{"id":6245,"date":"2024-06-30T13:54:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T18:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=6245"},"modified":"2024-07-04T17:06:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T22:06:37","slug":"6245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/06\/30\/6245\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/30\/us-europe-warn-hezbollah-to-ease-strikes-on-israel-and-back-off-from-wider-mideast-war-00165935\">\u201cUS, Europe warn Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 6-30-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/hezbollah-iran-plan-a-mediterranean-campaign-against-israel\/\">\u201cHezbollah, Iran plan a Mediterranean campaign against Israel,\u201d<\/a> JNS, 6-30-24.<\/p>\n<p>We very much agree with this, that Iran is emboldened and assisted by Russia and China.\u00a0 Likewise, \u201cTehran poses a greater threat to American allies and interests in the Middle East than at any point since the Islamic Republic was founded in 1979.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-international-influence-defies-america-d2c0f698\">\u201cHow Iran Defied the U.S. to Become an International Power,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 6-30-24.\u00a0\u00a0This is a good article about the overall relationship between Iran and the U.S.\u00a0 The only quibble I have with it is quoting Princeton professor Hossein Mousavian, a known apologist for the Regime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/world\/middleeast\/iran-election-takeaways.html\">\u201cFour Takeaways From Iran\u2019s Presidential Election,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 6-30-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/30\/us-europe-warn-hezbollah-to-ease-strikes-on-israel-and-back-off-from-wider-mideast-war-00165935\">\u201cUS, Europe warn Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 6-30-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/hezbollah-iran-plan-a-mediterranean-campaign-against-israel\/\">\u201cHezbollah, Iran plan a Mediterranean campaign against Israel,\u201d<\/a> JNS, 6-30-24.<\/p>\n<p>We very much agree with this, that Iran is emboldened and assisted by Russia and China.\u00a0 Likewise, \u201cTehran poses a greater threat to American allies and interests in the Middle East than at any point since the Islamic Republic was founded in 1979.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-international-influence-defies-america-d2c0f698\">\u201cHow Iran Defied the U.S. to Become an International Power,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 6-30-24.\u00a0 This is a good article about the overall relationship between Iran and the U.S.\u00a0 The only quibble I would have with it is quoting Princeton professor Hossein Mousavian, a known apologist for the Regime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/world\/middleeast\/iran-election-takeaways.html\">\u201cFour Takeaways From Iran\u2019s Presidential Election,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 6-30-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202406305514\">\u201cIranian Ayatollah Accuses Saudi Arabia of Using Wahhabism to Divide Iran,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 6-30-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/campaigning-for-iran-s-presidential-run-off-begins\/3262180\">\u201cCampaigning for Iran\u2019s presidential run-off begins,\u201d<\/a> AA, 6-30-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202406306786\">\u201cIran Sees Historic Gas Flaring Surge Amid Energy Deficit,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 6-30-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/18-troops-hurt-one-seriously-in-hezbollah-drone-strike-in-north\/\">\u201c18 troops hurt, one seriously, in Hezbollah drone strike in north,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 6-30-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUS, Europe warn Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war,\u201d Politico, 6-30-24. \u201cHezbollah, Iran plan a Mediterranean campaign against Israel,\u201d JNS, 6-30-24. We very much agree with this, that Iran is emboldened and assisted by Russia and China.\u00a0 Likewise, \u201cTehran poses a greater threat to American allies and interests &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/06\/30\/6245\/\" 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-6245","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\/6245","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=6245"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6261,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6245\/revisions\/6261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}