News and Analysis 9/21/26

Iran war updates:

• Iran Downs Orbiter Reconnaissance Drone over Hormuz (Shafaq)
• Middle East Braces for More Violence as Iran Claims US Is Planning to Renew Bombing Campaign (The Guardian)
• Iran Warns New US Attack Would Change ‘Geography of Weapons and War‘ (Turkiye Today)
• Iran Is Suffering Yet Surviving Under Trump’s Economic Warfare (Washington Post)
• JPM Analysts No Longer Have USA-Iran Conflict Baseline (Rigzone)

Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:

• Colonizers Injure Four Palestinians as Israeli Attacks EscalateColonizers Injure Four Palestinians as Israeli Attacks Escalate (IMEMC)
• Israeli Attacks Kill Palestinian Child, Woman, Injure 11 Across Gaza Despite Truce (Andalu Ajansi)
• Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian near Jenin in Occupied West Bank (Aljazeera)

“Foreign Ministry spokesman Pascal Confavreux [said] in a statement … [that] Paris would ‘take appropriate measures to respond’”:

• Iran Closes French Language Centre in Tehran for ‘Illegal Acts’ Middle East (France 24)

“The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen”:

• Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma over a Saudi Plea for Military Help (NY Times)

Middle east wars endanger miners:

• Gold Mine Collapse in Northeast Sudan Kills at Least 11 (abc News)
• Economic Crisis Puts Iran’s Coal Miners at Greater Risk (Iran International)

“Where the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea failed to response to a suit brought by 47 United States nationals over their support for terrorism, a default judgment was entered against the defendants”:

• Tort – Default Judgment Entered Against Iran and North Korea in Terrorism Suit (Virginia Lawyers Week)

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