January 21, 2020.  What does this story mean?  It is not just that Iran wants to be the first to examine the black box.  It means that Iran wants to alter the readouts and technical data so that Iran was not at fault in shooting down the Ukraine jet.  But from what I read elsewhere, Iran will not have the technical capability to pull this off.  See “Iran trying to analyze doomed Ukrainian jet's black box: report,” Justine Coleman, The Hill, January 19, 2020.

“Iran’s regime straining to cope with Soleimani’s absence,” Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2020.

January 21, 2020.  “A U.S. envoy on Tuesday called an Iranian lawmaker’s offer of a $3 million reward to anyone who killed U.S. President Donald Trump “ridiculous” and said it pointed to the “terrorist underpinnings” of the Iranian government.  “It’s just ridiculous but it gives you a sense of the terrorist underpinnings of that regime and that regime needs to change its behavior,” Robert Wood, U.S. disarmament ambassador, told reporters in Geneva.””

“U.S. calls Iran's $3 million reward to kill Trump 'ridiculous',” Reuters, January 21, 2020.

“Iran continues to persecute Christians in violation of international law,” Donna Rachel Edmunds, Jerusalem Post,

January 21, 2020.

“Iranian lawmaker offers $3 million to anyone who kills Trump – report,” Toi Staff, Times of Israel, January 21, 2020.

January 21, 2020.  The Iranians are good holding hostages—citizens of other countries in Evin Prison, the black box from the Ukrainian plane, and the now the Non-Proliferation Treaty.  See “U.S. decries Iran threat to withdraw from global nuclear treaty,” Reuters, January 21, 2020.

“Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps is stretched too thin for multiple missions, new report says,” Russ Read, Washington Examiner, January 21, 2020.

“Trump's policy on Iran has worked inways that Obama's failed,” Farley Weiss, op-ed, AZCentral, January 21, 2020.

“Canada, Iran at odds over who should analyze downed plane's black boxes,” Alexander Cornwell and Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters, January 21, 2020.

“Iran is increasingly using missiles inits military operations — that's a problem,” Benham Ben Taleblu, op-ed, The Hill, January 21, 2020.

“Iran's Annual Inflation Remains Alarmingly High At 39 Percent,” Radio Farda, January 21, 2020.

“For Iran’s MIT, plane crash hit close to home,” Kourosh Ziabari, Asia Times, January 21, 2020.

January 21, 2020.  I wonder how many people realize how poorly religious minorities are treated?  “Although Iran's constitution nominally protects religious minorities, ex-Muslim converts are afforded no such protection and are considered enemies of the state.”  See “Iran continues to persecute Christians in violation of international law,” Donna Rachel Edmunds, Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2020.

“Iran Asks U.S., France for Equipment to Download Downed Plane's Black Boxes,” Reuters, New York Times, January 21, 2020.

“Iranian MP says Iran would be protected if it had nuclear arms,” ISNA, Reuters, January 21, 2020.