{"id":5523,"date":"2024-01-09T08:27:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5523"},"modified":"2024-01-16T01:14:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T07:14:00","slug":"5523","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/01\/09\/5523\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Again, the King of Jordan is concerned with Iran\u2019s actions, its attempts to send weapons (and drugs) into Jordan, which threatens attacks against the Kingdom itself, and some of these weapons go onto the West Bank.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-781341\">\u201cJordanian jets strike Iran-linked drug dealers inside Syria -intelligence sources,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, Jerusalem Post, 1-9-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cJordan and its Western allies have blamed Lebanon-based, Iran-backed Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian militia who control much of southern Syria as being behind the surge in smuggling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/middle-east\/2024-01-09\/ty-article-magazine\/.premium\/notoriously-opaque-the-money-trails-linking-hamas-al-qaida-sudan-and-iran\/0000018c-edf2-df1e-a5ff-edff762f0000\">\u201c&#8217;Notoriously Opaque&#8217;: The Money Trails Linking Hamas, Al-Qaida, Sudan and Iran,\u201d<\/a> Haaertz, 1-9-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watcher.guru\/news\/brics-russia-iran-end-swift-start-bank-transfers-local-currency\">\u201cBRICS: Russia &amp; Iran End SWIFT, Start Bank Transfers in Local Currency,\u201d<\/a> Watcher.Guru, 1-9-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/naval-assets-including-from-iran-build-up-in-the-red-sea\">\u201cNaval assets \u2013 including from Iran \u2013 build up in the Red Sea,\u201d<\/a> Splash, 1-9-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/why-islamic-state-attacked-iran-on-the-anniversary-of-soleimanis-death\">\u201cWhy Islamic State attacked Iran on the anniversary of Soleimani\u2019s death,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 1-9-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20240109\/5fc0b2b9a7fb4cf59f1c2a3b8b64b6e1\/c.html\">\u201cIran blames U.S. military interventions for regional instability,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, 1-9-24.<\/p>\n<p>Why?\u00a0 To keep oil prices down.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202401096519\">\u201cWhy Iran\u2019s Houthis Are Keeping Oil Out Of Red Sea Blockade,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-9-24.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah was supposed to attack (from the North) with Hamas on Oct. 7.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-781384\">\u201cIran&#8217;s Siamese twins: Hezbollah and Hamas&#8217;s massacre strategy \u2013 Opinion,\u201d<\/a> Jerusalem Post, 1-9-24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYarrahi, 42, was arrested in August on multiple charges in connection with a song that criticized the mandatory wearing of a headscarf for women.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/iranian-singer-sentenced-to-prison-flogging-lawyer-says\/7433150.html\">\u201cIranian Singer Sentenced to Prison, Flogging, Lawyer Says,\u201d<\/a> VOA, 1-9-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Again, the King of Jordan is concerned with Iran\u2019s actions, its attempts to send weapons (and drugs) into Jordan, which threatens attacks against the Kingdom itself, and some of these weapons go onto the West Bank.\u00a0 \u201cJordanian jets strike Iran-linked drug dealers inside Syria -intelligence sources,\u201d Reuters, Jerusalem Post, 1-9-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cJordan and its Western allies have &hellip; 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