{"id":5827,"date":"2024-03-13T23:16:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T04:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5827"},"modified":"2024-03-19T01:15:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T06:15:11","slug":"5827","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/03\/13\/5827\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-asks-panama-strip-flags-iranian-ships-sanctioned-by-washington-2024-03-13\/\">\u201cUS asks Panama to strip flags from Iranian ships sanctioned by Washington,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 3-13-24.\u00a0 \u201cIn January 2023, Panama&#8217;s maritime authority said it had withdrawn its flag from 136 ships linked to Iran&#8217;s state oil company in the last four years. More than 8,000 vessels sailing with its flag.\u201d The surprising thing about this story is that the U.S. had to ask Panama, again (?), here in 2024. This should have been a standing request.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202403135593\">\u201cIran Extends Hijab Enforcement To Airports,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-13-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202403132347\">\u201cIran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Returns To Instagram Despite Platform Ban,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-13-24.\u00a0\u00a0The Regime blocks internally Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, and others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/13\/politics\/us-iran-indirect-talks\/index.html\">\u201cUS held indirect talks with Iranian officials in Oman earlier this year amid tensions in Middle East,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 3-13-24.<\/p>\n<p>Good move, but they had no choice, the people were going to celebrate Nowruz regardless of government action or threats.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202403132261\">\u201cIran Eases Ramadan Restrictions, As It Coincides With Persian New Year,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-13-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/13\/world\/middleeast\/iran-fire-festival-protest.html\">\u201cDancing and Jumping Over Fire, Iranians Use Holiday to Defy Rules,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 3-13-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2024\/03\/13\/iran-is-connected-to-failed-hezbollah-attacks-in-latin-america\/\">\u201cIran Is Connected to Failed Hezbollah Attacks in Latin America,\u201d<\/a> Algemeiner, 3-13-24.<\/p>\n<p>Niger for uranium, and here is Quds in Nigeria.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2024\/03\/13\/irans-strategic-gambit-in-nigeria-the-quds-forces-proliferating-influence\/\">\u201cIran\u2019s Strategic Gambit in Nigeria: The Quds Force\u2019s Proliferating Influence,\u201d<\/a> Algemeiner, 3-13-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20240313\/d3ed5fe48d8745adb139f9fad9c870b7\/c.html\">\u201cIran warns about consequences of Israel&#8217;s killing of Palestinians,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, 3-13-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202403132261\">\u201cIran Eases Ramadan Restrictions, As It Coincides With Persian New Year,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-13-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUS asks Panama to strip flags from Iranian ships sanctioned by Washington,\u201d Reuters, 3-13-24.\u00a0 \u201cIn January 2023, Panama&#8217;s maritime authority said it had withdrawn its flag from 136 ships linked to Iran&#8217;s state oil company in the last four years. More than 8,000 vessels sailing with its flag.\u201d The surprising thing about this story is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/03\/13\/5827\/\" 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-5827","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\/5827","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=5827"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5870,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5827\/revisions\/5870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}