{"id":6067,"date":"2024-05-09T22:29:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T03:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=6067"},"modified":"2024-05-20T08:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:01:00","slug":"6067","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/05\/09\/6067\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you read one thing that explains how the Regime operates and why you can\u2019t ultimately trust this government, here is the story that I\u2019ve spoken of over time.\u00a0 The short version is that Iran says the Ayatollah has made a fatwa on this topic, but they never produce the fatwa.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/iransource\/iran-nuclear-weapons-fatwa-khamenei\">\u201cThe nuclear fatwa that wasn\u2019t\u2014how Iran sold the world a false narrative,\u201d<\/a> Iran Source, Atlantic Council, 5-9-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/iran-launches-crackdown-women-defying-hijab-dress-code-rcna151406\">\u201cIran has launched a new crackdown on women defying its strict dress code,\u201d<\/a> NBC, 5-9-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/politics\/as-iran-scares-the-middle-east-at-home-its-regime-rots-11715252943476.html\">\u201cAs Iran Scares the Middle East, At Home Its Regime Rots,\u201d<\/a> Economist, 5-9-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/4654941-fbi-warns-of-efforts-by-china-russia-iran-to-influence-election\/\">\u201cFBI warns of efforts by China, Russia, Iran to influence election,\u201d<\/a> The Hill, 5-9-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iran-says-it-will-change-nuclear-doctrine-and-build-bombs-if-existence-threatened\/\">\u201cIran says it will change nuclear doctrine and build bombs if existence threatened,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 5-9-24.\u00a0 \u201cTop Khamenei adviser Kamal Kharrazi says country will have \u2018no choice\u2019 in those circumstances, warns deterrence policy will change if Israel strikes nuclear facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/news\/nation\/2024\/05\/1048361\/us-treasury-official-ship-ship-transfers-iranian-oil-malaysian-waters\">\u201cUS Treasury official: Ship-to-ship transfers of Iranian oil in Malaysian waters pose safety risk [UPDATED],\u201d<\/a> Straits Times, 5-9-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.ado7062\">\u201cRestore Iran\u2019s marshes to prevent dust storms,\u201d<\/a> Science, 5-9-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you read one thing that explains how the Regime operates and why you can\u2019t ultimately trust this government, here is the story that I\u2019ve spoken of over time.\u00a0 The short version is that Iran says the Ayatollah has made a fatwa on this topic, but they never produce the fatwa.\u00a0 \u201cThe nuclear fatwa that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/05\/09\/6067\/\" 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-6067","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\/6067","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=6067"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6072,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6067\/revisions\/6072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}