{"id":4112,"date":"2022-02-10T00:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T06:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=4112"},"modified":"2022-02-14T00:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T06:49:23","slug":"4112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2022\/02\/10\/4112\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the activist living in New York whom Iran tried to kidnap from the United States (and kill or imprison).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opindia.com\/2022\/02\/watch-iranian-journalists-powerful-message-against-legitimising-hijab\">\u201c\u2018Hijab is the most visible symbol of oppression, we need to bring down this wall\u2019: Watch what Iranian anti-hijab crusader Masih Alinejad had said,\u201d<\/a> OpIndia, February 10, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>When I saw this headline, it occurred to me that my perspective on Iran\u2019s drive has been from that of an American, and to protect Israel, and other allies of freedom (including a growing number of countries in the Middle East).\u00a0 But this headline of Phillips\u2019 op-ed also made me think bigger than just a U.S. citizen or academic or etc., that this topic is really worth of any individual on the planet who cares about sovereignty, peace, development, trade, international relations, trade, you name it.\u00a0 We as individuals should be alert if the United States or Russia or China or anyone (i.e. North Korea, Pakistan) facilitates another country with proliferation.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/opinion\/how-america-is-helping-iran-get-a-nuclear-arsenal\">\u201cHow America is helping Iran get a nuclear arsenal,\u201d<\/a> Melanie Phillips, op-ed, JNS, February 10, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dawnmena.org\/a-new-international-of-authoritarianism-an-interview-with-iran-scholar-abbas-milani\">\u201c&#8217;A New International of Authoritarianism&#8217;: An Interview With Iran Scholar Abbas Milani,\u201d<\/a> Omid Memarian, Dawn Mena, February 10, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the activist living in New York whom Iran tried to kidnap from the United States (and kill or imprison).\u00a0 \u201c\u2018Hijab is the most visible symbol of oppression, we need to bring down this wall\u2019: Watch what Iranian anti-hijab crusader Masih Alinejad had said,\u201d OpIndia, February 10, 2022. When I saw this headline, it &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2022\/02\/10\/4112\/\" 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-4112","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\/4112","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=4112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4113,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4112\/revisions\/4113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}