Iran / Persia

July 31, 2025 -- U.S. and NATO allies warn of

ongoing threats by Iran's intelligence services

to kill, kidnap, and threaten citizens in many

countries

AP News. online US - NATO - IRAN

July 31, 2025 posted article

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"Dry Taps, Empty Lakes, Shuttered Cities :

a water crisis batters Iran" NY TIMES dot-com

world/middleeast/iran-water-crisis-drought.html

July 2025

Iran's leaders turn to a new birth of

a fusion of Shi'ite identity and Irani

nationalism

NYTimes.com/2025/07/22/world/middleeast/

iran-nationalism-israel-us-attacks.html

Tuesday July 22 (online article - NY TIMES)

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UPDATE: July 18

Iran's Fordo Nuclear site was badly

damaged and potentially destroyed by

the 12 bunker-buster bombs the U.S.

military dropped on it June 2025 --

details in article (David Sanger, Julian

Barnes, Eric Schmitt)

NYTimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/iran-nuclear-sites.html

_________July 12, 2025__

Iran's foreign minister

Abbas Araghchi

said that his country would accept a resumption

of the nuclear talks as long as the U.S. agreed

it would not again use B-2 Stealth bombers with

megabombs and Cruise Missiles on nuclear

and missile sites.

See FURTHER: apnews.com/article/iran-us-nuclear-talks-

araghchi- . . .

Tehran, Iran 10:45 a.m. US. EASTERN time zone.