{"id":1323,"date":"2020-07-28T17:09:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T22:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2020-07-29T07:15:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T12:15:27","slug":"1323","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/07\/28\/1323\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To pressure the UK, and to punish the professor.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/british-australian-woman-jailed-tehran-moved-iran-qarchak-prison\">\u201cBritish-Australian woman jailed in Tehran moved to Iran\u2019s notorious and remote Qarchak prison,\u201d<\/a> Stephen Sorace, Fox News, July 28, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to the story yesterday of the Supreme Leader&#8217;s controversial NGO called the Mostazafan Foundation, here is an NGO that really fights poverty, the Imam Ali Society.\u00a0 But because the government can\u2019t own it or control it, the NGO\u2019s officers have been arrested and the organization will be shut down.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/more-than-500-public-figures-in-iran-call-for-release-of-anti-poverty-ngo-founder\/30751710.html\">\u201cMore Than 500 Public Figures In Iran Call For Release Of Anti-Poverty NGO Founder,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, July 28, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>And again, no causalities.\u00a0 Other than the gas leak at the clinic in North Tehran (19 dead there), it is amazing how few deaths.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/07\/iran-fuel-tank-explosion-mysterious-fires-israel-us.html\">\u201cFuel tank explosion in Iran latest in string of mystery blasts,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, July 28, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Dunaway, a \u201cpolitical commentator\u201d from Oregon, (and what are his qualifications?) is one of the few Americans who support the Regime.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/450573\/The-world-is-fortunate-that-Iran-is-dominated-by-clear-headed\">\u201cThe world is fortunate that Iran is dominated by clear-headed thinkers, says American analyst,\u201d<\/a> Amir Mohammad Esmaeili, Tehran Times, July 28, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Monday deaths were 235, reported Tuesday.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/whtc.com\/news\/articles\/2020\/jul\/28\/iran-hits-new-record-of-235-deaths-from-coronavirus-in-the-past-24-hours-health-ministry\/1043764\/?refer-section=health\">\u201cIran registers a record 235 coronavirus deaths in 24-hour period,\u201d<\/a> WHTC, July 28, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s enabling, and trying to get ahead, is empowering Iran.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/china-says-no-oil-from-iran-in-june-three-tankers-arrived-in-recent-weeks\/30753927.html\">\u201cWhile China Says No Oil From Iran In June, Three Tankers Arrived In Recent Weeks,\u201d<\/a> Dalga Khatinoglu, Radio Farda, July 28, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>To help us understand why the Regime can spend more on its own people, and not spend money on terror.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/financialtribune.com\/articles\/business-and-markets\/104554\/iran-s-external-debt-is-86b-assets-54b\">\u201cIran\u2019s External Debt Is $8.6b, Assets $54b,\u201d<\/a> Financial Tribune, July 28, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>These types of projects didn\u2019t work in the USSR.\u00a0 Iran says it will transfer water from the Gulf to Iran&#8217;s southwestern Kerman Province, a 300-km pipeline with 7 pumping stations for 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water.\u00a0 The start is the Bandar Abbas desalination plant.\u00a0 See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2020-07\/28\/c_139244527.htm\">\u201cIran plans to transfer Gulf water to Kerman province in SW,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, July 28, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcemag.com\/iranian-ballistic-missile-launch-briefly-raises-alarm-at-al-udeid-al-dhafra\">\u201cIranian Ballistic Missile Launch Briefly Raises Alarm at Al Udeid, Al Dhafra,\u201d<\/a> Brian Everstine, Air Force Magazine, July 28, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To pressure the UK, and to punish the professor.\u00a0 \u201cBritish-Australian woman jailed in Tehran moved to Iran\u2019s notorious and remote Qarchak prison,\u201d Stephen Sorace, Fox News, July 28, 2020. 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