{"id":436,"date":"2020-03-09T07:35:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T12:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=436"},"modified":"2020-03-11T09:42:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T14:42:06","slug":"436","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/03\/09\/436\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iran-announces-43-new-coronavirus-deaths-raising-toll-to-237\">\u201cIran announces 43 new coronavirus deaths, raising toll to 237,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, March 9, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aawsat.com\/english\/home\/article\/2170982\/iran-releases-70000-prisoners-amid-more-deaths-infections\">\u201cIran Releases 70,000 Prisoners Amid More Deaths, Infections,\u201d<\/a> Asharq Al-Awsat, March 9, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-iran-leader\/iran-supreme-leader-cancels-persian-new-year-speech-because-of-coronavirus-outbreak-official-site-idUSKBN20W2QZ\">\u201cIran supreme leader cancels Persian new year speech because of coronavirus outbreak: official site,\u201d<\/a> Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters, March 9, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/health\/head-of-irans-disaster-management-contracts-covid-19\/1759431\">\u201cHead of Iran\u2019s disaster management contracts COVID-19,\u201d<\/a> Mustafa Melih Ahishali, AA, March 9, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/iran-announces-43-coronavirus-deaths-raising-toll-237-113034656.html\">\u201cIran announces 43 new coronavirus deaths, raising toll to 237,\u201d<\/a> AFP, March 9, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/03\/irans-coronavirus-problem-lot-worse-it-seems\/607663\">\u201cIran Has Far More Coronavirus Cases Than It Is Letting On,\u201d<\/a> Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, March 9, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-iran\/iranair-stops-all-flights-to-europe-irna-idUSKBN20V0EJ?utm_source=+Spotlight+Returns+To+Iran%27s+Nuclear+Programme&amp;utm_campaign=eye-on-iran&amp;utm_medium=email\">\u201cIranAir stops all flights to Europe: IRNA,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, March 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/people-in-northern-iran-threaten-to-close-roads-to-prevent-coronavirus-influx\/30476369.html\">\u201cIn Defiance, People In Northern Iran Threaten To Close Roads To Prevent Coronavirus Influx,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, March 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This article is a reminder to me that, long after 2011, IRGC Commanders (this one named Dabirian, friend of Hezbollah\u2019s Nasrallah, killed trying to retake the historic town of Palmyra) are fighting in Syria, part of the Shia Crescent, and are in a place where the media absolutely refused to admit for many, many months that Iran even had troops.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2020\/mar\/8\/farhad-dabirian-iran-revolutionary-guard-commander\">\u201cIran Revolutionary Guard commander reportedly killed in Syria,\u201d<\/a> Washington Times, AP, March 8, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran announces 43 new coronavirus deaths, raising toll to 237,\u201d Times of Israel, March 9, 2020. \u201cIran Releases 70,000 Prisoners Amid More Deaths, Infections,\u201d Asharq Al-Awsat, March 9, 2020. \u201cIran supreme leader cancels Persian new year speech because of coronavirus outbreak: official site,\u201d Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters, March 9, 2020. \u201cHead of Iran\u2019s disaster management contracts &hellip; 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