{"id":3624,"date":"2021-08-25T05:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T10:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2021-09-01T07:22:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:22:10","slug":"3624","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/08\/25\/3624\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/gantz-iran-is-two-months-away-from-nuclear-bomb-677672\">\u201cGantz: Iran is two months away from nuclear bomb,\u201d<\/a> Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, August 25, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US withdrawal has helped Tehran solve its most pressing problem.\u201d\u00a0 Correct.\u00a0 It removes the U.S. from \u201cnext door.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/iran-is-an-immediate-winner-of-the-taliban-takeover\">\u201cIran is an immediate winner of the Taliban takeover,\u201d<\/a> David Patrikarakos, The Spectator, August 25, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Iran has locked the inspectors out.\u00a0 It is a dangerous time.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-08-25\/iran-installs-government-moving-closer-to-resuming-atomic-talks\">\u201cNuclear Inspectors Seek to Plug Gaps Observing Iran\u2019s Program,&#8221;<\/a> Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg, August 25, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a report seen last week by Reuters, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran had accelerated uranium enrichment to near weapons-grade.\u201d\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 Israel will propose to Pres. Biden an alliance between Israel and Arab states to counter Iran.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/08\/25\/us-israel-usa-bennett\">\u201cIsrael&#8217;s new leader to present Iran plan in first White Hose visit,\u201d<\/a> Jeffrey Heller and Matt Spetalnick, Euronews, Reuters, August 25, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Bad guys helping bad guys.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/taliban-takeover-is-a-boon-for-cash-strapped-iran-11629904448\">\u201cTaliban Takeover Is a Boon for Cash-Strapped Iran,\u201d<\/a> Benoit Faucon and Ian Talley, Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>stood, from open source reporting, that the rate was 3 to 4 times higher.\u00a0 Here we have an insider, a prof of epidemiology at a major Iran university.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/iranintl.com\/en\/iran\/expert-says-iran-covid-deaths-seven-times-higher-blame-game-goes\">\u201cExpert Says Iran Covid Deaths Seven Times Higher, As Blame Game Goes On,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, August 25, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGantz: Iran is two months away from nuclear bomb,\u201d Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, August 25, 2021. \u201cThe US withdrawal has helped Tehran solve its most pressing problem.\u201d\u00a0 Correct.\u00a0 It removes the U.S. from \u201cnext door.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran is an immediate winner of the Taliban takeover,\u201d David Patrikarakos, The Spectator, August 25, 2021. Remember, Iran has &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/08\/25\/3624\/\" 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-3624","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\/3624","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=3624"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3656,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions\/3656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}