{"id":9011,"date":"2026-04-03T06:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9011"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:30:52","slug":"9011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/04\/03\/9011\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/international\/artc-unsc-delays-vote-on-force-to-protect-strait-of-hormuz\">\u201cUNSC delays vote on force to protect Strait of Hormuz \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> i24, 4-3-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe vote on the Bahrain-led draft resolution was postponed due to Good Friday, according to an AFP report<\/p>\n<p>We are back to January 2026, or maybe we never left, as \u201cenemy combatant\u201d can be shot on sight.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202604020258\">\u201cIran state TV warns public against disclosing officials\u2019 hiding places,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-3-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/liveblog\/202604015564\">\u201cUN Security Council vote on Hormuz resolution removed from schedule,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-3-26.<\/p>\n<p>My guess is Quds Force.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/liveblog\/202604015564\">\u201cUS expelled Iran deputy UN envoy over security concerns \u2013 Axios,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-3-26.<\/p>\n<p>This opens up the IAEA personnel to attack or to be hostages.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/liveblog\/202604015564\">\u201cIran\u2019s accuses IAEA of &#8216;complicity&#8217; in war,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-3-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/artc-report-rescue-effort-underway-after-iran-shoots-down-u-s-fighter-jet-manned-by-2-crew\">\u201cRescue effort underway after Iran shoots down U.S. fighter jet manned by 2 crew,\u201d<\/a> i24, 4-3-26.\u00a0 See also\u00a0\u201cAn F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran, American officials and Iran say,\u201d NYT, 4-3-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran shot down a U.S. fighter jet over the country, U.S. and Israeli officials as well as Iranian state-affiliated media said on Friday. The fate of the plane\u2019s crew was unclear, as American officials scrambled to mount a search and rescue operation before Iran could get to any survivors, said the U.S. and Israeli officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss military operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/american-fighter-jet-f15e-downed-over-iran\/\">&#8220;American fighter jet downed over Iran, 1 crew member rescued, U.S. officials say,&#8221;<\/a> CBS, 4-3-26.\u00a0 A reward has been announced by the Regime to capture or kill the airmen.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously two planes in one day is big news.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/liveblog\/202604015564\">\u201cSecond US warplane crashes near Hormuz, pilot rescued \u2013 NYT,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-3-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cA second US Air Force combat aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday, with the pilot safely rescued, the New York Times reported, citing two US officials. The aircraft, an A-10 Warthog, went down near the Strait of Hormuz around the same time an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran, the report said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/liveblog\/202604015564\">\u201cExiled prince calls for Iraqi militias to be expelled from Iran,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-3-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/liveblog\/202604015564\">\u201cQatar reluctant to lead mediation for US-Iran ceasefire \u2013 WSJ,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-3-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/liveblog\/202604015564\">\u201cPakistan-led efforts to broker US-Iran ceasefire hit dead end \u2013 WSJ,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-3-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe report said recent mediation attempts stalled after disagreements over the terms of a potential halt in hostilities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUNSC delays vote on force to protect Strait of Hormuz \u2013 report,\u201d i24, 4-3-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe vote on the Bahrain-led draft resolution was postponed due to Good Friday, according to an AFP report We are back to January 2026, or maybe we never left, as \u201cenemy combatant\u201d can be shot on sight.\u00a0 See \u201cIran state TV warns &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/04\/03\/9011\/\" 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-9011","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\/9011","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=9011"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9026,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9011\/revisions\/9026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}