{"id":1036,"date":"2020-06-10T10:47:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2020-06-20T05:40:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T10:40:31","slug":"1036","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/06\/10\/1036\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite several public calls by the Supreme Leader (they were for show) during recent years for the IRGC to cut back on its control of the majority of the economy, this year the IRGC publicly controlled the satellite launch and now are moving further into the car industry.\u00a0 See \u201cIran’s Guards Poised To Enter Country’s $15 Billion Auto Industry,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Denies Collision Between IRISL Boxship and Bulker,\u201d<\/a> Maritime Executive, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

Best article by far on the subject of forest fires in Iran\u2014that the people fight the fires, not the government.\u00a0 \u201cIran is woefully underprepared to deal with the country’s hot season because of a lack of resources and budget, and so extinguishing the fire falls to volunteers. Locals have almost no tools with which to fight the fire, apart from tree branches and leaf blowers. Iranian officials, meanwhile, have tried to deny the extent of the damage.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIn Iran, locals extinguish wildfires with almost no resources,\u201d<\/a> France 24, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cPompeo demands Iran release US detainees,\u201d<\/a> Arab News, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cGarneau Asks Iran To Explain To UN Aviation Council Where Black Boxes Are,\u201d<\/a> Mia Rabson, National Post, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cTop U.S. Officer: Iran\u2019s Government \u2018Struggling\u2019 Amid Coronavirus Spread,\u201d<\/a> Paul Shinkman, U.S. News, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Escalating Pressure On South Korea To Release Billions In Oil Money,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cRouhani Calls on Russia, China to Resist US Push to Extend Arms Embargo,\u201d<\/a> Asharq al-Awsat, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

The merry go round continues, Iran won\u2019t send the boxes.\u00a0 See \u201cIran says will now send Ukraine airliner black boxes to Paris \u2013 sources,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cCould Iran Test a Nuclear Bomb Within a Year?,\u201d<\/a> Matthew Petti, National Interest, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cUS Criticizes China, Iran, Nigeria for Religious Freedom Violations,\u201d<\/a> VOA, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran War Vet Sets Himself on Fire in Protest Against Iranian Foundation,”<\/a> Jubin Katiraie, Iran Focus, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

It would be great to see Press TV defunded.\u00a0 \u201cIran’s state television may have to shut down several foreign language channels due to financial strains caused by sanctions, mismanagement, falling viewership figures and long-standing differences between the state broadcaster and the presidential administration.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran To Shut Down Several TV Channels Beaming Programs To Other Countries,\u201d<\/a> Behrouz Turani, Radio Farda, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cFormer Deputy Mayor Of Tehran Being Tried For Billion-Dollar Corruption,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Poses Greatest Threat to Region, Centcom Commander Says,\u201d<\/a> David Vergun, DOD News, June 10, 2020.\u00a0 Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, Jr. identified the various threats from Iran as: Funding and arming terrorist organizations; Propping up the “murderous regime” of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad; Providing advanced weapons to the Houthi rebels in Yemen; Direct attack on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz; Direct attack on oil refineries in Saudi Arabia; and Attacking U.S. troops in Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite several public calls by the Supreme Leader (they were for show) during recent years for the IRGC to cut back on its control of the majority of the economy, this year the IRGC publicly controlled the satellite launch and now are moving further into the car industry.\u00a0 See \u201cIran’s Guards Poised To Enter Country’s … <\/p>\n

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