{"id":95134,"date":"2026-08-04T05:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95134"},"modified":"2026-08-04T05:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:16:51","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-4-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95134","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/4\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who is telling the truth?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/08\/03\/us-iran-war-talks-on-off-fighting-pause-history-timeline\/\">Iran Denies Talks With the U.S. Are Back On. Trump Insists They Are<\/a> (Time)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themedialine.org\/headlines\/iran-strikes-kuwait-base-ship-hit-near-hormuz-as-tehran-rejects-us-talks\/\">Iran Strikes Kuwait Base, Ship Hit Near Hormuz as Tehran Rejects US Talks<\/a> (The Media Line)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/7-times-trump-hed-launch-devastating-strikes-iran\/story?id=135331621\">7 Times Trump Said He&#8217;d Launch Devastating Strikes on Iran and then Didn&#8217;t<\/a> (abc News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/01\/us\/politics\/trump-iran-war-toll-oil-fact-check.html\">Fact-Checking Trump\u2019s Recent Comments About Costs of Iran War<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Proposal would stipulate that vessels heading into Gulf would transit channel controlled by Tehran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2026\/08\/04\/iran-and-oman-near-deal-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz\/\">Iran and Oman near Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz<\/a> (Telegraph)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;As anti-Muslim bigotry rises, Connecticut&#8217;s new provision to expand education on <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/08\/03\/connecticut-legislation-aims-to-expand-islam-education-in-public-schools\/\">Arab and Islamic studies attempts to quell the tide<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/08\/03\/connecticut-legislation-aims-to-expand-islam-education-in-public-schools\/\">Connecticut Legislation Aims to Expand Islam Education in Public Schools <\/a>(RNS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;I reiterated that all of Ukraine&#8217;s actions are aimed solely at defending our country from Russian aggression and never intended to target civilian vessels or people&#8221; &#8212; Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-904506\">Iran Considered Attacking Ukraine over Ship Strike in Caspian Sea, Adviser to Khamenei Claims<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/middle-east\/20260804-how-israel-reduced-iran-historic-rafi-nia-synagogue-rubble-1-2\">How Israel Reduced Iran\u2019s Historic Rafi-Nia Synagogue to Rubble<\/a> (France 24)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/8\/4\/palestine-weekly-israel-kills-dozens-in-gaza-after-hamas-disarmament-deal\">Palestine Weekly: Israel Kills Dozens in Gaza After Hamas Disarmament Deal <\/a>(Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Shahrzad Zamiri, 51, remains detained without trial&#8230;. According to the sources, she spent about two months in solitary confinement after her arrest, during which she was denied telephone calls and family visits&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202608039025\">Female Iranian Colonel Charged After Allegedly Aiding Protesters<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;A federal court in New York tossed the original verdict on appeal&#8230;. The Supreme Court revived two cases in 2025&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/news\/nation\/plo-lawsuit-antiterrorism-act-courts-v00167\">Supreme Court Won&#8217;t Halt $656M Judgment Against the PLO and Palestinian Authority<\/a> (Newsday)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[R]ights groups warned that drones are increasingly transforming the conflict and exposing civilians to greater danger&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thearabweekly.com\/iran-linked-drones-reshape-sudan-war-darfur-strike-fuels-alarm\">Iran-linked Drones Reshape Sudan War as Darfur Strike Fuels Alarm<\/a> (Arab Weekly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;What began as demonstrations over the soaring cost of living in the part of Kashmir that Pakistan controls has evolved into a political movement&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/04\/world\/asia\/pakistan-kashmir-jaac-rawalkot-protests.html\">Pakistan\u2019s Kashmir Problem<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is telling the truth? Iran Denies Talks With the U.S. Are Back On. Trump Insists They Are (Time) Iran Strikes Kuwait Base, Ship Hit Near Hormuz as Tehran Rejects US Talks (The Media Line) 7 Times Trump Said He&#8217;d Launch Devastating Strikes on Iran and then Didn&#8217;t (abc News) Fact-Checking Trump\u2019s Recent Comments About [&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-95134","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\/95134","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=95134"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95136,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95134\/revisions\/95136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}