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Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed hundreds of
Iran-based pages, groups and accounts, alleging that they formed a
network linked to Iranian state media that covertly spread political
content to people on four continents including in the U.S... Twitter
followed suit, saying it had suspended 284 accounts for engaging in
"coordinated manipulation" on its network and that many of
the accounts had originated in Iran.
"We're not just going to stop at where the
sanctions were in 2015, our goal, our objective really is essentially
we'd like to say no waivers to the sanctions," Mr. Bolton said
while talking to reporters at the end of two days of meetings with
Israeli officials.
Europe needs to set up payment systems independent of
the United States if it wants to save the nuclear deal between Iran
and major powers that was abandoned by President Donald Trump, German
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said.
UANI IN THE NEWS
"From a military standpoint, the unveiling of the
'Kowsar-88' is not significant at all," said Jordan Steckler,
Iran research analyst at the US-based think tank United Against
Nuclear Iran. "Today's unveiling is best understood as being for
domestic propaganda purposes, coming at a time when the regime faces
mounting internal pressure due to the re-imposition of US sanctions,
as well as escalating protests over its economic and environmental
mismanagement and corruption." "The sanctions regime against
Iran has effectively limited its ability to maintain its ageing fleet
and increased its reliance on China and Russia for parts," said
Mr Steckler. "The notion that Iran's air force poses a deterrent
to the US, Israel, or America's Gulf allies is not credible".
NUCLEAR DEAL & NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Iran says Britain has stepped in to help it redesign a
reactor following the U.S. withdrawal from Tehran's nuclear agreement
with world powers.
The U.K.'s top diplomat defended Britain's support for
the Iran deal on Tuesday during his first trip to Washington, taking
on an issue that is emerging as a major source of contention in the
relationship between the two allies.
SANCTIONS, BUSINESS RISKS, & OTHER ECONOMIC NEWS
Russia is reportedly making preparations to establish a
regional integrated payment network. Iran understandably wishes to
join such an endeavor. But what will such a network look like, what
will its implications be for Iran and the region, and how will it be
received by other countries, especially the United States?
U.S. sanctions are having a strong effect on Iran's
economy and popular opinion, though regime change there is not part
of Washington's policy, President Donald Trump's national security
adviser said on Wednesday.
U.S.-IRAN RELATIONS & NEGOTIATIONS
A senior Iranian cleric warned Washington on Wednesday
that if it attacked Iran, the United States and allied Israel would
be targeted, as a war of words escalated after the United States
reimposed sanctions on Iran. Ahmad Khatami also told worshippers
attending Eid prayers in Tehran that President Donald Trump's offer
of talks with Iranian leaders was unacceptable as the U.S. leader
wanted Tehran to concede on its missile program and regional
influence.
MILITARY/INTELLIGENCE MATTERS & PROXY WARS
Military experts have cast doubt on claims that a
fighter jet unveiled by Tehran as the first to be produced solely in
Iran represents a technological advance, drawing comparisons to
American warplanes sold to the Shah half a century ago.
Renewed naval exercises, missile tests, and other
developments point to a broadening threat, but their muted nature
indicates that Tehran is trying to avoid popular backlash at home.
IRANIAN INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS
Khuzestan's water crisis and the public backlash that it
has caused are a preview of the challenges that Iran will endure in
the years to come.
RUSSIA, SYRIA, ISRAEL, HEZBOLLAH, LEBANON & IRAN.
Russia is "stuck" in Syria and looking for
others to fund post-war reconstruction there, U.S. National Security
Adviser John Bolton said, describing this as an opportunity for
Washington to press for Iranian forces to quit the country.
IRAQ & IRAN
Iraqi sources attributed the failure of the meeting of
the political blocs' leaders, in Babylon Hotel Sunday evening, to the
interventions of Iran and Qatar, where both countries contacted and
exerted pressures on the Kurds and Sunni Arabs to boycott the
meeting.
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