{"id":365,"date":"2020-02-19T23:33:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T05:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=365"},"modified":"2020-03-16T23:47:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T04:47:20","slug":"365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/02\/19\/365\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Relevant continually, including in today&#8217;s news that a corrupt oil executive has fled for the UAE&#8211;a month ago on January 28, VP Eshaq Jahangiri told Tasnim News, &#8220;Corruption has currently dominated the entire Revolution like termites. \u00a0While some people are starving, others are lining their pockets with the national wealth.&#8221;\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/top-suspect-in-large-corruption-case-flees-iran-for-uae\/30443128.html\">\u201cTop Suspect In Large Corruption Case Flees Iran For UAE,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, February 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The irony doesn\u2019t escape us\u2014FM Zarif insists that Iran representatives be present when the black box is opened and examined, but Iran won\u2019t allow country representatives or lawyers (often) be present when a defendant is in a trial or hearing.\u00a0 What is good for the goose is good for the gander.\u00a0 \u201cBlack box of Ukraine plane downed in Iran noticeably damaged- Iran defence minister,\u201d Reuters, February 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/amnesty-accuses-iran-of-ongoing-crimes-against-humanity-\/30442965.html\">\u201cAmnesty Accuses Iran Of &#8216;Ongoing Crimes Against Humanity&#8217;,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, February 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecipherbrief.com\/column\/soufan-center\/iranians-head-to-the-polls\">\u201cIranians Head to the Polls,\u201d<\/a> The Cipher Brief, February 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-02-19\/iran-s-hard-liners-are-making-a-comeback\">\u201cIran\u2019s Hard Liners Are Making a Comeback,\u201d<\/a> Marc Champion and Arsalan Shahla, Bloomberg, February 18, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learningenglish.voanews.com\/a\/iranians-tire-of-tensions-restrictions-as-elections-near\/5293678.html?utm_source=+Devices+Found+In+Missiles%2C+Yemen+Drones+Link+Iran+To+Attacks&amp;utm_campaign=eye-on-iran&amp;utm_medium=email\">\u201cIranians Tire of Tensions, Restrictions as Elections Near,\u201d<\/a> VOA, February 18, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevant continually, including in today&#8217;s news that a corrupt oil executive has fled for the UAE&#8211;a month ago on January 28, VP Eshaq Jahangiri told Tasnim News, &#8220;Corruption has currently dominated the entire Revolution like termites. \u00a0While some people are starving, others are lining their pockets with the national wealth.&#8221;\u00a0 See \u201cTop Suspect In Large &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/02\/19\/365\/\" 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-365","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\/365","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=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}