{"id":370,"date":"2020-02-20T23:51:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T05:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=370"},"modified":"2020-03-16T23:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T04:48:00","slug":"370","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/02\/20\/370\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As this article states correctly, Khamenei will determine the outcome of Friday&#8217;s parliamentary elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2020-02-20\/iran-s-elections-will-be-driven-by-khamenei-not-trump?srnd=politics-vp\">\u201cIran\u2019s \u2018Hard-Liner in Chief\u2019 Is Only Vote That Counts,\u201d<\/a> Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg, February 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This blacklist, totally the fault of Iran because it tries to hide its terrorism-related and other criminal transactions, will broaden the U.S. effort to isolate Tehran financially and pressure it to give up its nuclear weapons program and act as a normal country.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/global-terror-finance-watchdog-set-to-sanction-iran-11582240405\">\u201cGlobal Terror-Finance Watchdog Set to Sanction Iran,\u201d<\/a> Benoit Faucon and Ian Talley, Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0See also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/iran-s-long-battle-with-fatf\/30443992.html\">\u201cIran&#8217;s Long Battle With FATF,\u201d<\/a> Jason Brodsky, Radio Farda, February 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/19\/us\/iran-missiles-yemen.html\">\u201cNew Iranian Missiles Pose Threat to U.S. Aircraft in Yemen, Pentagon Says,\u201d<\/a> John Ismay and John Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, February 20, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedefensepost.com\/2020\/02\/20\/us-yemen-iran-weapons-saudi-aramco-attack\">\u201cUS links Saudi Aramco attack to Iran weapons ships seized off Yemen,\u201d<\/a> Jared Szuba, Defense Post, February 20, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/us-commission-condemns-report-iran-may-destroy-tomb-of-esther-and-mordechai\">\u201cUS commission condemns report Iran may destroy tomb of Esther and Mordechai,\u201d<\/a> Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, February 20, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/Iran-Hezbollah-stir-chaos-in-Syrias-southwest-618282\">\u201cIran, Hezbollah stir chaos in Syria&#8217;s southwest,\u201d<\/a> Jonathan Spyer, Jerusalem Post, February 20, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/Voices\/2020\/02\/20\/Expect-Iranians-to-boycott-sham-elections-continue-calls-for-regime-change\/8451582201926\">\u201cExpect Iranians to boycott sham elections, continue calls for regime change,\u201d<\/a> Ivan Sascha Sheehan, UPI, February 20, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memri.org\/reports\/recurring-scam-allegedly-democratic-elections-iran-11th-majlis-elections-%E2%80%93-continuation\">\u201cThe Recurring Scam Of Allegedly Democratic Elections In Iran: The 11th Majlis Elections \u2013 A Continuation Of Khamenei&#8217;s Dictatorship Through His Councils,\u201d<\/a> A. Savyon, M. Manzour, and M. Abraham, MEMRI, February 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/iranian-headscarf-campaigner-calls-vote-boycott-022323072.html\">\u201cIranian headscarf campaigner calls for vote boycott,\u201d<\/a> Christophe De Roquefeuil, AFP, February 19, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As this article states correctly, Khamenei will determine the outcome of Friday&#8217;s parliamentary elections. \u201cIran\u2019s \u2018Hard-Liner in Chief\u2019 Is Only Vote That Counts,\u201d Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg, February 19, 2020. 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