{"id":3337,"date":"2021-06-24T22:04:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T03:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2021-06-25T13:11:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T18:11:42","slug":"3337","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/06\/24\/3337\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran is secretly making centrifuge rotor tubes and bellows at unknown locations, in violation of the JCPOA.\u201d\u00a0 This is a really big story.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/drone-attack-targets-irans-atomic-energy-organization-671834\">\u201cIran nuclear centrifuge facility substantially damaged in attack \u2013 sources,\u201d<\/a> Yonah Jeremy Bob and Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post, June 24, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>A million Christians?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/62458\/iran-christian-boom\">\u201cIran&#8217;s Christian Boom,\u201d<\/a> Daniel Pipes, Newsweek, June 24, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Very interesting timeline story.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/pompeo-to-post-iran-unwound-nuclear-deal-in-a-matter-of-months-671928\">\u201cPompeo to &#8216;Post&#8217;: Iran unwound nuclear deal in a matter of months:\u00a0 The Mossad-CIA story in the Mike Pompeo, Yossi Cohen era,\u201d<\/a> Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, June 24, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>These types of reviews are rare in the media.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/iransource\/a-look-at-irans-new-first-lady\">\u201cA look at Iran\u2019s new First Lady,\u201d<\/a> Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Iran Source, June 24, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thejewishnews.com\/2021\/06\/24\/irans-nuclear-secrets-have-been-exposed\">&#8220;Nuclear Secrets Have Been Exposed,\u201d<\/a> Clifford May, Detroit Jewish News, June 24, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>It is not normal for states to threaten, as these two stories lay out.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/iran-regime-threatens-to-abduct-use-terrorism-against-mek\">\u201cIran: Regime Threatens to Abduct, Use Terrorism Against MEK,\u201d<\/a> NCRI, June 24, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0Iran is trying to erase an entire family, as a message to other families.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2021\/6\/24\/22548980\/iran-intensifies-persecution-of-executed-iranian-wrestler-navid-afkari-family\">\u201cIran intensifies persecution of executed Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari\u2019s family,\u201d<\/a> Karim Zidan, Bloody Elbow, June 24, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/world\/iran-claims-us-to-lift-oil-sanctions-but-biden-administration-says-nothing-agreed-9764861.htm\">\u201cIran claims US to lift oil sanctions but Biden administration says nothing agreed,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, CNBC, June 24, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57599746\">\u201cBBC appeals to UN over Iran&#8217;s harassment of Persian service staff,\u201d<\/a> BBC, June 24, 2021.\u00a0 These death threats, as the story lays out, are so easy to tie to Iran&#8217;s intelligence ministry and others&#8211;wonder why the UN won&#8217;t take the time to confirm with a sting\/proof operation?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/looming-iran-inspections-deadline-casts-040000839.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEbxGQ1Xw4Zb8-ioojFhtJrJtarHP_elXQ8_8qIpXrveK1UIrSqjrFWpq6INQ7bfHfrYViGf5qfrKM8-L9mn3mZidvvLAmGNwkYL4b0Sf1Gky2asdOhVTuiye3KOQyNnQVxvGDfhssCrbJoKhdPzSKZ5-h5RXVa1vjlAyyyPySkm\">\u201cIran Set to Miss Nuclear Monitoring Deadline With Talks Unclear,\u201d<\/a> Jonathan Tirone and Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg, Yahoo, June 24, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran is secretly making centrifuge rotor tubes and bellows at unknown locations, in violation of the JCPOA.\u201d\u00a0 This is a really big story.\u00a0 \u201cIran nuclear centrifuge facility substantially damaged in attack \u2013 sources,\u201d Yonah Jeremy Bob and Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post, June 24, 2021. A million Christians?\u00a0 \u201cIran&#8217;s Christian Boom,\u201d Daniel Pipes, Newsweek, June 24, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/06\/24\/3337\/\" 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-3337","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\/3337","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=3337"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3347,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3337\/revisions\/3347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}