{"id":1804,"date":"2020-10-08T23:05:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T04:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2020-10-11T15:27:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T20:27:28","slug":"1804","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/10\/08\/1804\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Energy-General\/Iran-Is-Building-A-Massive-Energy-Network-To-Boost-Its-Geopolitical-Influence.html\">\u201cIran Is Building A Massive Energy Network To Boost Its Geopolitical Influence,\u201d<\/a> Simon Watkins, OilPrice.com, October 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>239 on Tuesday.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newdelhitimes.com\/with-239-deaths-iran-hits-its-highest-daily-covid-19-toll\">\u201cWith 239 deaths, Iran hits its highest daily COVID-19 toll,\u201d<\/a> New Delhi Times, October 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2020\/10\/08\/opinion\/iran-murders-and-abuses-its-athletes-its-time-to-ban-them-from-the-olympics-until-they-stop\">\u201cIran murders and abuses its athletes. It\u2019s time to ban them from the Olympics until they stop,\u201d<\/a> Avi Mayer, JTA, October 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Atlantic Council report argues that Hezbollah &#8220;has helped turn Venezuela into a hub of transnational organized crime and international terrorism.&#8221;\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/riotimesonline.com\/brazil-news\/miscellaneous\/concern-mounts-over-narco-terrorist-alliance-between-iran-hezbollah-and-nicolas-maduros-dictatorship-in-venezuela\">\u201cConcern Mounts Over Narco-Terrorist Alliance Among Iran, Hezbollah and Venezuela,\u201d<\/a> Juan Martinez, Rio Times, October 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/world\/europe\/denmark-summons-iran-envoy-over-reports-of-illegal-divorces-1.1090194\">\u201cDenmark summons Iran envoy over reports of illegal divorces,\u201d<\/a> Nick Harley, The National, October 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2020\/10\/08\/narges-mohammadi-released-from-prison-iran-coronavirus-human-rights-death-penalty\">\u201cLeading Iranian human rights advocate freed from prison amid fear of contracting coronavirus behind bars,\u201d<\/a> Miriam Berger, Washington Post, October 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Energy-General\/Iran-Is-Building-A-Massive-Energy-Network-To-Boost-Its-Geopolitical-Influence.html\">\u201cIran Is Building A Massive Energy Network To Boost Its Geopolitical Influence,\u201d<\/a> Simon Watkins, OilPrice.com, October 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/iran-showcases-anti-ship-ballistic-missile-to-threaten-us-carriers-645009\">\u201cIran showcases anti-ship ballistic missile to threaten US carriers,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, October 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2020\/10\/iran-on-edge-as-azeri-minority-backs-karabakh-war\/?fbclid=IwAR1FLJ-BsN3fWMSAbMLnGiA-LuKHFoF5YKtPwg3ke50WzpoIgJYV-Xy-uRo\">\u201cIran on edge as Azeri minority backs Karabakh war,\u201d<\/a> Kourosh Ziabari, Asia Times, October 8, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s why\u2014\u201cEthnic Azerbaijanis who make up 25% of Iran&#8217;s population are now calling for the &#8216;liberation of Karabakh&#8217;.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran Is Building A Massive Energy Network To Boost Its Geopolitical Influence,\u201d Simon Watkins, OilPrice.com, October 8, 2020. 239 on Tuesday.\u00a0 \u201cWith 239 deaths, Iran hits its highest daily COVID-19 toll,\u201d New Delhi Times, October 8, 2020. \u201cIran murders and abuses its athletes. It\u2019s time to ban them from the Olympics until they stop,\u201d Avi &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/10\/08\/1804\/\" 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-1804","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\/1804","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=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1823,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions\/1823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}