News and Analysis 10/10/26

Iran war updates:

Trump Leaves Door Open to Iran Strike Before Midterms, Less than a Day After Ruling It Out (Jerusalem Post)
The Iran War Is Exposing Dangerous Gaps in the US Military System Built to Save Wounded Troops (Business Insider)

The Zionist war on free speech continues:

Attorney General Investigating Campus Pro-Palestine Group (Indiana Public Media)
Yousof Azizi: The Iranian-American Scholar Pressured by the FBI to Return to Iran (Middle East Eye)

“Hundreds of flights were canceled after the strikes, although Saudi authorities said airport operations and air traffic had returned to normal the following day”

Pilot Killed in Attacks by Iran-backed Houthis on Riyadh Airport; Saudi-led Coalition Vows ‘Firm’ Response (CNBC)

Israeli war crimes continue:

5 Palestinians Killed in Gaza as Israeli Army Continues Strikes 1 Year into Ceasefire (Andalu Ajansi)
West Bank: Two Palestinians Shot, Farmers Blocked from Olive Harvest (Miiddle East Eye)
A Year of Ceasefire, 1,471 Palestinians Killed: Gaza Remains under Attack (Palestine Chronicle)

“A manager at New York’s Hungry Ghost Coffee allegedly refused to let the barista swap shifts so he could honor his religious practice of fasting, the lawsuit said”

EEOC Obtains $23K for Muslim Barista Denied Accommodation for Ramadan (HR Dive)

“A drone strike in Sudan killed dozens of people, including children, said a rights group”:

Drone Strike in Sudan kills 40, Lebanon Welcomes US Flight Ban Lift, and Other Mideast Developments (AP / KNSS)

“BC Law scholars explore constitutional war powers, economic sanctions, and international humanitarian law challenges”:

A Legal Dive into the Iran Conflict (Law Magazine)

“Under the Geneva Conventions, medical workers are noncombatants. They are permitted to move across the battlefield, treat the wounded, and carry out humanitarian duties without fear of arrest, torture, or prosecution as spies” …

Iran’s Death Sentence for a Red Crescent Worker Breaks the Laws of War (Jurist)

… and “[i]t is odd for the US defense secretary to be laying the groundwork for an event that could be organized by Tehran”:

I Saw Iran Execute a Man in Public. Is This What the US Wants? (The Guardian)

“Mahshad Kashani, a 22-year-old student serving a five-year prison sentence, has also had her phone contact with people outside Dowlatabad prison in Isfahan cut off”: