{"id":94947,"date":"2026-06-13T04:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94947"},"modified":"2026-06-13T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:07:10","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-13-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94947","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/13\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deal or no deal?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/06\/12\/pakistan-prime-minister-says-us-iran-deal-text-finalized\/\">U.S. and Iran Close to Signing Ceasefire Deal, Officials Say<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jun\/12\/us-iran-peace-deal-remains-elusive-as-trump-and-tehran-trade-conflicting-claims\">US-Iran Peace Deal Remains Elusive as Trump and Tehran Trade Conflicting Claims<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/world\/us-iran-deal-has-never-been-closer-says-iran-s-abbas-araghchi\/story\">US-Iran &#8216;Never Been Closer&#8217; to Deal: Iran&#8217;s Abbas Araghchi<\/a> (NewsBytes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/close-doesnt-count-mideast-experts-assess-potential-u-s-iran-agreement\">&#8216;Close Doesn&#8217;t Count&#8217;: Mideast Experts Assess Potential U.S.-Iran Agreement<\/a> (PBS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/5922450-trump-iran-deal-leak-reports-anger\/\">Leaked Iran Deal Details Anger Trump<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/12\/netanyahu-trump-iran-deal-israel-lebanon\">Trump&#8217;s Pending Iran Deal Is Bitter Pill for Netanyahu<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/12\/world\/middleeast\/lebanon-israel-war-trump-iran.html\">Despite Talk of an Iran Peace Deal, Lebanon\u2019s War Grinds On<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Turkey&#8217;s centralized mosque loudspeaker network demonstrates how religion is entwined with infrastructure and state power, while illuminating technologically mediated forms of religious governance in the contemporary era&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/aman.70062\">Religio-Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mobilization in Turkey<\/a> (American Anthropologist)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The United Arab Emirates has already delivered about $3 billion to Iran and agreed to release billions more under an arrangement aimed at halting Iranian attacks on the Persian Gulf state&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202606128540\">UAE Paid Iran $3B, Agreed to Release $10B More to Halt Attacks &#8211; Reuters<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/12\/world\/middleeast\/israel-base-jenin-oslo.html\">Israel Is Building Army Base in Jenin, Flouting 1990s Pact with Palestinians<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;September is the unofficial kickoff of general election season, when more voters tune in and the stakes get higher&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/06\/12\/iran-war-trump-midterms-labor-day-00960925\">Trump&#8217;s GOP Allies Draw a Line in the Sand on Iran<\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;John Philo of the Detroit-based Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice &#8230; questioned why charges of vandalism have been escalated to conspiracy charges&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/doj-targets-michigan-palestine-solidarity-activists-with-federal-charges\/\">Justice Department Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists with Federal Charges<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The war would be over if not for the UAE,&#8221; insisted Cameron Hudson, a former chief of staff to several special U.S. envoys for Sudan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/sudan-war-uae-denies-supporting-rsf-and-colombian-recruits\/a-77530527\">Sudan War: UAE Denies Supporting RSF and Colombian Recruits<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The US plan to seize Iran&#8217;s uranium and Iran&#8217;s preemptive action&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-899231\">US Ground Mission to Capture Iran&#8217;s Uranium Paused by Trump &#8211; Report<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/13\/politics\/iran-sealed-uranium-cache-tunnels-placed-mines\">Exclusive: Iran Sealed Uranium Cache and Placed Mines amid Fears of US Operation to Seize Material<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deal or no deal? 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