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Entries in Isfahan explosion (2)

Tuesday
Nov292011

The Latest from Iran (29 November): Nothing To See Here, Move Along

A photograph from Fars of smoke rising above the British Embassy and the Iranian flag flying instead of Britain's Union Jack


See also Iran Latest: Students Storm British Embassy
Iran Snap Analysis: Assessing The Isfahan Explosion
The Latest from Iran (28 November): The Bank Fraud Expands


2025 GMT: Tough Talk Alert. In case anyone needed more tough talk on the day the British Embassy was attacked....

The head of the Basij militia, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, has explained in a television interview tells TV that the US cannot fight back if it is attacked by by the Islamic Republic.

1915 GMT: On the Air. Zanan (Women's) TV has been launched on the Internet.

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Tuesday
Nov292011

Iran Snap Analysis: Assessing The Isfahan Explosion

Commercial satellite image of the damage at the Malard military base from the blast of 12 November 2011


Within Iran, the explosions do not take place in the isolation --- nukes, nukes, nukes --- often framed by media outside the country. They interact with other instability and uncertainty that is already present, from the fragile economic situation to the political in-fighting that is threatening President Ahmadinejad to --- possibly --- tensions within the military, including the Revolutionary Guards. 

Nothing is settled in the Islamic Republic these days. And yesterday's incident --- be it attack, sabotage, or water boiler --- adds another loud ripple to the turbulence.

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