{"id":94870,"date":"2026-05-24T05:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T10:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94870"},"modified":"2026-05-24T05:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T10:29:23","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-24-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94870","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/24\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"gated-content\" data-nosnippet=\"\">&#8220;Both Trump and the mediators have indicated the deal could be announced on Sunday, though it has not been finalized and could still fall apart&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/05\/24\/iran-deal-strait-hormuz-sanctions-nuclear\">Exclusive: What&#8217;s Inside the Iran Deal Trump Is Close to Signing<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section id=\"section-0\" class=\"article-paragraph-wrap\">\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">&#8220;Iran has denied agreeing to give up any enriched uranium in a US ceasefire deal, stating it had not yet accepted any action on the nuclear issue, a source told Reuters on Sunday morning&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-897072\">Iran Denies Agreeing to Hand over Uranium as &#8216;Islamabad Declaration&#8217; nears Final Negotiations<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\" class=\"article-paragraph-wrap\"><\/section>\n<p>&#8220;Unlike his earlier proclamations of imaginary breakthroughs, this statement carried the tone of a serious diplomatic signal rather than political indiscipline&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/iran-trump-deal-hormuz\/\">Warmongers in Meltdown as Trump Heralds Iran Deal<\/a> (Responsible Statecraft)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/israel-lebanon-paramedics-rescue-workers-hospitals-ambulances?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=198861976&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Israel Is on a Killing Spree of Paramedics and Rescue Workers in Lebanon<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/22\/flotilla-video-ben-gvir-template-televised-abuse-honed-palestinians\">Flotilla Video: Ben-Gvir\u2019s Template of Televised Abuse Was Honed on Palestinians<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/gaza-hamas-trump-board-netanyahu-israel-mladenov-disarmament?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=198856343&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">\u201cThe Occupation\u2019s Conditions\u201d: Trump\u2019s Board of Peace Demands that Hamas Surrender to Netanyahu\u2019s Gaza Agenda<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Records seen by FT show Tehran used procurement network in Gulf state that it later hit with missiles and drones&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/371fee77-8637-4b99-ab5a-4b6fae253a44?syn-25a6b1a6=1\">Iran\u2019s Guards Used UAE Company to Buy Military Satellite Equipment<\/a> (Financial Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The judiciary\u2019s Mizan news agency said Kian was convicted of &#8216;intelligence activity for Israel and the United States\u201d and sending information related to Iran\u2019s defense industries'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202605249584\">Iran Executes Another Political Prisoner, Bringing Tally to 37 Since March<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;My hippie heart loves this kind of collaboration. My capitalist brain insists it makes business sense,&#8221; said &#8220;one of the investors who listened to the pitches&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/05\/24\/nx-s1-5806030\/palestinian-israeli-startups-50-50-northeastern\"> Torn by War, Israelis and Palestinians Tie Their Fortunes Together<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran had been scheduled to train in Tucson, Arizona, but a move has been a possibility because of uncertainty surrounding <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-trump-us-peace-talks-strait-of-hormuz-control\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the war in the Middle East<\/a><\/span> and security concerns&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-moving-world-cup-training-base-from-us-to-mexico\/\">Iran Moving World Cup Training Base from U.S. to Mexico<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Both Trump and the mediators have indicated the deal could be announced on Sunday, though it has not been finalized and could still fall apart&#8221;: Exclusive: What&#8217;s Inside the Iran Deal Trump Is Close to Signing (Axios) &#8220;Iran has denied agreeing to give up any enriched uranium in a US ceasefire deal, stating it had [&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-94870","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\/94870","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=94870"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94874,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94870\/revisions\/94874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}