{"id":8616,"date":"2026-01-31T15:26:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8616"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T21:27:55","slug":"8616","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/31\/8616\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.royanews.tv\/news\/67256\/Iran%E2%80%99s-Khamenei-appears-on-video-amid-rising-US-Tensions\">\u201cIran\u2019s Khamenei appears on video amid rising US Tensions,\u201d<\/a> Roya News, 1-31-26.\u00a0\u00a0Iranian news \u201cbroadcast images and video of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Saturday, marking his first public appearance in several weeks. The visit to the mausoleum of his predecessor, Ayatollah Khomeini, coincided with the 47th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.\u201d\u00a0 A proof of life video!\u00a0 In contrast with the proof of life videos shot by Hamas of Israeli hostages inside tunnels in Gaza.\u00a0 Also attending were President Pezeshkian and Hasan Khomeni, grandson of late leader (the first leader) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.\u00a0 See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/khamenei-makes-first-public-appearance-in-weeks-as-iran-makes-new-threats-against-us-israel\/\">\u201cKhamenei makes first public appearance in weeks as Iran makes new threats against US, Israel,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 1-31-26.<\/p>\n<p>MBS is 40 years old.\u00a0 AK is 86.\u00a0 That\u2019s one of analyzing this report.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/report-saudi-defense-minister-tells-us-not-striking-iran-would-embolden-regime\/\">\u201cReport: Saudi defense minister tells US not striking Iran would \u2019embolden\u2019 regime,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 1-31-26.<\/p>\n<p>This is not military action by the U.S. or Israel based on picture, fire chief reports, who was killed and injured.\u00a0 Just a gas leak.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/31\/middleeast\/iran-blast-bandar-abbas-intl\">\u201cBlast rips through building in Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, state media says,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 1-31-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americanminute.com\/blogs\/todays-american-minute\/history-of-iran-part-2-american-minute-with-bill-federer\">\u201cHistory of Iran Part 2 &#8211; American Minute with Bill Federer,\u201d<\/a> 1-31-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/31\/iranian-official-says-progress-made-on-talks-as-us-iran-tensions-persist\">\u201cUS, Iran signal talks to avert military conflict amid tensions in the Gulf,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 1-31-26.\u00a0\u00a0This whole episode may turn out to be peace through strength, we\u2019ll see.\u00a0 But I did see this quote.\u00a0 \u201cAny unsafe and unprofessional behavior near US forces, regional partners or commercial vessels increases risks of collision, escalation, and destabilization,\u201d CENTCOM said in a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran\u2019s Khamenei appears on video amid rising US Tensions,\u201d Roya News, 1-31-26.\u00a0\u00a0Iranian news \u201cbroadcast images and video of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Saturday, marking his first public appearance in several weeks. The visit to the mausoleum of his predecessor, Ayatollah Khomeini, coincided with the 47th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.\u201d\u00a0 A proof of life video!\u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/31\/8616\/\" 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-8616","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\/8616","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=8616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8617,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616\/revisions\/8617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}