{"id":5894,"date":"2024-04-02T20:50:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5894"},"modified":"2024-04-11T22:32:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T03:32:59","slug":"5894","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/04\/02\/5894\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s the quote you need to read about the \u201cconsulate.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cAn embassy can lose those protections, however, if it is used for a military purpose, as is true of schools, homes, and other civilian buildings during wartime. That would first be a threshold question about whether the conflict itself is legal: International law generally prohibits the use of force against another sovereign state, except in self-defense. An Israeli military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari did not confirm or deny Israel\u2019s role in the attack but told CNN that the strike had targeted \u201ca military building of Quds Forces disguised as a civilian building in Damascus.\u201d A member of the Revolutionary Guards, which oversee the Quds Force, told the Times that the strike on Monday had targeted a meeting in which Iranian intelligence officials and Palestinian militants were discussing the war in Gaza. Among them were leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a group armed and funded by Iran. Iran has long blurred the lines between its diplomatic missions and its military operations in the Middle East. It selects its ambassadors to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen \u2014 countries that make up the \u201caxis of resistance\u201d \u2014 from the commanders of the Quds Forces, the external branch of the Revolutionary Guards Corps, rather than its career diplomats.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIsrael bombed an Iranian Embassy complex. Is that allowed?,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 4-2-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt UN, US warns Iran not to target it over Syria strike,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 4-2-24.<\/p>\n

\u201c’Preparing strikes on Israeli embassies’: The coming Iranian response to Syria strike,\u201d<\/a> Jerusalem Post, 4-2-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cMohammad Reza Zahedi: who was the Iranian commander killed in an Israeli strike in Syria?,\u201d<\/a> Guardian, 4-2-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree suspects in stabbing of London-based Iranian journalist fled UK by plane \u2018within hours of attack\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Independent, 4-2-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran International, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by Tehran, said it had faced \u201cheavy threats\u201d for 18 months, and noted that Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have been targeting journalists and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Military types don\u2019t know how to run businesses, including airlines.\u00a0 But this is indication that Iran uses its airlines for nefarious purposes.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s national airline being run by Revolutionary Guard commander,\u201d<\/a> Telegraph, 4-2-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe frightening backdrop to an Iranian journalist\u2019s stabbing in London,\u201d<\/a> Columbia Journalism Review, 4-2-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cFederal court: Iran, Syria must pay $191 million for murder of Ari Fuld,\u201d<\/a> JNS, 4-2-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cRichard Heideman, senior counsel at Heideman, Nudelman & Kalik, which represented Fuld\u2019s estate and most of his family members in the suit, told JNS that the $191 million in damages is intended to compensate for the suffering of Fuld and his family but also to send a signal to Hamas\u2019s sponsors. \u2018The court also went one step further and assessed punitive damages, as not only a punishment of Iran and Syria but also to send a loud and clear message that the court will not countenance the continued sponsorship by Iran and Syria of terror against Americans,\u2019 he said.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s the quote you need to read about the \u201cconsulate.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cAn embassy can lose those protections, however, if it is used for a military purpose, as is true of schools, homes, and other civilian buildings during wartime. That would first be a threshold question about whether the conflict itself is legal: International law generally prohibits … <\/p>\n

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