
Farzan Sabet
@iranwonk
Managing Researcher @GVAGrad_GGC focused on Middle East security, economic sanctions, and technology governance. Alumnus @UN, @Stanford, and @McGillU.
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https://iranwonk.substack.com/ 20-08-2014 17:24:53
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1/🧵 On Monday, Middle East Eye's Sean Mathews quoted Arab officials stating that Iran purchased Chinese surface-to-air missile (SAM) batteries to rebuild its air defense, damaged during the war with Israel. The systems were reportedly bartered for Iran's oil shipments.






Azerbaijan--Armenia summit in Abu Dhabi: the first proper Aliyev--Pashinyan meeting ever. Both sides appear keen to cut Russia off. Turkey and the US are supportive. My piece with insights from Jirayr Libaridian, Zaur Shiriyev, Tigran Grigoryan and Shujaat Ahmadzada bbc.com/russian/articl…




Fellow Iran missile nerds will get a kick out of this... Reportedly, the family of deceased IRGC-AF Chief BG Amir-Ali Hajizadeh has written his (still unsanctioned by Treasury Department) replacement, BG Seyyed Majid Mousavi, a good luck letter wherein they re-up that fact that Mousavi




Congratulations Nader Itayim | نادر ایتیّم - very well deserved!