{"id":94886,"date":"2026-05-28T04:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94886"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:18:47","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-28-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94886","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/28\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The US shot down Iranian drones and struck a control center in an effort to &#8220;maintain the ceasefire.&#8221; In retaliation, Tehran struck a US military base&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/us-strikes-target-iranian-port-city-drones\/live-77321432\">Iran War: US Downs Iranian Drones, Tehran Retaliates<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[A]uthorities portrayed Aliverdi as a victim of organized violence committed by protesters, while critics and human rights organizations raised concerns regarding the investigation, allegations of coerced confessions, and the politicized atmosphere surrounding prosecutions&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/niacouncil.org\/parallel-justice-and-renewed-death-sentences-human-rights-concerns-deepen-in-irans-ekbatan-case\/?ms=260526_hrt_c3&amp;emci=87d2020e-4759-f111-8fcb-000d3a18905c&amp;emdi=9a1ed3dc-4859-f111-8fcb-000d3a18905c&amp;ceid=11896094\">Parallel Justice and Renewed Death Sentences: Human Rights Concerns Deepen in Iran\u2019s Ekbatan Case<\/a> (NIAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>International &#8220;outlets must state that their content cannot also be used by Israeli media and Farsi-language TV stations located outside of Iran, according to the new guidance&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/media\/5898038-iran-restricts-foreign-media\/\">Iran Cracks Down on International News Organizations<\/a> (The Hill)<\/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.youtube.com\/watch?v=xtG63thHMtE\">Arsenal Fired Me over Palestine \u2013 Now I\u2019m Suing<\/a> (Palestine Deep Dive \/ YouTube)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWhat truly came back online is our misery&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/28\/iran-internet-blackout-return-partial-connectivity\">\u2018This Isn\u2019t Freedom\u2019: Anger, Anxiety and Tears as Iran\u2019s Internet Flickers Back<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Trump says Iran made a mistake by thinking impending elections would pressure him into making a deal: &#8216;I don\u2019t care about the midterms'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/05\/27\/trump-calls-cabinet-camp-david-amid-declining-approval-iran-economy\/\">Trump Holds to Maximum Demands on Iran, Threatens More Strikes<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/05\/27\/g-s1-121673\/israel-palestinians-trash-west-bank\">Palestinians Use Recycling as Israel&#8217;s Restrictions Trigger a Trash Crisis<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Rulers who confined their strategy to the plateau eventually lost pieces of it. Those who projected outward, who turned the plateau from a target into a hub, persevered the most&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/05\/19\/iran-politics-strategy-war-sanctions-hormuz\/?tpcc=trending_digest\">The World Keeps Asking Iran the Wrong Question<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;U.S. military contractors need at least three years to replenish stockpiles of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tomahawk-cruise-missile-ukraine-united-states-trump-a0b292b0a0a51486305346550f30f6c0\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Tomahawk cruise missiles<\/a><\/span>, which are used to strike targets deep inside enemy territory, and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-patriot-missile-system-explainer-b16125509161de8a7a3b4c38022534c7\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Patriot<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/thaad-israel-missile-defense-iran-pentagon-34a0b06d82352df6cb0b80d94d4913c8\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">THAAD interceptors<\/a><\/span> that defend against incoming missiles and drones&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-war-weapons-air-defense-csis-analysis-593f866ad4eae4ddbbcfdafa22267329\">US Will Need Years to Replenish Stockpiles of Advanced Weapons Used in Iran War, New Analysis Finds<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The US shot down Iranian drones and struck a control center in an effort to &#8220;maintain the ceasefire.&#8221; In retaliation, Tehran struck a US military base&#8221;: Iran War: US Downs Iranian Drones, Tehran Retaliates (Deutsche Welle) &#8220;[A]uthorities portrayed Aliverdi as a victim of organized violence committed by protesters, while critics and human rights organizations raised [&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-94886","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\/94886","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=94886"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94889,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94886\/revisions\/94889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}