{"id":3411,"date":"2021-07-06T08:41:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T13:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3411"},"modified":"2021-07-07T10:13:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T15:13:32","slug":"3411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/07\/06\/3411\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/06072021-iran-blackouts-hit-nation-protesters-take-to-streets\">&#8220;Iran: Blackouts Hit Nation, Protesters Take To Streets,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Wire, July 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRiyadh and Tehran have held two rounds of Iraqi-hosted talks, narrowly focused on Yemen; the next session may be held in Muscat, which would signal a far broader regional agenda.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/saudi-iran-talks-could-move-to-oman-an-intriguing-shift-for-israel\">\u201cSaudi-Iran talks could move to Oman, an intriguing shift for Israel,\u201d<\/a> Lazar Berman, Times of Israel, July 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/iran-accuses-israel-of-june-attack-on-civilian-nuclear-site-1.9973798\">\u201cIran Blames Israel for Sabotage of Alleged Nuclear Centrifuge Plant in June,\u201d<\/a> Haaretz, July 6, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cGovernment spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Tuesday Israel was behind the June 23 attack on a building in Karaj that belongs to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. \u2026 Rabiei said the attack \u201ccaused a hole in the roof\u201d of the building \u2013 which is suspected of being used for manufacturing centrifuge parts \u2013 and repairing it meant taking that part off to be replaced. He did not mention a fire.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/7\/6\/iran-says-israel-attacked-its-karaj-site-to-thwart-nuclear\">\u201cIran says Israel attacked Karaj site to thwart nuclear talks,\u201d<\/a> Maziar Motamedi, July 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>For the core of a nuclear bomb, only.\u00a0 Why won\u2019t the world\u2019s countries speak in unison that Iran\u2019s nuclear program is not for isotopes, electricity, or water?\u00a0 If there is a silver lining, it would be that the U.S. backs out of JCPOA negotiations.\u00a0 Then again, the U.S. is not insisting on hostage release prior to negotiations, so that cause may be lost.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2021-07-06\/iran-informs-iaea-of-plans-to-produce-enriched-uranium\">\u201cIran Begins Process of Making Enriched Uranium Metal; U.S., E3 Dismayed,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, July 6, 2021.\u00a0 See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/european-powers-decry-latest-nuclear-move-by-iran\/600075510\/?refresh=true\">\u201cEuropean powers decry latest nuclear move by Iran,\u201d<\/a> AP, Star Tribune, July 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>We will see if this is enforced.\u00a0 The leaders have a lot to gain from keeping crypto in place.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/licensed-iranian-crypto-miners-ordered-to-halt-production-altogether\">\u201cLicensed Iranian crypto miners ordered to halt production &#8216;altogether&#8217;,\u201d<\/a> CoinTelegraph, July 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/warisboring.com\/iran-will-establish-a-commercial-office-in-china\">\u201cIran will establish a \u2018commercial office\u2019 in China,\u201d<\/a> Trend, War is Boring, July 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therahnuma.com\/after-protests-irans-president-apologizes-over-power-blackouts\">\u201cAfter protests, Iran\u2019s president apologizes over power blackouts,\u201d<\/a> Rahnuma Daily, July 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWashington cautions Tehran to end its nuclear \u2018brinkmanship\u2019; Britain, France, Germany express \u2018grave concern\u2019 at latest move violating 2015 nuclear pact they are trying to save.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/us-europeans-warn-nuclear-talks-in-danger-as-iran-plans-to-boost-enrichment\">\u201cUS, Europeans warn nuclear talks in danger as Iran plans enrichment boost,\u201d<\/a> AFP, July 6, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Iran: Blackouts Hit Nation, Protesters Take To Streets,\u201d Iran News Wire, July 6, 2021. \u201cRiyadh and Tehran have held two rounds of Iraqi-hosted talks, narrowly focused on Yemen; the next session may be held in Muscat, which would signal a far broader regional agenda.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cSaudi-Iran talks could move to Oman, an intriguing shift for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/07\/06\/3411\/\" 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-3411","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\/3411","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=3411"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3419,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411\/revisions\/3419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}