{"id":733,"date":"2020-04-21T22:12:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T03:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=733"},"modified":"2020-05-02T22:47:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T03:47:42","slug":"733","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/04\/21\/733\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aawsat.com\/english\/home\/article\/2244601\/iran%E2%80%99s-revolutionary-guards-threaten-attack-nuclear-aircraft-carries\">\u201cIran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards Threaten to Attack Nuclear Aircraft Carriers,\u201d<\/a> Asharq Al-Awsat, April, 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran&#8217;s media freedom rank is 173 out of the 180 countries in the latest press freedom index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released on Tuesday. The Islamic Republic&#8217;s rank has dropped three points from 170 in 2019. The RSF report says Iran has been one of the world&#8217;s most repressive countries for journalists for the past 40 years with unrelenting state control of news and information and at least 860 journalists and citizen-journalists imprisoned or executed since 1979.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/iran-among-worst-violator-of-journalists-rights-reporters-without-borders-says-\/30567976.html\">\u201cIran Among Worst Violators Of Journalists&#8217; Rights, Reporters Without Borders Says,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, April 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/04\/iran-contain-corruption-key-economy-recovery-coronavirus.html\">\u201cContaining corruption key to Iran\u2019s economic recovery,\u201d<\/a> Bijan Khajehpour, Al-Monitor, April 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/without-sanctions-iran-provocations-deadlier-035901385.html\">\u201cWithout Sanctions, Iran\u2019s Provocations Would Be Deadlier,\u201d<\/a> Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg, April 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/irans-new-frontline-with-america-in-the-gulf-and-syria-625319\">\u201cIran\u2019s new frontline with America in the Gulf and Syria,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, April 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/why-is-iran-bragging-about-replicating-an-israeli-missile-625276\">\u201cWhy is Iran bragging about &#8216;replicating&#8217; an Israeli missile?,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, April 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/middle-east-watch\/billions-missing-iranian-court-slams-rouhani-administration-146786\">\u201cBillions Missing? Iranian Court Slams Rouhani Administration,\u201d<\/a> Matthew Petti, National Interest, April 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>88 died April 20, announced April 21.\u00a0 \u201cIran&#8217;s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rises to 5,297 &#8211; Health ministry official,\u201d Reuters, April 21, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards Threaten to Attack Nuclear Aircraft Carriers,\u201d Asharq Al-Awsat, April, 21, 2020. \u201cIran&#8217;s media freedom rank is 173 out of the 180 countries in the latest press freedom index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released on Tuesday. The Islamic Republic&#8217;s rank has dropped three points from 170 in 2019. 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