{"id":95123,"date":"2026-08-01T04:04:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95123"},"modified":"2026-08-01T04:04:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:04:39","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-1-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95123","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/1\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attacks on Iranian energy, water, and private homes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/live-blog\/us-israel-preparing-major-strikes-on-irans-energy-infrastructure-reports\/6156\">US, Israel Preparing Major Strikes on Iran&#8217;s Energy Infrastructure: Reports<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/31\/world\/middleeast\/us-iran-bomb-mk84-qeshm-island.html\">Visuals Suggest U.S. Dropped 2,000-Pound Bomb on Home in Iran, Killing 3<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/07\/31\/trumps-infrastructure-strikes-leave-irans-economy-battered\/\">Trump\u2019s Infrastructure Strikes Leave Iran\u2019s Economy Battered<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/massive-attack-investigation-palestine-support-singapore-1235601492\/\">Massive Attack Banned From Singapore After Palestine Support : \u201cPolice confirm that reports were lodged and investigations are ongoing,\u201d authorities said after band waved Palestinian flag onstage, a violation of local law<\/a> (Rolling Stone)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences said a residential building in the Chah-Tangu neighbourhood of Qeshm city was struck, killing a mother, father, and a two-year-old child, wi<a href=\"https:\/\/insights.niacouncil.org\/p\/civilian-casualties-on-qeshm-island?publication_id=5970321&amp;post_id=209276417&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">th two other children pulled from the rubble and hospitalized&#8221;:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.niacouncil.org\/p\/civilian-casualties-on-qeshm-island?publication_id=5970321&amp;post_id=209276417&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Civilian Casualties on Qeshm Island Underscore Costs of Continuing War<\/a> (NIAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Some legal scholars fear that state governments could designate groups as terrorist organizations without access to the classified intelligence and other expertise that the U.S. State Department relies on for its <a class=\"css-bhdv0x-linkClass\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/foreign-terrorist-organizations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official list<\/a> of foreign terrorist organizations&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/31\/us\/texas-florida-terrorism-lists-cair-muslim.html\">CAIR, a Muslim Nonprofit, Gets a Terrorism Label in Florida and Texas<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;None of Hegseth\u2019s remarks checks out&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/pentagons-sleight-hand\">Secretary Hegseth\u2019s $37.5 Billion Iran War Claim Doesn\u2019t Add Up<\/a> (CATO)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency &#8220;would not confirm the reports about Iran&#8217;s possible connection to the Minnesota attacks&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cvgwe2qpgq1o\">Minnesota Not Iran to Blame for State&#8217;s Water Issues, Says Trump<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Drone attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have caused enormous damage to civilian infrastructure, including power grids, transformers, water treatment plants, schools, universities and hospitals&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/sudan-civil-war-when-drones-strike-the-classroom\/a-78089487\">Sudan Civil War: When Drones Strike the Classroom<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The IRGC said the &#8216;non-compliant oil tankers&#8230; were struck and brought to a halt, while four other oil tankers quickly changed course and returned to their previous positions'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/us-iran-war-iran-strikes-2-tankers-trying-to-cross-strait-of-hormuz-under-us-air-escort-11849717\">Iran Strikes 2 Tankers Trying To Cross Strait Of Hormuz Under US &#8220;Air Escort&#8221;<\/a> (NDTV)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;This would be an enormous undertaking and involve sending US troops to several non-ally countries&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/israel-and-us-ridiculed-for-reportedly-considering-land-blockade-of-iran\/\">Israel and US Ridiculed for Reportedly Considering \u201cLand Blockade\u201d of Iran<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attacks on Iranian energy, water, and private homes continue: US, Israel Preparing Major Strikes on Iran&#8217;s Energy Infrastructure: Reports (Andalu Ajansi) Visuals Suggest U.S. Dropped 2,000-Pound Bomb on Home in Iran, Killing 3 (NY Times) Trump\u2019s Infrastructure Strikes Leave Iran\u2019s Economy Battered (Washington Post) The Zionist war on free speech continues: Massive Attack Banned From [&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-95123","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\/95123","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=95123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95126,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95123\/revisions\/95126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}