{"id":94975,"date":"2026-06-21T04:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94975"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:41:51","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-21-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94975","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/21\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the US and Iran dispute whether the Strait is closed or not, the shipping companies say they will be the ones to decide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/antoniopequenoiv\/2026\/06\/20\/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-is-closed-after-lebanon-attacks-us-denies-its-shut\/\">Iran Says Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed After Lebanon Attacks\u2014U.S. Denies It&#8217;s Shut<\/a> (Forbes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/06\/20\/shipping-companies-insurance-strait-of-hormuz-traffic-us-iran-deal\/\">Shipping Companies Will Decide When the Strait of Hormuz Is Truly Open\u2014Not the U.S. or Iran\u2014and the Latest Deal Is Already Sowing Confusion<\/a> (Fortune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After stealing Iran&#8217;s idea of closing the Strait, Trump now steals their idea of charging tolls:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-lebanon-hezbollah-june-20-2026-6e23fb5f37e23427dbfc2bc80c59bda8\">Trump Threatens to Charge US Tolls in Strait of Hormuz if Final Iran Deal Not Reached in 60 Days<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance continues &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seattlespectator.com\/2026\/06\/20\/commencement-struggle-prompts-outcry-over-palestine-and-treatment-of-muslim-students\/\">Commencement Struggle Prompts Outcry over Palestine and Treatment of Muslim Students<\/a> (Seattle Spectator)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/06\/18\/israel-facebook-censor-content-moderation-iran-war\/\">Israel Asked Facebook to Censor Iran War Content, Internal Documents Show<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/15-articles-israeli-army-media-interference\/\">15 Articles a Day: The Extent of the Israeli Army\u2019s Media Interference<\/a> (972 Magazine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and France likes the idea of suppressing criticism of state violence so much that it copies it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/france-arrests-20-after-banning-rally-against-political-executions-in-iran\/\">France Arrests 20 After Banning Rally Against Political Executions in Iran<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/greek-orthodox-patriarchate-denounces-israeli-seizure-church-owned-land-jerusalem\">Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Denounces Israeli Seizure of Church Land in Jerusalem<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/friday-in-gaza-israeli-forces-kill-one-palestinian-injure-others\/\">Friday in Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill One Palestinian, Injure Others<\/a> (IMEMC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/news\/civilians-gaza-under-fire-israels-killer-cranes\">Civilians in Gaza Reportedly Under Fire from &#8216;Killer Cranes&#8217; Deployed by Israel<\/a> (New Arab)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/opinion\/gaza-genocide-death-toll-undercount\">Fatalities From Israel\u2019s Vast Gaza Genocide Deliberately Undercounted<\/a> (Common Dreams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/20\/us-envoy-headed-for-switzerland-israeli-strikes-on-lebanon-threaten-talks\">Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens in Lebanon as US, Iran to Hold Talks on Truce<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Council members voiced concern over the imminent risk of mass atrocities and demanded that the RSF immediately halt its assault on the city, capital of North Kordofan state&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/06\/1167773\">Sudan: Security Council Warns of Mass Atrocity Risk in El Obeid<\/a> (UN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Five men were injured and &#8220;Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned the attacks, saying the suspect appeared to be motivated by &#8216;anti-Muslim hatred'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx2xg6lwz5jo\">Man Charged After Suspected anti-Muslim Attacks in Edinburgh<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs was paying Show Faith by Works $4.1 million to carry out a massive, covert, digital surveillance operation targeting Christian communities across multiple states&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/fara-docs-israel-is-spying-on-millions-of-christian-americans-in-their-churches\/291001\/\">FARA Docs: Israel Is Spying on Millions of Christian Americans in Their Churches<\/a> (Mint Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the US and Iran dispute whether the Strait is closed or not, the shipping companies say they will be the ones to decide: Iran Says Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed After Lebanon Attacks\u2014U.S. Denies It&#8217;s Shut (Forbes) Shipping Companies Will Decide When the Strait of Hormuz Is Truly Open\u2014Not the U.S. or Iran\u2014and the [&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-94975","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\/94975","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=94975"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94977,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94975\/revisions\/94977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}