{"id":94989,"date":"2026-06-25T04:17:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94989"},"modified":"2026-06-25T04:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:17:32","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94989","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/25\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The restrictions are the latest in a string of measures Bahrain has taken against Shiite citizens in the Gulf country, with many accused of having loyalties to Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/24\/world\/middleeast\/bahrain-ashura-restrictions-shiite.html\">Bahrain Restricts Shiite Holy Day Amid Iran War Crackdown<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[L]eaders convinced some Republican swing votes that doing so would harm the negotiations to end the war&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5939699-senate-gop-gets-back-in-line-with-trump-over-the-iran-war\/\">Senate GOP Gets Back in Line with Trump over the Iran War<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The presence of unveiled women at anti-war rallies is reminiscent of those who stood side by side with their hijab-wearing sisters during the revolution. Will they be betrayed again?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/24\/world\/europe\/iran-war-regime-nationalism.html\"> Iran\u2019s Loyalists Promote a Wider Nationalism, Unveiled Women Included<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The insistence of the major party establishment in ignoring increasing American unhappiness with Israel is driving voters into the arms of democratic socialists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2026\/6\/24\/new_york_election\">Seismic Shift: DSA and Mamdani-Backed Pro-Palestine Democrats Sweep New York Primaries<\/a> (Democracy Now)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2026\/06\/24\/darializa-avila-chevalier-will-be-this-congress-first-campus-radical\/?mc_eid=e1ce968106\">Darializa Avila Chevalier Will Be This Congress&#8217; First Campus Radical<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran does not deny there will be IAEA inspections, only that they would happen before a final deal is reached:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-lebanon-june-24-2026-nuclear-grossi-ceasefire-875ee115cacd1f5923052b70f2be4124\">Dispute over Nuclear Inspections Shows How US and Iran Are Negotiating in Public<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/24\/un-nuclear-chief-says-iran-inspections-will-happen-tehran-says-after-deal\">UN Nuclear Chief Says Iran Inspections Will Happen, Tehran Says After Deal<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;From dawn queues for water trucks to illnesses linked to contaminated supplies, Palestinians describe the daily struggle to secure safe drinking water &#8211; and the terrible impact on their health&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinedeepdive.com\/p\/thirst-in-gaza-a-basic-necessity?publication_id=22185&amp;post_id=203376110&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Thirst in Gaza: A Basic Necessity Turned Daily Struggle<\/a> (Palestine Deep Dive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Beyond economic consequences are oil\/gas market resilience, opportunity for &#8220;green transition,&#8221; U.S. ignorance of modern war conduct, U.S. unconcern over war crimes, decline in U.S. standing, and &#8220;ambiguous&#8221; and &#8220;scary&#8221; consequences for nuclear proliferation&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/24\/opinion\/iran-war-lessons.html\">7 Lessons and Consequences of the Iran War<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Initial optimism that Trump would be a good ally to this region, <a class=\"js-itid-click\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/03\/10\/dubai-gulf-iran-war-strikes\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/03\/10\/dubai-gulf-iran-war-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">built in part on its business-friendly and steady reputation<\/a>, had faded for many&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/06\/24\/trump-was-popular-uae-then-he-went-war\/\">Rocked by the Iran War, the UAE Sours on Trump: \u2018We Got Played\u2019<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]here is no American demand for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/israel\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Israel<\/a> to withdraw from Lebanon&#8221; &#8212; Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jun\/24\/israel-defence-minister-israel-katzrefuses-to-pull-out-of-southern-lebanon-undermining-iran-peace-talks\">Israel Says IDF Is Staying in Southern Lebanon, Undermining Iran Peace Talks<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The restrictions are the latest in a string of measures Bahrain has taken against Shiite citizens in the Gulf country, with many accused of having loyalties to Iran&#8221;: Bahrain Restricts Shiite Holy Day Amid Iran War Crackdown (NY Times) &#8220;[L]eaders convinced some Republican swing votes that doing so would harm the negotiations to end 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-94989","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\/94989","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=94989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94992,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94989\/revisions\/94992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}