{"id":3083,"date":"2021-05-12T08:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T13:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3083"},"modified":"2021-05-15T00:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T05:50:48","slug":"3083","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/05\/12\/3083\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/watchdog-iran-enriched-uranium-highest-purity-77642161\">\u201cUN watchdog: Iran has enriched uranium to highest purity yet,\u201d<\/a> David Rising, AP, ABC, May 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/opinion\/the-security-implications-of-the-iran-china-deal\">\u201cThe security implications of the Iran-China deal,\u201d<\/a> Ardavan Khoshnood, JNS, May 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Only if Saudi Arabia does what Iran wants.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/fm-says-iran-ready-for-closer-ties-with-rival-saudi-arabia\/600056258\/?refresh=true\">\u201cFM says Iran ready for closer ties with rival Saudi Arabia,\u201d<\/a> AP, May 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Gotta\u2019 love it when The Post says don\u2019t believe anyone else, believe us.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/05\/12\/iran-talks-biden-team-nuclear-negotiations\">\u201cDon\u2019t believe the wild rumors on the Iran talks. Here\u2019s the real story,\u201d<\/a> Jason Rezaian, op-ed, Washington Post, May 12, 2021.\u00a0 The telling comment from Rezaian, who sadly himself has not learned from his hostage situation (unlike the Ph.D. student at Princeton, Xiyue Wang)\u2014\u201cFortunately, at nearly every level of the administration, there are officials who know the challenges posed by Iran because they have dealt with them head-on in the past.\u201d\u00a0 That is the Administration who gave the world the JCPOA!\u00a0 The second laughable comment, \u201cWhen we left the nuclear deal, Iran began behaving worse \u2014 much worse \u2014 than when we were in it.\u201d\u00a0 Iran was already doing bad acts, from Syria to Yemen, to Lebanon to you name it.\u00a0 Staying in the JCPOA simply gave Iran cover.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be grateful to the U.S. for pressure and to Israel for its pressure.\u00a0 Sitting back is not the answer.\u00a0 It would be wise for Rezaian to avoid praising Kerry.\u00a0 It would also be wise for Rezaian to avoid comparing Brett McGurk with Robert O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/world\/europe\/berlin-security-service-blames-iran-for-cyber-attack-on-german-companies-1.1221570\">\u201cBerlin security service blames Iran for cyber attack on German companies,\u201d<\/a> The National, May 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmid nuclear negotiations that will soon yield the Islamic Republic a massive windfall, the Biden administration is on the cusp of indirectly providing Hamas with the cash it needs to replenish its rocket supplies,\u201d said Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/irans-role-in-israeli-palestinian-conflict-cannot-be-overlooked-mideast-experts-say\">\u201cIran\u2019s role in Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be \u2018overlooked,\u2019 say Mideast experts,&#8221;<\/a> Sean Savage, JNS, May 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>An enabler.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/12\/twitter-users-calls-for-ban-of-irans-ayatollah-khamenei\">\u201cTwitter users slam platform for not banning Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Khamenei,\u201d<\/a> Yaron Steinbuch, NYPost,\u00a0May 12, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUN watchdog: Iran has enriched uranium to highest purity yet,\u201d David Rising, AP, ABC, May 12, 2021. \u201cThe security implications of the Iran-China deal,\u201d Ardavan Khoshnood, JNS, May 12, 2021. Only if Saudi Arabia does what Iran wants.\u00a0 \u201cFM says Iran ready for closer ties with rival Saudi Arabia,\u201d AP, May 12, 2021. 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