{"id":1472,"date":"2020-08-16T09:54:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T14:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2020-08-26T01:15:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:15:44","slug":"1472","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/08\/16\/1472\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Narco-terror groups ELN and FARC are teaming up with Iran in South America.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/southern-command-eyes-venezuelas-illicit-connections-and-iranian-patronage\">\u201cSouthern Command eyes Venezuela\u2019s illicit connections and Iranian patronage,\u201d<\/a> Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/iranian-supermarket-chain-launches-venezuelan-capital-200816132051310.html\">\u201cIranian supermarket chain launches in Venezuelan capital,\u201d<\/a> Lucia Newman, Al Jazeera, August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/en\/news\/2020\/08\/16\/2328369\/fm-zarif-pledges-iran-s-unflagging-support-for-palestine\">\u201cFM Zarif Pledges Iran\u2019s Unflagging Support for Palestine,\u201d<\/a> August, 16, 2020, Tasnim, August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eurasiantimes.com\/uae-rejects-iran-threats-after-israel-deal\">\u201cUAE Rejects Iranian Threats After Historic Israel Deal,\u201d<\/a> EurAsian Times, August 16, 2020.\u00a0 As does the GCC.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-israel-emirates-gulf-gcc\/gulf-cooperation-council-secretary-general-condemns-irans-threats-to-uae-idUKKCN25C0SY?il=0\">\u201cGulf Cooperation Council secretary general condemns Iran&#8217;s &#8216;threats&#8217; to UAE,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>No evidence.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/451320\/Beirut-blast-100-percent-Israeli-job-advisor-to-Iran-s-Leader\">\u201cBeirut blast \u2018100 percent Israeli job\u2019: advisor to Iran\u2019s Leader,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 147 died, reported on Sunday.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ifpnews.com\/irans-daily-covid-19-fatalities-down-to-147\">\u201cIran\u2019s Daily COVID-19 Fatalities Down to 147,\u201d<\/a> IFP, August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve heard several caves have also been discovered in north Tehran.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/451308\/Caves-in-northern-Iran-show-evidence-of-Neanderthals\">\u201cCaves in northern Iran show evidence of Neanderthals,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranfocus.com\/en\/economy\/34710-iran-s-parliament-deeply-rooted-in-corruption\">\u201cIran\u2019s Parliament Deeply Rooted in Corruption,\u201d<\/a> Jubin Katiraie, Iran Focus, August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The political prisoners said in their letter, \u201cWe started to strike today to protest the violations of the political prisoners\u2019 rights and the authorities\u2019 insistency on imprisoning justice-seeking people in these deplorable health conditions and in this remote prison, which lacks the necessary standards for human care. The main point is that none of us are criminals and our right to protest. Criminals are those who cause inflation and a catastrophic economic situation.\u201d See <a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/16\/prisoners-go-on-hunger-strike-over-coronavirus-fears\">\u201c72 Detained Iran Protesters Go on Hunger Strike Over Coronavirus Fears,\u201d<\/a> Iran HRM, August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The UN arms embargo on Iran will expire in October, unless the world or the U.S. takes action.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/iran-says-to-export-arms-once-un-embargo-lifted\/1943608\">\u201cIran says to export arms once UN embargo lifted,\u201d<\/a> Syed Zafar Mehdi, AA, August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narco-terror groups ELN and FARC are teaming up with Iran in South America.\u00a0 \u201cSouthern Command eyes Venezuela\u2019s illicit connections and Iranian patronage,\u201d Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, August 16, 2020. \u201cIranian supermarket chain launches in Venezuelan capital,\u201d Lucia Newman, Al Jazeera, August 16, 2020. \u201cFM Zarif Pledges Iran\u2019s Unflagging Support for Palestine,\u201d August, 16, 2020, Tasnim, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/08\/16\/1472\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1561,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions\/1561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}