{"id":3754,"date":"2021-09-12T08:21:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T13:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2023-10-10T22:41:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T03:41:50","slug":"3754","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/09\/12\/3754\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These two articles show that Iran is not destined or stuck as a revolutionary state\u2014it is a daily decision by the Leader and the rest of the IRI government.\u00a0 They can make decisions that are rational and for their own good and even other\u2019s good.\u00a0 But these articles also remind us that Iran\u2019s Regime will often hide the ball and mislead in order to move the Revolution and the Shia Crescent forward.\u00a0 So, which is it today?\u00a0 Do these stories show a normal country or a revolutionary cause?\u00a0 We will soon find out if the cameras are turned on again and are under IAEA control.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/9\/12\/iaea-and-iran-reach-agreement-to-avert-nuclear-deal-crisis\">\u201cIAEA and Iran reach agreement to avert nuclear deal crisis,\u201d<\/a> Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, September 12, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0And see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iaea-chief-iran-talks-before-showdown-with-west-2021-09-12\">\u201cIran to allow IAEA to service nuclear monitoring cameras after talks,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, September 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Iran attempted to use suicide drones against U.S. forces.\u00a0 What should be the U.S. response?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/us-shoots-down-pair-iranian-172700737.html\">\u201cUS shoots down pair of Iranian drones attacking Iraq airport,\u201d<\/a> Yahoo, September 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Two articles on the topic of one important tool Iran uses to spread its Crescent.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/israeli-minister-says-iran-giving-090408433.html\">\u201cIsraeli minister says Iran giving militias drone training near Isfahan,\u201d<\/a> Yahoo, September 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hamodia.com\/2021\/09\/12\/gantz-iran-is-training-militias-to-employ-advanced-uavs-in-a-base-called-kashan\">\u201cGantz: Iran Is Training Militias to Employ Advanced UAVs, in a Base Called Kashan,\u201d<\/a> Hamodia, September 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/nobel-laureates-to-un-chief-investigate-iranian-massacre-679172\">\u201cNobel laureates to UN chief: Investigate Iranian massacre,\u201d<\/a> Jerusalem Post, 9-12-21.\u00a0 Dozens of Nobel Prize laureates signed a letter imploring UN Sec.-Gen. Antonio Guterres to investigate the 1988 mass murder of Iranian political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran is providing foreign fighters with drone training at an airbase near the city of Isfahan, Israel\u2019s defence minister alleged a month after Tehran came under global scrutiny over a suspected drone attack on an Israeli-managed tanker off Oman. In what his office described as a new disclosure, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Sunday that Iran was using Kashan airbase north of Isfahan to train \u201cterror operatives from Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon in flying Iranian-made UAVs.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/9\/12\/israeli-minister-iran-giving-fighters-drone-training-near-israel\">\u201cIran training Middle East fighters to fly drones: Israel,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, September 12, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These two articles show that Iran is not destined or stuck as a revolutionary state\u2014it is a daily decision by the Leader and the rest of the IRI government.\u00a0 They can make decisions that are rational and for their own good and even other\u2019s good.\u00a0 But these articles also remind us that Iran\u2019s Regime will &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2021\/09\/12\/3754\/\" 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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3754","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\/3754","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=3754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5024,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions\/5024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}