{"id":95008,"date":"2026-06-30T05:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95008"},"modified":"2026-06-30T05:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:11:14","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-30-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95008","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/30\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The United States and Iran on Monday separately announced they will send delegations to Qatar this week, though Tehran insisted it has not agreed to meet with the U.S. &#8216;at any level'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-war-strait-of-hormuz-june-29-2026-d1c0ec8aa84c0e5693b94f0cf0862bab\">US and Iran Pause Strikes but Disagree over Next Steps on Talks<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Here\u2019s a look at what both sides have said about key sticking points, including the ongoing fighting in Lebanon, and why <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/iran\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">the conflict<\/a><\/span> is still far from resolved&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=95008&amp;action=edit\">Iran Says This. The U.S. Says That. A Look at the Trickiest Issues in the Unresolved Conflict<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;UNAMA said that the number of casualties could rise as hospitals continue to treat the injured&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/world\/2026\/06\/29\/at-least-28-killed-pakistan-air-operations-afghanistan-un-says\/90739319007\/\">At Least 28 Killed in Pakistan Air Operations on Afghanistan, UN Says<\/a> (Detroit News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hbazian.substack.com\/p\/orwells-1984-cleansing-the-syllabus\">Orwell&#8217;s 1984, Cleansing the Syllabus: Academia and Gaza\u2019s Genocide<\/a> (Hatem Bazian \/ Substack)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Tehran believes it should control the shipping route but its neighbour has its own plans for reopening it&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jun\/29\/oman-safe-reopening-strait-hormuz-iran-us-middle-east\">Iran Is Jealously Competing with Oman as Decision-maker over Strait of Hormuz<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/what-iran-war-costing-your-household-mark-zandi-qrrie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> comes as government data shows inflation in May hit its <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pce-report-report-may-2026-federal-reserve-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">highest level<\/a><\/span> in three years, and with the U.S. and Iran yet to broker a lasting peace deal&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-war-cost-american-households\/\">Iran War Has Cost Americans $1,000 per Household, Economist Estimates<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but in Iran the inflation is much worse:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/iran\/inflation-cpi\">Inflation Rate in Iran Increased to 88.60 Percent in June from 83.90 Percent in May of 2026<\/a> (Trading Economics)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran is preparing an unprecedented security operation for the funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, seeking to prevent a repeat of the deadly crowd crushes that marred the burials of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 and General Ghasem Soleimani in 2020&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202606298633\">Past Funeral Disasters Cast a Shadow over Khamenei&#8217;s Burial<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Amid pressure from US, Iraqi PM says groups still holding onto their weapons after deadline \u2018will be subject to legal redress\u2019&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iraq-gives-pro-iran-militias-until-sept-30-to-dissolve\/\">Iraq Gives Pro-Iran Militias Until Sept. 30 to Dissolve<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The IRGC said an investigation is underway to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting and identify those responsible&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/2-members-of-irans-irgc-killed-in-shooting-reports\/3981821\">2 Members of Iran&#8217;s IRGC Killed in Shooting: Reports<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The United States and Iran on Monday separately announced they will send delegations to Qatar this week, though Tehran insisted it has not agreed to meet with the U.S. &#8216;at any level&#8217;&#8221;: US and Iran Pause Strikes but Disagree over Next Steps on Talks (AP) &#8220;Here\u2019s a look at what both sides have said about [&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-95008","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\/95008","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=95008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95012,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95008\/revisions\/95012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}