{"id":3527,"date":"2021-08-04T08:08:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T13:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2021-09-07T01:09:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T06:09:39","slug":"3527","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/08\/04\/3527\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rare to call out the name of the person responsible and guiding the attack.\u00a0 Israel again has good intel.\u00a0 \u201cSaeed Ara Jani, head of Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 UAV Command, was behind the attack on the Israel-linked Mercer Street ship, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz told diplomats from UN Security Council member states on Wednesday.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/iran-revolutionary-guard-drone-commander-behind-ship-attack-675823\">\u201cIran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard drone commander behind ship attack,\u201d<\/a> Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyjournal.net\/2021\/08\/04\/ml-persian-gulf-tensions-9\">\u201cBritish navy group: Hijackers have left vessel off UAE coast,\u201d<\/a> Jon Gambrell and Isabel Debre, Daily Journal, August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/besacenter.org\/dismantle-iran-now\">\u201cDismantle Iran Now,\u201d<\/a> Mordechai Kedar, BESA, August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of news today.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/gantz-iran-10-weeks-away-from-amassing-enough-material-for-nuke\">\u201cGantz: Iran 10 weeks away from amassing enough weapons-grade material for nuke,\u201d<\/a> Lazar Berman, Times of Israel, August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iranintl.com\/en\/world\/will-raisi-grasp-thorny-issue-international-financial-taskforce\">\u201cWill Raisi Grasp The Thorny Issue Of The International Financial Taskforce,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, August 4, 2021.\u00a0 The new president himself and the Regime&#8217;s system is delaying as much as possible the inevitable&#8211;you can&#8217;t be a terrorist state and run terror money through your banks BUT also allow other countries to examine the books.\u00a0 You can&#8217;t hide the funds you&#8217;re trying to use and to wash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2021\/8\/rubio-padilla-introduce-legislation-to-award-congressional-gold-medal-to-52-americans-detained-during-iran-hostage-crisis\">\u201cRubio, Padilla Introduce Legislation to Award Congressional Gold Medal to 52 Americans Detained During Iran Hostage Crisis,\u201d<\/a> Office of Senator Marco Rubio, Press Release, August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-release-demand-uk-b1896811.html\">\u201cIran backtracks on plans to release Zaghari-Ratcliffe as court sentences another Briton,\u201d<\/a> Ahmed Aboudouh, Independent, August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/08\/04\/1024833974\/incoming-iranian-president-is-expected-to-make-u-s-iran-relations-even-tougher\">\u201cIncoming Iranian President Is Expected To Make U.S.-Iran Relations Even Tougher,\u201d<\/a> NPR, August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Two more hostages with harsh sentences.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-sentences-two-dual-nationals-10-years-prison-each-lawyer-2021-08-04\">\u201cIran sentences two dual nationals to over 10 years in prison each \u2013lawyer,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/08\/iran-secret-execution-of-young-man-arrested-at-15-a-cruel-assault-on-child-rights\">\u201cIran: Secret execution of young man arrested at 15 a cruel assault on child rights,\u201d<\/a> Amnesty International, August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthitv.com\/templates\/AMP?contentID=575019212\">\u201c33 years ago, I was in the same room with Iran&#8217;s new president when he voted to execute political prisoners,\u201d<\/a> Mahmoud Royaei, op-ed, WTHI, August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rare to call out the name of the person responsible and guiding the attack.\u00a0 Israel again has good intel.\u00a0 \u201cSaeed Ara Jani, head of Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 UAV Command, was behind the attack on the Israel-linked Mercer Street ship, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz told diplomats from UN Security &hellip; 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