{"id":6289,"date":"2024-07-15T17:29:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T22:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=6289"},"modified":"2024-07-28T17:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T22:30:57","slug":"6289","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/07\/15\/6289\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Azerbaijan walks a tightrope.\u00a0 Iran also has to be careful, as the Azeris are Iran\u2019s largest minority (over 20% of the population).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/azerbaijan-reopens-embassy-iran-countries-ease-tensions-111945207\">\u201cAzerbaijan reopens its embassy in Iran as the two countries try to ease tensions,\u201d<\/a> ABC, 7-15-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202407153275\">\u201cSuspected Israeli strike kills businessman involved in financing of Iran&#8217;s proxies,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 7-15-24.\u00a0\u00a0Katerji, known for his close ties to the Syrian government, played a significant role in the financing operations of Iran&#8217;s IRGC Quds Force and its proxies including Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202407151523\">\u201cVessel smuggling missiles, personnel for Iran-backed Houthis goes missing: Report,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 7-15-24.\u00a0\u00a0Hopefully it has been sunk, and its occupants brought to justice.\u00a0 And a message sent to Iran.\u00a0 And a step forward in freeing the Red Sea for world commerce.\u00a0 \u201c[T]he ship may have been targeted by the US-backed Prosperity Guardian mission [20 countries], aimed at protecting Red Sea shipping from Houthi attacks amid the blockade launched by the terror group since November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yemen-houthi-ship-attacks-23ab17a7641d1fdb73ce35f2c8aa35c1?utm_source=iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=10473772_\">\u201cTwo attacks by Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels strike ships in the Red Sea,\u201d<\/a> AP, 7-15-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azerbaijan walks a tightrope.\u00a0 Iran also has to be careful, as the Azeris are Iran\u2019s largest minority (over 20% of the population).\u00a0 \u201cAzerbaijan reopens its embassy in Iran as the two countries try to ease tensions,\u201d ABC, 7-15-24. \u201cSuspected Israeli strike kills businessman involved in financing of Iran&#8217;s proxies,\u201d Iran International, 7-15-24.\u00a0\u00a0Katerji, known for his &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/07\/15\/6289\/\" 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-6289","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\/6289","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=6289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6290,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6289\/revisions\/6290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}