{"id":95102,"date":"2026-07-26T04:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95102"},"modified":"2026-07-26T04:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:13:05","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-26-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95102","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/26\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There have also been no weekend reports of Iranian retaliatory strikes on countries in the region hosting <a class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/us-military\/\" target=\"_self\">US military<\/a> assets&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/middle-east\/20260726-us-holds-fire-against-iran-as-media-reports-say-washington-s-stockpiles-are-dwindling\">US Holds Fire Against Iran as Media Reports Say Washington&#8217;s Stockpiles Are Dwindling<\/a> (France 24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but &#8220;Trump both has <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-war-escalation-shipping-strait-hormuz-179973cfe1fb3fa1b7ea7b816648ad9c\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">threatened more strikes<\/a><\/span> and said talks are pressing on, all while brushing off concerns that <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gas-prices-iran-war-4-gallon-4b82825734ec3ded192351e53a4be69e\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">rising gas prices<\/a><\/span> tied to the fighting could hurt Republicans in November\u2019s midterm elections&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-war-trump-diplomacy-netanyahu-d491158a4c9a1d3429a87a6ed58f2f72\">Airstrikes Have Paused and Talks Are Pressing Forward. But Can the US and Iran Take the Off-ramp?<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran\u2019s foreign ministry on Saturday condemned what it called a ?Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, saying it killed one sailor and ?injured another&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jul\/26\/ukraine-war-briefing-iran-accuses-kyiv-vessel-caspian-sea\">Ukraine War Briefing: Iran Accuses Kyiv of Deadly Attack on Iranian Vessel in Caspian Sea<\/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.democracynow.org\/2026\/7\/23\/mohsen_mahdawi?mc_cid=4c8e1547aa&amp;mc_eid=fe35b2c683\">\u201cEnough Is Enough\u201d: Mohsen Mahdawi Says New Deportation Threat Seeks to Silence Palestine Activism<\/a> (Democracy Now)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2026\/7\/23\/salah_sarsour?mc_cid=4c8e1547aa&amp;mc_eid=fe35b2c683\">Meet Milwaukee Muslim Leader Salah Sarsour. ICE Detained Him for 80 Days<\/a> (Democracy Now)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"category-detail-description lora text-[17px] leading-[1.4] lg:text-[18px] xl:text-[20px] text-descriptionColor\">&#8220;Consultations focused on operational mechanisms for safe navigation through strategic waterway, according to Foreign Ministry<\/span>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/iran-says-progress-made-in-talks-with-oman-on-hormuz-shipping-mechanisms\/4009466\">Iran Says Progress Made in Talks with Oman on Hormuz Shipping Mechanisms<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/west-bank\/2026-07-26\/ty-article\/.premium\/govt-fueling-violence-against-palestinians-in-west-bank-idf-officials-say\/0000019f-9afd-df42-a1df-fffd510d0000\">Israeli Government Emboldening Violent Settlers, Senior IDF Officials Warn<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/25\/head-of-hamas-led-police-in-northern-gaza-killed-by-israeli-strike\">Head of Police in Northern Gaza Killed in Israeli Strike<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he attack came in response to Saudi strikes on the Yemeni city of Hodeida on Friday&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/07\/25\/houthis-claim-attack-saudi-oil-refinery-iran-war-widens-red-sea\/\">Houthis Claim Attack on Saudi Oil Refinery as Iran War Widens to Red Sea<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are &#8220;conflicting interests based on who has alternatives to shipping via the waterway, whose infrastructure is most entangled with Iran\u2019s, and which country\u2019s economy is bleeding the hardest during the crisis&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/25\/iran-war-gulf-alliance-01012083\">Gulf Countries Want the War to End, but Can\u2019t Agree on How<\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Officials have faced accusations that they are engaged in a cover-up designed to hide the true cost of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s war of choice in Iran, fearing a public backlash before November\u2019s midterm elections&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jul\/25\/pentagon-iran-war-casualties-cover-up\">\u2018Shameful\u2019: Pentagon Accused of Cover-up over US Military Casualties in Iran War<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There have also been no weekend reports of Iranian retaliatory strikes on countries in the region hosting US military assets&#8221; &#8230; US Holds Fire Against Iran as Media Reports Say Washington&#8217;s Stockpiles Are Dwindling (France 24) &#8230; but &#8220;Trump both has threatened more strikes and said talks are pressing on, all while brushing off concerns [&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-95102","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\/95102","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=95102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95104,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95102\/revisions\/95104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}