Epstein Secrets

epublic's ability to sell oil overseas. Iran responded by threatening to militarily shut down the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow shipping lane out of the Persian Gulf through which 20 percent of the world's oil trade passes. On January 8, three days before the attack on Roshan, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta

p them put their internal problems aside." Martin, who spent most of his 25-year career at the CIA in the Middle East, argues that some clerics and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, confronted with a discontented and restless population, are looking for ways to solidify public support. "The way they see it, if Israe

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sses with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir at the airport in Jeddah on June 24. (Jacquelyn Martin/AFP/Getty Images) GET SMART FAST: 1. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a foreign tanker and 12 crew members that it accused of smuggling EFTA00046075 Iranian fuel. The seizure is the latest in a series of atta