{"id":94914,"date":"2026-06-03T05:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94914"},"modified":"2026-06-03T05:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:40:07","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-3-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94914","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/3\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8216;We had previously warned that in case of aggression, the response would be different and more severe, and we acted accordingly,&#8217; the Guard said in its statement&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-war-2-june-2026-9bde9a3425d4b9ff70f157bdae0fb982\">Iran Fires Missiles and US Strikes Iran Facility After Reports of Faltering Peace Talks<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/regions\/united-states\">United States<\/a> will need to prove that the current negotiations are fundamentally different from past ones\u2014which is to say that they will result in a viable and durable agreement&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/iran\/price-peace-iran#\"> The Price of Peace With Iran: Washington Must Be Willing to Make Uncomfortable Concessions<\/a> (Foreign Affairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s &#8220;a major step in the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iraq-cabinet-parliament-government-10d14e41dd8a5c54d982874aeece4005\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">new government\u2019s effort to rein in militias<\/a><\/span> that have long operated on their own even though they were nominally under state command&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iraq-iran-us-shiite-militia-asaib-ahl-alhaq-0f1747e05dc1384ab988da4d8eb74008\">Powerful Iran-backed Militias in Iraq Say They Will Start Handing in Weapons to Authorities<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Many of the students affected appear to have been targeted for activities linked to peaceful protest, student activism, or expression of political views&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/niacouncil.org\/iran-expands-crackdown-on-university-students-through-expulsions-suspensions-and-disciplinary-measures\/?ms=260602_hrt_c3&amp;emci=5fc16ebf-a35e-f111-8fcb-000d3a14b640&amp;emdi=296ef896-d25e-f111-8fcb-000d3a14b640&amp;ceid=11010045\">Iran Expands Crackdown on University Students Through Expulsions, Suspensions, and Disciplinary Measures<\/a> (NIAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/2\/palestine-weekly-wrap-no-respite-for-eid-as-israel-kills-dozens-in-gaza\">Palestine Weekly Wrap: No Respite for Eid as Israel Kills Dozens in Gaza<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinedeepdive.com\/p\/they-dug-his-grave-then-he-opened?publication_id=22185&amp;post_id=200419338&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">They Dug His Grave. Then He Opened His Eyes<\/a> (Palestine Deep Dive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Secretary of state appears before Congress and repeats Trump administration\u2019s claims that a deal is within reach&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/02\/marco-rubio-iran-war-congress-hearing\">Rubio Says Iran Ready to Discuss Nuclear Deal as Tehran Declares Peace Talks Over<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cMy mum, Lindsay, and stepdad, Craig, were not permitted to attend their own appeal hearing&#8221; &#8212; Lindsay Foreman\u2019s son, Joe Bennett:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jun\/02\/family-say-british-couple-jailed-in-iran-have-lost-appeal-against-convictions\">British Couple Jailed in Iran Have Lost Appeal Against Convictions, Family Say<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Global growth is expected to slow to 2.8% in 2026, but in a prolonged-disruption scenario, it could slump to 2.1%&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/03\/oecd-warns-of-global-slowdown-as-iran-war-stymies-growth-prospects-.html\">OECD Warns of Global Slowdown as U.S.-Iran War Stymies Economic Growth Prospects<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. Treasury&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has also sanctioned three other Iranian digital asset platforms as part of its &#8216;Economic Fury&#8217; campaign&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kfyr.iheart.com\/content\/2026-06-03-us-sanctions-irans-nobitex-cryptocurrency-exchange\/\">U.S. Sanctions Iran&#8217;s Nobitex Cryptocurrency Exchange<\/a> (K-FYR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8216;We had previously warned that in case of aggression, the response would be different and more severe, and we acted accordingly,&#8217; the Guard said in its statement&#8221;: Iran Fires Missiles and US Strikes Iran Facility After Reports of Faltering Peace Talks (AP) &#8220;[T]he United States will need to prove that the current negotiations are fundamentally [&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-94914","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\/94914","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=94914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94916,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94914\/revisions\/94916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}