{"id":8392,"date":"2025-12-28T14:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8392"},"modified":"2026-01-01T22:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:33:20","slug":"8392","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/12\/28\/8392\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The wisdom from the former FM continues to astound all of us.\u00a0 Maybe he\u00a0 could be Iranian president.\u00a0 Maybe he could be UN Sec Gen one day.\u00a0 \u00a0Now that I’m through with my sarcasim, I will remind our readers that his favorite line over the years is that we should all treat Iran with “respect.”\u00a0 Well, if Iran would act as a standard, normal country, we would.\u00a0 BTW, Zarif was the main Iranian negotiator for the JCPOA.\u00a0 I wrote six op-eds against it.\u00a0 The U.S. under Pres Trump backed out because of the threat the JCPOA posed.\u00a0 Here is the today’s article,\u00a0\u201cJavad Zarif: Main threat to the Middle East is Israel, not Iran,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 12-28-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran launches new satellites in show of defiance ahead of Netanyahu-Trump meeting,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 12-28-25.\u00a0\u00a0And see \u201cIran Says It Launched 3 Satellites Into Space From Russia,\u201d<\/a> Moscow Times, 12-28-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cUN: Iran Must Stop Execution of 67-Year-Old Iranian Woman,\u201d<\/a> Center for Human Rights in Iran, 12-28-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cTehran Bazaar Strikes as Dollar Hits 145,000 Tomans While Protests Continue Across Iran,\u201d<\/a> NCRI, 12-28-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cBita Shafiei, young Iranian activist released on bail after six weeks in prison,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 12-28-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The wisdom from the former FM continues to astound all of us.\u00a0 Maybe he\u00a0 could be Iranian president.\u00a0 Maybe he could be UN Sec Gen one day.\u00a0 \u00a0Now that I’m through with my sarcasim, I will remind our readers that his favorite line over the years is that we should all treat Iran with “respect.”\u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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