{"id":778,"date":"2020-05-01T10:14:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=778"},"modified":"2020-05-02T23:28:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T04:28:17","slug":"778","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/05\/01\/778\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A very important reason that Iran does not move much toward being a normal country within international relations\u2014it has protection and encouragement from Russia and China, two powerful states.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com\/press-releases\/uani-resource-russian-chinese-support-accelerates-iranian-disinformation-propaganda\">\u201cUANI Resource: Russian &amp; Chinese Support Accelerates Iranian Disinformation Propaganda Campaign,\u201d<\/a> UANI, May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>63 died Thursday officially, announced Friday.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idAFKBN22D527\">\u201cIran death toll from coronavirus rises by 63 to 6,091 &#8211; Health Ministry,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Regime threatens Germany with violence.\u00a0 Hostages?\u00a0 Bombings?\u00a0 In a statement from Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry after Germany recently said it would consider Hezbollah a terrorist organization, the IRI FM said, &#8220;The German government must face the negative consequences of its decision in the fight against real terrorist groups in the region.&#8221;\u00a0 See the story at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20200501-iran-says-germany-to-face-consequences-over-hezbollah-ban\">\u201cIran says Germany to face consequences over Hezbollah ban,\u201d<\/a> France24, May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1668006\/world\">\u201cMan accused of Iran death plot in Denmark goes on trial,\u201d<\/a> AFP, May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Regime controls Iran Front Page, and the Regime complains that it has little money to give Covid relief to its people because of U.S. sanctions.\u00a0 Here is a story by IFP that on its face is a reminder that the Supreme Leader has many billions of dollars he can spend on his own people\u2014if he choose to do so.\u00a0 The editors at IFP made a mistake in allowing this headline, but on the other hand they have to advertise some sort of good news for the average Iranian.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ifpnews.com\/iran-allocates-10-billion-to-compensate-industry-losses-during-corona-outbreak\">\u201cIran Allocates $10 Billion to Compensate Industry Losses During Corona Outbreak,\u201d<\/a> IFP, May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/legal-issues\/us-seizes-millions-disrupts-purchase-of-oil-tanker-in-move-targeting-irans-elite-quds-force\/2020\/05\/01\/7fac7a2a-8bc1-11ea-9dfd-990f9dcc71fc_story.html\">\u201cU.S. seizes millions, disrupts purchase of oil tanker in move targeting Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force,\u201d<\/a> Spencer Hsu, Washington Post, May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>63 died Thursday, reported Friday.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/iran-death-toll-coronavirus-rises-093420124.html\">\u201cIran death toll from coronavirus rises by 63 to 6,091 &#8211; Health Ministry,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20200501-iran-plans-to-make-islands-disputed-with-uae-habitable\">\u201cIran plans to make islands disputed with UAE \u2018habitable\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Monitor, May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Regime controls Iran Front Page, and the Regime complains that it has little money to give Covid relief to its people because of U.S. sanctions.\u00a0 Here is a story by IFP that on its face is a reminder that the Supreme Leader has many billions of dollars he can spend on his own people\u2014if he choose to do so.\u00a0 The editors at IFP made a mistake in allowing this headline, but on the other hand they have to advertise some sort of good news for the average Iranian.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ifpnews.com\/iran-allocates-10-billion-to-compensate-industry-losses-during-corona-outbreak\">\u201cIran Allocates $10 Billion to Compensate Industry Losses During Corona Outbreak,\u201d<\/a> IFP, May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very important reason that Iran does not move much toward being a normal country within international relations\u2014it has protection and encouragement from Russia and China, two powerful states.\u00a0 See \u201cUANI Resource: Russian &amp; Chinese Support Accelerates Iranian Disinformation Propaganda Campaign,\u201d UANI, May 1, 2020. 63 died Thursday officially, announced Friday.\u00a0 \u201cIran death toll from &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/05\/01\/778\/\" 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-778","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\/778","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=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}