{"id":20658,"date":"2019-07-06T10:54:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20658"},"modified":"2019-07-06T10:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T15:54:20","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-6-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20658","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/6\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. President has &#8220;confronted Iran with a series of actions that are &#8230; as mercurial, ineffective and antagonizingly provocative as those  that <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/person\/george-iii\">George III<\/a> and his parliament hurled at the 13 colonies&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/national-security\/451706-us-policy-on-iran-and-the-echoes-of-britains-1776-folly\">US Policy on Iran and the Echoes of Britain&#8217;s 1776 Folly<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; Mr. Trump, please take the hint:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mideast-iran-usa\/iran-could-consider-talks-with-us-only-if-sanctions-lifted-khamenei-permits-minister-idUSKCN1TZ0NF\">Iran Could Consider Talks with U.S. Only if Sanctions Lifted, Khamenei Permits: Minister<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement that &#8220;Sudan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s opposition and military leaders <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/sudans-opposition-and-military-leaders-reach-power-sharing-deal\/2019\/07\/05\/11fb5464-9ef6-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html?utm_term=.a3e79b6b3803\" target=\"_blank\">tentatively pledged<\/a>  to hold new elections in just over three years &#8230; was greeted with tepid optimism&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2019\/07\/05\/sudan-may-follow-perilous-arab-spring-playbook-strongman-falls-his-allies-remain\/?utm_term=.3ddb1b0438f1\">Sudan May Follow a Perilous Arab Spring Playbook: The Strongman Falls, His Allies Remain<\/a> (Washington Post) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Refuting allegations &#8220;of &#8216;con artistry,&#8217; Mr. Zarif said that he never asked the  Americans to trust him and he never trusted them either, least of all  during the negotiations of the nuclear deal&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/04\/world\/middleeast\/iran-us-zarif-nuclear-deal.html\">He Enjoys American Coffee and Restaurants. Is He a Credible Negotiator for Iran?<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The private sector to the rescue! &#8220;An earlier bike-share initiative was run by the city government and was available only to men&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/bright-orange-bikes-women-break-barriers-iran\/story?id=63547745\">Bright Orange Bikes Help Women Break Barriers in Iran<\/a> (abc News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The episode has echoes of the case of a Norwegian Air jet which &#8230; was stranded in Iran for more than two months due to U.S. sanctions which prevented spare parts being sent to the Islamic Republic&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dominicdudley\/2019\/07\/05\/iran-saudi-happiness-tanker-tussle\/#5ff3d8af4ed0\">Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia of Holding Happiness Hostage in Tanker Tussle<\/a> (Forbes)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/china\">China<\/a>  is reportedly separating Muslim children from their families, religion  and language, and is engaged in a rapid, large-scale campaign to build  boarding schools for them&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/jul\/05\/fake-news-china-dismisses-reports-about-detention-of-uighurs\">China Accused of Rapid Campaign to Take Muslim Children from Their Families<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;40 Palestinians were wounded, 22 of those by live fire, on Friday during protests along the Israel-Gaza border&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-over-20-palestinians-wounded-by-israeli-fire-in-border-protest-gaza-authorities-say-1.7450821\">Over 20 Palestinians Wounded by Israeli Fire in Border Protests, Gaza Authorities Say<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The seizure of &#8220;the supertanker Grace 1 on Thursday for trying to transport oil to Syria in violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/organisations\/european-union.html\">European Union<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0sanctions in a move which drew Tehran&#8217;s fury and could escalate its confrontation with the West&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/07\/iran-religious-leader-threatens-uk-capture-oil-tanker-190706091738043.html\">Iran Religious Leader Threatens UK over Capture of Oil Tanker<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. President has &#8220;confronted Iran with a series of actions that are &#8230; as mercurial, ineffective and antagonizingly provocative as those that George III and his parliament hurled at the 13 colonies&#8221; &#8230; US Policy on Iran and the Echoes of Britain&#8217;s 1776 Folly (The Hill) &#8230; Mr. Trump, please take the hint: Iran [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20658"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20666,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20658\/revisions\/20666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}