Iran now requires permission slips to use international waters while Turkey raids its own opposition party.
Sovereign nation now issuing hall passes for international shipping lanes like a middle school vice principal.
▸ Wikipedia — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy reports that 33 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz after receiving permission in the past 24 hours. (Iran International)Turkish police raiding their own opposition party headquarters is the kind of democratic process that comes with a battering ram.
▸ Wikipedia — Turkish police raid the headquarters of the Republican People's Party and evict its leadership, including Özgür Özel. (AFP via France 24) (BBC News) (Reuters)Iranian Americans protesting to keep a war going because they fear peace might leave the wrong people in charge is a novel geopolitical position.
▸ Wikipedia — Iranian Americans gather in San Francisco, California, United States at the Ferry Building opposing an immediate end to the Iran war, citing concerns that it would leave the Islami