{"id":95082,"date":"2026-07-20T05:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95082"},"modified":"2026-07-20T05:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:05:03","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-20-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95082","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/20\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-july-20-2026-8b37952906cbec6351fdcc47a0fa6297\">US Bombing of Iran Expands as American Troops Killed and Tehran Retaliates Against the Gulf States<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/19\/kuwaiti-power-plant-ablaze-as-iran-hits-us-gulf-allies\">Iran Attacks US Gulf Allies, Causing a Fire at Kuwait Power Plant<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/iran-accuses-us-violating-international-law-after-strike-nuclear-plant\">Iran Accuses US of Violating International Law After Strike on Nuclear Plant<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/20\/world\/middleeast\/iran-united-states-escalation.html\">Tehran and Washington Face a \u2018Wake Up Moment\u2019 over the War<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel is ready to jump back in, but he Pentagon prefers it stay out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/defense-news\/article-902996\">Hours After Iranian Shrapnel Lands in Israel, Zamir Says IDF Ready to Strike Back<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/americas\/us-informs-israel-of-plans-to-intensify-attacks-on-iran-in-coming-days-report\/4003219\">US nforms Israel of Plans to Intensify Attacks on Iran in Coming Days: Report<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-1hz6jmu-Summary-summaryTreatmentStyles e1wiw3jv0\">&#8220;Central Command is not required to release information about injured troops, especially when they quickly return to duty, a military official said&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/20\/us\/politics\/troops-injured-jordan-iran-war.html\">Pentagon Withheld Dozens of U.S. Military Injuries in Iran War<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinedeepdive.com\/p\/cancer-under-siege-the-patients-waiting?publication_id=22185&amp;post_id=207747296&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Cancer Under Siege: The Patients Waiting to Leave Gaza<\/a> (Palestine Deep Dive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[A]fter months of promised diplomatic breakthroughs, short-lived ceasefires, and the deaths of three more American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jul\/18\/iran-attacks-us-allies-in-middle-east-in-second-week-of-renewed-conflict\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">troops<\/a> bringing the total number of American military members killed in the conflict to 17&#8243;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/19\/trump-official-iran-war-oil-flow-strait-hormuz\">Mission in Iran War Has Pivoted Toward Ensuring Oil Flow, Trump Official Says<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran&#8217;s ability to withstand sustained military pressure has made it harder to exclude Tehran from any future regional security architecture&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/iran\/iranian-vision-new-middle-east\">An Iranian Vision of the New Middle East<\/a> (Foreign Affairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The move is aimed at &#8220;action [that] meets the legal criteria for &#8216;spying and cooperating with the Zionist regime and hostile states against national security and interests'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iranwire.com\/en\/news\/155188-irans-judiciary-warns-up-to-15-years-in-prison-for-posts-causing-public-panic\/\">Iran\u2019s Judiciary Warns Up to 15 Years in Prison for Posts Causing \u201cPublic Panic\u201d<\/a> (Iranwire)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war updates: US Bombing of Iran Expands as American Troops Killed and Tehran Retaliates Against the Gulf States (AP) Iran Attacks US Gulf Allies, Causing a Fire at Kuwait Power Plant (Aljazeera) Iran Accuses US of Violating International Law After Strike on Nuclear Plant (Middle East Eye) Tehran and Washington Face a \u2018Wake Up 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