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uccession. The first consists of Hamas "government" apparatchiks who wish to keep their privileges. They control part of the international aid from the United States and the European Union, and also cash checks from "well-wishers" such as Iran. This mafia also controls the black market and the flow of contraband
dness remains unknown to most Iranians. "This issue is a redline, the [Iranian] media can't go near it," says Jamshid Barzegar, a senior analyst at BBC Persian. "To talk about this would be considered a weakening of people's attitudes. The government only speaks of tactics and resistance, how unhurt Iran w
out against Ing and Syria. Iran, for its part, claims the number of casualties it might sustain will be tolerable. "Hawks on both sides, Israel and the United States, and Iran, want to underplay the level of casualties," says Ali Ansari, an Iran expert at Scotland's University of St. Andrews. "But both sides ar
ness remains unknown to most Iranians. "This issue is a redline, the [Iranian] media can't go near it," says Jamshid Barzegar, a senior analyst at BBC Persian. "To talk about this would be considered a weakening of people's attitudes. The government only speaks of tactics and resistance, how unhurt Iran
lars into Chinese censorship technology to create a moral Iron Dome against political and cultural subversion, with decidedly mixed results. Piped-in BBC Persian and Voice of America television are sometimes successfully scrambled, but those who want pornography have no shortage of outlets. That said, the cens
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026555 →loosened their veils, but any discussion of abolishing the veil altogether is not tolerated by Khamenei. In addition to opposition toward the United States and Israel, the hijab is often considered one of the Islamic Republic's three remaining ideological pillars. "For Islamic Republic officials, the hij
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026558 →ack and loosened their veils, but any discussion of abolishing the veil altogether is not tolerated by Khamenei. In addition to opposition toward the United States and Israel, the hijab is often considered one of the Islamic Republic's three remaining ideological pillars. "For Islamic Republic officials,
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026558 →Entities connected to both United States and BBC Persian

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