{"id":9486,"date":"2026-07-28T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9486"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:08:59","slug":"9486","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/07\/28\/9486\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhy Iran Is in No Rush to Return to Talks With United States,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 7-28-26.\u00a0\u00a0Hormuz.\u00a0 Since 1979.\u00a0 The 1,000 Year perspective.\u00a0 Proxies.\u00a0 Term limits for U.S. president.\u00a0 Terrorism pays.\u00a0 Hostage-taking pays.\u00a0 Shia Revolutionary ideology.\u00a0 Population is controlled.\u00a0 (and maybe there is no Ayatollah to control them).\u00a0 The list goes on.<\/p>\n

This is not news, it is the status quo.\u00a0 Butttttttt, it is one step away from Iran declaring itself as having the ability to do anything it wants nuclear-wise.\u00a0 In other words, it can do a North Korea.\u00a0 Here\u2019s another way of saying this\u2014for all the persons who say Iran doesn\u2019t have a nuclear weapons program or even desire or is prohibited by a (non-existent) fatwa from having nuclear weapons, why would the Foreign Ministry come out today and say this?\u00a0 See \u201cIran says it is effectively operating as a non-NPT state,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 7-28-26.<\/p>\n

“Riyadh condemns Iran-backed drone attacks from Iraq on oil facilities,”<\/a>\u00a0Iran International, 7-28-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump: US will hit Iran with force in response to attacks on American forces in Jordan | LIVE BLOG,\u201d<\/a> i24, 7-28-26.\u00a0 During an unofficial ceasefire with the U.S., Iran attacks.<\/p>\n

I keep on harping on Iran can\u2019t charge blackmail\/fees for transiting international straits.\u00a0 They are providing nothing of value for the fee (like navigation), but are certainly providing threats.\u00a0 See \u201cIran rejects Oman\u2019s 50-50 Hormuz shipping plan, proposes new route,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 7-28-26.\u00a0\u00a0Note that Iran insists that all or part of both ingress and egress goes through its territorial waters.\u00a0 Piracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaudi Aramco Shuts 400,000-Bpd Refinery After Houthi Strike,\u201d<\/a> OilPrice.com, 7-28-26.<\/p>\n

Iran continues to try to kill Pres. Trump and PM Netanyahu and other high officials (this will most likely be the case for the rest of their lives).\u00a0 \u201cBid by Iran to harm senior Israeli officials prompted Netanyahu\u2019s secretive DC departure \u2013 reports,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 7-28-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cTankers divert to Egypt as Houthi threat upends Red Sea trade,\u201d<\/a> Japan Times, 7-28-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Islamic Republic is preparing to receive hundreds of shoulder-launched defense systems from China,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 7-28-26.\u00a0 By land or sea?\u00a0 And through Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The blog program at my host institution has been down for over a week, so I’m working now to catch up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhy Iran Is in No Rush to Return to Talks With United States,\u201d NYT, 7-28-26.\u00a0\u00a0Hormuz.\u00a0 Since 1979.\u00a0 The 1,000 Year perspective.\u00a0 Proxies.\u00a0 Term limits for U.S. president.\u00a0 Terrorism pays.\u00a0 Hostage-taking pays.\u00a0 Shia Revolutionary ideology.\u00a0 Population is controlled.\u00a0 (and maybe there is no Ayatollah to control them).\u00a0 The list goes on. This is not news, it … <\/p>\n

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