{"id":7876,"date":"2025-08-25T06:44:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=7876"},"modified":"2025-09-02T06:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:25:00","slug":"7876","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/08\/25\/7876\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/irans-khamenei-calls-us-issue-unsolvable-amid-nuclear-standoff-2025-08-24\/\">\u201cIran&#8217;s Khamenei calls US issue &#8216;unsolvable&#8217; amid nuclear standoff,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 8-25-25.<\/p>\n<p>A cluster bomb from Iran\u2019s proxy will also get a response from Israel.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-gaza-yemen-houthi-rebels-fe4e0406f2b04cd3a07fd0b41771a5bb\">\u201cIsraeli airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Houthis rock Yemen\u2019s capital,\u201d<\/a> AP, 8-25-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.aawsat.com\/opinion\/5177806-iran%E2%80%99s-surprise-new-neighbor\">\u201cIran\u2019s Surprise New Neighbor,\u201d<\/a> Asharq al Awsat, 8-25-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/mike-pompeo-how-trump-save-lebanon-irans-influence\">\u201cMIKE POMPEO: How Trump can save Lebanon from Iran&#8217;s influence,\u201d<\/a> Fox, 8-25-25.<\/p>\n<p>Iran won\u2019t give concessions now, and is refusing IAEA inspections.\u00a0 But here\u2019s the sweet thing\u2014Russia\/Putin is proposing another six months, a delay, to allow for more negotiations for Iran.\u00a0 Such nerve, that is how he handles Ukraine.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202508256004\">\u201cRussia drafts UN resolution to delay snapback of Iran sanctions,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 8-25-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iranwire.com\/en\/features\/144273-it-has-turned-into-hell-iran-starves-1000-women-prisoners-under-cover-of-power-outage\/\">&#8220;&#8216;It Has Turned Into Hell&#8217;: Iran Starves 1,000 Women Prisoners Under Cover of Power Outage,\u201d<\/a> Iran Wire, 8-25-25.<\/p>\n<p>Shirin Ebadi speaks truth.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/shirin-ebadi-khamenei-iran-brussels-meeting\/33512568.html\">\u201cIranian Nobel Laureate: Islamic Republic Has &#8216;No Future But Collapse&#8217;,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL, 8-25-25.<\/p>\n<p>A really good article.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/middle-east-north-africa\/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula\/iran\/iran-sanctions-snapback-un\">\u201cIran Sanctions Snapback at the UN,\u201d<\/a> International Crisis Group, 8-25-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/iran-backs-hezbollah-in-its-refusal-to-disarm\/\">\u201cIran backs Hezbollah in its refusal to disarm,\u201d<\/a> JNS, 8-25-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe message was clear: Hezbollah [and the Iranian Regime] would resist at any cost and would not accept dictates from the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran&#8217;s Khamenei calls US issue &#8216;unsolvable&#8217; amid nuclear standoff,\u201d Reuters, 8-25-25. A cluster bomb from Iran\u2019s proxy will also get a response from Israel.\u00a0 \u201cIsraeli airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Houthis rock Yemen\u2019s capital,\u201d AP, 8-25-25. \u201cIran\u2019s Surprise New Neighbor,\u201d Asharq al Awsat, 8-25-25. \u201cMIKE POMPEO: How Trump can save Lebanon from Iran&#8217;s influence,\u201d Fox, 8-25-25. 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