{"id":3435,"date":"2021-07-14T18:47:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T23:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3435"},"modified":"2021-07-18T23:07:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T04:07:02","slug":"3435","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/07\/14\/3435\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

FM Zarif makes an appearance!\u00a0 And he is such an \u201coutgoing\u201d person!\u00a0 And note he doesn\u2019t mention hostages, missiles, terror, or human rights changes.\u00a0 Sounds like a winner of an agreement being negotiated.\u00a0 \u00a0See \u201cU.S. prepared to lift nearly all Iran sanctions, Zarif tells parliament,\u201d<\/a> Barak Ravid, Axios, Yahoo, July 14, 2021.<\/p>\n

It is so ironic that countries who have interfered for decades in various ways to twist Cuba\u2019s future and shorten the lives and freedoms of its people would try to warn off the beacon of liberty.\u00a0 I hope the world press points this out.\u00a0 \u201cIran, Syria denounce US ‘interference’ in Cuba amid unrest,\u201d<\/a> Adam Lucente, Al Monitor, July 14, 2021.\u00a0 See also \u201cIran denounces US \u2018interference\u2019 as Cuba rocked by rare protests,\u201d<\/a> AFP, Times of Israel, July 14, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Cracks Down On Water Protests,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Wire, July 14, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran At Risk Of COVID-19 Fifth Wave As Homegrown Vaccine Campaign Stalls,\u201d<\/a> Neil Bowdler, Reuters, July 14, 2021.<\/p>\n

Quote of the Day:\u00a0 \u201cThere’s really no government in the world that targets its critics overseas like the Iranian government. Since 1979, Iran has assassinated at least several dozen of its critics overseas.\u201d\u00a0 Karim Sadjadpour. in \u201c4 Iranian Nationals Charged For Alleged Plot To Kidnap Iranian-American Journalist,\u201d<\/a> Ryan Lucas, NPR, BBC, July 14, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0Will the media let the allegations go and not investigate?\u00a0 That is normally the pattern over the past several years.<\/p>\n

Another Quote of the Day:\u00a0 \u201c”The Lebanese state is collapsing. Like all the countries that Iran takes over and entrenches itself in, everything it touches is destroyed.”\u00a0 PM Naftali Bennett, in \u201cPM: Lebanon is collapsing; everything Iran touches is destroyed,\u201d<\/a> Yoav Zitun, Ynet, July 14, 2021.<\/p>\n

Iran will use this time (several weeks) to move closer to a nuclear device.\u00a0 \u201cExclusive-Iran not ready for nuclear talks until Raisi takes over \u2013source,\u201d<\/a> KFGO, Thomson Reuters, July 14, 2021.<\/p>\n

And notice that Iran\u2019s government response is to not address the allegations\/facts, but simply to issue a disclaimer.\u00a0 This is their pattern over multiple years.\u00a0 And the press and most other countries do not hold them to account.\u00a0 \u201cIran says U.S. claim of kidnapping plot is ‘baseless, ridiculous’,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, July 14, 2021.<\/p>\n

And \u201cimaginary\u201d?\u00a0 \u201cIran foreign ministry: Iran kidnap plot is \u2018imaginary story\u2019,\u201d<\/a> WAGM, July 14, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran to continue defending Palestine: Raeisi,\u201d<\/a> Mehr, July 14, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FM Zarif makes an appearance!\u00a0 And he is such an \u201coutgoing\u201d person!\u00a0 And note he doesn\u2019t mention hostages, missiles, terror, or human rights changes.\u00a0 Sounds like a winner of an agreement being negotiated.\u00a0 \u00a0See \u201cU.S. prepared to lift nearly all Iran sanctions, Zarif tells parliament,\u201d Barak Ravid, Axios, Yahoo, July 14, 2021. It is so … <\/p>\n

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