{"id":3483,"date":"2021-07-22T11:08:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2021-09-07T01:49:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T06:49:16","slug":"3483","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/07\/22\/3483\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider this closely.\u00a0 \u201cA Chinese logistics firm [China Concord Petroleum Co.]has emerged as a central player in the supply of sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela, even after it was blacklisted by Washington two years ago for handling Iranian crude.\u201d\u00a0 China is a leading player in opposing the West\u2019s legitimate\/justified sanctions against the Iran and Venezuela regimes.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/top-news\/articles\/2021-07-22\/exclusive-chinas-ccpc-takes-centre-stage-in-iran-venezuela-oil-trade-sources\">\u00a0\u201cExclusive-China&#8217;s CCPC Takes Centre Stage in Iran, Venezuela Oil Trade-Sources,\u201d<\/a> Jonathan Saul, Chen Aizhu, and Marianna Parraga, Reuters, July 22, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/22\/iran-opens-new-oil-terminal-in-bid-to-bypass-crucial-strait-of-hormuz-for-exports.html\">\u201cIran opens new oil terminal in bid to bypa<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/22\/iran-opens-new-oil-terminal-in-bid-to-bypass-crucial-strait-of-hormuz-for-exports.html\">ss crucial Strait of Hormuz for exports,\u201d<\/a> Amanda Macias, CNBC, July 22, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>What could have caused this?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-middle-east-business-health-iran-98b973da755a3ccf80428570bfdd3fb6\">\u201cMobile internet disruptions seen in Iran amid water protests,\u201d<\/a> Jon Gambrell, AP, July 22, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2021\/07\/22\/exclusive-photo-irans-largest-warship-now-in-the-baltic-sea-bound-for-russia\">\u201cIran\u2019s Largest Warship, Frigate Now in the Baltic Sea Bound for Russia,\u201d<\/a> Sam LaGrone, USNI, July 22, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know much about this project, but the picture is definitely not from Iran\u2014notice the clothing.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalconstructionreview.com\/news\/after-10-years-preparation-iran-starts-work-larges\">\u201cAfter 10 years of preparation, Iran starts work on largest-ever science project,\u201d<\/a> Global Construction Review, July 22, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iranpresswatch.org\/post\/22303\/seven-iranian-bahais-sentenced-prison-tehran-yazd-central-iran\">\u201cSeven Iranian Baha\u2019is Sentenced to Prison in Tehran and Yazd, Central Iran,\u201d<\/a> Iran Press Watch, July 22, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider this closely.\u00a0 \u201cA Chinese logistics firm [China Concord Petroleum Co.]has emerged as a central player in the supply of sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela, even after it was blacklisted by Washington two years ago for handling Iranian crude.\u201d\u00a0 China is a leading player in opposing the West\u2019s legitimate\/justified sanctions against the Iran and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/07\/22\/3483\/\" 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-3483","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\/3483","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=3483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3725,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483\/revisions\/3725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}