News and Analysis 6/22/26

Technical talks will continue despite Trump’s expletive-filled threats:

• Middle East Crisis Live: US Talks with Iran Set to Continue Despite Iranian Walkout (The Guardian)
• First Round of US-Iran Talks Ends with Encouraging Progress, Mediators Say (BBC)

“The second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress is set to take place in Dublin, Ireland later this week. The 2026 iteration builds on last year’s inaugural gathering held in Vienna, the birthplace of political Zionism”:

• Jewish Anti-Zionist Movement Founded in Vienna Builds Momentum Across Europe (Palestine Deep Dive)

“A topless man can be seen in the footage driving erratically before abandoning his car and attacking a black man and a delivery rider, while smoking and wielding two large knives”:

• CCTV Shows Moments Leading Up to Arrest in Anti-Muslim Attacks Probe (BBC)

“Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Sunday said lawmakers will ‘push hard’ for answers behind the bombing that destroyed an Iranian girls school“:

• House Democrat on Iran School Bombing: ‘We’re Going to Push Hard to Get Answers’ (The Hill)

Trump said that the NYT’s “reporting that not much has changed after four months of war between the U.S. and Iran … was ‘TREASONOUS’ and said the article in question would be added to his lawsuit against the company”:

• Trump Renews Threat to New York Times over Iran Coverage (The Hill)

“[T]his is part of our culture that in a difficult situation we perform better” — Winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh:

• Iran Played ‘Beautiful Game’ vs. Belgium under ‘Worst’ Conditions (ESPN)

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