{"id":9330,"date":"2026-06-16T06:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9330"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T03:39:43","slug":"9330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/06\/16\/9330\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI\u2019m a victim.\u201d\u00a0 The martyrdom complex.\u00a0 Iran plays it well.\u00a0 The thing I want to communicate though is that the coach, Amir Ghalenoei, is lying.\u00a0 He says they found out after the game they had to leave for their training camp just across the border in Tijuana.\u00a0 Well, I\u2019ve known this for days\u2014I read the news.\u00a0 And he\u2019s known it for a week.\u00a0 See \u201c’Oppressed’ Iran forced to leave U.S. after New Zealand draw,\u201d<\/a> ESPN, 6-16-26.\u00a0\u00a0But then see \u201cIran team escorted to Tijuana stadium by Mexico’s National Guard:\u00a0 Iran will play all of their group games in the US, flying in and out of the country each match day,\u201d<\/a> The National, 6-9-26.\u00a0\u00a0For those who have followed for years how the Regime has \u201cmanaged\u201d its teams and \u201cmanaged\u201d those it plays and those it refuses to play (Jews, for example) and how the Quds Force\/IRGC is involved in all things, the U.S. has actually upheld its decision quite well for the World Cup to allow a long time belligerent to access our soil.\u00a0 \u201cThis is the first World Cup since the tournament\u2019s inception in 1930 in which a host nation is set to receive a country with which it is actively at war, according to Reuters.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran team arrive in US for World Cup opener as the two nations reach peace deal,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 6-14-26.<\/p>\n

News like this lets us evaluate whether the Regime is truthful, because we can check the MOU.\u00a0 \u201cIran says the initial deal to end the war with the US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon,\u201d<\/a> AP, 6-16-26.\u00a0\u00a0Was Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi accurately presenting information?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 The AP should run a follow-up story pointing this out.\u00a0 The full document is posted in full on this blog in the 6-17 entry.\u00a0 Paragraph 1 is the relevant section, and mentions Lebanon three times.\u00a0 Hezbollah (Iran) and Israel are not parties to the MOU, and are instead treated as agents of Iran and the U.S.\u00a0 Para. 1 says nothing about withdrawal by Israel.\u00a0 Instead it speaks in terms on \u201ctermination of military operations\u201d and \u201crefrain from the threat or use of force against each other.\u201d\u00a0 Israel is supposed to stop fighting, as is Hezbollah, but Israel is not precluded by the MOU by maintaining a security zone in southern Lebanon.\u00a0 They can sit pat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI\u2019m a victim.\u201d\u00a0 The martyrdom complex.\u00a0 Iran plays it well.\u00a0 The thing I want to communicate though is that the coach, Amir Ghalenoei, is lying.\u00a0 He says they found out after the game they had to leave for their training camp just across the border in Tijuana.\u00a0 Well, I\u2019ve known this for days\u2014I read the … <\/p>\n

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