{"id":94488,"date":"2026-04-06T05:40:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94488"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:40:31","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-6-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94488","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 4\/6\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/05\/world\/middleeast\/iran-us-rescue.html\">Iran\u2019s Downing of Plane and U.S. Rescue Leave Both Sides Dangerously Emboldened<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-5-2026-pilot-cf4a792196259d6e9c066d0be1c57962\">Trump Issues a Fiery, Expletive-filled Threat Against Iran as Details of US Aviator\u2019s Rescue Emerge<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/05\/trump-iran-threats-politician-reactions\">\u2018Unhinged Madman\u2019: US Politicians React to Trump\u2019s Expletive-laden Threat to Iran<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/us-news\/us-news-trump-iran-rescue-easter-miracle-religious-rhetoric-criticism-10621083\/\">\u2018An Easter Miracle\u2019: Trump Invokes Religious Rhetoric in Praise of Iran Rescue, Drawing Criticism<\/a> (Indian Express)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/05\/us\/politics\/trump-iran-war-crimes-truth-social.html\">Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/6\/irans-top-university-bombed-as-us-israel-intensify-attacks-34-killed\">Iran\u2019s Top University Bombed as US, Israel Intensify Attacks; 34 Killed<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cy01vg7x5ppo\">Analysis: Trump Declares Victory in Iran War After Rescue, but Threats to US Operation Still Loom<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/04\/06\/iran-war-us-tehran-ceasefire-talks\">Iran Mediators Make Last-ditch Push for 45-day Ceasefire<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"wpds-c-cEkrQs\">&#8220;The authorities have &#8230; permitted some clergy into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and limited batches at the Western Wall. Al-Aqsa Mosque remains completely closed&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/04\/05\/jerusalem-easter-holy-week-old-city\/\">It\u2019s Holy Week, but Jerusalem\u2019s Old City Is Quiet and Eerily Empty<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The move to resume Iranian energy imports &#8230; is unlikely to draw immediate ire from Washington, but analysts say it underscores New Delhi\u2019s attempt to rebalance ties with Tehran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/06\/india-iran-oil-imports-strait-hormuz-us-tensions.html\">India Turns to Iran for Oil and Gas After 7-year Hiatus, Signaling Limits to U.S. Tilt<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;A fourth center of global power is quickly emerging \u2014 Iran \u2014 that does not rival [the US, China and Russia] economically or militarily. Instead, its newfound power derives from its control over the most important energy choke point in the global economy&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/06\/opinion\/iran-war-strait-hormuz.html\">The War Is Turning Iran Into a Major World Power<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Over 40 nations agree to increase diplomatic pressure to unblock Strait of Hormuz while Trump posts social media threats and expletives&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seatrade-maritime.com\/security\/iran-allows-15-ships-through-strait-of-hormuz\">Iran Allows 15 Ships Through Strait of Hormuz<\/a> (Seatyrade-Maritime)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;So long as Congress refuses to defund this war, the bloodshed will continue. And as long as Congress fails to slash the Pentagon budget down to size, the risk of similarly deadly, future conflicts will persist&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/inkstickmedia.com\/can-trumps-iran-war-be-ended-not-if-congress-does-nothing\/\">Can Trump\u2019s Iran War Be Ended? Not If Congress Does Nothing<\/a> (Inkstick)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[W]hat distinguishes him from earlier presidents: he does not draw on these myths to celebrate collective effort or democratic purpose, but to stage domination, purification, and personal omnipotence&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/from-cowboy-to-crusader-how-trump-distorts-american-mythology-in-the-conflict-with-iran-279230\">From Cowboy to Crusader: How Trump Distorts American Mythology in the Conflict with Iran<\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war updates: Iran\u2019s Downing of Plane and U.S. Rescue Leave Both Sides Dangerously Emboldened (NY Times) Trump Issues a Fiery, Expletive-filled Threat Against Iran as Details of US Aviator\u2019s Rescue Emerge (AP) \u2018Unhinged Madman\u2019: US Politicians React to Trump\u2019s Expletive-laden Threat to Iran (The Guardian) \u2018An Easter Miracle\u2019: Trump Invokes Religious Rhetoric in Praise [&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-94488","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\/94488","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=94488"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94491,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94488\/revisions\/94491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}