{"id":8582,"date":"2026-01-27T15:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8582"},"modified":"2026-01-28T05:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:20:43","slug":"8582","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/27\/8582\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHow Iran Crushed an Uprising,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 1-27-26.\u00a0\u00a0It would be good if the NYT paired up with Iran International, which is leading the stories.\u00a0 But we will give credit to the Times for providing its large readership with \u201cWe learned from Iranian officials familiar with security matters that on Jan. 9, Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered the Supreme National Security Council to crush the protests by any means necessary. \u2026 Within four days, the protests had largely been crushed. \u2026 But we can say that the government responded to these protests with more lethal force than we\u2019ve seen in many decades. That tells us something about how it views the stakes of the protests, which called for the downfall of Khamenei and his regime. \u2026 The Islamic Republic is at its most fragile geopolitical moment in years, and perhaps ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUS renews nuclear and missile demands on Iran as \u2018armada\u2019 arrives,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-27-26.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s the public list of demands.\u00a0 “Iran, the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terror, must stop its nuclear escalations, its ballistic missile program, and its support for its terrorist proxies,” the spokesperson said. \u2026 Separately, Axios quoted US officials as saying any potential agreement with Tehran would require the removal of all highly enriched uranium from Iran, strict limits on the country\u2019s long-range missile stockpile, a change in Iran\u2019s policy of supporting regional proxy groups, and a ban on independent uranium enrichment inside the country.\u201d\u00a0 I would think the U.S. is also requiring the Supreme Leader to leave, and would allow him to go to Moscow.\u00a0 \u00a0It is surprising that some are asking will Pres. Trump do something in response to the unparalleled slaughter \u00a0because he does have a record of doing what he says, but also because Iranians are begging for help.\u00a0 And it is in the national interest to see those punished for the largest two-day protest killings in human history, and, I would add, because it is in the U.S. national interest to end the Regime which has so vexed the Middle East and the U.S. since 1979.\u00a0 Where is the world?\u00a0 Where is the Security Council?\u00a0 For those who ask (or even criticize) if the U.S. should do something, are they willing to do something, to just observe?\u00a0 Scared to open a wider war in the Middle East?\u00a0 The other strikes by the U.S., against Qasem Soleimani or the June 2025 nuclear program hits, did not start a war.\u00a0 Why do people say something needs to be done but aren\u2019t willing to do it themselves?\u00a0 Where are the other countries?<\/p>\n

\u201cActivists say Iran\u2019s crackdown has killed at least 6,159 people, as the country\u2019s currency plunges,\u201d<\/a> AP, 1-27-26.\u00a0\u00a0The rial fell to a record low of 1.5 million to $1 U.S. dollar.<\/p>\n

Thank you Masih Alinejad.\u00a0 See \u201cThe Cost of Inaction Over Iran: \u2018We Are Left With Graveyards\u2019,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 1-27-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m in constant contact with Iranians inside the country, and what I hear from activists who witnessed killings, and mothers who are now mourning their children, is that we need the world to act. Iranian officials sent assassins to kill me on U.S. soil three times. I was saved only by the vigilance of U.S. law enforcement agencies. My dream, and the dream of millions of my compatriots, is to see Mr. Khamenei held accountable, and be tried for the crime of killing so many Iranians. \u2026 \u201cI\u2019m no military planner, but it\u2019s clear that attacks on the infrastructure of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Basij militia that it controls would damage the Islamic Republic\u2019s protest-crushing machinery. The goal should be to disrupt the regime\u2019s ability to shoot, jail and terrorize. The strike could also encourage fence-sitters inside the security services to stand down, if not actually join the protesters. … Europeans should designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, something they have yet to do despite a mountain of evidence about the violence it has perpetrated. While they are at it, they should expel Iranian diplomats and close the country\u2019s consulates.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s repeated use of 3,117 fuels doubts about official statistics,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-27-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s President Pezeshkian warns of regional instability amid US threats,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 1-27-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cHow Iran Crushed an Uprising,\u201d NYT, 1-27-26.\u00a0\u00a0It would be good if the NYT paired up with Iran International, which is leading the stories.\u00a0 But we will give credit to the Times for providing its large readership with \u201cWe learned from Iranian officials familiar with security matters that on Jan. 9, Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali … <\/p>\n

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