{"id":6219,"date":"2024-06-25T17:58:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T22:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2024-06-29T11:55:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T16:55:27","slug":"6219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/06\/25\/6219\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/iran\/irans-new-nuclear-threat\">\u201cIran\u2019s New Nuclear Threat:\u00a0 How Tehran Has Weaponized Its Threshold Status,\u201d<\/a> Foreign Affairs, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/iran-election-vicious-struggle-top-conservative-candidates\">\u201cIran election: Inside the vicious struggle between the top conservative candidates,\u201d<\/a> MEE, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us-slaps-sanctions-network-accuses-143403722.html\">\u201cUS slaps sanctions on network it accuses of moving billions for Iran&#8217;s military,\u201d<\/a> Yahoo, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting to see what the tie to Iran is.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.royanews.tv\/news\/52289\/Explosives%20incident%20in%20Jordan:%20Developments%20revealed\">\u201cExplosives incident in Jordan: Developments revealed,\u201d<\/a> Roya News, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-807602\">\u201cMoscow expects to sign new co-operation pact with Iran in &#8216;very near future&#8217;, RIA reports,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/irans-supreme-leader-calls-maximum-074558767.html\">\u201cIran\u2019s supreme leader warns sole reformist in presidential race, while calling for \u2018maximum\u2019 turnout,\u201d<\/a> AP, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whbl.com\/2024\/06\/25\/factbox-irans-presidential-election-process\/\">\u201cFactbox-Iran\u2019s presidential election process,\u201d<\/a> Thomson Reuters, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2024\/06\/4c38b491ef90-iran-gives-up-on-building-own-pavilion-for-2025-world-expo.html\">\u201cIran, Pakistan give up on building own pavilions for 2025 World Expo,\u201d<\/a> Kyodo News, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/targeting-irans-shadow-banking-network\/\">\u201cTargeting Iran\u2019s Shadow Banking Network,\u201d<\/a> U.S. State Department, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202406253948\">\u201cHigh Voter Turnout \u2018Essential\u2019 for Islamic Republic&#8217;s Survival, Says Khamenei,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/defenseopinion.com\/election-spectacle-in-iran-a-last-ditch-effort-to-mask-regime-crisis\/669\/\">\u201cElection Spectacle in Iran: A Last-Ditch Effort to Mask Regime Crisis,\u201d<\/a> Real Clear Defense, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n<p>Grotesque.\u00a0 \u201cHis family requested the presence of Hosseini&#8217;s young son at the execution. Hosseini&#8217;s family, hoping the child&#8217;s presence might inspire clemency, brought the boy to witness the execution. However, this did not alter the outcome, and Hosseini was executed with his son present.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/iranwire.com\/en\/news\/131016-iran-executes-prisoner-in-front-of-seven-year-old-son\/\">\u201cIran Executes Prisoner in Front of Seven-year-old Son,\u201d<\/a> Iran Wire, 6-25-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran\u2019s New Nuclear Threat:\u00a0 How Tehran Has Weaponized Its Threshold Status,\u201d Foreign Affairs, 6-25-24. \u201cIran election: Inside the vicious struggle between the top conservative candidates,\u201d MEE, 6-25-24. \u201cUS slaps sanctions on network it accuses of moving billions for Iran&#8217;s military,\u201d Yahoo, 6-25-24. Waiting to see what the tie to Iran is.\u00a0 \u201cExplosives incident in Jordan: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/06\/25\/6219\/\" 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-6219","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\/6219","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=6219"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6243,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219\/revisions\/6243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}