{"id":8540,"date":"2026-01-21T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8540"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:47:10","slug":"8540","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/21\/8540\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c[M]any of the victims&#8217; injuries were so severe they could not be identified.\u201d\u00a0 This was due to sniper shots to the head and machine gun fire also directed at the upper torso and head.\u00a0 And to beatings.\u00a0 See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0r4957rq8ro\">\u201cPhotos leaked to BBC show faces of hundreds killed in Iran&#8217;s brutal protest crackdown,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 1-21-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/21\/world\/middleeast\/iran-protests-crushed.html\">\u201cIran\u2019s Protests Have Been Completely Squashed, Government Says,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 1-21-26.<\/p>\n<p>Next to the Abraham Accords, this type of movement is not what the \u201cun\u201dnormal Regime supports, group movement toward peace in the Middle East.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see what public statement Iran makes.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/8-muslim-countries-including-saudi-arabia-announce-joint-decision-to-join-board-of-peace\/\">\u201c8 Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia, announce joint decision to join Board of Peace,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 1-21-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202601218033\">\u201cIran vows mass retaliation to attack, taunts Europe over US Greenland push,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 1-21-26.<\/p>\n<p>There are several casualty numbers, maybe from a dozen sources, with the Regime\u2019s 3,117 being the lowest (no surprise), to perhaps 25,000 killed.\u00a0 And well over a quarter million injured, astounding.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/iran-offers-first-government-issued-death-toll-protest-crackdown-one-f-rcna255332\">\u201cIran offers first government-issued death toll from protest crackdown, one far lower than activists&#8217; number,\u201d<\/a> NBC, 1-21-26.<\/p>\n<p>Not like SA to complain before.\u00a0 They are feeling the heat of how the ISI treats its people who protest.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/africa\/south-africa-raised-concerns-with-china-over-iran-s-participation-in-naval-drills-president-ramaphosa\/3806816\">\u201cSouth Africa raised concerns with China over Iran\u2019s participation in naval drills,\u201d<\/a> AA, 1-21-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/media-blackout-iran-least-one-media-outlet-suspended-silence-country-s-other-independent-newsrooms\">\u201cMedia blackout in Iran: at least one media outlet suspended, silence from the country\u2019s other independent newsrooms,\u201d<\/a> Reporters Without Borders, 1-21-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/iran-accused-sex-assaults-teenage-prisoners-families-charged-recover-remains-loved-ones\">\u201cIran accused of sex assaults on teenage prisoners, while families charged to recover remains of loved ones,\u201d<\/a> Fox, 1-21-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260121-iran-shuts-40000-starlink-stations-to-block-internet-access\/\">\u201cIran shuts 40,000 Starlink stations to block internet access,\u201d<\/a> MEMO, 1-21-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/witkoff-iran-negotiations-protests\/33655908.html\">\u201cWitkoff: US Not Currently Negotiating With Iran,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL 1-21-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/buzz\/american-aircraft-carrier-still-on-way-to-iran-bw-012126\">\u201cAn American Aircraft Carrier Is Still on the Way to Iran,\u201d<\/a> National Interest, 1-21-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c[M]any of the victims&#8217; injuries were so severe they could not be identified.\u201d\u00a0 This was due to sniper shots to the head and machine gun fire also directed at the upper torso and head.\u00a0 And to beatings.\u00a0 See \u201cPhotos leaked to BBC show faces of hundreds killed in Iran&#8217;s brutal protest crackdown,\u201d BBC, 1-21-26. \u201cIran\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/21\/8540\/\" 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-8540","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\/8540","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=8540"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8573,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8540\/revisions\/8573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}