{"id":9072,"date":"2026-04-10T15:27:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9072"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:02:48","slug":"9072","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/04\/10\/9072\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIDF: More than 1,400 Hezbollah terrorists eliminated and over 4,300 infrastructure sites dismantled,\u201d<\/a> i24, 4-10-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s negotiating team led by Ghalibaf arrives in Islamabad – state media,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-10-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cUK to host officials for Strait of Hormuz talks next week,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 4-10-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cU.S.-Iran Peace Talks Are Make-or-Break, Pakistan Says,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 4-10-26.<\/p>\n

No one had reported yet there was a poison pill paragraph.\u00a0 \u201cIt is understood the UK has still not received a formal exchange of letters from the US – a legal necessity required for the treaty to be enacted.\u201d\u00a0 This is good news for the U.S. to respond to Iran and other Middle East evantualities.\u00a0 See \u201cUK shelves Chagos deal after Trump opposition,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 4-10-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the rubble: Iran’s hidden arsenal with thousands of ballistic missiles \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> i24, 4-10-26.\u00a0 “The Wall Street Journal reports that Iran still possesses thousands of medium- and short-range ballistic missiles tucked away in subterranean ‘missile cities’.”<\/p>\n

\u201cDay 41 of Middle East conflict \u2014 Netanyahu says there\u2019s no ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel pursues talks,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 4-10-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran is demanding tankers in the Strait of Hormuz pay tolls in crypto: What we know so far,\u201d<\/a> Fortune, 4-10-26.\u00a0\u00a0The fee is $2 million and Iran is \u201caccepting payment in a variety of fiat and digital currencies: Chinese yuan, Bitcoin, and potentially the stablecoin USDT.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interesting, there are to be negotiations in Islamabad, but Iran has requirements beforehand.\u00a0 See \u201cIran says no negotiations without Lebanon ceasefire, release of assets,\u201d<\/a> The Hill, 4-10-26.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll say Yes, and I\u2019ll guess they\u2019ll say No.\u00a0 Then I\u2019ll read what the CFR says.\u00a0 \u201cWas the Iran War Worth It?,\u201d<\/a> Council on Foreign Relations, 4-10-26.\u00a0\u00a0Well, I\u2019ve read it now.\u00a0 They say \u201cit\u2019s simply too soon to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Era of Free Seas Is Unraveling\u2014and Now Everyone\u2019s Going to Pay,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 4-10-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAmerica\u2019s allies worry other players could try to replicate Iran\u2019s example, like empires of the 17th century, when China\u2019s Qing dynasty, the Ottomans and Portuguese taxed passing vessels. \u2026 \u201cOnce you have one major breach, others will follow and you quickly descend into a state of legal chaos,\u201d said Jason Chuah, professor of commercial and maritime law, at the City Law School of City St George\u2019s, University of London. \u201cIt\u2019s extremely sad. International law seems to be at a breaking point in the Persian Gulf.\u201d\u00a0 Remember Pres. Jefferson!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIDF: More than 1,400 Hezbollah terrorists eliminated and over 4,300 infrastructure sites dismantled,\u201d i24, 4-10-26. \u201cIran’s negotiating team led by Ghalibaf arrives in Islamabad – state media,\u201d Iran International, 4-10-26. \u201cUK to host officials for Strait of Hormuz talks next week,\u201d Politico, 4-10-26. \u201cU.S.-Iran Peace Talks Are Make-or-Break, Pakistan Says,\u201d WSJ, 4-10-26. No one had … <\/p>\n

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