{"id":5418,"date":"2023-12-26T07:09:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T13:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2023-12-30T22:30:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T04:30:23","slug":"5418","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/12\/26\/5418\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIran-backed Houthis attack another container ship transiting Red Sea,\u201d<\/a> Fox Business, 12-26-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cTensions Rise As Israel Kills Iran’s \u2018Top Man\u2019 In Syria,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-26-23.\u00a0 From the various open sources I\u2019ve read on this, Gen. Razi Mousavi was not killed by accident, say by being too close to an Israeli attack on an arms shipment landing in Syria.\u00a0 Instead, it appears to be a targeted attack on the IRGC\u2019s top military and intelligence man in Syria.\u00a0 \u201cRazi Mousavi (aka Seyyed Razi) headed IRGC\u2019s \u2018logistics\u2019 and military coordination in Syria, which may be better understood as being in charge of getting weapons or money for Iran-backed forces in Syria and Lebanon.\u201d\u00a0 The last thing to note on this story is that Iran still claims to not have forces in Syria or to supply and direct Hezbollah, a known fiction to all.<\/p>\n

So we attacked in Iraq, not inside Iran.\u00a0 If you keep getting nowhere, go somewhere else.\u00a0 \u201cUS Strikes Iran-Backed Militia After Iraq Air Base Attack,\u201d<\/a> VOA, 12-26-23.<\/p>\n

This is dangerous, and what the UN Security Council should really be watching, not just its IAEA.\u00a0 \u201cUN watchdog: Iran raising production rate of near-weapons-grade uranium,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 12-26-23.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIAEA report says Teheran reversed previous slowdown and has tripled the rate at which it is enriching to 60% purity.\u201d\u00a0 It is approaching weapons grade purity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Adds to Pressure on U.S. With Nuclear Program Acceleration,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 12-26-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran triples output of near-weapons grade nuclear fuel,\u201d<\/a> Semafor, 12-26-23.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe International Atomic Energy Agency told member states in a confidential report that Iran is now producing uranium enriched to 60% purity at a rate of 9 kg per month, up from 3 kg over the summer and early fall. The U.S. estimates that Tehran already has amassed enough fissile material for the production of three nuclear weapons and is moving dangerously close to the 90% purity that\u2019s considered weapons grade. Tehran has \u201cincreased its production of highly enriched uranium, reversing a previous output reduction from mid-2023,\u201d the IAEA said in the report, which was first viewed by the Associated Press and Reuters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Think about it, \u201cIt was the first time the Navy shot down an incoming anti-ship ballistic missile in combat\u201d\u2014Iran has brought us to this.\u00a0 \u201cNavy shoots down ballistic missiles launched by Iran-backed Houthis in Red Sea,\u201d<\/a> Fox, 12-26-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIran-backed Houthis attack another container ship transiting Red Sea,\u201d Fox Business, 12-26-23. \u201cTensions Rise As Israel Kills Iran’s \u2018Top Man\u2019 In Syria,\u201d Iran International, 12-26-23.\u00a0 From the various open sources I\u2019ve read on this, Gen. Razi Mousavi was not killed by accident, say by being too close to an Israeli attack on an arms shipment … <\/p>\n

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