PM Bennett’s Remarks at the Start of the Weekly Cabinet Meeting: The 36th Government, June 20, 2021 – “… This weekend, Iran chose a new president – Ebrahim Raisi. Of all the people that Khamenei could have chosen, he chose the ‘Hangman of Tehran,’ the man infamous among Iranians and across the world for leading the Death Committees, which executed thousands of innocent Iranian citizens throughout the years. Raisi’s election is, I would say, the last chance for the world powers to wake up before returning to the nuclear agreement, and to understand who they are doing business with. These guys are murderers, mass murderers. A regime of brutal hangmen must never be allowed to have weapons of mass destruction that will enable it to not kill thousands, but millions. Israel’s position will not change on this.”
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Iran’s New Hard-Line President Poised for Pivotal Role in Nuclear Talks
Iran’s System Keeps Its Grip, Despite the Chaos (or Because of It)
For Further Reference:
President-Elect Raisi Backs Nuclear Talks, Rules Out Meeting Biden: Reuters and Algemeiner staff, Algemeiner, June 21, 2021 — President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Monday backed talks between Iran and six world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal but flatly rejected meeting US President Joe Biden, even if Washington removed all sanctions.
Iran’s Hardline Presidential Frontrunner Supports Nuclear Talks: Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg, June 13, 2021 — Ebrahim Raisi, the hardline cleric widely tipped to replace President Hassan Rouhani, said he’ll continue talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers if he’s elected, but won’t treat the accord as a major national concern, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Israel’s F-35s Fly in Furthest Military Drill Ever, Closer to Iran: Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press, June 6, 2021 — Six of the newest aircraft in the Israel Air Force are in Italy this week to drill together with those from the United States and the United Kingdom in the “Falcon Strike 2021” military exercise, which is taking place between June 6 and June 17.
The Life of Iran’s Most Celebrated Mass Killer: Peter Theroux, Tablet, Jan. 7, 2021 — Late in Arash Azizi’s fluent and groundbreaking new biography of the late Qassem Soleimani, The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the U.S., and Iran’s Global Ambitions, the author tells us that the summer before Soleimani was killed, “Israel’s former prime minister Ehud Olmert spoke of his old adversary Soleimani in a radio interview: ‘There is something that he knows, that he knows I know, that I know he knows, and both of us know what that something is.’ He paused for a moment and added: ‘What that is, that’s another story.’”
Ahmadinejab Claims Israel Infiltrated Iranian Intelligence: Iran International, June 12, 2021 – Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejab says the highest ranking Iranian intelligence official in charge of countering Israeli spies in Iran was himself an agent of Israel. He did not name anyone nor specify the time period in question.
