{"id":94921,"date":"2026-06-05T04:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94921"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:22:23","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-5-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94921","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/5\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Four obstacles are preventing progress&#8221;: lack of trust, &#8220;absence of meaningful contact[,] &#8230; the gap between what each side needs[, and]\u00a0 &#8230; domestic politics&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/jun\/04\/iran-us-winning-war-truth-losing-ceasefire\">Iran and the US Both Think They Are Winning the War. The Truth Is They Are Both Losing<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Iran-backed group Hezbollah said it will reject any deal allowing Israel to stay in southern Lebanon, while Israel said it won&#8217;t withdraw from the area near the border&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-war-hezbollah-rejects-lebanon-israel-ceasefire-terms\/live-77415738\">Iran War: Hezbollah Rejects Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire Terms<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cg5prr9gr1ro\">At Least 11 Palestinians Have Been Killed, Including Women and Children, and Dozens Wounded in Israeli Air Strikes<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2026\/06\/05\/the-palestine-industry-the-rats-of-gaza-and-the-opportunists-among-us\/\">The Palestine Industry: The Rats of Gaza and the Opportunists among Us<\/a> (Counterpunch)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/5\/iran-war-day-98-tehran-raises-doubts-on-deal-as-lebanon-fighting-continues\">Iran War Day 98: Tehran Raises Doubts on Deal as Lebanon Fighting Continues<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;In the two-minute recording, Valizadeh referred to three other Americans also held at Evin Prison. He said the four are suffering from &#8216;various diseases and are deprived from real medical services'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-evin-prison-journalist-reza-valizadeh-pleads-for-medical-help\/\">From Inside Iran&#8217;s Evin Prison, Journalist Reza Valizadeh Pleads for Medical Help for Him and Other American Captives<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Israel\u2019s Supreme Court rejects government ban on prisoner visits, affirming Red Cross access under international law&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/4\/israel-must-allow-icrc-to-visit-palestinians-in-prison-supreme-court-rules\">Israel Must Allow ICRC to Visit Palestinians in Prison, Supreme Court Rules<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They cited as reasons for their votes are the lack of a defined mission, &#8220;Congress&#8217;s exclusive authority under the Constitution,&#8221; the need for Congress to &#8220;follow the law,&#8221; and the need for the war to end:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/04\/4-republicans-who-voted-iran-war-powers-resolution-breaking-with-trump\/\">The Four Republicans Who Broke with Trump on Iran and Now Face His Wrath<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;68 percent of respondents said they believe the U.S. &#8216;should make a deal to end the war in Iran as quickly as possible,&#8217; while 11 percent disagreed. Twenty-one percent were unsure about making a deal'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/5911100-iran-war-americans-poll\/\">Almost 7 in 10 Americans Want Iran War Done ASAP: Poll<\/a> (The Hiill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Four obstacles are preventing progress&#8221;: lack of trust, &#8220;absence of meaningful contact[,] &#8230; the gap between what each side needs[, and]\u00a0 &#8230; domestic politics&#8221;: Iran and the US Both Think They Are Winning the War. The Truth Is They Are Both Losing (The Guardian) &#8220;The Iran-backed group Hezbollah said it will reject any deal allowing [&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-94921","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\/94921","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=94921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94923,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94921\/revisions\/94923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}