{"id":1446,"date":"2020-08-11T15:40:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2020-08-20T12:35:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T17:35:14","slug":"1446","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/08\/11\/1446\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIranian courts sentenced two men to 10 years each in jail for spying on the country for the United Kingdom, Germany and Israel in separate cases.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/iran-convicts-citizens-spying-foreign-powers-200811092445921.html\">\u201cIran convicts citizens for spying for foreign powers,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, August 11, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Crude-Oil\/Iranian-Oil-Exports-Much-Higher-Than-Official-Data-Suggests.html\">\u201cIranian Oil Exports Much Higher Than Official Data Suggests,\u201d<\/a> Charles Kennedy, OilPrice.com, August 11, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/former-lawmaker-arrested-for-massive-corruption-involving-iran-parliament-speaker\/30778052.html\">\u201cFormer Lawmaker Arrested For Massive Corruption Involving Iran Parliament Speaker,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, August 11, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another Iranian official who will need to issue a retraction about Brian Hook \u201cfailing.\u201d\u00a0 If only Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, had waited a day or two until the surprise UAE-Israel-U.S. agreement.\u00a0 Shamkhani claimed Hook is leaving his post without success, \u201cAfter Hook, [Secretary of State] Mike Pompeo may also be forced to pack and leave before Donald Trump\u2019s departure.\u201d\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/irans-judiciary-calls-to-file-lawsuit-against-ex-us-envoy-brian-hook-638186\">\u201cIran&#8217;s judiciary calls to file lawsuit against ex-US envoy Brian Hook,\u201d<\/a> Aaron Reich, Jerusalem Post, August 11, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/opinions\/hezbollah-pushes-lebanon-toward-iranian-domination\">\u201cHezbollah pushes Lebanon toward Iranian domination,\u201d<\/a> Edy Cohen, op-ed, Israel Hayom, August 11, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-exporting-over-twice-as-much-oil-as-us-estimated-report-638194\">\u201cIran exporting over twice as much oil as US estimated \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> Jerusalem Post, August 11, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTankerTrackers has found that Iran has conducted maneuvers with foreign tankers many times to transfer and export millions of barrels of oils and bypass US sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2020\/08\/iran-fears-loss-of-hezbollah-after-beirut-blast\">\u201cIran fears loss of Hezbollah after Beirut blast,\u201d<\/a> Ahmad Parhizi, Asia Times, August 11, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIranian courts sentenced two men to 10 years each in jail for spying on the country for the United Kingdom, Germany and Israel in separate cases.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cIran convicts citizens for spying for foreign powers,\u201d Al Jazeera, August 11, 2020. \u201cIranian Oil Exports Much Higher Than Official Data Suggests,\u201d Charles Kennedy, OilPrice.com, August 11, 2020. \u201cFormer &hellip; 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