{"id":95016,"date":"2026-07-02T05:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95016"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:12:53","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-2-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95016","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/2\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indirect talks will continue although progress to date is unclear:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-war-strait-of-hormuz-july-1-2026-de0729197bc7b9d3ee9e543d94c18fbe\">US and Iran Hold Separate Meetings in Qatar and Agree to Continue Discussions<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turkiyetoday.com\/region\/vance-says-iran-talks-going-well-declines-to-rule-out-return-to-war-3223072\">Vance Says Iran Talks Going Well, Declines to Rule Out Return to War<\/a> (Turkiye Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsls.com\/business\/2026\/07\/02\/iran-warns-oil-tankers-to-use-approved-routes-in-strait-of-hormuz-or-face-a-forceful-response\/\">Iran Warns Oil Tankers to Use Approved Routes in Strait of Hormuz or Face a &#8216;Forceful Response&#8217;<\/a> (WSLS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/1\/iran-to-open-communication-channel-on-mou-with-us-after-talks-in-qatar\">Iran to Open \u2018Communication Channel\u2019 on MoU with US After Talks in Qatar<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Riyadh initially refused Washington request to use bases critical to Hormuz ship escort operation, prompting US ire; Riyadh interprets Rubio skipping over Saudi on Gulf tour as snub&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/us-reportedly-mulls-pulling-troops-from-saudi-arabia-as-ties-sour-over-iran-war\/\">US Reportedly Mulls Pulling Troops from Saudi Arabia as Ties Sour over Iran War<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/1\/israel-kills-three-palestinians-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire\">Israel Kills Three Palestinians in Gaza Despite \u2018Ceasefire\u2019<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-palestinian-israel-thousand-days-war-ceasefire-f81c32c32a96cd7dd7952ef9b70b06b3\">Palestinians Face Uncertain Future as Gaza Marks 1,000 Days of War<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The centrist and nationalist KDPI is a historic Kurdish Iranian opposition group, which Iran has targeted for many years, assassinating its leaders decades ago&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-901200\">Iran increases Attacks on Kurdish Opposition Following Days of Clashes<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Crude oil in floating storage off the Iranian coast is on the rise amid reluctance among buyers, Bloomberg reported today&#8221; yet &#8220;an earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/07\/01\/iran-us-mou-negotiation-war-oil-exports-strait-of-hormuz-.html\">report<\/a> by CNBC said Iran was selling crude at a hefty premium of 20% to pre-war prices&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Latest-Energy-News\/World-News\/Iran-Exports-Crude-at-20-Premium-Even-as-Unsold-Barrels-Pile-Up-at-Sea.html\">Iran Exports Crude at 20% Premium Even as Unsold Barrels Pile Up at Sea<\/a> (Oilprice.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;By allowing Israeli forces to remain in parts of southern Lebanon, the deal appears to contravene the MOU while fundamentally reshaping the military balance&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tritaparsi.substack.com\/p\/why-iran-believes-israel-will-attack\">Why Iran Believes Israel Will Attack Again Before October<\/a> (Trita Parsi \/ Substack)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Trump administration has yet to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-school-hegseth-trump-2ffff06808f7a584b0a03831897ab0b8\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">directly accept the blame or formally release findings<\/a><\/span> of a Pentagon investigation into the bombing, even though the military possessed evidence almost immediately that the site of the school had been struck&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-school-strike-baluch-trump-2a134a5c74d80db763db4c3eb6d0d847\">As the Pentagon Stays Quiet, AP Reconstructs a US Strike that Killed over 100 Iranian Children<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indirect talks will continue although progress to date is unclear: US and Iran Hold Separate Meetings in Qatar and Agree to Continue Discussions (AP) Vance Says Iran Talks Going Well, Declines to Rule Out Return to War (Turkiye Today) Iran Warns Oil Tankers to Use Approved Routes in Strait of Hormuz or Face a &#8216;Forceful [&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-95016","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\/95016","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=95016"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95020,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95016\/revisions\/95020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}