{"id":899,"date":"2020-05-17T22:14:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T03:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=899"},"modified":"2020-05-22T00:46:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T05:46:05","slug":"899","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/05\/17\/899\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/how-iran-uses-cultural-centers-to-expand-its-influence-in-latin-america\/30617121.html\">\u201cHow Iran Uses Cultural Centers To Expand Its Influence In Latin America,\u201d<\/a> Tereza Dvorakova, Radio Farda, May 17, 2020.\u00a0 This is a story about drug trade, expanding the Revolution, and supporting Shia religious beliefs.\u00a0 And anti-America and anti-West.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranfocus.com\/en\/economy\/34502-under-sanctions-iran-is-fast-losing-its-share-of-non-oil-export-markets\">\u201cUnder Sanctions, Iran Is Fast Losing Its Share of Non-Oil Export Markets,\u201d<\/a> Jubin Katiraie, Iran Focus, May 17, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2020-05\/17\/c_139064306.htm\">\u201cIran denies agreements with Russia on ousting Syrian president,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, May 17, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This story is so sad\u2014no justice for those murdered by security services.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/iran-offers-families-of-protesters-killed-in-november-money-instead-of-justice\/30615928.html\">\u201cIran Offers Families Of Protesters Killed In November Money Instead Of Justice,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, May 16, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotwithstanding the COVID-19 crisis and a deteriorating economy, Iran is pushing ahead with its uranium enrichment and missile and space programs, as well as its activities in Syria.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2020\/05\/18\/irans-nuclear-efforts-in-the-shadow-of-coronavirus\">\u201cIran&#8217;s nuclear efforts in the shadow of coronavirus,\u201d<\/a> Raphael Ofek, JNS, May 18, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-05-18\/iran-records-its-biggest-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-in-six-weeks\">\u201cIran Records Its Biggest Rise in Coronavirus Cases in Six Weeks,\u201d<\/a> Arsalan Shahla, Bloomberg, May 18, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/447976\/Hatami-says-Iran-Iraq-should-become-strategic-partners\">\u201cHatami says Iran, Iraq should become strategic partners,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, May 17, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>No goal celebrations?!\u00a0 Well, the mullahs will be pleased there will be no women spectators.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2020-05\/17\/c_139063384.htm\">\u201cIran&#8217;s soccer leagues to resume with no spectators: President Rouhani,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, May 17, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/rouhani-aide-defends-iran-s-trade-with-venezuela\/30616621.html\">\u201cRouhani Aide Defends Iran&#8217;s Trade With Venezuela,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, May 17, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Quds Day usually involves marches where protesters chant &#8216;Death to Israel&#8217; and burn flags. But this year, the pandemic afflicting Iran requires protesters to not meet, at least that seems to be what the President is saying.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2020\/05\/17\/anti-israel-marches-in-iran-to-be-by-car-this-year-rouhani-says\">\u201cAnti-Israel marches in Iran to be by car this year, Rouhani says,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, Israel Hayom, May 17, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHow Iran Uses Cultural Centers To Expand Its Influence In Latin America,\u201d Tereza Dvorakova, Radio Farda, May 17, 2020.\u00a0 This is a story about drug trade, expanding the Revolution, and supporting Shia religious beliefs.\u00a0 And anti-America and anti-West. \u201cUnder Sanctions, Iran Is Fast Losing Its Share of Non-Oil Export Markets,\u201d Jubin Katiraie, Iran Focus, May &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/05\/17\/899\/\" 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-899","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\/899","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=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions\/918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}