{"id":9577,"date":"2026-08-23T20:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T01:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9577"},"modified":"2026-08-24T20:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:41:32","slug":"9577","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/08\/23\/9577\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cU.S. to unveil \u2018greatest financial offensive\u2019 against Iran as Tehran threatens ship seizures,\u201d<\/a> CNBC, 8-23-26.<\/p>\n

If Iran declares war on these countries, let\u2019s see if they declare war in return.\u00a0 \u201cIran official says support for new sanctions would be ‘act of war’,\u201d<\/a> AP, Politico, 8-23-26.\u00a0\u00a0This is in response to the still undefined threat by the U.S. of an \u201cunprecedented\u201d level of economic warfare.\u00a0 See \u201cIran official says support for new sanctions would be ‘act of war’,\u201d<\/a> AP, 8-23-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s security chief sharpens warning to neighbors,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 8-23-26.\u00a0 “The hard-line leader of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, issued his latest warning on X, with the comments quickly shared by Iranian state media. It came a day after Rezaei\u2019s most extensive public comments since being named to the post this month. \u201cIf (Trump) wants to do something, we will retaliate in a seismic manner,\u201d he had told the state broadcaster in an interview that aired late Saturday. He said Iran would target other oil-shipping routes from the Persian Gulf \u2014 alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz. Rezaei, a former Revolutionary Guard commander and military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was part of senior appointments widely seen as hardening Tehran\u2019s political and military stance.\u201d\u00a0 Reminder, we have yet to see the new Ayatollah.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian president wants to move past \u2018neither war nor peace\u2019,\u201d<\/a> AP, 8-23-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier Sunday said the memorandum of understanding signed in mid-June was the best way to move beyond a situation of \u201cneither war nor peace,\u201d adding that Tehran can\u2019t attract investment nearly six months after the war began. \u201cThere is not a single provision in this agreement that amounts to capitulation,\u201d Pezeshkian said in a speech published by state-run IRNA. \u201cThe supreme leader sets the policies, and we will follow that path.\u201d The interim deal opened a 60-day period for talks aimed at ending the war and reaching an accord on Iran\u2019s nuclear program. That period ended last week with no signs of compromise or extension.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cU.S. to unveil \u2018greatest financial offensive\u2019 against Iran as Tehran threatens ship seizures,\u201d CNBC, 8-23-26. If Iran declares war on these countries, let\u2019s see if they declare war in return.\u00a0 \u201cIran official says support for new sanctions would be ‘act of war’,\u201d AP, Politico, 8-23-26.\u00a0\u00a0This is in response to the still undefined threat by the … <\/p>\n

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