PEOPLE GATHER around the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran, in December 2019. (photo credit: WANA NEWS AGENCY/REUTERS)
Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post: Iran's 20% enrichment is its biggest step toward nukes - analysis
This is a major step forward to a nuclear bomb, the most significant step the Islamic Republic has taken since the 2015 nuclear deal.
Most of the noise surrounding the anniversary of the death of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and the end of the Trump administration’s term is focused on whether there will be a last-minute war.
Shockingly, Israel, the Trump administration and the incoming Biden administration are not commenting on the likely more significant news that Iran has decided to start enriching uranium up to 20% purity.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 4, 2020
Trump Isn't Planning to Attack Iran -- Michael Rubin, 1945
Is the worst behind in Turkey’s economic turmoil? -- Mustafa Sonmez, Al-Monitor
South Africa coronavirus variant: What is the risk? -- Michelle Roberts, BBC News
What the world will look like after Covid -- Ravi Kant, Asia Times
Analysis: Africa's wait for coronavirus vaccine -- BBC Cameroon's Anglophone crisis: No end in sight -- Adrian Kriesch, DW
The EU Takes a Gamble With China -- Constantin Eckner, Spectator
China enters 2021 a stronger, more influential power — and Australia may feel the squeeze even more -- James Laurenceson, ABC News (Australia)
What’s behind acquitting top army generals in Algeria? -- Al Jazeera
U.S.-Russia Relations After Trump -- James Pardew, The Hill
Biden softness no cause to celebrate in Japan -- Grant Newsham, Asia Times
Should Ex-Defense Secretaries Weigh in On the Election? -- Mark Episkopos, National Interest
What’s next after Assange extradition request blocked -- Al Jazeera
