🇮🇷 The Iran Thread II

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House Intelligence Committee chairman says Iran could "declare itself a nuclear weapons state by the end of the year"

Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Iran could declare itself a nuclear weapons state "by the end of the year."

www.cbsnews.com

 

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House Intelligence Committee chairman says Iran could "declare itself a nuclear weapons state by the end of the year"

Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Iran could declare itself a nuclear weapons state "by the end of the year."

www.cbsnews.com

That's scary. Weapons like that shouldn't be in the hands of rulers who don't respect human life.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

US concludes Iran is behind hacking attempts targeting Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics/us-concludes-iran-behind-trump-biden-harris-hacking/index.html

The FBI in recent days briefed the former president on their preliminary findings, after news organizations reported receiving documents believed to have come from an account belonging to a senior Trump campaign official. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign has said the hackers were unsuccessful in their attempts against the Biden-Harris campaign.

 

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Meta takes down more accounts tied to Iranian hackers targeting the U.S. election

The company says the hackers posed as tech support to target people affiliated with President Biden and Donald Trump, in the latest evidence of Iran’s attempts to influence the 2024 election.

www.boisestatepublicradio.org

 

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Meta takes down more accounts tied to Iranian hackers targeting the U.S. election

The company says the hackers posed as tech support to target people affiliated with President Biden and Donald Trump, in the latest evidence of Iran’s attempts to influence the 2024 election.

www.boisestatepublicradio.org

So how are these guys not being charged with election interference?

 

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So how are these guys not being charged with election interference?

They should be, assuming they can be tracked down.

 

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They should be, assuming they can be tracked down.

I'd think Zuckerberg and Musk might not be that hard to find, lol.

 

[blueharvest]

Iran's supreme leader opens door to negotiations with US over Tehran's nuclear program

Iran’s supreme leader has opened the door to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

apnews.com

 

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Iran says Houthi ally to pause ship attacks for oil tanker to be rescued

"In consideration of humanitarian and environmental concerns, Ansarullah has consented to this request," Iranian officials told Newsweek.

www.newsweek.com

 

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Iran nuclear program warning given by UN

A UN report was revealed on Thursday showing that Iran has further boosted its stockpile of enriched uranium.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

A single dot under Khamenei's tweet gets Iranian blogger long jail term

Iran's Judiciary on Saturday handed a total of 12 years in prison to Iranian blogger Hossein Shanbehzadeh who was arrested in June after posting a single dot in response to a tweet by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

www.iranintl.com

Shanbehzadeh posted the dot in May in a seemingly innocuous move but was arrested a few weeks later, after his reply garnered significantly more likes than Khamenei's original tweet, drawing widespread attention. His temporary detention order was extended in July for another month.

His dot post got more engagement than the dictator’s did so they are throwing him in prison.

 

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Iran’s president says his country needs more than $100 billion in foreign investment

Iran’s president has said his country needs about $100 billion in foreign investment to achieve an annual target of 8% economic growth.

apnews.com

 

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Iran’s missile supply to Moscow may reveal true scale of Pezeshkian’s powers

Despite desire to improve relations with Europe, the president has put Iran back on the sanctions treadmill

www.theguardian.com

 

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Iran launches new satellite into space using technology feared by West

The event, which was broadcast on Iranian media, showed the rocket being launched from a mobile platform, roughly 215 miles east of the capital Tehran.

www.newsweek.com

 

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Iran president’s high-wire appeal for diplomacy buffeted by winds of war

Masoud Pezeshkian calls for ‘new era of cooperation’ in UN speech while hemmed in by escalating tensions and critics at home

www.theguardian.com

 

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Iranian general charged in plot to murder US-based dissident journalist

Justice department says eight were charged ‘for their efforts to silence and kill a US citizen because of her criticism of the Iranian regime’

www.theguardian.com

 

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Iran says it could end ban on possessing nuclear weapons if sanctions reimposed

Comments made after nuclear inspectorate board passed motion censuring Iran for building uranium stockpile

www.theguardian.com

 

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Italian journalist’s arrest in Iran alleged to be reprisal for detention of suspected arms dealer

Cecilia Sala, 29, was detained in Tehran three days after US warrant used to hold Swiss-Iranian businessman in Milan

www.theguardian.com

 

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Iran's supreme leader rejects negotiations with Trump as 'not rational, intelligent or honorable'

Trump has indicated a willingness to negotiate a nuclear deal while also renewing his “maximum pressure” campaign on Tehran with an executive order.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Trump’s team worried Iranian spy would shoot down his plane with a missile: book

Trump staff flew on a ‘Trump Force One’ plane while the president boarded a decoy plane after security concerns increased

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

With Trump in the White House, Iranians mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Tens of thousands of Iranians are marking the anniversary of the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. It's the first mass demonstration in the country since President Donald Trump returned to the White House and restarted his “maximum pressure” campaign targeting Tehran.

apnews.com

 

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Hope this never happens here.

 

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