{"id":2047,"date":"2020-11-10T10:54:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T16:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2020-11-24T10:09:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T16:09:43","slug":"2047","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/11\/10\/2047\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Normal countries don\u2019t act in hidden and criminal ways.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-venezuela-oil-exports-special-report-idUSKBN27Q295\">\u201cSpecial Report: Phantom buyers in Russia, advice from Iran help Venezuela skirt sanctions,\u201d<\/a> Marianna Parraga, Rinat Sagdiev, Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, November 10, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20201110-iran-reveals-an-underground-missile-city\">\u201cIran reveals an underground missile city,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Monitor, November 10, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran is to introduce air taxis which will become operational by early next year according to the head of Iran Aviation Industries Organisation.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20201110-irans-air-taxis-to-become-operational-by-early-2021\">\u201cIran&#8217;s air taxis to become operational by early 2021,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Monitor, November 10, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/10\/71-iranian-protesters-prosecuted-in-behbahan-over-july-2020-protests\">\u201c71 Men and Women Prosecuted for Participating in July Protests in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Iran HRM, November 10, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virus-outbreak-tehran-middle-east-iran-2f8fcf871cdfd21dc9c3be3f783e47ba\">\u201cIran, Lebanon to impose lockdowns, curfews as virus surges,\u201d<\/a> Amir Vahdat, AP, Seattle Times, November 10, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Helpful, but certainly not definitive\u00a0of Iran\u2019s options and motivations, and payoffs.\u00a0 The Post and NYT have never stressed (or sometimes even reported) about the downsides of the JCPOA, hopeful that international agreements in themselves will better a situation.\u00a0 Here\u2019s another example. \u00a0It would behoove these two national newspapers to admit what all signs appear\u2014that Iran has attempted to make a weapon for years\u2014and then propose appropriate negotiations.\u00a0 Instead, they dance around the issue and talk about components of a weapon (which are not for peaceful energy production or medical isotopes) without ever admitting the truth of what is in front of them.\u00a0 See \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/energy\/the-irannuclear-deal\/2020\/11\/10\/ab9a3a72-2370-11eb-9c4a-0dc6242c4814_story.html\">\u201cThe Iran Nuclear Deal,\u201d<\/a> Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg, Washington Post, November 10, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normal countries don\u2019t act in hidden and criminal ways.\u00a0 \u201cSpecial Report: Phantom buyers in Russia, advice from Iran help Venezuela skirt sanctions,\u201d Marianna Parraga, Rinat Sagdiev, Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, November 10, 2020. \u201cIran reveals an underground missile city,\u201d Middle East Monitor, November 10, 2020. \u201cIran is to introduce air taxis which will become operational by &hellip; 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