{"id":95099,"date":"2026-07-25T04:47:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95099"},"modified":"2026-07-25T04:47:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:47:46","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95099","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/25\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/us\/news-today\/article\/kuwait-and-bahrain-sent-secret-jets-to-strike-iran-l6xjw3n6z\">Kuwait and Bahrain \u2018Sent Secret Jets to Strike Iran\u2019<\/a> (The Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-24-july-2026-78c2dbf538f6e61ab816479a4d9bdd85\">US Military Says It Fired on Another Merchant Vessel Trying to Breach Its Blockade of Iranian Ports<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-war-houthis-vow-response-to-dangerous-escalation-by-saudi-arabia\/live-78107211\">Iran War: Houthis Vow Response to Saudi Strikes on Hodeida<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-war-yemens-houthis-deny-they-closed-bab-al-mandeb-strait\/live-78093040\">Yemen&#8217;s Houthis Deny They Closed Bab al-Mandeb Strait<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/07\/24\/with-no-iran-war-end-in-sight-germany-pulls-back-two-navy-ships-eyed-for-hormuz-mission\/\">With No Iran War End in Sight, Germany Pulls Back Two Navy Ships Eyed for Hormuz Mission<\/a> (Defense News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5988459-thomas-massie-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-iran-war-critique\/\">Massie: Hegseth Is Breaking Law with Iran War<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/24\/hormuz-us-uk-conference-iran\">Scoop: U.S., U.K. Planning International Conference on Strait of Hormuz<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Khanki is among the first known protesters to be executed under Iran\u2019s new &#8216;Law on Intensifying Punishment for Espionage and Cooperation with the Zionist Regime and Hostile States'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.niacouncil.org\/p\/iran-accelerates-executions-under?publication_id=5970321&amp;post_id=208370501&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Iran Accelerates Executions Under New Espionage Law Following January Uprising<\/a> (NIAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2026\/07\/palestinians-brace-for-sweeping-israeli-offensive-across-the-west-bank-following-settler-raid-that-resulted-in-the-deaths-of-4-palestinians-and-2-israelis\/\">Palestinians Brace for Sweeping Israeli Offensive Across the West Bank Following Settler Raid that Resulted in the Deaths of 4 Palestinians and 2 Israelis<\/a> (Mondowiss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The renewed U.S.-Iran war is not simply an exchange of bombings, but a broader contest over energy routes, regional military access, economic endurance, and the terms under which the two sides may eventually return to negotiations&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.niacouncil.org\/p\/from-hormuz-to-the-red-sea-how-iran?publication_id=5970321&amp;post_id=208370114&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">From Hormuz to the Red Sea: How Iran Is Turning the War into a Battle for Strategic Leverage<\/a> (NIAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;However the government chooses to list war casualties, it doesn&#8217;t change the fact that Americans are dead because of the administration&#8217;s choices&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2026\/07\/24\/trump-cant-just-pretend-iran-war-casualties-dont-count\/\">Trump Can&#8217;t Just Pretend Iran War Casualties Don&#8217;t Count<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-schema=\"smart-brevity\">&#8220;Netanyahu has met with Trump in the <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/02\/04\/netanyahu-trump-meeting-israel-gaza\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"Oval Office\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/02\/04\/netanyahu-trump-meeting-israel-gaza\" data-vars-content-id=\"926048a0-d45c-4b72-b47b-d3d08a140567\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump to meet Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday amid Iran escalation\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">Oval Office<\/a> six times since Trump returned to office a year-and-a-half ago \u2014 more than any other world leader&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/24\/trump-netanyahu-white-house-iran\">Trump to Meet Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday amid Iran Escalation<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Trump is insisting that Saudi Arabia follow suit and join the Abraham Accords as a condition of a deal allowing the country to develop its civilian nuclear program. But in the UAE, the agreement has yielded mixed results&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/07\/25\/trump-wants-saudi-arabia-abraham-accords-uae-signed-has-regrets\/\">Trump Wants Saudi Arabia in Abraham Accords, but It Hasn\u2019t Been Easy for UAE<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war updates: Kuwait and Bahrain \u2018Sent Secret Jets to Strike Iran\u2019 (The Times) US Military Says It Fired on Another Merchant Vessel Trying to Breach Its Blockade of Iranian Ports (AP) Iran War: Houthis Vow Response to Saudi Strikes on Hodeida (Deutsche Welle) Yemen&#8217;s Houthis Deny They Closed Bab al-Mandeb Strait (Deutsche Welle) With [&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-95099","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\/95099","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=95099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95101,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95099\/revisions\/95101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}