{"id":576,"date":"2020-03-26T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T22:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=576"},"modified":"2020-03-27T06:23:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T11:23:09","slug":"576","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/03\/26\/576\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/25\/us\/politics\/robert-levinson-cia-iran.html?utm_source=+Ex-F.B.I.+Agent+Who+Vanished+On+C.I.A.+Mission+To+Iran+Is+Most+Likely+Dead%2C+U.S&amp;utm_campaign=eye-on-iran&amp;utm_medium=email\">\u201cEx-F.B.I. Agent Who Vanished on C.I.A. Mission to Iran Is Most Likely Dead, U.S. Concludes,\u201d<\/a> Adam Goldman, New York Times, March 26, 2020.\u00a0 This story mentions that intercepted communications were used for part of the assessment that Levinson is dead.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s death numbers continue to climb, and Wed.\u2019s numbers were 157, as reported on Thursday by the Health Ministry.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/health-coronavirus-iran-toll\/irans-death-toll-from-coronavirus-climbs-to-2234-ministry-idUSD5N2BI041?utm_source=+Ex-F.B.I.+Agent+Who+Vanished+On+C.I.A.+Mission+To+Iran+Is+Most+Likely+Dead%2C+U.S&amp;utm_campaign=eye-on-iran&amp;utm_medium=email\">\u201cIran&#8217;s death toll from coronavirus climbs to 2,234 \u2013 ministry,\u201d<\/a> Bloomberg, March 26, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like Iran has confiscated the mobile hospital and equipment Doctors Without Borders brought to the country, but is kicking out the invited doctors.\u00a0 We\u2019ll get confirmation of this soon.\u00a0 (The headline from Bloomberg does not match the story).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-03-25\/iran-now-welcomes-medical-charity-msf-s-help-fighting-virus\">\u201cIran Now Welcomes Medical Charity MSF\u2019s Help Fighting Virus,\u201d<\/a> Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg, March 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-health-coronavirus-iran\/iran-starts-intercity-travel-ban-amid-fears-of-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUKKBN21D0L2?utm_source=+Ex-F.B.I.+Agent+Who+Vanished+On+C.I.A.+Mission+To+Iran+Is+Most+Likely+Dead%2C+U.S&amp;utm_campaign=eye-on-iran&amp;utm_medium=email\">\u201cIran starts intercity travel ban amid fears of surge of coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, March 26, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aawsat.com\/english\/home\/article\/2198936\/denmark-charges-norwegian-working-iran-assassination-plot?utm_source=+Ex-F.B.I.+Agent+Who+Vanished+On+C.I.A.+Mission+To+Iran+Is+Most+Likely+Dead%2C+U.S&amp;utm_campaign=eye-on-iran&amp;utm_medium=email\">\u201cDenmark Charges Norwegian with Working with Iran in Assassination Plot,\u201d<\/a> Asharq Al-Awsat, March 25, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEx-F.B.I. 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