{"id":95108,"date":"2026-07-28T04:11:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95108"},"modified":"2026-07-28T04:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:11:26","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-28-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95108","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/28\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a\u00a0&#8220;controversial move by the Pentagon to reclassify casualties in the Iran war is being taken by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-military\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">US military<\/a> veterans as a sign of disrespect for the dead&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/27\/trump-administration-iran-war-casualties-veterans\">Trump Administration\u2019s Revision of Iran War Casualties \u2018Huge Disrespect\u2019, Say Veterans<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;The Department of Defense (DOD) restored the death of the four service members killed by Iranian strikes last week and added more than 140 injured&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/newsletters\/defense-national-security\/5993089-pentagon-mum-as-us-casualties-in-iran-war-rise\/\">Pentagon Mum as US Casualties in Iran War Rise<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The proposal would replace &#8220;Iran\u2019s sole control over the strategic waterway with a cooperative framework supported by regional partners&#8230; <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">It also envisions a system of voluntary transit fees modeled on the Strait of Malacca&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themedialine.org\/headlines\/oman-offers-plan-to-replace-irans-sole-control-of-hormuz\/\">Oman Offers Plan to Replace Iran\u2019s Sole Control of Hormuz<\/a> (The Medialine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;I think &#8230; he\u2019s accelerating the retirement or forcing out some of the most distinguished leaders in the DOD that we have&#8221; &#8212;\u00a0 Sen. <span class=\"person-popover multiline\" data-nid=\"20928\"><a class=\"person-popover__link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/thom-tillis\/\">Thom Tillis <\/a><\/span>(R-N.C.):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5989578-senate-rnc-defense-leadership-crisis\/\">GOP Senators Warn Confidence in Hegseth Eroding as Iran War Drags On<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;For the first time since the law was enacted, a concurrent resolution has passed in accordance with 5(c) of the law, but the White House has ignored it&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-critic-massie-joins-democrats-unprecedented-bid-sue-white-house-over-iran-war\">Trump Critic Massie Joins Democrats in Unprecedented Bid to Sue White House over Iran War<\/a> (Fox News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/west-bank-tal-israeli-settlers-army-outposts-arrests-home-demolitions?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=208749778&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Israeli Settlers Set Up At Least Six New Colonial Outposts After Friday Killings in the Occupied West Bank<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/27\/israeli-forces-storm-multiple-west-bank-towns-settler-violence-worsens\">Israeli Forces Storm Multiple West Bank Towns, Settler Violence Worsens<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations &#8220;contradicted himself as he tried to explain away bad news from the Iran war&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2026\/07\/27\/waltz-interceptor-shortage-is-bidens-fault-fake-news-and-illegal-to-discuss\/?mc_eid=e1ce968106\">Waltz: Interceptor Shortage Is Biden&#8217;s Fault, Fake News, and Illegal To Discuss<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Amid this brutal conflict, the RSF and other thieves have plundered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/africa\/museums-looted-priceless-artifacts-sudan-counts-cost-deadly-conflict-rcna260473\" target=\"_self\">at least 20<\/a> of Sudan\u2019s museums, making off more than 8000 artifacts worth an estimated $150 million&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Africa\/2026\/0727\/sudan-war-rsf-rapid-support-forces-museums-looting\">Searching for Sudan\u2019s Looted Treasures<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Although most of these territories are small and uninhabited, Tehran has transformed several into military and economic outposts critical to exerting control over the region&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/07\/27\/iran-war-islands-qeshm-kharg-greater-tunb-strait-hormuz-irgc-oil-trump-us\/\">Iran\u2019s Arsenal Starts with Its Islands<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A report by an affiliate to Iran&#8217;s judiciary said &#8220;they also set a police station on fire and damaged public properties in the central city of Isfahan, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of the capital, Tehran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-hangs-men-january-nationwide-protests-a740c368587fcddf4762eca14a29157c\">Iran Hangs 2 Men Convicted of Killing 4 Police Officers in January Protests<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"dcr-x1al2c\" data-gu-name=\"body\">\n<div class=\"dcr-11gq2tx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a\u00a0&#8220;controversial move by the Pentagon to reclassify casualties in the Iran war is being taken by US military veterans as a sign of disrespect for the dead&#8221; 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