{"id":3298,"date":"2021-06-17T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T19:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3298"},"modified":"2021-06-23T06:26:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T11:26:09","slug":"3298","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/06\/17\/3298\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ignore the \u201cexpert opinion\u201d that UNCLOS protects warships from boarding and their cargoes seized\u2014sanctions and self-defense provide all the justification needed, as laid out in the article diplomatically, legally, and via military explanation provided by former officials Bolton (Rep.) and Stavridis (Dem.).\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/06\/17\/iran-ships-venezuela-495013\">\u201cIranian ships once believed to be headed toward Venezuela change course, U.S. officials say,\u201d<\/a> Lara Seligman and Nahal Toosi, Politico, June 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>If Iran\u2019s med was good, or in adequate amounts, or the same for what it supposedly is acquiring from Russia and China, then we wouldn\u2019t have this.\u00a0 And from where is the money coming for 20x to 50x the cost in the West per dose?\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/17062021-iran-pfizer-vaccine-sold-for-up-to-2488-in-tehran\">\u201cIran: Pfizer Vaccine Sold For Up To $2,488 In Tehran,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Wire, June 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/podcasts\/2021\/06\/17\/this-is-really-about-the-hardline-conservative-core-of-the-regime-ensuring-its-survival-iran-votes\">\u201c\u201cThis is really about the hardline, conservative core of the regime ensuring its survival\u201d\u2014Iran votes,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Economist, June 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Ignore the \u201cexpert opinion\u201d that UNCLOS protects warships from boarding and their cargoes seized\u2014sanctions and self-defense provide all the justification needed, as laid diplomatically, legally, and via military explanation provided by former officials Bolton (Rep.) and Stavridis (Dem.).\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/06\/17\/iran-ships-venezuela-495013\">\u201cIranian ships once believed to be headed toward Venezuela change course, U.S. officials say,\u201d<\/a> Lara Seligman and Nahal Toosi, Politico, June 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/i-m-through-with-politics-outrage-and-apathy-ahead-of-iran-s-presidential-vote\/31312752.html\">\u201c&#8217;I&#8217;m Through With Politics&#8217;: Outrage And Apathy Ahead Of Iran&#8217;s Presidential Vote,\u201d<\/a> Stuart Greer, RFE\/RL, Radio Farda, June 17, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ignore the \u201cexpert opinion\u201d that UNCLOS protects warships from boarding and their cargoes seized\u2014sanctions and self-defense provide all the justification needed, as laid out in the article diplomatically, legally, and via military explanation provided by former officials Bolton (Rep.) and Stavridis (Dem.).\u00a0 See \u201cIranian ships once believed to be headed toward Venezuela change course, U.S. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/06\/17\/3298\/\" 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-3298","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\/3298","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=3298"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3322,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298\/revisions\/3322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}