, which happened at the start of the year, due to attacks that officials believed Soleimani was planning in the region.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/iran-taliban-bounties-us-intelligence/index.html">reported</a>, &#8220;A current administration official and former senior official with knowledge of the situation told CNN that Iran&#8217;s link to the Taliban was cited by US officials as part of the argument for conducting the strike that killed top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in January.&#8221;
The U.S. government released the following information on Soleimani following the strike:
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>
<blockquote>Since 1998, Qassem Soleimani commanded Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF), the terror arm of the Iranian regime.  The IRGC-QF is tasked with planning and executing terror and military operations outside Iran’s borders.  Under Soleimani’s command, the IRGC-QF has fueled destabilizing sectarian conflicts throughout the Middle East for decades.</blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>The IRGC-QF continues to wage an illegal campaign of terrorism, assassinations, and violence. At Soleimani’s direction and with his oversight and guidance, the IRGC-QF has planned and conducted terrorist attacks across six continents and inside the United States.</li>
</ul>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>The United States designated IRGC-QF a Foreign Terrorist Organization for its activities, and the United States designated Soleimani as a Specially-Designated Global Terrorist.</li>
</ul>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>As the leader of the IRGC-QF, Qassem Soleimani was directly responsible for arming, funding, and training proxy groups in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Yemen, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.  Operations carried out by these proxy groups have led to the death and suffering of tens of thousands, including many hundreds of Americans. These proxies routinely target and kill civilians, intensify sectarian conflicts, and prolong the suffering of innocent men, women, and children.</li>
</ul>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Soleimani personally directed and provided arms to militias in Iraq for more than a decade.  These militias undermine the sovereignty of the Iraqi state, threaten the legitimacy of Iraq’s security forces, and target American citizens and forces. With Soleimani’s support and lethal assistance, proxies of the IRGC-QF targeted and killed over 600 Americans between 2003 and 2011.</li>
</ul>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>We can confirm that in the past several days, General Soleimani had been traveling in the Middle East coordinating further imminent large-scale attacks against U.S. diplomats and service members. These threats were highly credible and the intelligence is sound. General Soleimani’s travel also violated the ban imposed by the United Nations Security Council.</li>
</ul>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Recent orders given by General Soleimani dramatically escalated Iran’s campaign of violence and terrorism against Americans and American interests in the Middle East. He orchestrated a series of attacks against American forces in Iraq in the past several months, culminating in the rocket attack on December 27, 2019, which resulted in the death of an American citizen, wounded four American service members, and threatened the lives of many more American personnel. General Soleimani also ordered the assault on the American Embassy in Baghdad.  General Soleimani continued to command Iranian supported proxies in Iraq, which posed an escalating threat to the lives of Americans.</li>
</ul>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>For his actions, Soleimani had been designated and sanctioned by the United Nations, European Union, and United States and is banned from international travel by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231.  In defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions, however, Soleimani continued to travel to Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon directing and coordinating lethal actions that pose a threat to regional peace and security.</li>
</ul>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Some key international and United States designations of Soleimani include:
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Designated a Tier I terrorist as part of the Department of State designation of the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2019.</li>
<li>Designated under U.S. Executive Order 13224 as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in 2011.</li>
<li>Designated under U.S. EO 13572 for human rights abuses in 2011.</li>
<li>Designated under U.S.  EO 13882 for providing material support to terrorists in 2007.</li>
<li>Sanctioned by the United Nations under UNSCR 1747 for involvement in Iran’s nuclear program in 2007.</li>
<li>Designated by the European Union in EU 442/2011 for support to the Syrian regime in 2011.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
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Iran Considers ‘Plot’ To Kill U.S. Ambassador In Retaliation For Terrorist Soleimani, Report Says

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed former Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday night for making false statements about the Obama administration&#8217;s policies toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. Pompeo also called out Democrats as a whole for failing to even talk about China during their convention this week.
Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked Pompeo to respond to the following remarks from Kerry this week:
<blockquote>For the eight years of the Obama-Biden administration, we led by example. We eliminated the threat of an Iran with a nuclear weapon.</blockquote>
&#8220;That’s just false. They didn’t lead by example; they led from behind,&#8221; Pompeo said. &#8220;That was their motto. President Trump leads from the front. He’s prepared to take the courageous stands. They didn’t stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon; indeed, they provided billions and billions of dollars so that Iran could continue their nuclear enrichment program and protect themselves from attack. They put themselves on a pathway to a nuclear weapon. That’s what the deal did. We’re going to prevent that pathway from continuing.&#8221;
Next, Baier had Pompeo respond to the following remark from Kerry:
<blockquote>Donald Trump pretends Russia didn&#8217;t attack our elections, and now he does nothing about Russia putting a bounty on our troops.</blockquote>
&#8220;So, two pieces to that. First, there’s been no president tougher on Russia, whether that’s our defense buildup, whether it’s the work that we’ve done to provide weapons systems to the Ukrainian people to defend themselves,&#8221; Pompeo said. &#8220;Remember, John Kerry and Vice President Biden refused to do that. I’m confident that the Russians would rather have that policy denying the Ukrainians weapons. We’ve been tough on Russia; we’ve sanctioned hundreds of Russians for their malign activity. I think this administration takes a back seat to no one with respect to standing up for America, protecting our security, and getting it right with respect to Russia, whether that’s Russian efforts in Afghanistan or in Syria or in Ukraine.&#8221;
Lastly, Baier asked Pompeo to react to the fact that &#8220;China has not come up&#8221; during the convention this week.
&#8220;Is that, do you believe, an opening for Republicans next week on that issue, and what you&#8217;re doing?&#8221; Baier asked.
&#8220;I’ve been terribly surprised that the Democrats haven’t talked about foreign policy enough with no mentions of China, the single-greatest challenge to the United States over the next years,&#8221; Pompeo responded. &#8220;The single greatest threat to the United States comes from the Chinese Communist Party. Donald Trump called it early; he talked about it during his campaign in 2015 and again in 2016. And now for three and a half years we have imposed cost on China in a way that has protected the American people from this threat. And when they refused to acknowledge the Wuhan virus, when they said we’re going to cover this up, we’re going to allow people to travel across the world in spite of the fact that we know it presents a threat, President Trump is aiming to hold them accountable for the enormous loss of life all across the world and the trillions of dollars in economic harm that the Chinese Communist Party allowed to permeate all throughout the world.&#8221;
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Mike Pompeo: John Kerry’s Iran Comments Were ‘False,’ Democrats At DNC Have Not Talked About China

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This week, while all eyes have been on the Democratic National Convention taking place via Zoom, truly historic events have occurred in the Middle East: a long-awaited peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, including full normalization of relations, presumed peace deals to follow between Israel and Sudan, Oman and Bahrain, and the possibility on the horizon of a similar deal with Saudi Arabia.
These are not only historic events; they are unmitigated goods: the recognition of a Jewish state in the Middle East is the precondition to any peace in the Middle East. And the formation of a durable coalition to stave off the aggressive Islamism of Iran provides more stability and greater deterrence in the region.
It&#8217;s easy to tell whether these are historic events by identifying those who oppose them. Iran is particularly angry; so is Iranian publicity agent Ben Rhodes, who served as former President Obama&#8217;s deputy national security adviser. The tyrannical government of Turkey is deeply miffed; so is the terrorist government of the Palestinian Authority.
All are angry for the same reason: The central myth of American Middle Eastern policy, formulated over the course of decades, has been thoroughly exposed. That myth suggested that in order for any peace to bloom in the Middle East, the West would have to apply pressure on the Israeli government to make concessions to the Palestinians &#8212; that Israel would have to abandon claims to East Jerusalem, to the Golan Heights, to areas of Judea and Samaria.
That myth had been repeatedly tarnished by events of the last several years. When America moved her embassy to Jerusalem, foreign policy &#8220;experts&#8221; assured the public that the so-called Arab street would be set aflame. Instead, nothing happened. When America recognized Israel&#8217;s formal annexation of the Golan Heights, foreign policy &#8220;experts&#8221; said that the Middle East would become a tinderbox. Nothing happened.
Now Arab nations are openly forming alliances with the Jewish state, fully acknowledging that Israeli-Palestinian issues remain bilateral in nature. Relations between Jordan and Israel, between the UAE and Israel, between Sudan and Israel, between Egypt and Israel &#8212; none now hide behind the fig leaf of Palestinian demands to avoid peace. They have realized that other interests, both economic and security-related, are a top priority. And they have tacitly recognized that Palestinian intransigence is not worthy of their support.
Hilariously, former Vice President Joe Biden tried to take credit for the Israel-UAE deal, suggesting that his own communications with the UAE had paved the way for the agreement. That&#8217;s laughable on its face: In 2014, Biden had to issue a formal apology to the UAE government after suggesting that the UAE supported militants in Syria. Biden&#8217;s chief contribution to the diplomatic breakthrough was actually the Obama administration&#8217;s sycophantic embrace of the Iranian regime: By making clear that the United States could not be relied upon to protect Sunni nations from Iranian predations, the Obama administration convinced Arab nations that their interests lie in security alliance with Israel.
And so, the region has changed for the better. In more honest times, Trump administration officials who brokered this breakthrough would be up for the Nobel Peace Prize; instead, the news has been largely downplayed in favor of the scandal du jour from Trump&#8217;s Twitter account. But we should be clear: The first important breakthrough in the Middle East in three decades just took place. And it took place because reality finally set in for Israel&#8217;s heretofore enemies: Israel isn&#8217;t going anywhere. Perhaps Palestinians will eventually learn the same lesson and peace will truly be possible.
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The Trump administration has reportedly &#8220;confiscated cargo&#8221; on four oil tankers that were en route to Venezuela carrying Iranian oil.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the move comes as the administration looks to up its &#8220;campaign of maximum pressure&#8221; against the world&#8217;s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
&#8220;Last month U.S. federal prosecutors filed suit to seize the four tankers of gasoline that Iran was sending to Venezuela, the latest move in the administration’s effort to stifle flows of goods and money helping to keep two of its top foes in power,&#8221; The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-seizes-iranian-fuel-cargoes-for-first-time-11597352574">reported</a>. &#8220;One official said the vessels had been taken over without the use of military force but didn’t provide any details. Last year the U.S. tried unsuccessfully to use judicial cooperation agreements to take control of an Iranian oil vessel that had been detained in the British territory of Gibraltar.&#8221;
One of the goals reportedly sought by the administration with this action is to deter shipping companies and other organizations from doing business with Iran and Venezuela.
The four vessels, which are now en route to Houston, were part of a convoy of nine oil tankers, including five belonging to Iran, which were being escorted by an Iranian naval vessel. The four seized oil tankers, all privately owned, broke away from the convoy after their owners were contacted by the U.S. federal government.
&#8220;The U.S. government’s lawsuit alleges that an Iranian businessman affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s elite military unit designated by the U.S. as a terror group, arranged the fuel deliveries through a network of shell companies to avoid detection and evade U.S. sanctions,&#8221; The Wall Street Journal added. &#8220;The action is the latest in a series of moves the U.S. has taken against Iran and its ally Venezuela as part of a broad operation to pressure the governments in Tehran and Caracas to meet U.S. demands.&#8221;
Iran is known for harassing and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/world/middleeast/iran-oil-tanker-persian-gulf.html">seizing</a> foreign oil tankers, including as recently as <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2020-08-13/iranian-forces-board-tanker-in-the-strait-of-hormuz">yesterday</a>, which comes in response to mounting pressure from the U.S. and other nations.
Pressure has also mounted against the Islamic regime from its own citizens over the poor state of Iran&#8217;s economy, Iran shooting down an airliner earlier this year and lying about it, and Iran allegedly killing protesters.
Iran also faces problems over how it has managed the coronavirus pandemic as the nation has been accused of lying about how bad the outbreak is. Just this week, Iran shut down a newspaper that published an alleged interview with a government doctor who said that Iran&#8217;s numbers were &#8220;engineered&#8221; for political reasons.
“The Jahan-e Sanat newspaper quoted Mohammadreza Mahboubfar, an epidemiologist on Iran’s national coronavirus task force, as saying the country’s virus figures ‘have certainly been engineered since the start of the outbreak,&#8217;” Bloomberg News <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-xl/middleeast/top-stories/iran-shuts-down-newspaper-over-virus-cover-up-allegations/ar-BB17MYZR">reported</a>. “‘I believe the numbers announced by the Health Ministry are 1/20th of the reality’ of Iranians infected and dead, he said, according to the newspaper’s website jahanesanat.ir.”
&#8220;Iran currently reports that the country has had 329,000 cases and 18,616 deaths,&#8221; The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-shuts-down-newspaper-after-government-doctor-claims-cover-up-numbers-only-1-20th-of-the-reality">reported</a>. &#8220;If the numbers that Mahboubfar alleges are true, that means that Iran has had over 6.5 million cases and more than 370,000 deaths — which is more than double the number of deaths that the United States has reported.&#8221;
This report has been updated to include additional information.
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The Iranian government has shutdown an &#8220;<a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-iran-newspaper-shuttered-expert-questions-coronavirus-numbers-20200810-fclnu4shn5djths6cqvjig5h6u-story.html">influential</a>&#8221; newspaper that recently published an interview with an alleged government doctor who claimed that Iran had &#8220;engineered&#8221; coronavirus &#8220;statistics&#8221; for the total number of deaths and cases in the country.
&#8220;The Jahan-e Sanat newspaper quoted Mohammadreza Mahboubfar, an epidemiologist on Iran’s national coronavirus task force, as saying the country’s virus figures &#8216;have certainly been engineered since the start of the outbreak,'&#8221; Bloomberg News <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-xl/middleeast/top-stories/iran-shuts-down-newspaper-over-virus-cover-up-allegations/ar-BB17MYZR">reported</a>. &#8220;&#8216;I believe the numbers announced by the Health Ministry are 1/20th of the reality&#8217; of Iranians infected and dead, he said, according to the newspaper’s website jahanesanat.ir.&#8221;
Iran currently reports that the country has had 329,000 cases and 18,616 deaths. If the numbers that Mahboubfar alleges are true, that means that Iran has had over 6.5 million cases and more than 370,000 deaths — which is more than double the number of deaths that the United States has reported.
The coronavirus numbers that Iran has reported have been considered to be unreliable since nearly the start of the pandemic as &#8220;doctors and nurses say they have been warned by security forces to keep quiet,&#8221; The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/world/middleeast/coronavirus-iran.html">reported</a> during the first week in March. &#8220;And some officials say Tehran’s hierarchy is understating the true extent of the outbreak — probably, experts contend, because it will be viewed as a failure that enemies will exploit.&#8221;
“The administration resorted to secrecy for political and security reasons,” Mahboubfar alleged.
Iranian Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari claims that Mahboubfar did not work on the government&#8217;s anti-coronavirus campaign and claimed that the Health Ministry &#8220;is not a political body and health of people is its main priority.&#8221;
&#8220;Authorities in Iran have come under heavy criticism since the start of the pandemic because of their reluctance to impose the kind of sweeping restrictions seen elsewhere in the region,&#8221; The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/a517001f27432eaa76507ec1e2ae2276">reported</a>. &#8220;Iran is home to the deadliest outbreak in the Middle East.&#8221;
The BBC’s Persian news service reported last week that the Iranian government&#8217;s own records showed that the number of deaths and cases were significantly higher than what it had publicly disclosed.
&#8220;The government&#8217;s own records appear to show almost 42,000 people died with Covid-19 symptoms up to 20 July, versus 14,405 reported by its health ministry,&#8221; the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53598965">reported</a>. &#8220;The number of people known to be infected is also almost double official figures: 451,024 as opposed to 278,827.&#8221;
A top WHO official <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/w-h-o-doctor-paints-grim-picture-of-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran">estimated</a> back in March that the number of cases in Iran was being significantly underreported.
In April, Iranian coronavirus task force epidemiologist Dr. Hamid Souri <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-hits-at-ally-china-chinas-coronavirus-numbers-a-bitter-joke-not-trustworthy">slammed</a> communist China and suggested that at the time Iran still had not hit its peak, despite being one of the first countries to be hit hard by the virus in February.
“The evidence shows us that what happened is worse than what the Chinese reported,” Souri said. “We could not make any judgements at first because our country had no experience [with coronavirus] to compare the results.”
“Wrong data leads to wrong results and incorrect policies which in turn lead to in an increase in the number of victims,” Souri continued. “Italy is now experiencing a slowing trend [in infections and deaths] but we have unfortunately not got there yet.”
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Iran Shuts Down Newspaper After Government Doctor Claims Cover-Up: Numbers Only ‘1/20th Of The Reality’

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On Sunday speaking with Dana Bash on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi posited that although Bill Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, has <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/russia-china-trump-biden-elections-392593">indicated</a> that Russia prefers President Trump and China and Iran prefer presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, Russia is the greater threat to interfere in the 2020 election.
Bash initiated the exchange by referring to Evanina, saying, &#8220;A top elections official in the office of the Director of National Intelligence revealed on Friday that Russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former Vice President Joe Biden, while both China and Iran don&#8217;t want President Trump to win reelection. You suggested in a statement that the threats posed by these three countries are not equal.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s right,&#8221; Pelosi answered.
Bash pressed, &#8220;Tell us more about that, please.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re not equivalent,&#8221; Pelosi opined. &#8220;And that&#8217;s why Senator Schumer — excuse me — Leader Schumer, Chairman Schiff, and — I don&#8217;t know what they call him in the Senate — I think it&#8217;s vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, Warner, have sent a letter to them saying, the American people need to know what Russia is doing to interfere in this election.&#8221;
&#8220;What can you tell us, about somebody who&#8217;s privy to that intelligence, without —&#8221; Bash started to ask.
Pelosi interjected, &#8220;Well, we can — no, we can tell more than what the intelligence community put forth. They responded positively, put more information out there, but there is more that needs to be put out there. No sources and methods. Nobody understands that better than us.&#8221;
&#8220;Can you lean into it a little bit more, for the sake of voters wondering what&#8217;s going on?&#8221; Bash queried.
&#8220;Well, I can&#8217;t divulge information that is classified,&#8221; Pelosi replied. &#8220;That&#8217;s why we want them to do it. But I will say this, that, for some reason, they have tried to have some equivalence. I take second place to no one on my criticism of China for over 30 years. They have — I have said to my staff the other day, they say I&#8217;m the most unliked American in China — disliked American in China.&#8221;
&#8220;They say, no, they don&#8217;t say that,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;They say you&#8217;re the most hated American in China, because of their human rights violations, their trade policy, their proliferation of weapons and that.&#8221;
Bash commented, &#8220;Right.&#8221;
&#8220;But — so, I have no — take no criticism for saying this,&#8221; Pelosi stated. &#8220;But the Chinese, they — what they said is, China would prefer Joe Biden. Whether they do — that&#8217;s their conclusion, that they would prefer Joe Biden. Russia is actively, 24/7 interfering in our election. They did so in 2016, and they are doing so now. And they say that to a certain extent, but they need to tell the American people more. The American people, I believe, think they should decide who the president of the United States is, not Vladimir Putin making that decision for us.&#8221;
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A top U.S. official revealed on Friday that the majority of nations that pose the greatest threat to the upcoming elections are working to ensure that President Donald Trump loses re-election.
National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) Director William Evanina said in a statement that foreign states were attempting to interfere in the upcoming election through &#8220;covert and overt&#8221; influence operations.
&#8220;Many foreign actors have a preference for who wins the election, which they express through a range of overt and private statements; covert influence efforts are rarer,&#8221; Evanina said. &#8220;We are primarily concerned about the ongoing and potential activity by China, Russia, and Iran.&#8221;
Evanina revealed that communist China—which is widely considered to be the greatest threat to U.S. national security and to freedom around the world—is working to make sure that Trump does not win re-election.
On communist China, the NCSC assessed:
<blockquote>We assess that China prefers that President Trump – whom Beijing sees as unpredictable – does not win reelection. China has been expanding its influence efforts ahead of November 2020 to shape the policy environment in the United States, pressure political figures it views as opposed to China’s interests, and deflect and counter criticism of China. Although China will continue to weigh the risks and benefits of aggressive action, its public rhetoric over the past few months has grown increasingly critical of the current Administration’s COVID-19 response, closure of China’s Houston Consulate, and actions on other issues. For example, it has harshly criticized the Administration’s statements and actions on Hong Kong, TikTok, the legal status of the South China Sea, and China’s efforts to dominate the 5G market. Beijing recognizes that all of these efforts might affect the presidential race.</blockquote>
The report also stated that the NCSC believes that Iran is working to &#8220;undermine&#8221; Trump and is trying to divide the country ahead of the elections.
&#8220;Iran’s efforts along these lines probably will focus on on-line influence, such as spreading disinformation on social media and recirculating anti-U.S. content,&#8221; the report stated. &#8220;Tehran’s motivation to conduct such activities is, in part, driven by a perception that President Trump’s reelection would result in a continuation of U.S. pressure on Iran in an effort to foment regime change.&#8221;
The report added that Russia was looking to &#8220;denigrate&#8221; presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden and noted that some &#8220;Kremlin-linked actors&#8221; were promoting Trump&#8217;s candidacy.
Earlier this summer, FBI Director Chris Wray told Fox News anchor Bret Baier that China was by far the greatest threat to U.S. national security.
&#8220;Bret, there’s no country that presents a broader, more comprehensive threat to America’s innovation, to our economic security, and to our democratic ideas than China does,&#8221; Wray <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-director-were-opening-new-investigations-into-china-every-10-hours-have-over-2000-cases">said</a>. &#8220;Just to give you some context for that. Just as we’re sitting here having this conversation, the FBI has over 2,000 active investigations that trace back to the government of China.&#8221;
Last month, Attorney General William Barr <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-attorney-general-william-barr-warns-america-about-what-communist-china-is-trying-to-do">warned</a> that China was engaged in &#8220;an aggressive orchestrated whole of government, indeed whole of society, campaign to seize the commanding heights of the global economy and to surpass the United States as the world’s preeminent technological superpower.&#8221;
Donald Trump Jr. responded to the report by writing on Twitter, &#8220;The Chinese Communist Party wants @realDonaldTrump to lose in Nov because they know he&#8217;s TOUGH and always puts America First. They want @JoeBiden to win in Nov because they know he&#8217;s WEAK and has a 50 year record of selling out American workers to the Chinese Communist Party!&#8221;
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The Chinese Communist Party wants <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> to lose in Nov because they know he&#39;s TOUGH and always puts America First.
They want <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> to win in Nov because they know he&#39;s WEAK and has a 50 year record of selling out American workers to the Chinese Communist Party! <a href="https://t.co/F6av5Pl2eW">https://t.co/F6av5Pl2eW</a>
&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1291812508718772224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) accidentally sank a fake U.S. aircraft carrier that it uses during training exercises in what they believe is an effective way to prepare for a potential face off with the U.S. Navy — by far the most powerful naval force in the world.
&#8220;The stricken carrier can be seen, capsized, in commercial satellite imagery,&#8221; <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/03/iran-accidentally-sinks-fake-aircraft-carrier-in-wrong-place/#6125a009fe75">Forbes</a> reported. &#8220;It began to sink when it was being towed back to Bandar Abbas after being attacked.&#8221; After reportedly beginning to list &#8220;steeply to one side&#8221; on July 31, with &#8220;half of the flight deck submerged,&#8221; the boat has since sunk further.
Forbes highlighted a photo that was shared by Aurora Intel and shows PLEIADES satellite imagery of the destroyed aircraft carrier.
&#8220;The location of the sinking will likely create a serious headache for the Iranian Navy and IRGC-N. It is just outside the harbor entrance to Bandar Abbas, near to the main approach channel,&#8221; Forbes added. &#8220;The water there is approximately 45 ft deep, which is shallow. This makes it worse for Iran because it cannot be left to sink. It is so shallow that other ships face a very real risk of catastrophic damage if they sail over it. In fact, at least as-of a couple of days ago, it was partly above water. This is a serious shipping hazard.&#8221;
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New imagery from yesterday shows the capsized <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IRGC</a> replica of the Nimitz Class Carrier appears to have listed more outside of Bandar Abbas Port, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Iran</a>. She appears more listed here than previous imagery from the 31st July. The depth here is a reported 14m. Fun to reclaim&#8230;. <a href="https://t.co/tKTHJAaGCS">pic.twitter.com/tKTHJAaGCS</a>
&mdash; Aurora Intel &#8211; #StayHome (@AuroraIntel) <a href="https://twitter.com/AuroraIntel/status/1289904738314547201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Iran fired missiles at the fake aircraft carrier from a helicopter and encircled the boat with attack speedboats, USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/07/28/irans-navy-shoots-missile-mock-up-u-s-aircraft-carrier-strait-of-hormuz/5524875002/">reported</a>. The event is also used for creating propaganda that the Iranians broadcast on state-run television.
USA Today added propaganda created by the Iranians that they broadcast to their citizens showed &#8220;Iranian commandos subsequently fast-roped down from the helicopter onto the mock Nimitz-class carrier –resembling a ship the U.S. Navy routinely sails into the Persian Gulf – as other Iranian navy vessels encircle the vessel, likely a barge, kicking up white waves in their wake.&#8221;
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Iran has launched yesterday a two days long live ammunition naval military exercise testing new weapons and practicing air-sea and coast-sea capabilities. A mock up of a US aircraft carrier was the star of the show. <a href="https://t.co/aIhczkWGYy">pic.twitter.com/aIhczkWGYy</a>
&mdash; Amir Tsarfati (@BeholdIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeholdIsrael/status/1288065660006928387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The IRGC, which is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), also recently showed off what it claimed were underground ballistic missiles, which was part of the training exercise.
&#8220;Although state television documentaries have focused on operations at underground bases, all have avoided showing geographic details revealing their locations,&#8221; The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/325a4cbcf313fdbb703654d627c16773">reported</a>. &#8220;Wednesday’s launch from what appears to be central Iran’s desert plateau may have changed that amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S. over its tattered nuclear deal with world powers and as economic pressures grow.&#8221;
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Iran is considering a deal with China that would enable Iran to receive billions of dollars in Chinese investments while Iran would sell China heavily discounted Iranian oil for the next quarter-century, according to a document obtained by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/world/asia/china-iran-trade-military-deal.html?auth=login-email&amp;login=email">The New York Times</a>,
The Trump administration has isolated the despotic Iranian theocratic regime with sanctions, economically crippling the the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism while other nations have been loath to support it.
But China appears to be willing to join Iran in opposition to the United States. According to the Times, the 18-page proposed agreement “also describes deepening military cooperation, potentially giving China a foothold in a region that has been a strategic preoccupation of the United States for decades.&#8221; The document reportedly &#8220;calls for joint training and exercises, joint research and weapons development and intelligence sharing.&#8221;
Last week, a spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, Zhao Lijian, <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/t1795337.shtml">hinted</a> a deal might be pending. &#8220;China and Iran enjoy traditional friendship, and the two sides have been in communication on the development of bilateral relations,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We stand ready to work with Iran to steadily advance practical cooperation.&#8221;
Although Iran’s Parliament has reportedly not discussed the document as yet in order to bestow its approval and is divided over the issue, if the Chinese persist and invest what is reportedly $400 billion in Iran, the Trump administration might impose more sanctions on Iran.
Two Iranian officials told the Times that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, approves of the deal.
A State Department spokesman responded, “The United States will continue to impose costs on Chinese companies that aid Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism … By allowing or encouraging Chinese companies to conduct sanctionable activities with the Iranian regime, the Chinese government is undermining its own stated goal of promoting stability and peace.”
The agreement would expedite China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI), which has already enabled China to gain a foothold across central Asia. Some of the projects listed in the document include &#8220;free-trade zones in Maku, in northwestern Iran; in Abadan, where the Shatt al-Arab river flows into the Persian Gulf, and on the gulf island Qeshm,&#8221; the Times reports.
Other proposals include help building a 5G telecommunications network and use of the new Chinese Global Positioning System, Beidou.
But some critics within Iran are concerned about the deal as they worry that Iran may lose control in various areas, noting that Chinese deals across Africa and Asia have left the partner countries indebted to China, leaving them vulnerable. One area of particular concern is the group of proposed port facilities in Iran, one of which, near the Persian Gulf, has strategic importance for oil transportation, as well as the United States military, because the Navy’s Fifth Fleet is headquartered in Bahrain.
That control of the port facilities would join ports China has already built around the Indian Ocean, permitting China’s navy greater access to the area. China already has ports in Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
In fall 2019, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif went to China, where his counterpart, Wang Yi, <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/05/chinas-great-game-in-iran/">pledged</a> to invest $280 billion in Iranian oil, gas, and petrochemical sectors. As Maya Carlin noted in an op-ed for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/carlin-china-exploits-international-system-advance-maya-carlin">The Daily Wire</a>:
<blockquote>The PRC’s aggressive behavior in the South China Sea and <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2018/06/30/china-targets-africa-with-debt-trap-diplomacy-and-military-expansion/">takeover</a> of strategic ports in Africa under the guise of the BRI is reflective of the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s hegemonic ambitions. The U.S. patrols that routinely counter China’s sovereignty claims over the South China Sea are often aggressively intercepted by Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army aircraft and vessels. China’s militarization of this body of water is just one of many predatory strategies the Chinese Communist Party uses to further its global ambitions.
At the core of PRC President Xi Jinping’s BRI project, furthermore, is his utilization of &#8220;debt-trap diplomacy.&#8221; Under &#8220;debt-trap diplomacy,&#8221; Beijing provides business loans to countries and when those countries become unable to reimburse the loans, Beijing moves in and demands control of critical bases, ports, or strategic resources, depending on the underlying location.</blockquote>
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Report: Iran Considering Deal That Could Give China Greater Influence, Military Presence In Middle East

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell, who harbors no illusions about the brutality of the Iranian theocratic regime, blasted a succinct and powerful response when Iran’s Supreme Leader issued a tweet decrying those who do not wear masks, ostensibly because he cared about the health and welfare of the Iranian people.
Iranian Supreme Leader Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei decided to pontificate about the need for wearing masks in Iran due to the coronavirus. Khameini tweeted, “I definitely wear a mask in meetings, but I see that some of the officials are not using masks. When you are one of the officials and you don’t wear a mask in assemblies or in the public, this negativity affects people’s behavior. They become encouraged to not wear masks either.”
On Sunday, Grenell fired back, “Do you wear a mask when you push gays off buildings?”
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Do you wear a mask when you push gays off buildings? <a href="https://t.co/ACmCRxLGR8">https://t.co/ACmCRxLGR8</a>
&mdash; Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1279800537899102209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In June 2019, Iranian Foreign Minister Javid Zarif was asked by a reporter for the mass circulation German paper Bild, “How do you deal with the executions of gays?&#8221; He reportedly answered, &#8220;Our society has moral principles, and according to these principles we live. These are moral principles regarding the behavior of people in general. And that&#8217;s because the law is upheld and you abide by laws.&#8221;
In response, Grenell told <a href="https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/irans-fm-affirms-right-to-execute-gays-and-blasts-us-and-israel-592055">The Jerusalem Post</a>: “The UN’s Declaration of Human Rights makes clear that these answers from the Iranian regime are violating basic UN principles. UN members should agree with the Declaration in order to be members. Criminalizing homosexuality violates the Declaration, plain and simple.”
Grenell <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/us-ambassador-to-germany-horrific-actions-of-iran-equal-to-isis-579692">wrote</a> in Bild in February 2019, “The recent press reports, first carried by The Jerusalem Post, that the Iranian regime publicly hanged a 31-year-old man for being gay, should be a wake-up call for anyone who supports basic human rights. Politicians, the UN, democratic governments, diplomats and good people everywhere should speak up – and loudly. In Iran, where children as young as nine can be sentenced to death, gay teenagers are publicly hanged in order to terrify and intimidate others from coming out. Iran’s horrific actions are on par with the brutality and savagery regularly demonstrated by ISIS.”
On Sunday, Grenell noted that Twitter does seem to have its priorities twisted, as he targeted Khameini again, tweeting, “Twitter employs people to investigate complaints about Americans’ tweets. But @twitter allows Iran’s Supreme Leader to spew hate everyday. @jack.”
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Twitter employs people to investigate complaints about Americans’ tweets. 
But <a href="https://twitter.com/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@twitter</a> allows Iran’s Supreme Leader to spew hate everyday. <a href="https://twitter.com/jack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jack</a> <a href="https://t.co/E18n1C4uhd">pic.twitter.com/E18n1C4uhd</a>
&mdash; Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1279802708107489280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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On June 27, Grenell noted, “One of the reasons I joined @parler_app was because when I call for the condemnation of the Muslim Brotherhood on Twitter for saying gay people should be killed/set on fire, @Twitter launches an investigation of me for being mean to the Muslim Brotherhood. I’m not intimidated!&#8221;
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One of the reasons I joined <a href="https://twitter.com/parler_app?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@parler_app</a> was because when I call for the condemnation of the Muslim Brotherhood on Twitter for saying gay people should be killed/set on fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Twitter</a> launches an investigation of me for being mean to the Muslim Brotherhood. 
I’m not intimidated! <a href="https://t.co/ZMEZeflofy">pic.twitter.com/ZMEZeflofy</a>
&mdash; Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1276945985168531457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In November 2019, when massive protests erupted against the despotic Iranian regime and the Iranian government imposed a virtually universal blackout on the internet, Grenell tweeted, “We have the technical ability to turn on the internet for the people of Iran. And ensure it is free of government blockers. Europe and America should do it together.”
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We have the technical ability to turn the internet on for the people of Iran. And ensure it is free of government blockers. Europe and America should do it together. <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RegSprecher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RegSprecher</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SecPompeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecPompeo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HeikoMaas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HeikoMaas</a> <a href="https://t.co/RsJgLFs3rN">https://t.co/RsJgLFs3rN</a>
&mdash; Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1195957873613910018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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On Thursday, the Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/warrant-and-complaint-seek-seizure-all-iranian-gasoil-aboard-four-tankers-headed">announced</a> it had discovered a scheme involving multiple parties affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in which Iranian oil was covertly shipped to Venezuela, enabling the IRGC to reap profits from petroleum sales that “support the IRGC’s full range of nefarious activities, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, support for terrorism, and a variety of human rights abuses, at home and abroad.”
The DOJ named “all petroleum-product cargo aboard the Bella with international maritime organization (IMO) number 9208124, the Bering with IMO number 9149225, the Pandi with IMO number 9105073, and the Luna with IMO number 9208100,” saying it was subject to forfeiture based on the terrorism forfeiture statute.
The DOJ continued, “There are approximately 302,502 barrels of Iranian gasoline currently on board the Bella, approximately 302,522 barrels of Iranian gasoline currently on board the Bering, approximately 259,700 barrels of Iranian gasoline currently on board the Luna, and approximately 298,484 barrels of Iranian gasoline currently on board the Pandi. United States District Judge James E. Boasberg issued a warrant to seize all Iranian gasoline on these four vessels, based on a probable cause showing of forfeitability. The warrant commands the property to be brought to the sole jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.”
The DOJ noted, “A warrant for arrest and civil forfeiture complaint are merely allegations. The burden to prove forfeitability in a civil forfeiture proceeding is upon the government. Funds successfully forfeited based on terrorism authorities are in part directed to the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.”
In January, after the U.S. killed IRGC commander Qassim Suleimani, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps&#8217; Aerospace Force, <a href="https://www.memri.org/tv/irgc-aerospace-force-commander-gen-hajizadeh-killing-trump-esper-attack-american-bases-not-enough-avenge-soleimani/transcript">said</a>, as translated by MEMRI, &#8220;Even if we attack every U.S. base, kill Trump, and kill his Secretary of Defense [Mark Esper], this would not be enough to avenge the blood of Hajj Qasem (Soleimani.) The blood vengeance for Hajj Qasem should take the form of expelling America&#8217;s evil from the region. We should cleanse the region of their accursed presence,” as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irgc-commander-killing-trump-secretary-esper-attacking-all-u-s-bases-not-enough-for-revenge?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
Hajizadeh said that it will &#8220;absolutely&#8221; happen, adding, &#8220;[Trump] cannot threaten the Iranian people, who sacrificed 300,000 martyrs. Who the hell is he to threaten us? He must order many coffins for his soldiers before making any threats.&#8221;
MEMRI reported that General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, IRGC Deputy Commander for Coordination, <a href="https://www.memri.org/tv/irgc-dep-com-gen-naqdi-muslim-youth-pull-american-ebmassies-bases-hang-blindfold-trees/transcript">said</a>, &#8220;As a result of this event, the U.S. is not safe anywhere in the world – not only in Iran and Iraq, but in the other Islamic countries as well. America has no security anymore. Many young people now have the motivation to attack it. Until now, they would live their lives, and pass right next to America&#8217;s nest of spies [embassy] in their country. Starting tomorrow, or even today, they will view this nest of spies differently. They will view the people who come and go there in a different way. The Americans will bring the situation to a point&#8230; The pressure America exerts on the Islamic nation will lead the peoples of the Islamic countries to pull them out of their nests of spies and their military bases&#8230; I can see that day&#8230; They will pull them out and hang them blindfolded from the trees in their cities.&#8221;
The State Department released a <a href="https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/286410.pdf">comprehensive report</a> titled, “Outlaw Regime: A Chronicle of Iran’s Destructive Activities.” In it, the State Department asserted:
<blockquote>The policy President Trump has laid out comes to terms fully with the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not a normal state. Normal states do not attack embassies and military installations in peacetime; fuel terrorist proxies and militias; serve as a sanctuary for terrorists; call for the destruction of Israel and threaten other countries; aid brutal dictators such as Syria’s Bashar al-Assad; proliferate missile technology to dangerous proxies; conduct covert assassinations in other countries; and hold hostage citizens of foreign nations. Normal states do not support terrorism within their armed forces, as Iran has done with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its Qods Force.</blockquote>
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DOJ Announces Discovery Of Plot Funding Iranian Terrorist Organization

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Iran has issued an “arrest warrant” for President Donald Trump for his role in the January killing of top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s top military commander and the world’s No. 1 terrorist at the time.
According to the country’s <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/29/iran-issues-arrest-warrant-for-trump-over-killing-of-qasem-soleimani.html">Fars News Agency</a>, Iranian officials said “red alerts” were issued for Trump and 35 other officials from numerous countries. Iran wants Interpol, an international law enforcement organization, to find and arrest them. While Iran did not identify the foreign officials, they said Trump “stands at the top of the list and will be prosecuted” when he leaves office.
“Thirty-six individuals who have been involved or ordered the assassination of Hajj Qassem, including the political and military officials of the U.S. and other governments, have been identified and arrest warrants have been issued for them by the judiciary officials and red alerts have also been issued for them via the Interpol,” Tehran’s Prosecutor-General Ali Alqasi Meh said, Fars reported.
All 36, including Trump, are accused of “murder and terrorist action.”
Trump ordered the U.S. military to launch an airstrike near Baghdad International Airport that took out Soleimani, who was then the leader of Iran’s Quds Force, an elite unit of the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. Trump and other U.S. officials said Soleimani was responsible for orchestrating attacks by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, both against U.S. troops and contractors.
Days after the airstrike, Iran retaliated by launching missiles at U.S. forces stationed at Iraq’s al-Asad Air Base, injuring U.S. military members, some of whom suffered traumatic brain injuries.
Retired Gen. David Petraeus said in January that it is “impossible to overstate” the significance of Trump’s order to take out Soleimani, calling the strike “bigger” than the death of Osama bin Laden.
Pertraeus &#8212; who served 37 years in the United States Army and rose to the rank of four-star general before becoming CIA director &#8212; also said Iraqis cheered Soleimani&#8217;s death.
“It’s impossible to overstate the significance of the attack that takes out Qassem Soleimani and the number two militia leader in Iraq as well, who also never dared to set foot in Iraq during the surge after we’ve missed him and he escaped,” Petraeus said, referring to No. 2 leader Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. “So this is bigger than bin Laden. It’s bigger than Baghdadi,” he said of the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, who U.S. forces took out last October.&#8221;
“The people are demonstrating on the streets and in unprecedented numbers since the revolution against the economic deprivation, the lack of employment opportunities and the plummeting of their quality of life. So, they’re not- by the way, they’re not that invested in the kinds of Iranian adventures that have been funded and carried out by the Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force under the leadership of Qassem Soleimani.”
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Iran Issues Arrest Warrant For President Trump

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On June 19, an ayatollah who represents Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, noting the rioting in American cities and the concurrent leftist attacks on American history, delightedly delivered a sermon in which he chortled that now Americans themselves are saying. “Death to America!”
As <a href="https://www.memri.org/tv/shiraz-friday-sermon-ayatollah-dezhkam-americans-themselves-chanting-death-to-america-collapse">MEMRI</a> translated and reported, Iranian Ayatollah Lotfollah Dezhkam, who represents Khamenei in the Fars province, stated:
<blockquote>The entire world has seen with its very eyes that today, America cannot be the main decision-maker when it comes to strategic matters in the world. We are unequivocally informing the American administration, Republicans and Democrats alike: If you&#8217;ve shut your ears with cotton balls, remove them [so you can hear].
The sound of America being shattered and of its collapse, is being heard all over the world. The shout of the Iranian nation, which has been leading the fight against America for 40 years, is being heard from mouths of the Americans themselves: Death to America!</blockquote>
The audience repeated: &#8220;Death to America! Death to America! Death to America! Death to America!&#8221;
The movement to replace the traditional perspective on American history with a fundamentally anti-American one, whether articulated by leftists such as Howard Zinn or those who seek to destroy monuments dedicated to true American heroes, has gained a strong foothold among some Americans.
Henry Olsen, writing in <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/22/anti-statue-movement-has-taken-turn-into-absurdity/">The Washington Post</a>, noted the principle articulated in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal, then pointed out the malignity of protesters tearing down statues to the men who fought for those principles:
<blockquote>Protesters who tear down statues to brave warriors who fought to more fully implement that principle mock and dishonor the idea that enables us to become a more perfect union. George Washington owned slaves, but he also founded a nation dedicated to the idea whose incompatibility with slavery made its eradication inevitable. Defacing or toppling his monuments dishonors the country.
More than any man save Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant destroyed the Confederacy with his magisterial generalship. As president, he tried to extend the Civil War’s purpose by presiding over the Reconstruction of the South, an effort that was abandoned only after he left office. Toppling his statue — as protesters did in San Francisco, citing a slave whom Grant was gifted and later freed before the war — is ahistorically ludicrous.</blockquote>
Last September, after the attacks on two oil refineries in Saudi Arabia that destroyed 5% of the world’s oil supply, prompting accusations from the U.S. government that the attacks were launched by Iran, a top Iranian general boasted that U.S. sites were in range of Iranian missiles and Iran was ready for a &#8220;full-fledged&#8221; war.
Amirali Hajizadeh, who heads Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace, bragged, &#8220;Everybody should know that all American bases and their aircraft carriers in a distance of up to 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) around Iran are within the range of our missiles,&#8221; adding &#8220;Iran has always been ready for a &#8216;full-fledged&#8217; war,&#8221; as quoted by the semi-official Tasnim news agency and reported by <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-missiles/iran-says-u-s-bases-and-aircraft-carriers-within-range-of-its-missiles-tasnim-idUSKBN1W004A">Reuters</a>.
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Representative Of Iran’s Supreme Leader Delightedly Preaches ‘Death to America’ ‘Being Heard From Mouths Of The Americans Themselves’

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An &#8220;earthquake&#8221; that rocked northeastern Iran late last week may have been a blast from a suspected nuclear silo, experts tell The <a href="https://apnews.com/8d2517ff364bb395f0385859f0fa9d0f">Associated Press</a> and is likely associated with a &#8220;fireball&#8221; that could be seen over the country&#8217;s capital city, Tehran.
&#8220;An explosion that rattled Iran’s capital came from an area in its eastern mountains that analysts believe hides an underground tunnel system and missile production sites, satellite photographs showed Saturday,&#8221; the AP reported Sunday, adding that the blast&#8217;s location is suspiciously close to where Iran has tested powerful nuclear weapons triggers before.
The blast is the second concerning, potentially nuclear event in as many days. On Saturday, Russia denied that one of its nuclear power stations was suffering a meltdown, despite Swedish authorities saying they detected a rise in at least three different types of radioactive emissions, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/fa883021-948d-4b70-befd-e3a214616839">Financial Times reports</a>.
After the United States terminated an agreement with Iran barring it from pursuing its nuclear ambitious &#8212; at least theoretically &#8212; Iran promised to return to building nuclear armaments (many international experts, and the Trump Administration, believe that Iran never abandoned their pursuit).
Last week&#8217;s blast indicates that they may also be working on developing missiles and missile components.
&#8220;The blast shook homes, rattled windows and lit up the horizon early Friday in the Alborz Mountains. State TV later aired a segment from what it described as the site of the blast,&#8221; the AP said. &#8220;Satellite photos of the area, some 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) east of downtown Tehran, showed hundreds of meters (yards) of charred scrubland not seen in images of the area taken in the weeks ahead of the incident. The building near the char marks resembled the facility seen in the state TV footage.&#8221;
The site is home to Iran’s Khojir missile facility and associated weapons manufacturing operations. The area, experts told The Associated Press, is the &#8220;site of numerous tunnels, some suspected of use for arms assembly.” The site “support[s] most facets of Tehran’s ballistic missile capabilities, including the operational force and the missile development and production program.&#8221;
In the years before the Iran agreement, nuclear inspectors with the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency accused Iran of using the facility to produce specific triggers for nuclear weapons &#8212; the same triggers many experts suspect were behind last week&#8217;s explosion.
There&#8217;s another dimension to the incident, though: both Israeli and Iraqi forces have been targeting Iran&#8217;s nuclear weapons operations, and both nations may have launched aggressive actions against Iran&#8217;s nuclear missile development in the last week, though neither nation has taken direct responsibility for the blast. Israel, especially, is concerned about Iran&#8217;s weapons development, given that the rogue nation has yet to successfully deploy a missile that can carry a nuclear warhead to Israel &#8212; and Israel would like to keep it that way.
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Iran sponsored an international art exhibition highlighting the death of American George Floyd, who died while being arrested by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day.
The exhibition, titled “I can’t breathe” after Floyd’s own comments during his final moments, featured artwork depicting Floyd’s arrest, U.S. police as Nazis and white supremacists, and the United States as a systemically racist country. In one painting, a Guillotine for “black people” was decorated with an American flag blade, according to Iranian state television video shared by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
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Masoud Shojaei Tabtabaei, the director of the Center for Visual Arts in Hozeh Honari, explained the exhibition in an interview with state television.
“After we witnessed the bitter incident in which a black man was murdered by American police, we also witnessed a wave of protests in America and it has spread to other western countries. Since the pleading and the cries for help were accompanied by the words ‘I can’t breathe,’ we named the exhibition ‘I can’t breathe,’” Tabtabaei said according to MEMRI.
“In our view, the fire was smoldering underneath the ashes and it has now erupted. This is not only happening in America, we are witnessing a wave of protests against racial discrimination in all Western countries,” Tabtabaei continued. “We invited our friends, the artists, to accompany us in this. The result is 72 pieces by 45 artists from 27 countries.”
Floyd’s death has sparked a wave of civil unrest in major American cities that has spread internationally to countries such as Japan, France, and New Zealand. Iran has used the unrest to characterize the U.S. as a prolific violator of human rights while ignoring its own systemic problems.
For example, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif defended the government’s policy of executing citizens found to be gay last year, according to <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/iran-defends-execution-of-gay-people/a-49144899">DW</a>.
“Our society has moral principles. And we live according to these principles. These are moral principles concerning the behavior of people in general. And that means that the law is respected and the law is obeyed,” Zarif said in response to a question on the law from a German reporter. He continued to attack alleged human rights violations by the U.S. and Israel.
An increase in gasoline prices sparked a massive wave of protests against the Iranian regime last year. The government responded forcefully, killing potentially hundreds of its own citizens in an effort to quell the backlash against its government. An Iranian economy devastated by U.S. sanctions contributed to the unrest and anger against the regime.
“The recent use of lethal force against people throughout the country is unprecedented, even for the Islamic Republic and its record of violence,” Omid Memarian, the deputy director at the Center for Human Rights in Iran, told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/world/middleeast/iran-protests-deaths.html">The New York Times</a> in December.
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Rifts are growing between Iran and its militia groups in Iraq six months after the death of top general and terror leader Qassem Soleimani.
Soleimani and top militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, both designated terrorists by the U.S., died in a U.S. drone strike in January. Soleimani’s spot at the top of Iran’s Quds Force was filled by Esmail Ghaani, who has been unable to replicate the level of devotion Iran’s proxy forces showed to his predecessor, The <a href="https://apnews.com/afde374dca8886517b224bdc18942f1c">Associated Press</a> reports.
On Ghaani’s first meeting with the militia leaders earlier in the year, he brought them symbolic silver rings to express Tehran’s gratitude when the militia leaders were expecting the customary cash payment. On Ghaani’s second trip to meet with the militias, he had to obtain a passport to travel into Iraq, something that Soleimani never had to do.
The silver ring incident is one example of how U.S. sanctions and a global oil glut have devastated Iran’s economy. Iranian leaders are now struggling to maintain stability at home, much less among its network of militia and terror groups throughout the Middle East. The passport is a small example of a growing separation between the government of Iraq and Tehran.
The militia groups, together known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, are a significant political power in Iraq and are thought to control a plurality of seats in Iraq’s parliament. The PMF fought alongside U.S. and Iraqi security forces against the Islamic State, though as recently as late last year, Iraqi officials were <a href="https://apnews.com/57a346b17d6da07ae732ba1437520fd2">concerned</a> of being caught in the middle of a proxy fight between Washington and Tehran.
Those tensions peaked in January when President Trump ordered a drone strike on Soleimani as he was conducting business in Iraq. The strike also killed al-Muhandis. Iran retaliated by launching about a dozen ballistic missiles into an Iraqi military base where U.S. troops were stationed. No Americans nor Iraqis were killed in the bombing, though dozens were <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/world/middleeast/iraq-iran-brain-injuries.html">treated</a> for concussions.
“All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq. Assessment of casualties &amp; damages taking place now. So far, so good! We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning,” Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1214739853025394693">tweeted</a> after the attack, marking an end to the escalation.
In the months since the missile attack, Iran’s already severe problems have continued to escalate with the outbreak of the coronavirus and a <a href="http://dailywire.com/news/saudi-arabia-throws-down-gauntlet-to-russia-raises-crude-oil-supply-to-record-high">trade war</a> between Russia and Saudi Arabia that sent global oil prices plummeting. Though Moscow and Riyadh have since reached an agreement, the oil market has been slow to recover under the combined effects of an oil glut and low demand.
U.S. military leaders say that since Soleimani’s death, Iran’s aggression in Iraq has markedly declined.
Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, who oversees U.S. Central Command, told <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/10/iran-has-backed-off-of-challenging-us-soleimani-killing-general-says.html">Military.com</a> that “I think [Soleimani’s death] has set them back,” though he did not want to paint a “rosy picture” of U.S.-Iranian relations.
“They have seen we have the capability and the will to respond,” McKenzie said. “That&#8217;s why we&#8217;ve seen a decline in those tensions.”
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