{"id":9114,"date":"2026-04-17T02:56:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9114"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:26:25","slug":"9114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/04\/17\/9114\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

“Day 48 of Middle East conflict \u2014 Lebanon ceasefire aimed at halting Israel-Hezbollah conflict begins,”<\/a> CNN, 4-17-26.<\/p>\n

More news from countries Iran used to control.\u00a0 \u201cUS envoy says Syria normalization with Israel could come ‘sooner than Lebanon’,\u201d<\/a> i24, 4-17-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree charged over attempted arson at Iran International office in London,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-17-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cU.S. intelligence detects signs China is weighing giving Iran advance radar systems,\u201d<\/a> CBS, 4-17-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran suspends kindergarten operations until further notice,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-17-26.\u00a0 But don’t blame the blockade, there are other reasons.<\/p>\n

Does he not know that his 20 points are so out of touch that the U.S. negotiators won\u2019t consider them?\u00a0 Doesn’t Foreign Affairs know this?\u00a0 Does Foreign Affairs care about his background?\u00a0 \u201cAmerica and Iran\u2019s Long Road to Peace:\u00a0 A Grand Bargain Is Out of Reach, but a Comprehensive Deal Is Possible,\u201d<\/a> Foreign Affairs, Seyed Hossein Mousavian, 4-17-26.\u00a0 Each of the 20 points is so one-sided and has nuances that only the Iranians can define (to their advantage), I\u2019m not sure why I\u2019m including this on my blog.\u00a0 But that is his track record, at Princeton and now gaining access to a U.S. foreign policy review.<\/p>\n

\u201cBBC in Iran: ‘Tehran does not think it has lost this war’,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 4-17-26.<\/p>\n

Iran in London, again.\u00a0 You would think that it is time to establish the IRGC as a terrorist group.\u00a0 See \u201cUK: Islamist group claims to attack Israeli embassy with ‘drones carrying radioactive, carcinogenic materials’,\u201d<\/a> i24, 4-17-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe group was identified as HAYI, a shadowy entity with suspected ties to Iran that has already claimed recent attacks against Jewish institutions, including torching ambulances in London.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0At least the EU knows how to list terror groups.\u00a0 See \u201cEU adds Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to terrorist list,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 1-29-26.<\/p>\n

We know who his father is (was).\u00a0 So many people close to the Ayatollahs somehow become very rich.\u00a0 \u201cUS sanctions oil network tied to Iranian tycoon Shamkhani,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-17-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Day 48 of Middle East conflict \u2014 Lebanon ceasefire aimed at halting Israel-Hezbollah conflict begins,” CNN, 4-17-26. More news from countries Iran used to control.\u00a0 \u201cUS envoy says Syria normalization with Israel could come ‘sooner than Lebanon’,\u201d i24, 4-17-26. \u201cThree charged over attempted arson at Iran International office in London,\u201d Iran International, 4-17-26. \u201cU.S. intelligence … <\/p>\n

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