{"id":8556,"date":"2026-01-24T14:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8556"},"modified":"2026-01-28T05:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:35:32","slug":"8556","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/24\/8556\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2026-01-24\/ty-article\/.premium\/u-s-central-command-head-to-meet-with-israeli-defense-chiefs-ahead-of-possible-iran-hit\/0000019b-efbb-d174-a3bf-efbbfe970000\">\u201cU.S. Central Command Head to Coordinate With Israeli Defense Chiefs Ahead of Possible Iran Strike,\u201d<\/a> Haaertz, 1-24-26.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, he\u2019s been underground for weeks.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/rjgy8dg811l\">\u201cIran\u2019s Khamenei moved to fortified Tehran bunker amid US strike fears,\u201d<\/a> Ynet, 1-24-26.\u00a0 See also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/iran-eastern-states\/artc-report-khamenei-moved-to-underground-bunker-in-tehran\">\u201cReport: Khamenei moved to underground bunker in Tehran,\u201d<\/a> I-24, 1-24-26.\u00a0\u00a0I-24 cited Iran International with \u201cthe supreme leader\u2019s third son Masoud Khamenei has taken over day-to-day management of the leader\u2019s office, functioning as the de facto main channel for coordination vis-\u00e0-vis the executive branches of the government and the security forces.\u201d\u00a0 I would imagine son and father are not talking via phone or other electronic device fearful their messages can be intercepted but also traced to a location in the tunnels, so messenger is carrying information.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/24\/change-is-inevitable-what-is-next-for-iran\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/24\/change-is-inevitable-what-is-next-for-iran\">\u201c\u2018Change is inevitable\u2019: What is next for Iran?,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 1-24-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/understandingwar.org\/research\/middle-east\/iran-update-january-24-2026\/\">\u201cIran Update, January 24, 2026,\u201d<\/a> 1-24-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cU.S. Central Command Head to Coordinate With Israeli Defense Chiefs Ahead of Possible Iran Strike,\u201d Haaertz, 1-24-26. Actually, he\u2019s been underground for weeks.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s Khamenei moved to fortified Tehran bunker amid US strike fears,\u201d Ynet, 1-24-26.\u00a0 See also\u00a0\u201cReport: Khamenei moved to underground bunker in Tehran,\u201d I-24, 1-24-26.\u00a0\u00a0I-24 cited Iran International with \u201cthe supreme leader\u2019s third &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/24\/8556\/\" 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-8556","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\/8556","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=8556"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8594,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions\/8594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}