{"id":3437,"date":"2021-07-11T18:54:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T23:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2021-09-07T01:58:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T06:58:09","slug":"3437","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/07\/11\/3437\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translated\u2014Iran wants to control Syria, and push Russia out if needed.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/463018\/Iran-welcomes-expansion-of-ties-with-Syria-MP\">\u201cIran welcomes expansion of ties with Syria: MP,&#8221;<\/a> Tehran Times, July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandjewishnews.com\/jns\/report-belgium-airport-scare-believed-to-be-iranian-test-of-israeli-security-protocols\/article_d2819779-4d55-5ce1-9ecc-6d4bd8bd48bb.html\">\u201cReport: Belgium airport scare believed to be Iranian test of Israeli security protocols,\u201d<\/a> CJN, July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Purposed to support peace is the Asian Parliamentary Assembly.\u00a0 Not strong.\u00a0 Hardly in the news.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/463028\/Iran-signs-agreement-with-Asian-Parliamentary-Assembly\">\u201cIran signs agreement with Asian Parliamentary Assembly,&#8221;<\/a> Tehran Times, July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/world\/Off_the_Wire\/2021-07\/11\/content_77620510.htm\">\u201cIran starts drilling oil in joint Forouzan field,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Great read.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/iran-survival-impossible-state\">\u201cIran: On the survival of the impossible state,<\/a>\u201d Hamid Dabashi, op-ed, Middle East Eye, July 11, 2021.\u00a0 \u201cThe regime&#8217;s pantomime of democracy primarily aims to determine whether there is any serious opposition to its tyranny, so it can crush it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/amid-mysterious-explosions-iranian-ex-mp-claims-mossad-behind-all-attacks\">\u201cAmid mysterious explosions, Iranian ex-MP claims Mossad behind all attacks,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.albawaba.com\/news\/will-next-iran-iraq-war-be-water-1438114\">\u201cWill The Next Iran-Iraq War be on Water?,\u201d<\/a> Albawaba, July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>But the Supreme Leader has taken his shot.\u00a0 \u201cOnly about 2% of Iran\u2019s 84 million people have been fully vaccinated.\u201d\u00a0 But mismanagement, corruption, and poor choices have resulted in too few vaccines available in Iran\u2014and it doesn\u2019t have to be this way.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/nation-world\/iranians-desperate-for-covid-vaccines-are-crossing-into-armenia-to-get-them\">\u201cIranians, desperate for COVID vaccines, are crossing into Armenia to get them,\u201d<\/a> Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, Seattle Times, July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Translated\u2014Iran wants to control Syria, and push Russia out if needed.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/463018\/Iran-welcomes-expansion-of-ties-with-Syria-MP\">\u201cIran welcomes expansion of ties with Syria: MP,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/iran-seeks-oil-strategy-shift-sees-iran-deal-as-less-important-673431\">\u201cIran seeks oil strategy shift, sees Iran Deal as less important,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Translated\u2014Iran wants to control Syria, and push Russia out if needed.\u00a0 \u201cIran welcomes expansion of ties with Syria: MP,&#8221; Tehran Times, July 11, 2021. \u201cReport: Belgium airport scare believed to be Iranian test of Israeli security protocols,\u201d CJN, July 11, 2021. 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