{"id":2320,"date":"2020-12-29T12:54:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T18:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2021-01-02T20:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T02:20:35","slug":"2320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/12\/29\/2320\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe message has been clearly sent: Iran\u2019s hardline revolutionaries are willing to hang their own children before they rise up and devour them.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/Opinion\/Commentary\/2020\/Dec-29\/515814-iran-will-kill-dissidents-abroad-to-stop-them-inspiring-protesters-at-home.ashx\">\u201cIran will kill dissidents abroad to stop them inspiring protesters at home,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Faisal Al Yafai, op-ed, The Daily Star, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>$22 million, given to Hamas.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/12\/iran-hamas-official-soleimani-suitcase-cash-tehran-irgc.html\">\u201cSoleimani handed him cash-filled suitcases,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2020\/12\/the-deaths-lies-that-keep-canada-and-iran-apart\">\u201cThe deaths, lies that keep Canada and Iran apart,\u201d<\/a> Kourosh Ziabari, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/iraq-gas-iran\/iran-to-resume-gas-flows-to-iraq-after-agreement-reached-on-unpaid-bills-iraq-ministry-idUKL1N2J90WO\">\u201cIran to resume gas flows to Iraq after agreement reached on unpaid bills -Iraq ministry,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message has been clearly sent: Iran\u2019s hardline revolutionaries are willing to hang their own children before they rise up and devour them.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/Opinion\/Commentary\/2020\/Dec-29\/515814-iran-will-kill-dissidents-abroad-to-stop-them-inspiring-protesters-at-home.ashx\">\u201cIran will kill dissidents abroad to stop them inspiring protesters at home,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Faisal Al Yafai, op-ed, The Daily Star, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/456330\/There-are-4-000-idle-mines-in-Iran\">\u201cThere are 4,000 idle mines in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/news\/iran-considers-new-religious-expression-bill\">\u201cIran considers new religious expression bill,\u201d<\/a> Kevin Zeller, MNN, December 29, 2020.Yes, a show of force by Iran.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-gaza-drill\/gaza-militants-fire-rockets-into-the-sea-in-first-joint-exercise-idINKBN2930U3\">\u201cGaza militants fire rockets into the sea in first joint exercise,\u201d<\/a> Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Qaher-313 has disappeared.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/eurasiantimes.com\/qaher-313-how-powerful-is-irans-fifth-gen-fighter-jet-that-looks-to-challenge-us-f-35-f-22-raptors\">\u201cQaher-313: How Powerful Is Iran\u2019s Fifth-Gen\u2019 Fighter Jet That Looks To Challenge US\u2019 F-35, F-22 Raptors?,\u201d<\/a> Younis Dar, Eurasian Times, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/12\/iran-hamas-official-soleimani-suitcase-cash-tehran-irgc.html\">\u201cSoleimani handed him cash-filled suitcases,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamblingnews.com\/news\/online-gambling-may-be-punishable-by-death-sentence-in-iran\">\u201cOnline Gambling May Be Punishable by Death Sentence in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Jerome Garc\u00eda, Gambling News, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>I guess the ballistic missile attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq don\u2019t count.\u00a0 Iran at the time said they did.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/en\/news\/2020\/12\/29\/2420348\/revenge-for-assassination-of-gen-soleimani-not-necessarily-military-iran-s-envoy\">\u201cRevenge for Assassination of Gen. Soleimani Not Necessarily Military: Iran\u2019s Envoy,\u201d<\/a> Tasnim, December, 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>These next two stories go together.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/world\/iran-starts-human-trials-of-covid-vaccine-it-developed-targets-summer-release\/575842\">\u201cIran starts human trials of Covid vaccine it developed, targets summer release,\u201d<\/a> Arsalan Shahla, The Print, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/29122020-167-pharmacists-call-irans-claim-of-making-covid-19-vaccine-a-joke-oped\">\u201c167 Pharmacists Call Iran\u2019s Claim Of Making COVID-19 Vaccine \u2018A Joke\u2019 \u2013 OpEd,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Wire, December 29, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe message has been clearly sent: Iran\u2019s hardline revolutionaries are willing to hang their own children before they rise up and devour them.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran will kill dissidents abroad to stop them inspiring protesters at home,\u201d\u00a0Faisal Al Yafai, op-ed, The Daily Star, December 29, 2020. $22 million, given to Hamas.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSoleimani handed him cash-filled suitcases,\u201d Al &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/12\/29\/2320\/\" 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-2320","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\/2320","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=2320"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2346,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320\/revisions\/2346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}