{"id":7048,"date":"2025-01-28T11:12:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=7048"},"modified":"2025-02-02T22:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T04:04:04","slug":"7048","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/01\/28\/7048\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/russia\/will-iran-and-russias-partnership-go-nuclear-trump?s=EDZZZ005ZX&amp;utm_medium=newsletters&amp;utm_source=fatoday&amp;utm_campaign=Trump%20and%20the%20New%20Age%20of%20Nationalism&amp;utm_content=20250128&amp;utm_term=EDZZZ005ZX\">\u201cWill Iran and Russia\u2019s Growing Partnership Go Nuclear?,\u201d<\/a> Foreign Affairs, 1-28-25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[C]ryptic remarks some commentators viewed as a tacit endorsement of talks with the United States.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202501283175\">\u201cKhamenei urges diplomatic vigilance in possible blessing of US talks,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-28-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armyrecognition.com\/news\/aerospace-news\/2025\/analysis-irans-confirmation-of-su-35-fighter-jet-purchase-could-threaten-us-air-superiority-in-the-middle-east\">\u201cAnalysis: Iran&#8217;s confirmation of Su-35 fighter jet purchase could threaten US air superiority in the Middle East,\u201d<\/a> Global Defense News, 1-28-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2025\/01\/28\/741769\/Iran-Army-advances-electronic-warfare-AI\">\u201cIran\u2019s Army makes grand advances in electronic warfare, AI: General Bagheri,\u201d<\/a> Press TV, 1-28-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caspiannews.com\/news-detail\/iran-unveils-super-heavy-drone-gaza-2025-1-27-0\/\">\u201cIran Unveils Super-Heavy Drone \u201cGaza,\u201d&#8221;<\/a> Caspian News, 1-28-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/bkwkcv8d1e\">\u201cIranian octopus extends its tentacles to new countries, proxies,\u201d<\/a> Ynet, 1-28-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran may seek to strengthen its presence in the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa, or even Libya. Its ties with Sudan have also recently grown stronger. The Horn of Africa region, including countries like Djibouti, Somalia, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, holds strategic importance for Iran. This region, located near Yemen and along the Red Sea, plays a critical role in pressuring Israel and supporting Hamas in Gaza. \u2026 [M]ight even include cells in the West Bank and Jordan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWill Iran and Russia\u2019s Growing Partnership Go Nuclear?,\u201d Foreign Affairs, 1-28-25. \u201c[C]ryptic remarks some commentators viewed as a tacit endorsement of talks with the United States.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cKhamenei urges diplomatic vigilance in possible blessing of US talks,\u201d Iran International, 1-28-25. \u201cAnalysis: Iran&#8217;s confirmation of Su-35 fighter jet purchase could threaten US air superiority in the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/01\/28\/7048\/\" 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-7048","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\/7048","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=7048"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7074,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7048\/revisions\/7074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}