{"id":94895,"date":"2026-05-30T04:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94895"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:48:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:48:56","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-30-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94895","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/30\/29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said talks were continuing but denied that any final agreement had been reached, adding Tehran was \u201cfocused on ending the war\u201d and was not negotiating over the nuclear issue&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/international\/artc-trump-holds-off-on-iran-deal-decision-after-two-hour-situation-room-meeting\">Trump Holds Off on Iran Deal Decision After Two-hour Situation Room Meeting<\/a> (i24 News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. military has not definitively identified any mines during repeated searches of the waterway, raising questions about how \u201crobust\u201d the threat may be, sources say&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/us-not-confirmed-iran-placed-mines-strait-hormuz-sources-say-rcna346955\">U.S. Has Not Confirmed that Iran Placed Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Sources Say<\/a> (NBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/netanyahu-says-israeli-military-to-take-over-70-percent-of-gaza\/\">Netanyahu Says Israeli Military to Take Over 70 Percent of Gaza<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-war-yellow-line-israeli-soldiers-8a6cb8e91ba454ddc80a6335e7466451\">Israeli Soldiers Share Rare Accounts from Gaza, Describing Ongoing Killings Despite the Ceasefire<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.aawsat.com\/arab-world\/5278631-israel-orders-new-evacuations-forces-push-deeper-lebanon\">Israel Orders New Evacuations as Forces Push Deeper into Lebanon<\/a> (Asharq al-Aswat)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;WSJ report reveals UAE carried out strikes on Iran alongside US and Israel from start of war, operating as a third member of coalition&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/uae-joined-us-israeli-campaign-against-iran-outset-report\">UAE Joined US-Israeli War Against Iran from the Outset: Report<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;If prices stay at current levels, the average household could take a hit of almost $2,000 at the one-year mark of the war&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/29\/energy-costs-inflation-iran-war-trump.html\">Iran War Cost: Average U.S. Household Paying $450 More on Gas and Energy<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said talks were continuing but denied that any final agreement had been reached, adding Tehran was \u201cfocused on ending the war\u201d and was not negotiating over the nuclear issue&#8221;: Trump Holds Off on Iran Deal Decision After Two-hour Situation Room Meeting (i24 News) &#8220;The U.S. military has not definitively identified any mines [&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-94895","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\/94895","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=94895"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94902,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94895\/revisions\/94902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}