{"id":1631,"date":"2020-09-08T14:42:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T19:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2020-09-26T00:02:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T05:02:27","slug":"1631","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/09\/08\/1631\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And there\u2019s no need for this, just cruelty.\u00a0 They already charged her with spying and have held her for almost 5 years.\u00a0 This is just more antagonism to pressure the UK into larger ransom payments or other concessions.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-54076857\"> \u201cNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe &#8216;to face new charge and trial in Iran&#8217;,\u201d<\/a> BBC, September 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsintervention.com\/irans-insistence-to-involve-islamic-revolutionary-group-firm-at-chabahar-has-strained-ties-with-india\">\u201cIran\u2019s insistence to involve Islamic Revolutionary Guard firm at Chabahar has strained ties with India,\u201d<\/a> K.N. Pandia, Intervention, September 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/30827709.html\">\u201cWatchdog Denounces Growing &#8216;Persecution&#8217; Of Journalists In Iran,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL, September 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/more-sports\/wrestling\/athletes-union-wants-iran-expelled-from-sport-if-wrestler-executed\/articleshow\/78001233.cms\">\u201cAthletes&#8217; union wants Iran expelled from sport if wrestler executed,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, September 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2020\/09\/08\/iran-latin-america\">\u201cWhat Is Iran up to in Latin America?,\u201d<\/a> Lindsay Gabow, The Defense Post, September 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20200908-iran-s-khamenei-says-mohammed-cartoons-unforgivable\">\u201cIran&#8217;s Khamenei says Mohammed cartoons &#8216;unforgivable&#8217;,\u201d<\/a> France 24, September 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>TankerTrackers has identified three Iranian-owned vessels that went &#8216;dark&#8217; in August after loading cargoes, and that are apparently owned by Iran (no foreign companies willing to give into U.S. pressure).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradewindsnews.com\/tankers\/iran-tests-us-resolve-as-tanker-trio-heads-to-venezuela\/2-1-870910\">\u201cIran tests US resolve as tanker trio &#8216;heads to Venezuela&#8217;,\u201d<\/a> Gary Dixon, Trade Winds, September 8, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And there\u2019s no need for this, just cruelty.\u00a0 They already charged her with spying and have held her for almost 5 years.\u00a0 This is just more antagonism to pressure the UK into larger ransom payments or other concessions.\u00a0 \u201cNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe &#8216;to face new charge and trial in Iran&#8217;,\u201d BBC, September 8, 2020. \u201cIran\u2019s insistence to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/09\/08\/1631\/\" 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-1631","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\/1631","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=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}