{"id":6390,"date":"2024-08-17T22:03:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T03:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=6390"},"modified":"2024-09-20T09:28:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T14:28:24","slug":"6390","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/08\/17\/6390\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/terrorism\/iranian-regime-seeks-chinese-satellite-technology-to-boost-surveillance-capabilities\/\">\u201cIran Regime Seeks Chinese Satellite Technology To Boost Surveillance Capabilities,\u201d<\/a> Iran News Update, 8-17-24.\u00a0 See also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-815074\">\u201cIran expands surveillance capabilities through Chinese satellite partnerships \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 8-17-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2024\/08\/iran-is-on-the-cusp-of-producing-nuclear-weapons\">\u201cIran Is on the Cusp of Producing Nuclear Weapons,\u201d<\/a> National Review, 8-17-24.\u00a0 Another warning.\u00a0 Listen world.<\/p>\n<p>Why would Iran want a ceasefire?\u00a0 If it can be on their terms, a compete end to the war, and to allow its proxy Hamas to regroup.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202408161596\">\u201cIran expected to delay attack on Israel amid Gaza ceasefire talks,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 8-16-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/middle-east\/2024\/08\/17\/iran-ready-to-transship-russian-gas-through-its-territory-report\">\u201cIran ready to transship Russian gas through its territory: Report,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, Al Arabiya, 8-17-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.understandingwar.org\/backgrounder\/iran-update-august-17-2024\">\u201cIran Update,\u201d<\/a> Institute for the Study of War, 8-17-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/iran-news-mass-protests-by-nurses-erupt-across-iran-on-august-17-2024\/\">\u201cIran News: Mass Protests by Nurses Erupt Across Iran on August 17, 2024,\u201d<\/a> NCRI, 8-17-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6360572572112\">\u201cHamas wants war between Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran: Michael Oren,\u201d<\/a> Fox, 8-17-24.<\/p>\n<p>For Caspian trade.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.irna.ir\/news\/85570658\/Iran-to-acquire-7-000-ton-Russian-ship-by-fall\">\u201cIran to acquire 7,000-ton Russian ship by fall,\u201d<\/a> IRNA, 8-17-24.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the recent post about whether alleged cooperation among the axis is real, here is a story from Iran\u2019s controlled media (and quoting from Russia\u2019s state-controlled media]\u2014and it says the connections are a real thing, and will last decades (and through the UN) until the West (the U.S. and Europe) are defeated.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/219639\/Russia-says-actively-uses-experience-of-Iran\">\u201cRussia says actively uses experience of Iran,\u201d<\/a> Mehr, 8-17-24.\u00a0 \u201c\u2019As far as anti-sanctions alliances are concerned we share experience. Iran has long been under sanctions, [same as] North Korea, Venezuela. We naturally have a close political dialogue with those countries, cooperation through intergovernmental commissions, cooperation between companies. We also use their experience in struggling with those restrictions,\u2019 Dmitry Birichevsky [director of the Russian Foreign Ministry\u2019s Department of Economic Cooperation] said at a Valdai Discussion Club event on sanctions against Russia, according to TASS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Really funny if this wasn\u2019t so deadly serious.\u00a0 Jalali either hasn\u2019t read Samuel Huntington\u2019s book (let\u2019s have him take a test to see if he\u2019s read it) or is flipping its thesis on its head and entirely distorting its message, to the benefit of Russia and Iran and China and other states.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/envoy-iran-and-russia-stand-against-clash-of-civilizations\">\u201cEnvoy: Iran and Russia stand against clash of civilizations,\u201d<\/a> NewsAZ, 8-17-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran Regime Seeks Chinese Satellite Technology To Boost Surveillance Capabilities,\u201d Iran News Update, 8-17-24.\u00a0 See also\u00a0\u201cIran expands surveillance capabilities through Chinese satellite partnerships \u2013 report,\u201d JPost, 8-17-24. \u201cIran Is on the Cusp of Producing Nuclear Weapons,\u201d National Review, 8-17-24.\u00a0 Another warning.\u00a0 Listen world. 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