{"id":7750,"date":"2025-07-29T14:36:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=7750"},"modified":"2025-07-30T12:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:28:26","slug":"7750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/07\/29\/7750\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani revealed in an interview with the Associated Press that his government blocked 29 attempts by pro-Iranian militias to launch missiles and drones at Israel and U.S. bases in Iraq during last month\u2019s 12-day war with Iran.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/artc-29-attacks-on-israel-u-s-bases-foiled-by-iraq-to-contain-regional-conflict-says-pm\">\u201c29 attacks on Israel, U.S. bases foiled by Iraq to contain regional conflict, says PM,\u201d<\/a> I24, 7-29-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/29\/nx-s1-5468459\/afghan-iran-deportations\">\u201cAfghans caught in mass deportations in Iran face an uncertain future at home,\u201d<\/a> NPR, 7-29-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/irans-khamenei-accuses-west-of-using-nuclear-demands-as-excuse-for-confrontation\/\">\u201cIran\u2019s Khamenei accuses West of using nuclear demands as excuse for confrontation,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 7-29-25.\u00a0 For those out there who thought the 12 day war would change Iran&#8217;s thinking, think again.<\/p>\n<p>The water mismanagement by the ISI government is among the worst in the world and has gone on for years.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/originals\/2025\/07\/iran-nears-day-zero-water-crisis-deepens-amid-drought-unrest-and-mismanagement\">\u201cIran nears &#8216;day zero&#8217;: Water crisis deepens amid drought, unrest and mismanagement,\u201d<\/a> Al Monitor, 7-29-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzz.ch\/english\/irans-future-after-khamenei-can-the-political-system-survive-without-him-ld.1895417\">\u201cIran&#8217;s future after Khamenei: Can the political system survive without him?,\u201d<\/a> NZZ, 7-29-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rokna.net\/Section-political-23\/1144854-russian-triumf-air-defense-system-tested-in-iran-finally-delivered\">\u201cRussian S-400 Triumf Air Defense System Tested in Iran \/ Finally Delivered,\u201d<\/a> Roka, 7-29-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani revealed in an interview with the Associated Press that his government blocked 29 attempts by pro-Iranian militias to launch missiles and drones at Israel and U.S. bases in Iraq during last month\u2019s 12-day war with Iran.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201c29 attacks on Israel, U.S. bases foiled by Iraq to contain regional &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/07\/29\/7750\/\" 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-7750","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\/7750","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=7750"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7758,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750\/revisions\/7758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}