{"id":2159,"date":"2020-11-29T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2020-12-05T07:11:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T13:11:11","slug":"2159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/11\/29\/2159\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf Rouhani is serious about improving relations with the West and having sanctions removed on Iran, then he must immediately free the foreign nationals held unjustly in Iranian prisons. The world is watching.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/politics\/federal\/we-must-refuse-to-be-pawns-in-iran-s-hostage-game-20201127-p56im5.html\">\u201cWe must refuse to be pawns in Iran&#8217;s hostage game,\u201d<\/a> Editorial Board, Sydney Morning Herald, November 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/11\/29\/iran-strike-haifa-israel-killed-scientist-440975\">\u201cIran newspaper: Strike Haifa if Israel killed scientist,\u201d<\/a> Politico, November 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran\u2019s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said \u201cUnfortunately, the Swedish authorities\u2019 information on the situation of Mr. Ahmadreza Djalali, who is in prison due to security crimes, is incomplete and incorrect.\u00a0 As Dr. Zarif \u2026 explained to Ms. Linde, Iran\u2019s judiciary is independent and any meddling in the issuance or execution of judicial rulings is unacceptable.\u201d\u201d\u00a0 And Djalali will almost certainly not be spared after the killing of Iran\u2019s main nuclear scientist two days ago.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/29112020-execution-of-iranian-swedish-specialist-imminent\">\u201cExecution Of Iranian-Swedish Specialist Imminent,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Wire, November 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/11\/29\/iran-parliament-calls-for-end-of-nuclear-inspections-after-murder\">\u201cIran parliament demands end of nuclear inspections after murder,\u201d<\/a> Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, November 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Outstanding, and good for the people of Iran, if true.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/financialtribune.com\/articles\/sci-tech\/106324\/iran-internet-penetration-rate-reaches-94-percent\">\u201cIran Internet Penetration Rate Reaches 94 Percent,\u201d<\/a> Financial Tribune, November 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran\u2019s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said \u201cUnfortunately, the Swedish authorities\u2019 information on the situation of Mr. Ahmadreza Djalali, who is in prison due to security crimes, is incomplete and incorrect.\u00a0 As Dr. Zarif \u2026 explained to Ms. Linde, Iran\u2019s judiciary is independent and any meddling in the issuance or execution of judicial rulings is unacceptable.\u201d\u201d\u00a0 And Djalali will almost certainly not be spared after the killing of Iran\u2019s main nuclear scientist two days ago.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/29112020-execution-of-iranian-swedish-specialist-imminent\">\u201cExecution Of Iranian-Swedish Specialist Imminent,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Wire, November 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8997575\/Assassination-Irans-nuclear-scientist-involved-62-people-including-12-gunmen.html\">\u201cHow Mossad executed Iran&#8217;s nuclear chief: Power to the entire region was cut as gun and bomb attack blasted his convoy before he was dragged from car and finished off&#8230; then the 12 assassins melted away,\u201d<\/a> Daily Mail, November 29, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf Rouhani is serious about improving relations with the West and having sanctions removed on Iran, then he must immediately free the foreign nationals held unjustly in Iranian prisons. The world is watching.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cWe must refuse to be pawns in Iran&#8217;s hostage game,\u201d Editorial Board, Sydney Morning Herald, November 29, 2020. \u201cIran newspaper: Strike &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/11\/29\/2159\/\" 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-2159","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\/2159","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=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2185,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}