{"id":2689,"date":"2021-02-27T20:46:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T02:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2021-03-15T00:30:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T05:30:08","slug":"2689","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/02\/27\/2689\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/tedpoe\/2021\/02\/27\/terrorism-ruling-presents-opportunity-to-hold-tehran-accountable-n2585262\">\u201cTerrorism Ruling Presents Opportunity to Hold Tehran Accountable,\u201d<\/a> Ted Poe, op-ed, Townhall, February 27, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>When there are large protests, the Regime turns off the internet so the people can\u2019t organize and so the news can\u2019t get out.\u00a0 And so the shooting can occur.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/internet-disruption-reported-in-southeast-iran-amid-unrest\/600028220\/?refresh=true\">\u201cInternet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest,\u201d<\/a> Isabel Debre, AP, February 27, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;This is Iran&#8217;s traditional response to any kind of protest,&#8221; Amir Rashidi from Miaan Group, a human rights organization that focuses on digital security in the Middle East, told The Associated Press on Saturday. &#8220;Shutting down the internet to block news and pictures getting out makes (authorities) feel more comfortable opening fire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At least 1B to be given to Iran by the new U.S. Administration.\u00a0 What does the U.S. or the world get in return?\u00a0 A SK ship taken hostage?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/financialtribune.com\/articles\/business-and-markets\/107643\/us-agrees-on-partial-release-of-iran-assets-in-south-korea\">\u201cUS Agrees on Partial Release of Iran Assets in South Korea,\u201d<\/a> Financial Tribune, February 27, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This is part of what SK ship-hostage payment can buy.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/english.aawsat.com\/home\/article\/2831196\/iran-expects-250000-doses-vaccine-china\">\u201cIran Expects 250,000 Doses of Vaccine From China,\u201d<\/a> Asharq Al-Awsat, February 27, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/israel-stayed-away-from-uae-arms-fair-for-fear-iran-would-target-its-delegates\">\u201cIsrael stayed away from UAE arms fair \u2018for fear Iran would target its delegates\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, AP, February 27, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-gulf-security-ship-idUSKCN2AR0LC\">\u201cIsrael says initial assessment is Iran behind explosion on Israeli-owned ship,\u201d<\/a> Maayan Lubell, Reuters, February 27, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/u-targeted-iran-backed-militias-234008579.html\">\u201cU.S. targeted Iran-backed militias with seven 500-pound bombs,\u201d<\/a> David Martin, CBS, February 27, 2021.\u00a0 This was in response to the Iranian militia attacks against Erbil and the Green Zone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/financialtribune.com\/articles\/business-and-markets\/107643\/us-agrees-on-partial-release-of-iran-assets-in-south-korea\">\u201cUS Agrees on Partial Release of Iran Assets in South Korea,\u201d<\/a> Financial Tribune, February 27, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTerrorism Ruling Presents Opportunity to Hold Tehran Accountable,\u201d Ted Poe, op-ed, Townhall, February 27, 2021. When there are large protests, the Regime turns off the internet so the people can\u2019t organize and so the news can\u2019t get out.\u00a0 And so the shooting can occur.\u00a0 \u201cInternet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest,\u201d Isabel Debre, AP, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/02\/27\/2689\/\" 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-2689","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\/2689","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=2689"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2723,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2689\/revisions\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}