{"id":4017,"date":"2022-01-20T05:08:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T11:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=4017"},"modified":"2022-02-05T23:36:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T05:36:09","slug":"4017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2022\/01\/20\/4017\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An excellent article, and one which explains again why the JCPOA was a bad idea.\u00a0 And the first piece I\u2019ve ever seen that argues (really funny if it weren\u2019t such a serious topic)\u2014\u201cIran\u2019s clerical leadership was ahead of Greta Thunberg in appreciating the dangers of climate change.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-694127\">\u201cIran&#8217;s regime is the source of the Israel-Iran conflict,\u201d<\/a> Mark Regev, op-ed, Jerusalem Post, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Moral of the story\u2014only fly Turkish or Emirates or any other external\/foreign airline to Iran.\u00a0 Don\u2019t fly anything based in the country.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2022\/01\/in-iran-there-is-reason-to-have-a-fear-of-flying\">\u201cJust cause for fear of flying in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Kourosh Ziabari, Asia Times, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not just in Israel\u2019s interest. It is in the interest of all relevant players in the Middle East that are threatened by Iran and the international community\u2019s interests, especially the US, Russia and Europe.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2008796\/middle-east\">\u201cWhy Israel is waging a shadow war with Iran\u2019s IRGC in Syria,\u201d<\/a> Oubai Shahbandar, Arab News, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/nation-world\/world\/americas\/venezuela\/article257560628.html\">\u201cWith help from Iran, Venezuela doubles oil production despite U.S. sanctions,\u201d<\/a> Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Crude-Oil\/In-Rare-Move-China-Discloses-Oil-Imports-From-Iran.html\">\u201cIn Rare Move, China Discloses Oil Imports From Iran,\u201d<\/a> Torkel Nyberg, OilPrice.com, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/iransource\/under-ebrahim-raisi-iran-and-turkey-may-be-entering-a-new-phase-of-bilateral-ties\">\u201cUnder Ebrahim Raisi, Iran and Turkey may be entering a new phase of bilateral ties,\u201d<\/a> Hossein Aghaie Joobani, Atlantic Council, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-694010\">\u201cUS mulling re-designating Yemen&#8217;s Iran-backed Houthis as terrorist group \u2013 Biden,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, Jerusalem Post, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1390967\">\u201cKremlin offers no comment on possible loan to Iran for purchase of Russian weapons,\u201d<\/a> TASS, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202201203872\">\u201cIran Alone Among 193 UN Members To Oppose Holocaust Resolution,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/iran-russia-china-exercises\/31663080.html\">\u201cIran, Russia, China To Hold Joint Naval Drill Amid Growing Ties,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/20220120\/87d4850d72dd4d8bacfdc6aabdf0df87\/c.html\">\u201cInterview: Iran, China &#8220;facing a new horizon of cooperation,&#8221;<\/a> says Iran&#8217;s FM spokesman,\u201d Xinhua, January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An excellent article, and one which explains again why the JCPOA was a bad idea.\u00a0 And the first piece I\u2019ve ever seen that argues (really funny if it weren\u2019t such a serious topic)\u2014\u201cIran\u2019s clerical leadership was ahead of Greta Thunberg in appreciating the dangers of climate change.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran&#8217;s regime is the source of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2022\/01\/20\/4017\/\" 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-4017","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\/4017","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=4017"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4099,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017\/revisions\/4099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}