{"id":8834,"date":"2026-03-14T14:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8834"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:24:43","slug":"8834","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/03\/14\/8834\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/14\/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-15-of-us-israel-attacks\">\u201cIran war: What is happening on day 15 of US-Israel attacks?,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 3-14-26.<\/p>\n<p>The threats to their family, etc. are real.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202603141145\">\u201cIran pressuring women footballers who defected in Australia to return,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-14-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/artc-israeli-officials-tell-i24news-iranian-public-appears-hesitant-to-rise-up-against-regime\">\u201cIranians are &#8216;hesitant&#8217; to rise up against regime, an Israeli official tells i24NEWS,\u201d<\/a> i24-3-14-26.\u00a0 &#8220;Sources say it is no coincidence that every statement by Netanyahu and Katz includes a call for the Iranian people to prepare to act and emphasizes their role in determining the regime\u2019s fate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/five-us-refuelling-planes-struck-by-iran-strikes-at-saudi-arabias-prince-sultan-air-base-report\/articleshow\/129567524.cms\">\u201cFive US refuelling planes struck by Iran strikes at Saudi Arabia\u2019s Prince Sultan Air Base:\u00a0 Report,\u201d<\/a> Times of India, 3-14-26.\u00a0\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/us-israel-iran-war-news-2026\/card\/five-air-force-refueling-planes-hit-in-iranian-strike-on-saudi-arabia-wHYFMW2YG3p0rwH3HaGU?st=hYrk6Q&amp;reflink=article_copyURL_share\">WSJ carried the story<\/a> I believe first, and said four had minor damage and one would need repairs.\u00a0 We will see if The Statesman retracts or corrects their story.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatesman.com\/world\/iran-strikes-widen-5-us-refuelling-planes-hit-in-saudi-arabia-us-embassy-radar-targeted-in-iraq-1503570094.html\">\u201cIran strikes widen: 5 US refuelling planes destroyed in Saudi Arabia, US embassy radar hit in Iraq,\u201d<\/a> Statesman, 3-14-26.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t usually display news from The Statesman, this factually incorrect headline is one reason why.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-14-26\">\u201cDay 15 of Middle East conflict \u2014 Trump urges countries to send warships to help secure Strait of Hormuz,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 3-14-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/03\/14\/world\/iran-war-trump-oil-israel\">\u201cU.S. Tells Citizens to Leave Iraq After Second Attack on Embassy,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 3-14-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/live-blog\/live-updates-iran-war-trump-threat-oil-refueling-plane-israel-gulf-rcna263302\">\u201c6 killed in U.S. refueling plane crash; Iran&#8217;s new supreme leader &#8216;likely disfigured,&#8217; Hegseth says,\u201d<\/a> NBC, 3-14-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran war: What is happening on day 15 of US-Israel attacks?,\u201d Al Jazeera, 3-14-26. The threats to their family, etc. are real.\u00a0 \u201cIran pressuring women footballers who defected in Australia to return,\u201d Iran International, 3-14-26. \u201cIranians are &#8216;hesitant&#8217; to rise up against regime, an Israeli official tells i24NEWS,\u201d i24-3-14-26.\u00a0 &#8220;Sources say it is no coincidence &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/03\/14\/8834\/\" 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-8834","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\/8834","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=8834"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8865,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834\/revisions\/8865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}