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Volume 15, Issue 21

"Today we were supposed to have a fun day with the children, to celebrate your birthday. Instead of congratulating you, we are here eulogizing you. This is a reality that does not make sense. It does not make sense that our sweet children will not get to see your light, to experience you more, grow with you and learn with you - your goodness and your giving. We were supposed to grow old together and have more children. To do so many things. Now I'm alone with them. I can only hope that I can instill your values in them. I promise they will know they had the most amazing father in the world."

----Tal Tamar, speaking at the funeral of her husband, Meir, age 32, and the father of two young children, ages 1 and 3, on May 31 2023. Meir was killed by Palestinian terrorists in a shooting attack outside of their community of Hermesh

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** Iranian Subversion in Azerbaijan Must Not Go Unchecked ([link removed])
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(June 5, 2023) With Armenia ready to recognize Azerbaijani sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh, the 30-year conflict between the two South Caucasian countries may finally be ending. Azerbaijan has won and will regain control over its territory and the greater region will see a rise in stability.

But peace and stability in the Caucasus is not in the interest of the empires sandwiching the region—Iran and Russia. Both countries, especially Iran, see a strong and stable Azerbaijan as a threat. Tehran is concerned with military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Israel, the strengthening of its regional competitor Turkey, and the potential of an Azerbaijani role in a secessionist movement of its own sizeable Azerbaijani minority. Moscow, for its part, fears losing influence in a region where it will have far less relevance once its "peacekeeping" role is no longer needed. Both Iran and Russia are opposed to an energy corridor through Azerbaijan that could see both countries bypassed as Caspian oil… Read More on Newsweek ([link removed])


** By Joseph Epstein | June 5, 2023
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Wednesday, June 7th, 12 PM ET

As the efforts of the Biden administration to reach a diplomatic negotiation with the Islamic Republic of Iran appear to have faltered, they have been steadily working behind the scenes, to come to some sort of an agreement with the Iranian government regarding their steady advance toward a nuclear bomb. This week, a story emerged in Axios that The Biden administration’s senior Middle East advisor, Bret McGurk has secretly traveled to Muscat in an attempt to revive the nuclear talks with Iran.

This direction diverges greatly from comments coming from senior members of the Biden administration. For example, on February 21st, 2023, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “We are committed together to the proposition that Iran never acquire a nuclear weapon. That’s not exactly news. The President’s been very clear that every option is on the table to do that. And we’re also working to deepen our cooperation and coordination with Israel, as well as with other countries to deal with the multiplicity of challenges that Iran poses, including advances in its nuclear program. At the same time, we’ve also been clear that the Iran nuclear deal, the so-called JCPOA, is not now on the table.”

How do these talks square with the assurance from Secretary of State Blinken?” Is America backing up its diplomatic efforts with a renewed display of force? What has the United States done to support the brave dissidents in Iran? What sorts of new weapons, including highly sophisticated ballistic missiles does the Iranian regime have in its arsenal? And, most importantly: Will Israel be left on its own to fight an existential threat with an Iran galloping towards nuclear weapons?

Here to answer these questions and more is Behnam Ben Taleblu.

About the Speaker: Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at FDD where he focuses on Iranian security and political issues. Behnam previously served as a research fellow and senior Iran analyst at FDD. Prior to his time at FDD, Behnam worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think-tank in Washington. Leveraging his subject-matter expertise and native Farsi skills, Behnam has closely tracked a wide range of Iran-related topics including: nuclear non-proliferation, ballistic missiles, sanctions, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the foreign and security policy of the Islamic Republic, and internal Iranian politics. Frequently called upon to brief journalists, congressional staff, and other Washington-audiences, Behnam has also testified before the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament.

His analysis has been quoted in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Fox News, The Associated Press, and Agence France-Presse, among others. Additionally, he has contributed to or co-authored articles for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Fox News, The Hill, War on the Rocks, The National Interest, and U.S. News & World Report. Behnam has appeared on a variety of broadcast programs, including BBC News, Fox News, CBS Interactive, C-SPAN, and Defense News. Behnam earned his MA in International Relations from The University of Chicago, and his BA in International Affairs and Middle East Studies from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.
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** Israel must stop a bad Iran deal, whatever the cost ([link removed])

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