{"id":8525,"date":"2026-01-19T16:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8525"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:43:28","slug":"8525","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/19\/8525\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIran\u2019s president warns US attack on supreme leader would mean \u2018full-scale war\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 1-19-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cA Sunday Times report, based on information from doctors in Iran, said more than 16,500 people were killed and more than 330,000 injured during the unrest. An Iranian official said authorities had verified at least 5,000 people had been killed in protests, including about 500 security personnel. \u2026 The first high-level meeting on a potential military response was chaired by US Vice President JD Vance on January 9, reported Axios. Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi contacted top Trump envoy Steve Witkoff that same weekend to open a de-escalation channel. Trump chaired his first meeting on the protests on January 13, and was presented with several options for strikes, including from US naval ships and submarines. According to Axios, Trump chose his favorite option and ordered preparations to be completed. According to a US official, a strike plan was ready that day but not approved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCan the US end the communication blackout in Iran?,\u201d<\/a> ABC, 1-19-26.\u00a0 \u201cActivists are lobbying for direct-to-cell service in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHackers target Iran state TV satellite transmission to broadcast exiled crown prince,\u201d<\/a> AP 1-19-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Mulls Return Of Internet As Extent Of Deadly Crackdown Slowly Leaks Out,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL\u2019s Radio Farda, 1-19-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy mass protest alone has not toppled Iran\u2019s rulers,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-19-26<\/p>\n

An important piece.\u00a0 Let\u2019s shut down the financial lifeline.\u00a0 \u201cIn a report last October, the Treasury Department gave an address for the problem, stating that \u201ccompanies based in the U.A.E. (99 percent of which were located in the Emirate of Dubai) transacted the highest volume of [Iran\u2019s] potential shadow banking funds . . . and received more funds than any other jurisdiction.\u201d This system keeps the Iranian regime alive with Dubai serving as its economic lung. \u2026 How much money is involved? United Against Nuclear Iran, the leading tracker of Iranian oil exports, estimates that Iran sold 609 million barrels of oil to China in 2025. At $50 a barrel (a conservative estimate), those sales would have generated $30.45 billion. Iran\u2019s shadow banking system has been operating in its current form since 2019, when the first Trump administration designated Iran\u2019s central bank as a terrorist entity, forcing Iran to externalize its financial operations. It\u2019s how the Islamic Republic survives sanctions, pays its security services, and underwrites the lavish lifestyle of its elite while ordinary Iranians absorb the cost of economic collapse.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cHit Iran in Its Shadow Bank Accounts,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 1-19-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter Iran\u2019s massacres, tensions grow inside the regime,\u201d<\/a> Economist, 1-19-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran protests stretch into fourth week as blackout, security pressure persist,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-19-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnalysts warn that the Iran crisis carries potential nuclear risks. Here’s what to know,\u201d<\/a> PBS, 1-19-26.<\/p>\n

This story is wrong on so many levels.\u00a0 \u201cIran gives “young people who became unwittingly involved” in protests 3 days to surrender, for “leniency”,\u201d<\/a> CBS, 1-19-26.\u00a0 Where are the protesters and critics in the U.S. who have complained about various issues?\u00a0 They need to decry these truly serious events in Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cUN representative says Iran’s death toll is rising and there could be investigations into ‘crimes against humanity’,\u201d<\/a> ABC, 1-19-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cVideos Emerge Showing Brutal Tactics Of Iranian Security Forces,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL, 1-19-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cKilled, blinded, stranded: dispatches from Iran’s bloody crackdown,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-19-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s Spiritual Revolution,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 1-19-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIran\u2019s president warns US attack on supreme leader would mean \u2018full-scale war\u2019,\u201d Times of Israel, 1-19-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cA Sunday Times report, based on information from doctors in Iran, said more than 16,500 people were killed and more than 330,000 injured during the unrest. An Iranian official said authorities had verified at least 5,000 people had been killed … <\/p>\n

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