{"id":5445,"date":"2023-12-31T07:59:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T13:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5445"},"modified":"2024-01-05T22:43:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T04:43:20","slug":"5445","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/12\/31\/5445\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Read the facts.\u00a0 This is the classic and right and morally justified and in self-defense and legal under international law to respond to piracy, and in the modern moment how to respond to Iran.\u00a0 \u201cUS Navy sinks 3 Houthi boats attacking merchant ship in Red Sea, US says,\u201d<\/a> ABC, 12-31-23.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u201cI would call Mousavi the second Qassem Soleimani. He knew everybody, had good contacts with people on the ground, militias and heads of groups,\u201d Dr. Mohammed Al-Sulami, founder and president of the International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) in Riyadh, told Arab News. He said Mousavi had \u201cmore knowledge of the realities on the ground\u201d in Syria than anyone else, including his boss and current Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, who Al-Sulami said is more knowledgeable about other countries and regions such as Afghanistan and Central Asia than about Syria and the Middle East. \u2026 \u201cWhen it came to Middle East, it was Qassem Soleimani and Reza Mousavi, the second Qassem Soleimani,\u201d he said. \u201cTherefore, it is a very big loss for Iran and a big success for those who are trying to minimize the presence of militias in Syria.\u201d Iran\u2019s ambassador to Syria said that Mousavi had been working in the Iranian embassy in an official capacity as a diplomat and died in an Israeli missile strike in Sayyida Zeinab, a town in southern Damascus. IRGC media in Iran said Mousavi had the rank of brigadier general. He had reportedly lived in Syria for 30 years and had an office at the Syrian Ministry of Defense.\u201d\u00a0 See\u00a0\u201cWho killed Iran\u2019s IRGC operative Sayyed Reza Mousavi in Syria, and why?,\u201d<\/a> Arab News, 12-31-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlashback 2023: Iran\u2019s human rights crisis unveiled \u2013 A year of escalating repression,\u201d<\/a> MEDYA News, 12-31-23.\u00a0 “At least 750 people [in 2023] have been executed.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Releases Spaniard Held For More Than A Year,\u201d<\/a> AFP, Barron\u2019s, 12-31-23.\u00a0\u00a0While Iran should have never detained Santiago Sanchez, including for such a long time (he was a hostage), the football fan on a trek from Madrid to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup should have never (1) gone through Iran because it is not on the way to Qatar, and (2) gone to visit the grave of Mahsa Amini.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s Economic War On The West,”<\/a> Forbes, 12-31-23.\u00a0\u00a0Quote of the Day:\u00a0 \u201cTo be clear, this looks like a declaration of diabolical economic warfare from Iran and the groups it backs such as the Houthis.\u201d\u00a0 Simon Constable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran, Indonesia agree to launch robotic telesurgery center,\u201d<\/a> Press TV, 12-31-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo Afghan citizens secretly executed in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Khaama Press, 12-31-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cChronic Inequality: The Role of Political Institutions in Iran\u2019s Society,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Update, 12-31-23.\u00a0\u00a0This quote captures again the theme of this blog\u2014Iran\u2019s revolutionary desires put it at odds with normal countries.\u00a0 \u201cPoverty diminishes the quality and quantity of capable human resources, leading to a vicious cycle of poverty that perpetuates and deepens its reach. It is obvious that a comprehensive solution within the current regime is not possible while the regime\u2019s behavior does not show the necessitated structural transformation and the establishment of a balanced relationship with the world. And the best aspect for this is the regime\u2019s destructive support of various tensions and war in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNigerian Shiite Leader Calls For Inspiration From Islamic Revolution,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-31-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Read the facts.\u00a0 This is the classic and right and morally justified and in self-defense and legal under international law to respond to piracy, and in the modern moment how to respond to Iran.\u00a0 \u201cUS Navy sinks 3 Houthi boats attacking merchant ship in Red Sea, US says,\u201d ABC, 12-31-23. \u201c\u201cI would call Mousavi the … <\/p>\n

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