{"id":5375,"date":"2023-12-18T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2023-12-19T15:08:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:08:39","slug":"5375","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/12\/18\/5375\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/iran-viral-instagram-dancing-video-arrests-protests-2023-12\">\u201cA 70-year-old Iranian man&#8217;s dance at a market went viral. Then came the arrests,\u201d<\/a> Business Insider, 12-18-23.<\/p>\n<p>Just telling Iran won\u2019t work.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.royanews.tv\/news\/47608\/2023-12-18\">\u201cJordan notifies Iran of &#8216;need to halt smuggling operations&#8217;,&#8221;<\/a> Roya News, 12-18-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/article\/iran-hamas-and-islamic-jihad-a-marriage-of-convenience\">\u201cIran, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad: A marriage of convenience,\u201d<\/a> ECFR, 12-18-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2023\/dec\/18\/we-live-with-a-gun-to-our-heads-how-iran-is-targeting-protesters-in-britain\">\u201c\u2018We live with a gun to our heads\u2019: how Iran is targeting protesters in Britain,\u201d<\/a> Guardian, 12-18-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202312184286\">\u201cIran&#8217;s Dams Drop To Half Capacity As Hydroelectric Power Overused,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-18-23.<\/p>\n<p>Quote of the Day:\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s support for Houthi attacks on commercial vessels must stop.\u201d\u00a0 U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-778543\">\u201cAustin: Iran must halt backing of Houthi attacks on global shipping,\u201d<\/a> Jerusalem Post, Reuters, 12-18-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/west-accuses-iran-of-illegally-testing-missiles-sending-russia-drones\/7403724.html\">\u201cWest Accuses Iran of Illegally Testing Missiles, Sending Russia Drones,\u201d<\/a> VOA, 12-18-23.<\/p>\n<p>A rare article from media about Jordanian difficulties with Iran\u2019s efforts to smuggle weapons and drugs.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/jordan-army-says-guards-injured-weapons-seized-clashes-along-syrian-border-2023-12-18\">\u201cJordan says it foiled plot against its security by Iran-linked smugglers from Syria,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 12-18-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA 70-year-old Iranian man&#8217;s dance at a market went viral. Then came the arrests,\u201d Business Insider, 12-18-23. Just telling Iran won\u2019t work.\u00a0 \u201cJordan notifies Iran of &#8216;need to halt smuggling operations&#8217;,&#8221; Roya News, 12-18-23. \u201cIran, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad: A marriage of convenience,\u201d ECFR, 12-18-23. \u201c\u2018We live with a gun to our heads\u2019: how Iran &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/12\/18\/5375\/\" 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-5375","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\/5375","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=5375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5380,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5375\/revisions\/5380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}