{"id":7141,"date":"2025-02-21T07:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=7141"},"modified":"2025-02-22T20:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T02:29:15","slug":"7141","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/02\/21\/7141\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdd.org\/analysis\/2025\/02\/21\/the-top-executioner-iran-executed-at-least-975-people-in-2024\/\">\u201cThe Top Executioner\u2019: Iran Executed at Least 975 People in 2024,\u201d<\/a> Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 2-21-25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[U]ndiminished intent.\u201d\u00a0 Just two weeks ago seized.\u00a0 \u201c[O]n January 28, the US Coast Guard Sentinel Class cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. intercepted a dhow in the Arabian Sea and discovered a consignment of Iranian arms and explosives on board. The consignment consisted of components for medium-range ballistic missiles and unmanned sea drones, plus military-grade communication and network equipment and anti-tank guided missile launcher assemblies. \u2026 The seizure conforms to a well-established pattern, confirmed in annual United Nations Panel of Expert reports. Materiel destined for the Houthis is loaded onto nondescript dhows, manned by stateless crews, from warehouses controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Unit 190 in Chah Bahar, Bandar Abbas and elsewhere. The material is transshipped to fishing vessels from the Yemeni coast, and is then smuggled over beaches and through to Houthi-controlled areas.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/maritime-executive.com\/article\/iran-s-arm-shipments-to-the-houthis-continue-a-sign-of-trouble-ahead\">\u201cIran&#8217;s Arm Shipments to the Houthis Continue, a Sign of Trouble Ahead,\u201d<\/a> Maritime Executive, 2-21-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/farda-briefing-iran-russia-us-talks-riyadh\/33322006.html\">\u201cIran Watches U.S.-Russia Talks With Apprehension,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL, 2-21-25.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation, already high in Iran, jumped 4% in just the last month.\u00a0 It must be galling to the Regime that money lenders trade U.S. dollars all over the country, from rural areas to the Grand Bazaar in Tehran.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/economy\/53495-usd-surpasses-940000-iranian-rials-as-inflation-accelerates\/\">\u201cUSD Surpasses 940,000 Iranian Rials as Inflation Accelerates,\u201d<\/a> Iran Focus, 2-21-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newlinesmag.com\/spotlight\/how-iran-targets-women-dissidents-abroad\/\">\u201cHow Iran Targets Women Dissidents Abroad,\u201d<\/a> New Lines Magazine, 2-21-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Top Executioner\u2019: Iran Executed at Least 975 People in 2024,\u201d Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 2-21-25. \u201c[U]ndiminished intent.\u201d\u00a0 Just two weeks ago seized.\u00a0 \u201c[O]n January 28, the US Coast Guard Sentinel Class cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. intercepted a dhow in the Arabian Sea and discovered a consignment of Iranian arms and explosives on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/02\/21\/7141\/\" 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-7141","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\/7141","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=7141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7153,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7141\/revisions\/7153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}