{"id":94538,"date":"2026-04-13T05:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94538"},"modified":"2026-04-13T05:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:58:16","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-13-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94538","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 4\/13\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blockade envy? Trump decides he wants to blockade Hormuz himself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/04\/12\/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-12-2026\/eac2ef80-3631-11f1-b85b-2cd751275c1d_story.html\">US Military Says It Will Blockade Iranian Ports After Ceasefire Talks Ended Without Agreement<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c8dl5mly2rzo\">Trump&#8217;s Blockade Threat Raises Risks and Leaves Predicaments Unchanged<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/13\/uk-us-blockade-on-iranian-ports-iran-war-nato-.html\">UK \u2018Not Supporting\u2019 U.S. Iran Blockade as France\u2019s Macron Confirms \u2018Multinational\u2019 Talks on the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/04\/12\/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-12-2026\/eac2ef80-3631-11f1-b85b-2cd751275c1d_story.html\">Iran <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/04\/12\/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-12-2026\/eac2ef80-3631-11f1-b85b-2cd751275c1d_story.html\">Threatens Ports in Mideast as US Military Set to Impose Shipping Blockade<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/13\/us-blockade-of-iran-would-worsen-global-energy-crisis-analysts-say\">US Blockade of Iran Would Worsen Global Energy Crisis, Analysts Say<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">Vance&#8217;s line &#8220;They have chosen not to accept our terms&#8221; sums up Iran&#8217;s &#8220;biggest problem with the talks, too: The United States, they argue, had not come to negotiate&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/12\/world\/middleeast\/iran-united-states-negotiations.html\">In Pakistan Talks, Iran Saw a U.S. Trying to Dictate, Not Negotiate<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; yet, &#8220;<span data-schema=\"smart-brevity\">Pakistani, Egyptian and Turkish mediators will continue talks with the U.S. and <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/world\/iran\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"Iran\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/world\/iran\" data-vars-content-id=\"0abf852a-84da-45d8-a167-dbdcc480742d\" data-vars-headline=\"&quot;The door is not closed&quot;: Mediators rush to revive U.S.-Iran talks\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">Iran<\/a> in the coming days in an effort to bridge the remaining gaps and reach a deal to end the war<\/span>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/04\/13\/us-iran-nuclear-talks-ceasefire-deal\">&#8220;The Door Is Not Closed&#8221;: Mediators Rush to Revive U.S.-Iran Talks<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]here are signs that recognition of risk is starting to seep into the backdrop&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonex.com\/en\/insights\/how-bad-will-market-sentiment-get-as-us-iran-peace-talks-fall-apart\/\">How Bad Will Market Sentiment Get as US-Iran Peace Talks Fall Apart?<\/a> (StoneX)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Accompanied by Israeli settlers under heavy protection from Israeli forces, Ben-Gvir offered Jewish prayers at the site, which is not allowed for non-Muslims as part of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/4\/11\/hldwhat-does-the-status-quo-mean-at-jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque\"> the status quo arrangement<\/a> in place since 1967&#8243; as well as by Jewish law!):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/12\/palestinians-condemn-storming-of-al-aqsa-mosque-by-israels-ben-gvir\">Palestinians Condemn Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel\u2019s Ben-Gvir<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;The fact is the president is well within his authority to conduct the strikes that have been conducted,&#8217; Lawler responded over boos&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/04\/13\/iran-war-elections-republicans-mike-lawler\/\">Voters Grill Republican Lawmaker in Crucial Swing District on Iran War<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;If confirmed, China\u2019s delivery of weapons to Iran would &#8216;mark a departure&#8217; in Beijing\u2019s response to the situation in the Middle East&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/13\/trump-threatens-50percent-tariffs-on-china-as-report-suggests-plans-for-arms-shipment-to-iran.html\">Trump Threatens 50% Tariffs on China as Report Suggests Plans for Arms Shipment to Iran<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Washington must go further this time around by creating systems that make a deal more durable and thus much harder for any party to back out of it&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/iran\/how-end-iran-crisis\"> How to End the Iran Crisis: Tehran Needs Positive Incentives, Not Just Pressure<\/a> (Foreign Affairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockade envy? Trump decides he wants to blockade Hormuz himself: US Military Says It Will Blockade Iranian Ports After Ceasefire Talks Ended Without Agreement (Washington Post) Trump&#8217;s Blockade Threat Raises Risks and Leaves Predicaments Unchanged (BBC) UK \u2018Not Supporting\u2019 U.S. Iran Blockade as France\u2019s Macron Confirms \u2018Multinational\u2019 Talks on the Strait of Hormuz (CNBC) 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-94538","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\/94538","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=94538"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94542,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94538\/revisions\/94542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}