{"id":9623,"date":"2026-09-17T11:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9623"},"modified":"2026-10-02T20:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T01:33:36","slug":"9623","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/09\/17\/9623\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHave We Lost the Iran War?,\u201d<\/a> Hoover Institution, 9-17-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cMahsa Amini’s legacy, four years after her murder by Iran’s morality police \u2013 editorial,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 9-17-26<\/p>\n

\u201cU.S. Probes Iran Link to Cyberattacks on Texas-Bound Energy Tankers,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 9-17-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe two tankers were transiting the Strait of Gibraltar in early August when they were hit by the attacks. The ships\u2014an oil tanker and a liquefied petroleum tanker\u2014were making their way to ports in Texas at the time, according to tracking data and one of the officials. The location of the attacks and the destination of the tankers has raised the prospect that Iran or an Iran-aligned actor could be seeking to disrupt another key maritime chokepoint or blow up a U.S. port. Ships run on integrated systems that, if compromised, could result in an explosion, a collision or an oil spill. \u2026 Iran\u2019s semiofficial news outlet Mehr News reported on the incident in August. Citing crew members, it said the attackers infiltrated the VL Prosperity\u2019s engine-room systems, reduced the engine\u2019s cooling flow, increased the engine speed, and disabled the ship\u2019s fuel and engine-oil tank. It said no group had claimed responsibility for the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cHave We Lost the Iran War?,\u201d Hoover Institution, 9-17-26. \u201cMahsa Amini’s legacy, four years after her murder by Iran’s morality police \u2013 editorial,\u201d JPost, 9-17-26 \u201cU.S. Probes Iran Link to Cyberattacks on Texas-Bound Energy Tankers,\u201d WSJ, 9-17-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe two tankers were transiting the Strait of Gibraltar in early August when they were hit by the attacks. … <\/p>\n

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