{"id":9788,"date":"2026-10-18T20:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T01:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9788"},"modified":"2026-10-26T06:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:47:23","slug":"9788","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/10\/18\/9788\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/18\/iran-us-war-rezaei-operational-plan-shipping-attacks.html\">\u201cIran says it has a \u2018new operational plan\u2019 if the U.S. resumes attacks, as shipping vessels report strikes,\u201d<\/a> CNBC, 10-18-26.\u00a0\u00a0Issued by Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, and one of the few persons supposedly with access to the Leader.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/10\/19\/middleeast\/iran-us-conflict-warning-intl\">\u201c\u2018The world will be amazed:\u2019 Iran\u2019s commanders prepare for further war,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 10-18-26.\u00a0\u00a0Iran: Parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaqi as defence minister, filling the post after his predecessor was killed in US-Israeli attacks. His background leading Iran\u2019s aerospace industries and commitments to expand defence production suggest that rebuilding missile capabilities and sustaining support for allied forces will remain priorities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/iranian-parliament-approves-mehrdad-akhlaqi-as-new-defense-minister\/4092457?utm_source=www.fortitudeintelligence.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=osintsum-19-october-2026&amp;_bhlid=4e1179131d633d4ff287cc67c26103fd900305ae\">\u201cIranian parliament approves Mehrdad Akhlaqi as new defense minister,\u201d<\/a> AA, 10-18-26.\u00a0 In similar fashion but emphasizing his missile background,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/iran-eastern-states\/artc-meet-iran-s-new-defense-chief-a-missile-veteran-threatening-war-with-israel\">\u201cMeet Iran\u2019s new defense chief: A missile veteran threatening war with Israel,\u201d<\/a> i24, 10-18-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202610181490\">\u201cIran rolls out regional Data Authority amid threats to Mideast tech infrastructure,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 10-18-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran says it has a \u2018new operational plan\u2019 if the U.S. resumes attacks, as shipping vessels report strikes,\u201d CNBC, 10-18-26.\u00a0\u00a0Issued by Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, and one of the few persons supposedly with access to the Leader. \u201c\u2018The world will be amazed:\u2019 Iran\u2019s commanders prepare for further war,\u201d CNN, 10-18-26.\u00a0\u00a0Iran: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/10\/18\/9788\/\" 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-9788","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\/9788","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=9788"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9808,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9788\/revisions\/9808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}