{"id":3439,"date":"2021-07-15T14:16:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T19:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3439"},"modified":"2021-09-07T01:27:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T06:27:27","slug":"3439","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/07\/15\/3439\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not the news the World wanted\u2014Iran is full-steam ahead now.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/iran-nuclear-talks-resume-president-raisi-takes-office-us-officials\">\u201cIran nuclear talks will not resume until after Raisi takes office, US officials say,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Eye, July 15, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Sophisticated, fakes, up to no good.\u00a0 \u201cFacebook said on Thursday it had taken down about 200 accounts run by a group of hackers in Iran as part of a cyber-spying operation that targeted mostly U.S. military personnel and people working at defense and aerospace companies.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/wincountry.com\/2021\/07\/15\/facebook-says-iran-based-hackers-used-site-to-target-u-s-military-personnel\">\u201cFacebook says Iran-based hackers used site to target U.S. military personnel,&#8221;<\/a> Elizabeth Culliford, WIN 98.5, July 15, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the many actions of Iran, most recently the kidnapping from NYCity.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/biden-suspend-nuclear-negotiations-iran-vienna-lieberman\">\u201cBiden administration should suspend nuclear negotiations with Iran in Vienna: Lieberman,\u201d<\/a> Fox Business, July 15, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar vein\u2014\u201cAt this point, Biden and his foreign-policy team have been presented with clear evidence that the basic assumption of the strategy\u2014first put forward by Obama\u2014that it is possible to do a deal with Iran that will somehow persuade it to behave, is based on a myth.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/opinion\/irans-brooklyn-terror-plot-is-a-crucial-test-for-biden\">\u201cIran\u2019s Brooklyn terror plot is a crucial test for Biden,&#8221;<\/a> Jonathan Tobin, JNS, July 14, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Another carrot.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/2021\/07\/15\/national\/diplomacy\/iran-frozen-assets-korea\/20210715175800381.html\">\u201c40 Korean exporters to Iran get $70M in frozen money,\u201d<\/a> Esther Chung, Korea Joongang Daily, July 15, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iranintl.com\/en\/iran-in-brief\/authorities-iran-cracking-down-presence-pet-dogs-public\">\u201cAuthorities in Iran Cracking Down on Presence of Pet Dogs in Public,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, July 15, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>They try to kidnap Americans today in NYC.\u00a0 They try to kidnap\/kill Americans yesterday in Israel.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/us-court-rules-iran-syria-liable-for-deaths-of-israeli-couple-in-2015-attack\">\u201cUS court: Iran, Syria liable for deaths of Israeli couple in 2015 terror attack,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, JTA, July 15, 2021.\u00a0 \u201cEitam and Naama Henkin\u2019s relatives sued the 2 countries for financing, arming Hamas; lawyer says ruling is 1st time Iran banks liable for foreign terror group killing of US citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An NPR story?\u00a0 This is not the type of story NPR carries, that reveals Iran\u2019s techniques in attacking dissidents, and the fear and paranoia the Regime inflicts.\u00a0 And that gives the interviewee (Masih Alinejad) the opportunity to tell the NPR audience that Iran would have executed her.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/15\/1016300591\/the-fbi-warned-an-iranian-american-woman-that-she-might-be-kidnapped\">\u201cThe Journalist Iran Allegedly Sought To Kidnap Says She Would Have Been Killed,\u201d<\/a> NPR, July 15, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Facilitating Iran\u2019s continued actions as a revolutionary cause, not as a normal state.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1314367\">\u201cTop Russian, Chinese diplomats discuss information security, situation in Asia, Iran,\u201d<\/a> TASS, July 15, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/originals\/2021\/07\/grand-ayatollah-warns-against-irans-taliban-approach\">\u201cGrand ayatollah warns against Iran&#8217;s Taliban approach,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, July 15, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not the news the World wanted\u2014Iran is full-steam ahead now.\u00a0 \u201cIran nuclear talks will not resume until after Raisi takes office, US officials say,\u201d Middle East Eye, July 15, 2021. 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