{"id":5769,"date":"2024-02-25T09:02:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T15:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5769"},"modified":"2024-02-28T11:46:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:46:24","slug":"5769","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/02\/25\/5769\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-788623\">\u201cCurbing Iran aggression is key to peace in the Middle East \u2013 opinion,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 2-25-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe reason for training and financing the Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and similar extremist movements is the promotion of regional chaos, which simplifies taking over as much territory, influence, and resources as possible by Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationthailand.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/40035789\">\u201cJapanese, Thai men charged in nuclear sale to Iran \u2013 US DOJ,\u201d<\/a> The Nation, 2-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2024\/02\/25\/iran-poll-no-hijab-more-freedom-secular-rule-less-religious\/\">\u201cVast majority of Iranians want a secular government, poll reveals,\u201d<\/a> Telegraph, 2-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/news-digest\/irans-rising-misery-index-a-look-at-economic-hardship-across-provinces\/\">\u201cIran\u2019s Rising Misery Index: A Look at Economic Hardship Across Provinces,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Update, 2-25-24.<\/p>\n<p>121 attacks by Iran against U.S. forces since Oct. 7.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syriahr.com\/en\/326431\/\">\u201cMissile attack:\u00a0 Iran-backed groups attack US base in Deir Ezzor countryside,\u201d<\/a> Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 2-25-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCurbing Iran aggression is key to peace in the Middle East \u2013 opinion,\u201d JPost, 2-25-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe reason for training and financing the Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and similar extremist movements is the promotion of regional chaos, which simplifies taking over as much territory, influence, and resources as possible by Iran.\u201d \u201cJapanese, Thai men charged in nuclear sale &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/02\/25\/5769\/\" 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-5769","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\/5769","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=5769"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5782,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5769\/revisions\/5782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}