{"id":7825,"date":"2025-08-14T17:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T22:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=7825"},"modified":"2025-08-23T18:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T23:30:12","slug":"7825","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/08\/14\/7825\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The IRGC is still at it, supplying the Houthis and Hezbollah.\u00a0 \u201cYemeni forces bust Iranian weapons shipment bound for Houthis, including chemical weapons \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 8-14-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnalysis | Iran Scrambles to Shore Up Regional Clout as Domestic and Bilateral Crises Mount,\u201d<\/a> Haaretz, 8-14-25.<\/p>\n

Remember, these are all hardliners, but there is a spectrum across the ruling group of the Regime.\u00a0 Rouhani is a \u201cmoderate\u201d hardliner.\u00a0 \u201cFormer president joins growing push for overhaul of Iran’s rule,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 8-14-25.<\/p>\n

Truly choice\u2014Notice the dissidence between the FM saying Iran does not interfere in Lebanese politics and the Iranian official at the end of the article saying that Lebanon couldn\u2019t tell Iran to not be involved in arming Hezbollah inside Lebanon.\u00a0 But also note, probably the first time ever, that Syria told Iran it couldn\u2019t fly over its territory.\u00a0 This means that Iran continues to meddle in Syria to this day.\u00a0 See \u201cSyria denied Iran security chief\u2019s flight passage en route to Lebanon \u2013 Israeli paper,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 8-14-25.\u00a0\u00a0BTW, it is this kind of great reporting that the Regime tries to assassinate Iran International reporters in the U.K. and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiplomacy or defiance: Iran\u2019s rulers face existential choice after US-Israeli strikes,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 8-14-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The IRGC is still at it, supplying the Houthis and Hezbollah.\u00a0 \u201cYemeni forces bust Iranian weapons shipment bound for Houthis, including chemical weapons \u2013 report,\u201d JPost, 8-14-25. \u201cAnalysis | Iran Scrambles to Shore Up Regional Clout as Domestic and Bilateral Crises Mount,\u201d Haaretz, 8-14-25. Remember, these are all hardliners, but there is a spectrum across … <\/p>\n

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