{"id":81005,"date":"2020-01-14T06:40:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T11:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81005"},"modified":"2020-01-14T06:40:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T11:40:28","slug":"news-and-analysis-1-14-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81005","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/14\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;[V]ideos appeared to show security forces firing  live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protests in the streets&#8221; sparked by the government&#8217;s cover-up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/1b5f51dc8712b6fcddc2010bbd9de31f\">Anger in Iran over Jet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Downing; Gunfire Disperses Protests<\/a> (AP)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim who has kept a close relation with US and Tehran, visited Tehran on Sunday to calm rising tension as Iran vows harsh retaliation for the killing of Soleimani &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/01\/qatar-emir-sheikh-tamim-visit-iran-talks-200112070120423.html\">Qatari Emir in Iran: &#8216;De-Escalation&#8217; the Only Way Forward<\/a> (Al-Jazeera) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;  and three EU countries say intend &#8220;not to restore sanctions, but to resolve our  differences through the very mechanism that was created in the deal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iran-nuclear-eu\/france-britain-germany-to-trigger-iran-deal-dispute-mechanism-diplomats-idUSKBN1ZD0XF\">France, Britain, Germany to Trigger Iran Deal Dispute Mechanism: Diplomats<\/a> (Reuters)  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump administration maintains the constitutional requirement that only Congress may declare war doesn&#8217;t apply to its war against Iran &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/01\/13\/796102188\/esper-u-s-could-strike-iran-or-proxies-where-legally-available-and-appropriate\">Esper: U.S. Could Strike Iran or Proxies &#8216;Where Legally Available and Appropriate&#8217;<\/a> (NPR)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;[t]he Senate vote on halting military action against Iran is up in the  air, with the upcoming impeachment trial and Tuesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presidential  debate scrambling the timing for floor action&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/01\/13\/impeachment-war-powers-trump-kaine-098371\">Senate Vote to Limit Trump&#8217;s Military Actions Against Iran in Limbo<\/a> (Politico)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but a close reading of the history of its Iran conflict with Iran shows that U.S. can&#8217;t achieve its goal because Iran&#8217;s history and its geographical location is on its side:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2020\/01\/20\/donald-trumps-iran-problem\">Donald Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Iran Problem<\/a> (New Yorker)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Though top US officials continue  to defend Trump&#8217;s claim that Soleimani was plotting attacks on US embassies, Esper on Sunday gave a different account, creating credibility issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/12\/us\/politics\/esper-iran-trump-embassies.html\">Esper Says He Saw No Evidence Iran Targeted 4 Embassies, as Story Shifts Again <\/a>(NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After the violent attack by the government on Sunday on students at JNU, it appears that the &#8220;Gujurat model&#8221; 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