{"id":95004,"date":"2026-06-29T03:34:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95004"},"modified":"2026-06-29T03:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:34:32","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-29-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95004","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/29\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The US and Iran are slated to meet in Doha on Tuesday for talks, media reports say, though Iran&#8217;s position on the matter is not clear yet&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/us-iran-agree-to-halt-strikes-amid-report-of-fresh-talks\/live-77746775\">US, Iran Agree to Halt Strikes amid Reports of Fresh Talks<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Arab-American Muslim finds New Jersey &#8220;may grant&#8221; law allowed New Jersey to deny him a permit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wUusNrI_QXQ\">Denied A Gun Permit In New Jersey<\/a> (Active Self-protection \/ YouTube)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There &#8220;is deep concern that the deal could lead to a violent response from Hezbollah that could throw the country back into civil war. The agreement also seems to contradict some of the understandings reached between the U.S. and Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/28\/israel-lebanon-deal-iran-hezbollah\">Behind the Scenes: How Shared Fear of Iran Led to an Israel-Lebanon Deal<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a> is likely to increase its support for such groups after the conflict, which confirmed much of Tehran\u2019s existing strategic thinking.\u00a0The activities of irregular fighters funded and armed by Israel and, to a lesser extent, the US too, is also likely to intensify&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jun\/28\/gulf-us-iran-war-proxies-middle-east\">Shadow War: How Use of Proxy Forces by Iran, Israel and US Is Driving Middle East Instability<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/28\/israel-kills-three-palestinians-in-gaza-as-attacks-on-tents-continue\">Israel Kills Four Palestinians in Gaza as Attacks on Tents Continue<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/antonyloewenstein.substack.com\/p\/the-darkest-reality-on-the-ground\">The Darkest Reality on the Ground in Palestine: What&#8217;s Happening in the West Bank and Gaza Is Far Worse than You Can Imagine<\/a> (Antony Loewenstein \/ Substack)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Pentagon\u2019s still-unreleased investigation has uncovered missed analyst remarks and unconnected databases that kept critical updates from commanders, raising questions about whether combat leaders followed vetting procedures meant to prevent civilian casualties&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2026-06-28\/u-s-analysts-missed-remark-surfaced-in-iran-school-strike\">U.S. Analyst\u2019s Missed Remark Surfaced in Inquiry into Deadly Iran School Strike<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;While parts of the strait pass through Iranian territorial waters, the main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imo.org\/en\/mediacentre\/hottopics\/pages\/middle-east-strait-of-hormuz.aspx\">traffic separation scheme<\/a> lies within Omani waters&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/despite-its-best-efforts-iran-wont-be-able-to-toll-the-strait-of-hormuz-heres-why-286241\">Despite Its Best Efforts, Iran Won\u2019t Be Able to Toll the Strait of Hormuz. Here\u2019s Why<\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The US and Iran are slated to meet in Doha on Tuesday for talks, media reports say, though Iran&#8217;s position on the matter is not clear yet&#8221;: US, Iran Agree to Halt Strikes amid Reports of Fresh Talks (Deutsche Welle) An Arab-American Muslim finds New Jersey &#8220;may grant&#8221; law allowed New Jersey to deny him [&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-95004","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\/95004","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=95004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95007,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95004\/revisions\/95007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}