{"id":3026,"date":"2021-05-01T16:36:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T21:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2021-05-07T10:26:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:26:04","slug":"3026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/05\/01\/3026\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The 7th consignment of the Sputnik vaccine (100,000 doses) has arrived in Iran.\u00a0 They are beholden.\u00a0 \u201cIran receives 7th consignment of Russian ‘Sputnik V’ COVID-19 vaccine<\/a>,\u201d Azernews, May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

Two stories today out of western Iran.\u00a0 What is the common denominator?\u00a0 Government in\/action.\u00a0 In the first article, they didn\u2019t say what the \u201cobstacles\u201d were\u2014but we can guess!\u00a0 \u201cOfficials urge completion of gigantic theme park in western Iran,”<\/a> Tehran Times, May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

In the second article, the people are hurt twice, by takings, then shootings (!) and arrests.\u00a0 \u201cSecurity forces arrest locals following protest over government land grabs in western Iran,\u201d<\/a> Iran HRM, May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the mullahs took the power in Iran, bribery was considered a shameful and immoral act, and only a few were doing it in secrecy, and if one day their secret was revealed, they would be severely punished and could no longer continue their life as a normal person and were faced with the hatred of the people and became infamous. But now it has become part of a series of ordinary and extraordinarily ordinary acts. In this way, many officials have acquired great wealth for themselves and their children and live the rest of their lives with complete well-being and affluence.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cBribery in Iran; From Fawn Sheep to Gold Coins,\u201d<\/a> Pooya Stone, Iran Focus, May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cDozens of labor activists arrested at May Day gatherings in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Iran Focus, May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cTop Iran negotiator: US sanctions on oil, banks would be lifted based an accords so far,\u201d<\/a> Ahramonline, May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

Well put.\u00a0 \u201cZarif\u2019s Leaked Audio Confirm Iran Regime\u2019s Terrorism and Diplomacy Go Hand In Hand,\u201d<\/a> Mohammad Sadat Khansari, NCRI, May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

The devil will be in the details.\u00a0 \u201cIran and U.S. Inch Toward Nuclear Deal With Sanctions Consensus,”<\/a> Arsalan Shahla, Bloomberg, May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 7th consignment of the Sputnik vaccine (100,000 doses) has arrived in Iran.\u00a0 They are beholden.\u00a0 \u201cIran receives 7th consignment of Russian ‘Sputnik V’ COVID-19 vaccine,\u201d Azernews, May 1, 2021. Two stories today out of western Iran.\u00a0 What is the common denominator?\u00a0 Government in\/action.\u00a0 In the first article, they didn\u2019t say what the \u201cobstacles\u201d were\u2014but … <\/p>\n

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