{"id":9581,"date":"2026-08-24T07:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9581"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T00:39:49","slug":"9581","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/08\/24\/9581\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-warns-vessels-violating-hormuz-transit-rules-fines-detention-2026-08-24\/\">\u201cIran threatens 45 tankers with fines, confiscation in Hormuz escalation,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 8-24-26.<\/p>\n<p>And can\u2019t use U.S. currency or banking system. <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sb0613\">\u201cTreasury Launches Unprecedented Campaign Against Iranian Regime on Economic D-Day,\u201d<\/a> U.S. Department of the Treasury, 8-24-26.\u00a0 Beyond the Barbary Pirates strategy in the early 1800s (we aren&#8217;t sending in troops today), and the long-standing Freedom of Navigation program worldwide run by the U.S. Navy, economic sanctions are another choice.\u00a0 Treasury&#8217;s plan is something that the U.S. is apparently choosing long-term (dividing countries as they have to choose), along with at least the blockade at Hormuz.\u00a0 \u00a0Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/international\/artc-iranian-state-television-broadcasts-report-of-a-10-million-reward-to-kill-barron-trump\">\u201cIranian state television broadcasts report of a $10 million reward to kill Barron Trump,\u201d<\/a> i24, 8-24-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran&#8217;s state television broadcast a report describing ways to reach the son of US President Donald Trump, Barron, with reference to a $10 million reward. In the report, which lasts about three minutes, attempts were presented to identify ways to reach Barron Trump, using graphics depicting surveillance, online activity, and people in his surroundings. The broadcast showed locations and online platforms supposedly linked to the effort, as well as attempts to map the social connections around the president\u2019s son and to infiltrate the Secret Service\u2019s security layers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Score one for the West, and against the iron grip Iran had over Syria for four decades.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-removes-syrias-designation-state-sponsor-terrorism-2026-08-24\/\">\u201cUS removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list, lifting major investment obstacle,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 8-24-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran threatens 45 tankers with fines, confiscation in Hormuz escalation,\u201d Reuters, 8-24-26. And can\u2019t use U.S. currency or banking system. \u201cTreasury Launches Unprecedented Campaign Against Iranian Regime on Economic D-Day,\u201d U.S. Department of the Treasury, 8-24-26.\u00a0 Beyond the Barbary Pirates strategy in the early 1800s (we aren&#8217;t sending in troops today), and the long-standing Freedom &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/08\/24\/9581\/\" 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-9581","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\/9581","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=9581"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9584,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9581\/revisions\/9584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}