{"id":5784,"date":"2024-02-28T11:48:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2024-02-29T13:31:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T19:31:13","slug":"5784","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/02\/28\/5784\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These types of stories (Cuba, Bolivia, etc.) are a reminder that Iran wants to be physically closer to the U.S. but also for illicit trade.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/28022024-iran-venezuela-seek-to-carry-out-long-term-deal\/\">\u201cIran, Venezuela Seek To Carry Out Long-Term Deal,\u201d<\/a> Eurasia\u00a0Review, 2-28-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/voa-s-acting-director-denounces-iran-for-convicting-voa-persian-journalists-in-absentia-for-propaganda-crimes\/7505617.html\">\u201cVOA\u2019s Acting Director Denounces Iran for Convicting VOA Persian Journalists in Absentia for \u2018Propaganda\u2019 Crimes,\u201d<\/a> VOA, 2-28-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/policy-analysis\/iran-aligned-armed-groups-are-endangering-jordans-national-security\">\u201cIran-Aligned Armed Groups Are Endangering Jordan\u2019s National Security,\u201d<\/a> Washington Institute, 2-28-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202402280013\">\u201cIran Satellite Launch From Russia Fuels Fears Over Moscow-Tehran Ties,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 2-28-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/middle-east-and-africa\/2024\/02\/28\/as-iran-scares-the-middle-east-at-home-its-regime-rots\">\u201cAs Iran scares the Middle East, at home its regime rots,\u201d<\/a> Economist, 2-28-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/voter-frustration-may-lead-to-low-turnout-in-iran-parliamentary-elections\/7506853.html\">\u201cVoter Frustration May Lead to Low Turnout in Iran Parliamentary Elections,\u201d<\/a> AP, VOA, 2-28-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-789447\">\u201c&#8217;Lebanon will be next&#8217;: Iran greenlights Hezbollah attack on Israel \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 2-28-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/policy-analysis\/elections-expose-irans-fading-democratic-pretensions\">\u201cElections Expose Iran\u2019s Fading Democratic Pretensions,\u201d<\/a> Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2-28-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202402282814\">\u201cKhamenei Pleads With Iranians To Vote Amid Election Skepticism,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 2-28-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These types of stories (Cuba, Bolivia, etc.) are a reminder that Iran wants to be physically closer to the U.S. but also for illicit trade.\u00a0 \u201cIran, Venezuela Seek To Carry Out Long-Term Deal,\u201d Eurasia\u00a0Review, 2-28-24. \u201cVOA\u2019s Acting Director Denounces Iran for Convicting VOA Persian Journalists in Absentia for \u2018Propaganda\u2019 Crimes,\u201d VOA, 2-28-24. \u201cIran-Aligned Armed Groups &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/02\/28\/5784\/\" 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-5784","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\/5784","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=5784"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5796,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions\/5796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}