{"id":94903,"date":"2026-05-31T03:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T08:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94903"},"modified":"2026-05-31T03:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T08:41:56","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-31-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94903","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/31\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-schema=\"smart-brevity\">&#8220;Trump&#8217;s request has launched another round of back-and-forth between the parties that could last several days&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/05\/31\/trump-iran-deal-changes-nuclear\">Trump Requests Edits to Iran Deal His Envoys Negotiated<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Regardless of whether a payment is made, US persons are prohibited from receiving services from the Government of Iran, including services related to a guarantee of safe passage&#8221; &#8212; US Treasury:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/05\/30\/us-treasury-ofac-deals-iran-safe-passage-strait-hormuz-irgc\/\">U.S. Says Deals with Iran for Safe Hormuz Transit Are Prohibited<\/a> (Fortune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A &#8220;Gambia-flagged merchant vessel &#8230; was disabled by a Hellfire missile from U.S. aircraft shot into the ship\u2019s engine room&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/05\/30\/us-military-hits-commercial-ship-trying-reach-iran-peace-talks-continue\/\">U.S. Military Hits Commercial Ship Trying to Reach Iran as Peace Talks Continue<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"lora text-[17px] leading-[1.4] lg:text-[18px] xl:text-[20px] text-descriptionColor\">An &#8220;MQ-1 Predator UAV [was] detected, destroyed by air defense systems after entering Iranian airspace, according to state-run IRNA news agency<\/span>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/us-israel-iran-war\/iran-says-it-shot-down-us-military-drone-above-territorial-waters\/3952082\">Iran Says It Shot Down US Military Drone Above Territorial Waters<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/west-bank\/2026-05-30\/ty-article\/.premium\/seven-palestinians-wounded-in-west-bank-settler-raid-some-by-idf-fire\/0000019e-7933-d23b-a9de-f97fd89e0000\">Seven Palestinians Wounded in West Bank Settler Raid, Some by IDF Fire<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/30\/palestinian-doctor-killed-three-people-injured-in-israeli-attack-on-gaza\">Two Killed, Including Palestinian Doctor, in Israeli Attacks on Gaz<\/a>a (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trump attempts to justify his focus on civilian targets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/us-israel-iran-war\/trump-says-us-left-iran-s-military-alone-cites-lessons-from-iraq-war\/3952081\">Trump Says US \u2018Left Iran\u2019s Military Alone,\u2019 Cites Lessons from Iraq War<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) says that 3.2 million people in Iran have fled their homes following Israeli and US airstrikes&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/norwegian-refugee-council-more-than-three-million-people-displaced-in-iran-due-to-recent-war\/\">Norwegian Refugee Council: More than Three Million People Displaced in Iran Due to Recent War<\/a> (8AM Media)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran &#8230; issued a warning to foreign military forces operating in the area, saying any attempt to interfere with maritime management or shipping movements would trigger a response&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/30\/iran-reasserts-control-over-hormuz-strait-as-deal-with-us-remains-elusive\">Iran Reasserts Control over Hormuz Strait as Deal with US Remains Elusive<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Trump&#8217;s request has launched another round of back-and-forth between the parties that could last several days&#8221;: Trump Requests Edits to Iran Deal His Envoys Negotiated (Axios) &#8220;Regardless of whether a payment is made, US persons are prohibited from receiving services from the Government of Iran, including services related to a guarantee of safe passage&#8221; &#8212; [&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-94903","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\/94903","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=94903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94905,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94903\/revisions\/94905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}