News and Analysis 8/17/26

“Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi … noted that messages are being exchanged between Iran and the United States through mediators, ‘but this does not mean negotiations at all’” …

… “Over the weekend, only five cargo ships passed through the critical oil passage … compared with 31 vessels the previous weekend”:

“The talks aim to salvage the plan” Netanyahu has rejected:

Israeli and and American officials gave credence to a dubious post on “an anonymous account on X in India”:

The Zionist war on free speech continues …

… Not to be outdone. Iran has proposed legislation that “appearing in interviews or participating in discussions with such media could carry prison terms of six months to two years“:

Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:

“From insulin and dialysis supplies to food and humanitarian aid, civilians in Sudan are increasingly living or dying by whether essential goods can make it through a country fractured by war”:

Iran’s “rivals Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, and the UAE use a ‘dark’ fleet to shuttle supplies in and out clandestinely via ship-to-ship transfers”:


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