{"id":2927,"date":"2021-04-12T07:27:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T12:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2021-04-13T06:33:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:33:17","slug":"2927","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/04\/12\/2927\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday it was \u201cterrorism.\u201d\u00a0 Today it is a \u201ccrime against humanity.\u201d\u00a0 Iran is getting its terms mixed up\u2014Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons program is for terrorism and to conduct crimes against humans.\u00a0 If other countries try to slow it down or stop it, that is a good thing.\u00a0 We will find out how much disturbing the electricity altered Iran\u2019s newly installed advanced centrifuges (not needed for peaceful production of domestic electricity or medical isotopes) or has put back Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons program (six months?).\u00a0 \u201cIran accuses Israel of attacking key nuclear site, calling it \u2018crime against humanity\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Shira Rubin and Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, April 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow Iran once again has trotted out the \u201chardliners\u201d equation, claiming that if the U.S. doesn\u2019t agree to a new deal, the hardliners might win an upcoming election. This is a talking point that Iran uses only in its discussions with the West; it doesn\u2019t appear to ever mention hardliners in its own media or in talks with Russia, China and Turkey.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cChina and Russia will keep Iran from building a bomb,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, op-ed, The Hill, April 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIraq remains the key cover through which Iran transports its oil to the rest of the world,\u201d reported OilPrice.com in response to the pipeline announcement. \u201cIt will also provide another \u2018cover\u2019 route for Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil, which can then be shipped easily both West and East.\u201d The pipeline \u201cshould also be read in terms of the overall strategy for the expansion of influence of Iran \u2026 not just across the Shia crescent of power in the Middle East but into eastern and northern Africa as well.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s Pipeline Empire Targets Egypt,”<\/a> Daniel Di Santo, The Trumpet, April 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Hundred Nurses Emigrate From Iran Each Month,\u201d<\/a> Sia Rajabi, Iran Focus, April 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Fabricates Claim that U.S. Blocked Vaccines from India,\u201d<\/a> Fatima Tlis, Polygraph.Info, April 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Natanz Blackout: Can the Iran Deal Talks Still Succeed?,\u201d<\/a> Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations, April 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s June elections could consolidate hardline power before Khamenei succession,\u201d<\/a> IranElections2021, April 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

SK needs to hold firm to not negotiating with kidnappers.\u00a0 The headline also doesn\u2019t track the story, which claims that SK has agreed to return Iran’s frozen assets “as soon as possible.”\u00a0 \u201cSouth Korea to return Iran’s frozen assets after ship’s release,\u201d<\/a> Elizabeth Shim, April 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

Maybe the mystery of Fakhrizadeh’s death (was it gunmen, “remote-controlled machine gun,” weapons “controlled by satellite”) will be repeated by Iran\u2014they really don\u2019t know?\u00a0 \u201cIran nuclear attack: Mystery surrounds nuclear sabotage at Natanz,\u201d<\/a> Gordon Corera, BBC, April 12, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday it was \u201cterrorism.\u201d\u00a0 Today it is a \u201ccrime against humanity.\u201d\u00a0 Iran is getting its terms mixed up\u2014Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons program is for terrorism and to conduct crimes against humans.\u00a0 If other countries try to slow it down or stop it, that is a good thing.\u00a0 We will find out how much disturbing the electricity … <\/p>\n

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