{"id":94047,"date":"2026-02-15T07:23:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94047"},"modified":"2026-02-15T07:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:23:48","slug":"news-and-analysis-2-15-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94047","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 2\/15\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Demonstrations against the Iranian regime are being held around the world &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/14\/iran-us-spar-as-diaspora-organises-rallies-abroad-calling-for-action\">Iran, US Spar as Diaspora Organises Rallies Abroad Calling for Action<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; including a major one &#8220;on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference where world leaders gather&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/02\/14\/hundreds-of-thousands-gather-in-munich-demanding-regime-change-in-iran-amid-ongoing-protes\">Hundreds of Thousands Gather in Munich Demanding Regime Change in Iran amid Ongoing Protests<\/a> (Euronews)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and in Los Angeles, &#8220;home to one of the largest Iranian communities outside of Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/massive-crowd-gathers-iranian-global-day-action-protest-downtown-los-angeles\/18601906\/\">Massive Crowd Gathers for Iranian &#8216;Global Day of Action&#8217; Protest in Downtown LA<\/a> (abc7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/israeli-airstrikes-kill-11-palestinians\">Israeli Airstrikes Kill 11 Palestinians<\/a> (France 24)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taghribnews.com\/en\/news\/709744\/several-palestinians-injured-detained-in-israeli-raids-across-west-bank\">Several Palestinians Injured, Detained in Israeli Raids Across West Bank<\/a> (Taghrib)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;An executive order signed by Trump 10 days ago &#8230; gives the secretary of State and the secretary of Commerce the possibility to recommend that the president impose tariffs of up to 25% on any country that conducts business with Iran&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/14\/trump-netanyahu-china-iran-oil\">Trump and Netanyahu Agree to Increase Pressure on Iranian Oil<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but &#8220;Beijing says &#8216;normal cooperation between countries&#8217; should be respected&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/beijing-pushes-back-after-trump-netanyahu-said-to-agree-us-will-clamp-down-on-iran-oil-exports-to-china\/\">Beijing Pushes Back After Trump, Netanyahu Said to Agree US Will Clamp Down on Iran Oil Exports to China<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/this-is-for-palestine-mistrial-declared-in-stanford-pro-palestinian-protest-case\/\">\u2018This Is for Palestine\u2019 \u2013 Mistrial Declared in Stanford Pro-Palestinian Protest Case<\/a> (Palestine Chronicle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two &#8220;incidents offered a rare public glimpse into the president\u2019s inability to control institutions that shape both policy and public perception in the Islamic Republic&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202602136439\">Clash with State TV Exposes Limits of Iran&#8217;s Presidential Authority<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Concern grows over Narges Mohammadi\u2019s health, family says, after reports of \u2018life-threatening mistreatment\u2019&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/14\/nobel-laureate-transferred-to-prison-in-northern-iran-without-warning\">Nobel Laureate Transferred to Prison in Northern Iran Without Warning<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Soaring inflation was a key trigger for the most recent unrest. It was almost 50 years ago as well&#8221; and a &#8220;second parallel is emerging: a cycle of repression, grief and protest resembling that which unseated the shah:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/feb\/15\/regime-change-iran-1979-pointers-shah-exile\">Nobody Knows What Would Follow Regime Change in Iran \u2013 but What Happened in 1979 Offers Some Pointers<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"CustomPortableTextComponents-module-scss-module__MwAzyW__paragraph\">Middle East analyst Dr. Eric Mandel argued &#8220;that diplomacy may be designed to demonstrate that all political options were exhausted before stronger measures are considered. Former US ambassador John Craig echoed that assessment&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202602134321\">\u2018Good Cop, Bad Cop\u2019: Is Trump-Netanyahu Iran Policy a Ruse?<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"sc-9cd5bb24-0 lmzibM\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"sc-cd6075cf-0 DQtHs\">\n<div class=\"sc-82b3c53b-0 IAFLu\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Lord Henry Stanley &#8220;was the eldest of 10 children given free rein to develop their own thoughts and beliefs &#8230; and born to [an] educated, well-travelled&#8221; mother:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5y2mnz2l8ro\">The Victorian Aristocrat Who Became First British Muslim Lord<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demonstrations against the Iranian regime are being held around the world &#8230; Iran, US Spar as Diaspora Organises Rallies Abroad Calling for Action (Aljazeera) &#8230; including a major one &#8220;on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference where world leaders gather&#8221; &#8230; Hundreds of Thousands Gather in Munich Demanding Regime Change in Iran amid Ongoing [&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-94047","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\/94047","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=94047"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94055,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94047\/revisions\/94055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}