{"id":95055,"date":"2026-07-13T03:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95055"},"modified":"2026-07-13T03:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:59:09","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-13-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95055","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/13\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Iran War is heating up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/07\/11\/us-strikes-iran-it-declares-strait-hormuz-closed-fires-ship\/\">Iran Launches Attacks on Gulf States After Heaviest U.S. Strikes in Months<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themedialine.org\/headlines\/satellite-images-show-damage-to-us-gulf-bases-as-iran-america-continue-strikes\/\">Satellite Images Show Damage to US Gulf Bases as Iran, America Continue Strikes<\/a> (The Medialine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/irans-revolutionary-guards-claim-to-destroy-us-himars-missile-launchers-in-kuwait\/3995942\">Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards Claim to Destroy US HIMARS Missile Launchers in Kuwait<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/jordan-shot-missiles-launched-iran-134704227\">Jordan Says It Shot Down Four Missiles Launched by Iran<\/a> (abc News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-announces-closure-of-strait-of-hormuz\/live-77920097\">Iran War: US Claims Strait of Hormuz Is &#8216;Open&#8217; amid Strikes<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/07\/12\/us-iran-ceasefire-facade-strait-of-hormuz-fighting-undeclared-naval-war\/\">The \u2018Facade\u2019 of the U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Crumbles After Largest Round of Fighting in Months \u2014 \u2018an Undeclared Naval War Can Escalate\u2019<\/a> (Fortune)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/12\/concern-for-renewed-war-in-iran-as-us-attacks-military-civilian-targets\">Concern for Renewed War in Iran as US Attacks Military, Civilian Targets<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/jul\/13\/oil-prices-leap-stocks-fall-us-iran-strait-of-hormuz-brent-crude-markets\">Oil Prices Leap and Stocks Fall amid US-Iran Strikes over Hormuz<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/jul\/12\/the-guardian-view-on-trump-and-tehran-everyone-loses-when-the-us-and-iran-overplay-their-hands\">The Guardian View on Trump and Tehran: Everyone Loses When the US and Iran Overplay Their Hands<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NkuHB39Smaw\">From Gaza Security to Congress: Anthony Aguilar&#8217;s Fight for Palestinian Justice and American Values<\/a> (CAIR \/ YouTube)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Netanyahu tells &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; that the late Senator said &#8220;You have to do it&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/netanyahu-sen-graham-urged-me-to-strike-iran-trump-should-have-opportunity-to-pursue-diplomacy-with-iran\/\">Netanyahu: Sen. Graham Urged Me to Strike Iran; Trump Should Have Opportunity to Pursue Diplomacy with Iran<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-israel-palestinians-hamas-ceasefire-18dda139302048a5d7f2f69acaf597b0\">Israeli Fire in Gaza Kills 6 People, Including a Little Girl, Health Officials Say<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The war &#8230; has made it plainly apparent that neither government can deliver a knockout blow to the other at an acceptable cost\u2014and that unmanaged hostility has become too costly and perilous&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/united-states\/america-and-irans-strange-moment-opportunity\"> America and Iran\u2019s Strange Moment of Opportunity: How a Deadlocked Conflict Can Pave the Way for Peace<\/a> (Foreign Affairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is unclear if the EU will adopt common action against the illegal Israeli settlements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/united-states\/america-and-irans-strange-moment-opportunity\">EU Ministers to Mull More Sanctions over Israeli Settlements<\/a> (Bernama TV)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iran War is heating up: Iran Launches Attacks on Gulf States After Heaviest U.S. Strikes in Months (Washington Post) Satellite Images Show Damage to US Gulf Bases as Iran, America Continue Strikes (The Medialine) Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards Claim to Destroy US HIMARS Missile Launchers in Kuwait (Andalu Ajansi) Jordan Says It Shot Down Four [&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-95055","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\/95055","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=95055"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95058,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95055\/revisions\/95058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}