{"id":1206,"date":"2020-07-12T06:44:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T11:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2020-07-19T00:48:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T05:48:39","slug":"1206","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/07\/12\/1206\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has finally released an official from its Iran\u2019s Civil Aviation Organization about the Jan. 8 Ukraine airliner shoot-down.\u00a0 Iranian investigators blame a misaligned missile battery and miscommunication between soldiers and their IRGC commanders.\u00a0 Remember, the shootdown happened the same night Iran after launched a ballistic missile attack targeting U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and Iran was expecting the U.S. to attack Tehran in response.\u00a0 The U.S. made no retaliatory attack.\u00a0 Iran\u2019s civilians (and Ukraine\u2019s civilians, and other country\u2019s civilians who lost loved ones) know that mismanagement and corruption and poor military procedures have combined to shoot down a commercial airliner with a military missile.\u00a0 But there is a little bit of good news\u2014the Russian-made Tor system, the SA-15, does work.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/07\/12\/iran-blames-errors-for-jet-shootdown-357459\">\u201cIran blames errors for jet shootdown,\u201d<\/a> AP, July 12, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20200712-iran-reports-194-more-fatalities-from-coronavirus\">\u201cIran reports 194 more fatalities from coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Memo, July 12, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/iran-guards-deny-suing-journalists-for-army-interview-critical-of-irgc\/30721771.html\">\u201cIran Guards Deny Suing Journalists For Army Interview Critical Of IRGC,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, July 12, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/usa\/media-report-us-frees-convicted-terror-financier-part-deal-iran\">\u201cMedia Report: US Frees Convicted Terror Financier as Part of Deal with Iran,\u201d<\/a> VOA, July 13, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/iran\/fire-breaks-out-at-petrochemical-facility-in-southwest-iran-1.8989231\">\u201cFire Breaks Out at Petrochemical Facility in Southwest Iran,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, Haaretz, July 12, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0A fire broke out at a facility belonging to the Shahid Tondgooyan Petrochemical Company in southwest Iran but was quickly contained, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/iran\/iran-s-president-calls-for-ban-on-weddings-wakes-to-halt-virus-spread-1.8986816\">\u201cIran&#8217;s President Calls for Ban on Weddings, Wakes to Halt Virus Spread,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, July 12, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/as-u-s-moves-to-exit-afghanistan-rivals-prepare-to-swoop-in\/30721830.html\">\u201cAs U.S. Moves To Exit Afghanistan, Rivals Prepare To Swoop In,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL, Frud Bezhan, July 12, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has finally released an official from its Iran\u2019s Civil Aviation Organization about the Jan. 8 Ukraine airliner shoot-down.\u00a0 Iranian investigators blame a misaligned missile battery and miscommunication between soldiers and their IRGC commanders.\u00a0 Remember, the shootdown happened the same night Iran after launched a ballistic missile attack targeting U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and Iran &hellip; 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