{"id":9355,"date":"2026-06-21T00:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9355"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T04:14:02","slug":"9355","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/06\/21\/9355\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a major reason it will be difficult to work through the ceasefire\/MOU\u2014what Iran did by encouraging Hezbollah to shoot 50 rounds at Israel, then Israel shot back in self defense, then Iran announced it was closing Hormuz.\u00a0 And the media only focused on Israel\u2019s actions.\u00a0 Thank you media\u2014the headline should have been Hezbollah\/Iran shoots 50 projectiles into Israel, Israel retaliates, then Iran claims Israel started shooting and will close Hormuz.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iran-closes-hormuz-again-as-idf-attacks-hezbollah-upping-pressure-on-us-before-switzerland-talks\/\">\u201cIran claims Hormuz closed again as IDF attacks Hezbollah; Vance says Switzerland talks may start Sunday,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 6-21-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel\/defense\/artc-idf-uncovers-major-hezbollah-tunnel-complex-beneath-southern-lebanese-village\">\u201cIDF uncovers major Hezbollah tunnel complex beneath southern Lebanese village,\u201d<\/a> i24, 6-21-26.\u00a0\u00a0Iran has protested for years these places don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>I would think that the Regime will execute as many as possible.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202606217732\">\u201cOver 4,000 cases opened in central Iran over January protests,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 6-21-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/iran-delegation-left-talks-venue-after-trump-threat-state-media\/\">\u201cIran delegation left talks venue after Trump threat \u2014 state media,\u201d<\/a> AFP, 6-21-26.\u00a0\u00a0But the headline tells the story\u2014Iran\u2019s state media reported, but no else did.\u00a0 In fact, Iran\u2019s men didn\u2019t walk away.\u00a0 The hardliners want us to think this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/as-war-with-u-s-eases-iran-steps-up-hangings-of-dissidents-91f968da\">\u201cAs War With U.S. Eases, Iran Steps Up Hangings of Dissidents,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 6-21-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a major reason it will be difficult to work through the ceasefire\/MOU\u2014what Iran did by encouraging Hezbollah to shoot 50 rounds at Israel, then Israel shot back in self defense, then Iran announced it was closing Hormuz.\u00a0 And the media only focused on Israel\u2019s actions.\u00a0 Thank you media\u2014the headline should have been Hezbollah\/Iran &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/06\/21\/9355\/\" 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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9355","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\/9355","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=9355"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9385,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9355\/revisions\/9385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}