{"id":2336,"date":"2021-01-01T23:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T05:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2021-01-02T21:37:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T03:37:21","slug":"2336","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/01\/01\/2336\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAnalysis | As Iran Marks One Year to General\u2019s Killing, the Mideast Is Riddled With Warning Signs,\u201d<\/a> Amos Harel, op-ed, Haaretz, January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

Heed the warning from former hostage and Princeton scholar Xiyue Wang.\u00a0 \u201cFormer Iran hostage on life after release and diplomacy with Iran,\u201d<\/a> CBS News, January 1, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0“The Ministry of Intelligence interrogator told me clearly that they need me as a spy to convict me so that they can do a deal with the United States,” he said. “You’re not the first American and you can be assured that you’re not the last American to be in Iranian jail,” the interrogator said, according to Xiyue. \u2026 \u201cXiyue is urging Mr. Biden to make the release of Americans held hostage his first priority. “Without their return: no deal with Iran,” he said.\u201d\u00a0 That should be the words of every communication regarding Iran, from government or private communications. \u00a0But already the incoming Biden administration is not doing this.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran tells IAEA it plans to enrich uranium to up to 20% at Fordow site,\u201d<\/a> Francois Murphy, Reuters, January 1, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0\u201c\u201cIran has informed the Agency that in order to comply with a legal act recently passed by the country\u2019s parliament, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran intends to produce low-enriched uranium (LEU) up to 20 percent at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant,\u201d the IAEA said in a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBahrain Accuses Future Bank, Iranian Banks of Money Laundering,\u201d<\/a> Asharq Al-Awsat, January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrackdown on smuggling of Iranian fuel criticized,\u201d<\/a> Dawn, January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow an anti-elite TV drama became Iran\u2019s lockdown hit,\u201d<\/a> Holly Dagres, Guardian, January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoster of Iran\u2019s Soleimani sparks controversy in Gaza Strip,\u201d<\/a> Hazem Balousha, Arab News, January 1, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0Vandalized, torn down, arrested.\u00a0 Despite Hamas\u2019 praise of Soleimani, \u201cPalestinians and Arabs view Soleimani as a war criminal, involved in massacres against Syrian and Iraqi civilians through his direct intervention in military operations in both countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yazdi is dead.\u00a0 A major player in the 1979 Revolution, hardliner, anti-U.S., biased against Jews, against the press and Iranian citizens, mentor to Ahmadinejad, and influential member of the Assembly of Experts.\u00a0 \u201cIranian conservative cleric dies, according to state-run media,\u201d<\/a> Sugam Pokharel, CNN, January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAnalysis | As Iran Marks One Year to General\u2019s Killing, the Mideast Is Riddled With Warning Signs,\u201d Amos Harel, op-ed, Haaretz, January 1, 2021. Heed the warning from former hostage and Princeton scholar Xiyue Wang.\u00a0 \u201cFormer Iran hostage on life after release and diplomacy with Iran,\u201d CBS News, January 1, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0“The Ministry of Intelligence interrogator … <\/p>\n

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