{"id":7032,"date":"2025-01-21T07:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=7032"},"modified":"2025-02-02T07:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T13:59:04","slug":"7032","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/01\/21\/7032\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20250121\/563a3696aec54d219cefc2eb7a89a0fe\/c.html\">\u201cIran says defense capabilities non-negotiable,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, 1-21-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/russia-eurasia\/politika\/2025\/01\/russia-iran-strategic-agreement?lang=en&amp;utm_source=carnegieemail&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=autoemail\">\u201cNew Russia-Iran Treaty Reveals the Limits of Their Partnership,\u201d<\/a> Carnegie, 1-21-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe first major treaty between Iran and Russia since 2001 does not include a military alliance or impose any obligations on either party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armyrecognition.com\/news\/army-news\/2025\/iran-and-pakistan-consider-strategic-collaboration-in-military-equipment-production\">\u201cIran and Pakistan Consider Strategic Collaboration in Military Equipment Production,\u201d<\/a> Army Recognition, 1-21-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cHowever, this collaboration raises sensitive questions, particularly concerning nuclear issues. While focused on conventional equipment, the partnership could be perceived as a strategic threat by international powers such as the United States and Israel, who closely monitor Iran\u2019s nuclear activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-838532\">\u201cYemen&#8217;s Houthis make play to become Iran&#8217;s main Middle East proxy \u2013 analysis,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 1-21-25.<\/p>\n<p>Mirage.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/moderndiplomacy.eu\/2025\/01\/21\/a-new-chapter-in-irans-internet-policy-hope-or-mirage\/\">\u201cA New Chapter in Iran\u2019s Internet Policy: Hope or Mirage?,&#8221;<\/a> Modern Diplomacy,\u00a01-21-25.<\/p>\n<p>In an op-ed by a Xavier Villar, he lays out the Regime\u2019s thoughts.\u00a0 I also post pieces from mouthpieces.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/508919\/Why-Washington-can-t-let-go-of-its-Iran-obsession-and-why-it\">\u201cWhy Washington can&#8217;t let go of its Iran obsession (and why it should),\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, 1-21-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202501218137\">\u201cTehran says it&#8217;s ready to sit for talks on removal of sanctions,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-21-25.\u00a0 Actions speak louder than words, as this blog continually records.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memri.org\/reports\/iranian-international-affairs-expert-mostafa-khoshcheshm-refutes-president-pezeshkians-claim\">\u201cIranian International Affairs Expert Mostafa Khoshcheshm Refutes President Pezeshkian&#8217;s Claim That Iran Never Plotted To Kill Trump: We Put A Price On His Head, I Remember Several Officials Talking About Killing Him,\u201d<\/a> MEMRI, 1-21-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202501214776\">\u201cTrump will seek snapback of UN sanctions on Iran, Rubio says,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-21-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran says defense capabilities non-negotiable,\u201d Xinhua, 1-21-25. \u201cNew Russia-Iran Treaty Reveals the Limits of Their Partnership,\u201d Carnegie, 1-21-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe first major treaty between Iran and Russia since 2001 does not include a military alliance or impose any obligations on either party.\u201d \u201cIran and Pakistan Consider Strategic Collaboration in Military Equipment Production,\u201d Army Recognition, 1-21-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cHowever, this collaboration &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/01\/21\/7032\/\" 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-7032","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\/7032","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=7032"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7062,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7032\/revisions\/7062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}