{"id":1469,"date":"2020-08-15T12:47:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T17:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2020-08-26T01:09:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:09:23","slug":"1469","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/08\/15\/1469\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh no, not again.\u00a0 The picture chosen for this picture looks like a man in a football uniform for the women\u2019s national team.\u00a0 This was a problem several years ago when Iran snuck men onto the team and covered their heads.\u00a0 \u201cIran Women\u2019s Unchanged in FIFA Rankings,\u201d<\/a> Tasnim, August, 15, 2020.<\/p>\n

This is the sort of thing that the world should not put up with.\u00a0 \u201cIran’s Kayhan says UAE a ‘legitimate target’ after Israel deal,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Eye, August 15, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0Note in the story that the Supreme Leader himself says the Regime and its \u201cresistance\u201d violence can now target the UAE, and that Pres. Rouhani states the UAE joined the agreement to help Pres. Trump be re-elected\u2014so, Rouhani indicates who Iran doesn\u2019t want to be U.S. president.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see what the OIC says about Iran\u2019s proposal.\u00a0 If this is a good idea, it probably would have already occurred.\u00a0 \u201cIran’s Judiciary chief calls for forming an int\u2019l Islamic court,\u201d<\/a> Trend, August 15, 2020.<\/p>\n

A listing of some of the secret and detention facilities run by the IRGC and the Min. of Intelligence.\u00a0 \u201cIRGC Secret Dungeon Under Jamalzadeh Barracks in Iran Capital,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Update, August 15, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran: US report on seized Iran oil cargoes false,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Memo, August 15, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0Really funny\u2014here is Iran\u2019s most recent argument.\u00a0 From the story, \u201cIran has confirmed that US reports on the seizing of Iranian fuel cargoes aboard ships bound for Venezuela are false, Iranian media reported on Friday.\u00a0 Press TV reported informed Iranian sources stating that the fuel shipments in question had already been purchased and paid for, and that neither the vessels carrying them nor the shipments themselves were related to Iran.\u201d\u00a0 Here\u2019s another story, quoting the President of Iran himself.\u00a0 “Neither the ships nor the flag was Iranian. The whole story is a lie,” Rouhani was quoted by semi official news agency ISNA as stating.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran refutes U.S. announcement of seizing Iranian oil tankers as “lie”,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, August 15, 2020.\u00a0 These stories, of who is telling the truth on any particular crisis, the U.S. or Iran, pop up every month or two.\u00a0 Iran doesn\u2019t have a good track record of winning these \u201cwho is telling the truth\u201d events.<\/p>\n

Careful readers of the news will note that when FM Zarif states Iran\u2019s support for Palestine in a telephone conversation with Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas, Zarif is not talking with the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.\u00a0 Zarif instead speaks with the leader of the terror group Hamas.\u00a0 See \u201cZarif Underlines Iran\u2019s Support for Palestine in Talks with Hamas Chief,\u201d<\/a> Tasnim, August, 15, 2020.<\/p>\n

Pursuant to the 2015 JCPOA, the conventional weapons ban on Iran will expire in mid-October.\u00a0 A poor idea by those who negotiated on behalf of the West.\u00a0 Imagine, just five more years of Iran not importing or exporting weapons.\u00a0 Should have been 25 years, etc.\u00a0 This was one of the reasons the U.S. bolted in 2018.\u00a0 If the U.S. is now the country forced to lead the snapback charge on int\u2019l sanctions bec of Iran\u2019s repeated violations of the JCPOA, including enrichment and impeding inspections, one has to ask where are the other countries?\u00a0 See \u201cTrump says snapback sanctions against Iran could come next week,”<\/a> Jason Hoffman, CNN, August 15, 2020.<\/p>\n

Under the terms of the 2015 JCPOA, the conventional weapons ban on Iran will expire in mid-October.\u00a0 A poor idea by those who negotiated on behalf of the West.\u00a0 Imagine, just five more years of Iran not importing or exporting weapons.\u00a0 Should have been 25 years, etc.\u00a0 This was one of the reasons the U.S. bolted in 2018.\u00a0 If the U.S. is now the country forced to lead the snapback charge on int\u2019l sanctions bec of Iran\u2019s repeated violations of the JCPOA, including enrichment and impeding inspections, one has to ask where are the other countries?\u00a0 See \u201cTrump says snapback sanctions against Iran could come next week,\u201d<\/a> Jason Hoffman, CNN, August 15, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh no, not again.\u00a0 The picture chosen for this picture looks like a man in a football uniform for the women\u2019s national team.\u00a0 This was a problem several years ago when Iran snuck men onto the team and covered their heads.\u00a0 \u201cIran Women\u2019s Unchanged in FIFA Rankings,\u201d Tasnim, August, 15, 2020. This is the sort … <\/p>\n

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