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The U.S. Government module contains official social media handles and RSS feeds of U.S. government agencies and departments.

The Iran narrative has been driven by 42 sources in the U.S. Government module across 116 unique narratives in the last 30 days. The most active keywords associated with the Iran narrative are saudi arabia, security council, national security, and human rights.

Activity This chart shows the publication volume of narrative items by the sources in the module "U.S. Government".

Key Insights Key Insights are generated by Kudzu's deep-layered neural network, which summarizes selected articles that are highly relevant to the brief's topics.

• Siamak Namazi was not included in the prisoner swap with Iran in January 2016 that led to the release of Jason Rezaian, Amir Hekmati and Saeed Abedini. A National Security Council spokesperson said the Biden administration remains committed to securing the freedom of Namazi. The US does not have diplomatic relations with Iran, though it has called on the government there to release the detained Americans.
• From ransomware groups targeting critical infrastructure to facilitators of sanctions evasion, these criminal actors embolden our enemies and threaten our national security. All too often, they seek refuge in countries they believe will protect and empower them. While they may think they are out of reach, our agents and prosecutors are uniquely equipped to combat this double threat.
• Abrahams Ax is perhaps the latest in a string of state-backed hacking groups to emerge in the region. The U.S. and Saudi governments accused Tehran of backing a drone attack on Saudi oil infrastructure carried out by the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

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