{"id":8484,"date":"2026-03-02T04:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=8484"},"modified":"2026-03-02T04:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:28:23","slug":"iran-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=8484","title":{"rendered":"IRAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Walking to a dental appointment last week, I happened to pass the Iranian embassy in central Ottawa. Through a protective iron fence, I was able to snag a shot of paint damage thrown at the front door of the building. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iranian-Embassy-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iranian-Embassy-1-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iranian-Embassy-1-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iranian-Embassy-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iranian-Embassy-1-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iranian-Embassy-1-1536x1156.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iranian-Embassy-1-2048x1541.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>PS: Next time you see me, ask about the night I spent in a Tehran police cell.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Fond memories of Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking to a dental appointment last week, I happened to pass the Iranian embassy in central Ottawa. Through a protective iron fence, I was able to snag a shot of paint damage thrown at the front door of the building. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=8484\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20,12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historical","category-military","category-people","category-touring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8486,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8484\/revisions\/8486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}