{"id":1114,"date":"2020-06-25T22:55:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T03:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2020-06-28T20:41:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T01:41:41","slug":"1114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/06\/25\/1114\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jun\/26\/iran-authorities-investigate-large-explosion-near-tehran\">\u201cIran explosion: large blast seen near military base outside Tehran,\u201d<\/a> Guardian, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExiled Activist: Iran Imprisons Arab Teacher Who Blamed Authorities for Poverty,\u201d Michael Lipin, Ramin Haghjoo, and Behrooz Samadbeygi, VOA, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.almanar.com.lb\/1073910\">\u201cDelivery of Kowsar Jets Proves US Sanctions\u2019 Failure: Iran\u2019s Hatami,\u201d<\/a> Al Manar, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>They did not get a permit to gather.\u00a0 A permit would not have been approved.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/university-in-iran-suspends-students-for-gathering-to-honor-victims-of-downed-plane\/30689981.html\">\u201cUniversity In Iran Suspends Students For Gathering To Honor Victims Of Downed Plane,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran\u2019s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has announced that the number of the country\u2019s manufactured satellites will increase to 18 by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19th 2021).\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/advanced-television.com\/2020\/06\/25\/iran-wants-more-home-made-satellites\">\u201cIran wants more \u2018home made\u2019 satellites,\u201d<\/a> Chris Forrester, Advanced Television, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels near US Military ships at close range. EPA\u00a0Iran\u2019s unacceptable behaviour is disrupting the Middle East and Tehran will be held to account if it continued along the path of aggression, the region\u2019s most senior British general has said.\u00a0 The country\u2019s military activities have led to a \u201cdestabilisation\u201d of the Middle East and Iran faces further international isolation if it continues, said Lt Gen Sir John Lorimer.\u00a0 \u201cWe have long said that that behaviour is unacceptable and must not be repeated,\u201d he told The National in an extensive interview. \u201cFrom our perspective Iran faces a choice \u2013 if you continue in this way or increase or ratchet up this approach you will face growing isolation from the international community.\u201d\u00a0 Once again, Iran must decide to act as a normal country or as a revolution\/cause.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/world\/europe\/iran-faces-further-isolation-if-it-keeps-up-aggression-says-top-british-general-1.1039289\">\u201cIran faces further isolation if it keeps up aggression, says top British general,\u201d<\/a> Thomas Harding, The National, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran on June 25 officially started building a 1,000-km (620-mile) pipeline to avoid the disputed Strait of Hormuz for its future oil exports, state television reported.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spglobal.com\/platts\/en\/market-insights\/latest-news\/natural-gas\/062520-iran-building-pipeline-to-avoid-disputed-oil-waterway\">\u201cIran building pipeline to avoid disputed oil waterway,\u201d<\/a> SPGlobal, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, this makes a great debate.\u00a0 When democratic capitalist countries help other similar countries, we seen increasing economic progress individually and at the country level, and we\u2019ve seen more political openness and less corruption and even greater happiness measured.\u00a0 So I\u2019d say that Iran is wrong\u2014the U.S. supporting Israel is a good thing that the UN and other countries should recognize for the good it does humanity.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/ifpnews.com\/un-security-council-weakened-by-us-support-for-israel-iran-envoy\">\u201cUN Security Council Weakened by US Support for Israel: Iran Envoy,\u201d<\/a> IFP Editorial Staff, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The new annual State Department\u2019s Country Reports on Terrorism has been released. \u00a0Guess which country is featured?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1694826\/middle-east\">\u201cUS terror report: Iran continues to plot global attacks,\u201d<\/a> Arab News, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/iran-pressures-psychologists-to-avoid-public-discussion-of-violence-against-women-\/30690741.html\">\u201cIran Pressures Psychologists To Avoid Public Discussion Of Violence Against Women,\u201d<\/a> Fahimeh Khezer-Haydari and Maryam Sinaiee, Radio Farda, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/06\/iran-syria-strategy-quds-force-irgc-caesar-sanctions-trump.html\">\u201cIran hunkers down in Syria after Caesar Act sanctions,\u201d<\/a> Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2020\/jun\/25\/hassan-rouhani-iran-president-expresses-solidarity\">\u201cIran&#8217;s president expresses solidarity with North Korea against &#8216;common enemy&#8217; U.S.,\u201d<\/a> Guy Taylor, Washington Times, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran explosion: large blast seen near military base outside Tehran,\u201d Guardian, June 25, 2020. \u201cExiled Activist: Iran Imprisons Arab Teacher Who Blamed Authorities for Poverty,\u201d Michael Lipin, Ramin Haghjoo, and Behrooz Samadbeygi, VOA, June 25, 2020. \u201cDelivery of Kowsar Jets Proves US Sanctions\u2019 Failure: Iran\u2019s Hatami,\u201d Al Manar, June 25, 2020. 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