{"id":2334,"date":"2020-12-31T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2021-01-02T21:33:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T03:33:50","slug":"2334","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/12\/31\/2334\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a look at this poster that Iran has hanging alongside highways in Iraq, and ask yourself what other country has the audacity to assert itself over another like that (not many).\u00a0 It is the Shia Crescent.\u00a0 \u201cOne year after US killed Iran general Qasem Soleimani, Iraq tensions boil,\u201d<\/a> Ammar Karim and Maya Gebeily, Times of Israel, December 31, 2020.<\/p>\n

Take a look at this poster that Iran has hanging alongside highways in Iraq, and ask yourself what other country has the audacity to assert itself over another like that.\u00a0 The Shia Crescent.\u00a0 \u201cOne year after US killed Iran general Qasem Soleimani, Iraq tensions boil,\u201d<\/a> Ammar Karim and Maya Gebeily, Times of Israel, December 31, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cUS to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension,\u201d<\/a> Robert Burns, AP, December 31, 2020.<\/p>\n

Iran apparently used the group Ansar Allah, the Zaidi Shiite Muslim.\u00a0 \u201cYemen Claims ‘Iranian Experts’ Present at Airport Attack, Iran Blames Saudis,\u201d<\/a> Tom O\u2019Connor, Newsweek, December 31, 2020.<\/p>\n

Compare this story to the long article in Middle East Eye on January 2.\u00a0 One seems to be clear-eyed, the other fawning.\u00a0 Which was he?\u00a0 \u201cIran honours ‘martyr’ Soleimani, killed a year ago by US,\u201d<\/a> Ahmad Parhizi and Karim Abou Merhi, Jordan Times, December 31, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Iran-Pakistan border crossing has implications beyond trade,\u201d<\/a> Sabena Siddiqui, Al Monitor, December 31, 2020.<\/p>\n

This sheds light on attempts to erase opponents of the Regime.\u00a0 \u201cKidnapping the Dead, Attacking the Graves; Islamic Republic Not Letting Go of Its Opponents\u2019 Afterlife,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, December 31, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanadian man who lost family in Iran plane crash calls compensation \u2018a slap in the face\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Amy Judd, Global News, December 31, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s Foreign Ministry Again Acknowledges Constant Coordination With the Terrorist Quds Force,\u201d<\/a> Mahmoud Hakamian, NCR, December 31, 2020.<\/p>\n

He was 16.\u00a0 \u201c\u2018There are deeply troubling allegations that forced confessions extracted through torture were used\u2019: UN spokesperson.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cUN denounces Iran\u2019s execution of child offender,\u201d<\/a> Arab News, December 31, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take a look at this poster that Iran has hanging alongside highways in Iraq, and ask yourself what other country has the audacity to assert itself over another like that (not many).\u00a0 It is the Shia Crescent.\u00a0 \u201cOne year after US killed Iran general Qasem Soleimani, Iraq tensions boil,\u201d Ammar Karim and Maya Gebeily, Times … <\/p>\n

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