{"id":8270,"date":"2025-12-04T18:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8270"},"modified":"2025-12-07T22:49:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:49:51","slug":"8270","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/12\/04\/8270\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/irans-guards-warn-us-vessels-during-drill-in-gulf\/\">\u201cIran\u2019s Guards warn US vessels during drill in Gulf,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 12-4-25.<\/p>\n<p>Ironic is the use of the word \u201chostage.\u201d\u00a0 Iran takes persons and ships and countries hostage, now its own system is held hostage\u2014by the system.\u00a0 See the quote \u201cWithout a designated heir\u2014even informally\u2014the system remains brittle, its future hostage to uncertainty and factional strife.\u201d in \u201c\u201c&#8217;To the grave&#8217;: Iran\u2019s succession battle has begun,\u201d Iran International, 12-4-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202511043992\">\u201cUS judge finds Iran liable for Iraq attacks, orders $841 million in damages,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-4-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202511049131\">\u201cIran\u2019s Khamenei defends US embassy takeover as \u2018day of pride\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-4-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cj0en7ljzjpo\">\u201cIran releases two French nationals from detention,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 12-4-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202511042838\">\u201cIranian MPs chant \u2018Death to America\u2019 on anniversary of US embassy takeover,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-4-25.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know Iran\u2019s motivation yet\u2014could simply be for cash.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-tanker-mideast-tensions-1762f491e9eb1912cb8b8bd9a1a634d8\">\u201cIran seizes tanker in Strait of Hormuz, US official says, as tensions remain high in region,\u201d<\/a> AP, 12-4-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran\u2019s Guards warn US vessels during drill in Gulf,\u201d Times of Israel, 12-4-25. Ironic is the use of the word \u201chostage.\u201d\u00a0 Iran takes persons and ships and countries hostage, now its own system is held hostage\u2014by the system.\u00a0 See the quote \u201cWithout a designated heir\u2014even informally\u2014the system remains brittle, its future hostage to uncertainty and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/12\/04\/8270\/\" 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-8270","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\/8270","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=8270"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8291,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270\/revisions\/8291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}