{"id":3422,"date":"2021-07-08T06:53:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T11:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2021-07-18T23:29:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T04:29:20","slug":"3422","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/07\/08\/3422\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-has-declared-war-on-the-us-in-iraq-through-its-proxies-analysis-673203\">\u201cIran has declared war on the US in Iraq through its proxies \u2013 analysis,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, July 8, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranfocus.com\/en\/human-rights\/47243-iran-internet-bill-means-military-control-of-cyberspace\">\u201cIran Internet Bill Means Military Control of Cyberspace,\u201d<\/a> Hoshand Amiri, Iran Focus, July 8, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Sold on the black market?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/iranintl.com\/en\/iran\/developer-says-over-12-million-iran-covid-vaccines-%E2%80%98lost%E2%80%99\">\u201cDeveloper Says Over 12 Million Iran Covid Vaccines \u201cLost\u201d,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, July 8, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EU resolution noted that \u201cIran has been actively imprisoning foreign nationals in order to blackmail foreign governments\u201d and \u201cat least a dozen EU nationals are being arbitrarily detained in Iran.\u201d\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/eu-parliament-seeks-sanctions-on-iran-officials-for-human-rights-abuse-673262\">\u201cEU Parliament seeks sanctions on Iran officials for human rights abuse,\u201d<\/a> Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, July 8, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/iransource\/raisis-proposed-economic-policy-plan-for-iran-doesnt-make-sense\">\u201cRaisi\u2019s proposed Economic policy plan for Iran doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d<\/a> Ebad Ebadi, Atlantic Council, IranSource, July 8, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2021\/07\/08\/with-the-election-of-irans-raisi-the-jcpoa-is-in-hot-water\">\u201cWith the Election of Iran\u2019s Raisi, the JCPOA Is in Hot Water,\u201d<\/a> Erielle Davidson, Algemeiner, July 8, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/77350\/will-irans-new-president-be-held-accountable\">\u201cWill Iran\u2019s New President be Held Accountable?,\u201d<\/a> Gissou Nia, op-ed, Just Security, July 8, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>As Iran still has not made significant progress from being a cause instead of a country, it wants to influence the next outcome in neighboring Afghanistan, especially as U.S. forces leave.\u00a0 An appearance by FM Zarif!\u00a0 It remains to be seen if Iran can impose its will on the Taliban and the Afghans.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/7\/8\/afghan-govt-delegation-meets-taliban-in-iran\">\u201cAfghan gov\u2019t delegation meets Taliban in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, July 8, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/ae\/news-releases\/iranian-diaspora-organizes-historic-online-event-in-support-of-democracy-and-justice-in-iran-889954203.html\">\u201cIranian Diaspora Organizes Historic Online Event in Support of Democracy and Justice in Iran,\u201d<\/a> PRNewswire, July 8, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0The largest international event dedicated to justice and human rights in Iran, the annual Free Iran World Summit, will livestream July 10-12 via social media and satellite television. The event is hosted by Iran Freedom, the most extensive grassroots network for Iranian liberation.\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 Following the success of last year&#8217;s event that hosted millions of viewers from five continents and 177 countries, the event will be broadcast live in an extended three-day summit where Iranians and resistance supporters from 50,000 locations across 105 countries and throughout Iran will join members of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK\/PMOI) in Ashraf 3. Simultaneously, thousands of Iranians will gather at Brandenburger Tor in Berlin and hold assemblies in 16 capitols and major cities around the world, including Paris, Washington, D.C., London, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Oslo, Vienna, Rome, Budapest and Geneva. In attendance at the summit will be 1,029 political dignitaries and over 250 lawmakers from Europe, Canada and the Middle East and North Africa region, along with 30 members of the U.S. Congress, 11 prime ministers and presidents, 70 former ministers from Europe and the Middle East, and 30 senior U.S. officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/08072021-iran-irgc-unveils-ground-based-anti-tank-missile\">\u201cIran: IRGC Unveils Ground-Based Anti-Tank Missile,\u201d<\/a> Tasnim, July 8, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran has declared war on the US in Iraq through its proxies \u2013 analysis,\u201d Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, July 8, 2021. \u201cIran Internet Bill Means Military Control of Cyberspace,\u201d Hoshand Amiri, Iran Focus, July 8, 2021. Sold on the black market?\u00a0 \u201cDeveloper Says Over 12 Million Iran Covid Vaccines \u201cLost\u201d,\u201d Iran International, July 8, 2021. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/07\/08\/3422\/\" 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-3422","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\/3422","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=3422"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3469,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422\/revisions\/3469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}