Iran’s coronavirus crisis exacerbates internal struggle between government and IRGC

“A tense struggle is unfolding in Iran between the country’s civilian leaders and the parallel state of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The two entities are fighting about who will control the national response to COVID-19, according to sources. The outbreak of the pandemic in Iran followed closely that of China. Today the Iranian government claims the disease has infected no more than 115,000 people and killed fewer than 7,000. But these numbers seem low for a country of 82 million, and many observers dispute them.”

https://intelnews.org/2020/05/15/01-2777/

$1.6T in century-old Chinese bonds offer Trump unique leverage against Beijing

The Lewisburg, Tennessee-based American Bondholder Foundation holds $1.6 trillion of century-old Chinese debt, including interest, dating to before the founding of the communist People’s Republic of China, that it wants the administration's help in redeeming. There is an estimated $6 trillion or more of the debt outstanding worldwide.

The bonds were issued by the Republic of China which ousted the imperial government in a coup as far back as 1912 and backed by gold; they were defaulted on in 1938. The ROC government fled to Taiwan, where it remains the official ruling body, after Mao Zedong’s communist party took over following the 1949 end of the revolution.

Beijing maintains Taiwan is part of China, and under international law, successor governments are responsible for the debts of their predecessors.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/historic-chinese-bonds-trump-leverage-beijing

Covid-19 forces France to look at relocating its pharmaceutical industry

“With 80 percent of medicines manufactured in Asia, France remains highly dependent on China and India. Entrepreneurs are now determined to bring France’s laboratories back to Europe.”

https://www.france24.com/en/20200514-covid-19-forces-france-to-look-at-relocating-its-pharmaceutical-industry

'''Mail-In Ballots No Magic Bullet For Dems

CA-25 and WI-07 proved that this gimmick is no panacea for their turnout problems.'''

“Republicans are sending their ballots back at a significantly higher rate than Democrats.… 40 percent of registered Republicans had mailed in their ballots, according to tracking data, compared with 27 percent of Democrats, who have about 30,000 more registered voters in the district.… 51 percent of voters older than 65 have mailed in ballots, while just 15 percent of voters younger than 35 have done so.”

https://spectator.org/mail-in-ballots-no-magic-bullet-for-dems/

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>>9181994

Discernment in action - ty