{"id":3523,"date":"2021-08-03T08:49:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T13:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3523"},"modified":"2021-08-09T07:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T12:38:31","slug":"3523","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/08\/03\/3523\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Door closes again.\u00a0 You have to really feel for those Americans that Iran is holding and even torturing as pawns.\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-official-says-tehran-drop-prisoner-swap-plans-with-us-report-2021-08-03\">\u201cIran official says Tehran to drop prisoner swap plans with U.S. \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, August 3, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>How many ships can be droned?\u00a0 Be hijacked?\u00a0 This time, Iran took the Asphalt Princess.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spglobal.com\/platts\/en\/market-insights\/latest-news\/oil\/080321-security-incident-reported-near-fujairah-possible-vessel-hijacking-says-uk-authority\">\u201cPossible vessel hijacking off Fujairah sparks new shipping risks, Iran tensions,\u201d<\/a> S&amp;P Global, August 3, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>A great, descriptive piece.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/iran-uses-iraq-tie-lebanon-210000489.html\">\u201cIran Uses Iraq To Tie Lebanon Into Massive Power Plan,\u201d<\/a> OilPrice.com, Yahoo, August 3, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/08\/03\/social-media-harassment-iran-researchers-activists\">\u201cSocial Media Harassment of Iran Researchers, Activists,\u201d<\/a> HRW, August 3, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Iran owes the U.S. tens of billions of dollars.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/thebulletin.org\/2021\/08\/us-courts-say-iran-owes-terrorism-victims-billions-thats-an-obstacle-to-a-new-iran-nuclear-deal\">\u201cUS courts say Iran owes terrorism victims billions. That\u2019s an obstacle to a new Iran nuclear deal,\u201d<\/a> Christopher Bidwell, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, August 3, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ship-seized-in-gulf-of-oman-amid-rising-tensions-with-iran-11628017314\">\u201cShip Seized in Gulf of Oman Amid Rising Tensions with Iran,\u201d<\/a> Benoit Faucon and Stephen Kalin, WSJ, August 3, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Figured Raisi\u2019s strategy out by reading this story and having background knowledge from watching for several years now.\u00a0 And I\u2019m sure this is what many analysts are thinking, too.\u00a0 Intimidation, Force, Kidnappings, Assassinations, Ship Attacks, Etc.\u00a0 Iran will use Violence, not diplomacy or negotiation or normal interstate relations, to address the sanctions.\u00a0 Blackmail seemingly is in their constitution, both written and psychological for the leaders.\u00a0 See<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/463689\/Raisi-and-JCPOA-Lifting-sanctions-is-top-priority\"> \u201cRaisi and JCPOA: Lifting sanctions is top priority,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, August 3, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Door closes again.\u00a0 You have to really feel for those Americans that Iran is holding and even torturing as pawns.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIran official says Tehran to drop prisoner swap plans with U.S. \u2013 report,\u201d Reuters, August 3, 2021. How many ships can be droned?\u00a0 Be hijacked?\u00a0 This time, Iran took the Asphalt Princess.\u00a0 \u201cPossible vessel hijacking &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/08\/03\/3523\/\" 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-3523","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\/3523","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=3523"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3556,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions\/3556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}