{"id":3557,"date":"2021-08-09T23:04:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T04:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2021-09-07T00:41:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T05:41:57","slug":"3557","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/08\/09\/3557\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Slate posts this amazing article that not only points out that the Regime wants to totally ban or control all international internet services, but that foreign companies would have to place one employee in Iran who might (!) be taken hostage to enforce Iranian dictates!\u00a0 You can\u2019t make this stuff up, thank you Slate.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2021\/08\/iran-protection-bill-internet-censorship.html\">\u201cIran Aims to End Online Freedoms \u201cfor Good\u201d<\/a>, Sayeh Isfahani, Slate, August 9, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope that no one falls for this, the loss of property and worse.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/iranintl.com\/en\/iran-in-brief\/new-judiciary-chief-says-iranians-abroad-can-return-without-fear\">\u201cNew Judiciary Chief Says Iranians Abroad Can Return Without Fear,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, August 9, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This is a story that the UN and not enough media are covering\u2014the Leader\u2019s ban on meds is resulting in the death of many.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/iranintl.com\/en\/iran\/medical-council-chief-blames-khameneis-vaccine-ban-iran-covid-crisis\">\u201cIran Medical Council Chief Blames Khamenei\u2019s Vaccine Ban For Iran Covid Crisis,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, August 9, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/international\/566944-irans-water-crisis-could-be-a-political-earthquake?rl=1\">\u201cIran&#8217;s water crisis could be a political earthquake,\u201d<\/a> Ilan Berman, op-ed, The Hill, August 9, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The President, (First) Vice President, and Chief of Staff are all sanctioned BEFORE taking office.\u00a0 A first for Iran.\u00a0 (for any country?)\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/iranintl.com\/en\/iran\/meet-iran%E2%80%99s-new-first-vice-president-and-chief-staff\">\u201cMeet Iran\u2019s New First Vice President And Chief Of Staff,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, August 9, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicshippingnews.com\/suspected-iran-backed-forces-copy-tactics-of-somali-pirates\">\u201cSuspected Iran-backed forces copy tactics of Somali pirates,\u201d<\/a> Hellenic Shipping News, August 9, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-says-one-person-dying-covid-19-every-two-minutes-2021-08-09\">\u201cIran says one person dying of COVID-19 every two minutes,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, August 9, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicshippingnews.com\/suspected-iran-backed-forces-copy-tactics-of-somali-pirates\">\u201cSuspected Iran-backed forces copy tactics of Somali pirates,\u201d<\/a> Hellenic Shipping News, August 9, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slate posts this amazing article that not only points out that the Regime wants to totally ban or control all international internet services, but that foreign companies would have to place one employee in Iran who might (!) be taken hostage to enforce Iranian dictates!\u00a0 You can\u2019t make this stuff up, thank you Slate.\u00a0 \u201cIran &hellip; 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