In news on Iran, the Boston Globe is reporting the State Department has recently opened a special Office of Iranian Affairs in Washington and a miniature embassy-in-exile in Dubai to help “defeat” the Iranian regime. The new office in the United Arab Emirates was set up to reach out to Iranian exiles and to help funnel money and support to dissident and antigovernment activists inside and outside of Iran. The State Department is also opening Iran-specific posts in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku and in Istanbul, Frankfurt and London–all cities with sizable populations of Iranian exiles.