{"id":8496,"date":"2026-01-15T07:53:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8496"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:38:18","slug":"8496","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/15\/8496\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

I put posts up that are helpful to hear, even if I may not agree with everything they say.\u00a0 With that in mind, this author is one of the persons in the two most recent administrations who sided with step away.\u00a0 \u201cIran and the Limits of American Power,\u201d<\/a> Foreign Affairs, 1-15-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran reopens airspace after Trump says protest crackdown has eased,\u201d<\/a> MSN, 1-15-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cUS says sanctions target ‘architects’ of protest crackdown,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-15-26.\u00a0 Well deserved.\u00a0 “Among those sanctioned was [the Ayatollah’s] security chief Ali Larijani, with the treasury calling him “one of the first Iranian leaders to call for violence in response to the legitimate demands of the Iranian people.””<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Backpedals on Executions Threat but Casts Protesters as \u2018Terrorists\u2019,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 1-15-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany Fiery Remarks, Little Clarity on What\u2019s Next at Security Council Meeting on Iran,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 1-15-26.\u00a0\u00a0This article lets the world see the Regime, and also its agent Iran\u2019s deputy ambassador to the U.N., Gholamhossein Darzi.\u00a0 He labeled protesters in Iran as terrorists, and denied that Iran had killed any of them (!).\u00a0 Darzi also denounced the two credible and well-known opposition activists the U.S. invited to address the council, Masih Alinejad and Ahmad Batebi.<\/p>\n

The U.S. President has apparently been successful in slowing the number of deaths.\u00a0 \u201cTrump reportedly informs Iran he does not intend to attack,\u201d<\/a> I24, 1-15-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump Was Told Attack on Iran Wouldn\u2019t Guarantee Collapse of Regime,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 1-15-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201c[T]he U.S. learned of Iranian plans to execute 800 people Wednesday, which didn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran protests appear increasingly smothered after internet outage and regime’s crackdown,\u201d<\/a> NPR, 1-15-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cKurdish opposition groups in Iran support protests, claim attacks on Tehran regime,\u201d<\/a> Long War Journal, 1-15-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I put posts up that are helpful to hear, even if I may not agree with everything they say.\u00a0 With that in mind, this author is one of the persons in the two most recent administrations who sided with step away.\u00a0 \u201cIran and the Limits of American Power,\u201d Foreign Affairs, 1-15-26. \u201cIran reopens airspace after … <\/p>\n

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