{"id":95158,"date":"2026-08-11T04:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95158"},"modified":"2026-08-11T04:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:31:20","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-11-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95158","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/11\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;US president\u2019s statement is latest sign that negotiations to end war and reopen strait of Hormuz have stalled&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/aug\/10\/trump-demands-iran-pay-compensation-for-decades-of-us-soldier-deaths\">Trump Demands Iran Pay Compensation for Decades of US Soldier Deaths<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The consultations include proposals to drop charges punishable by death against opposition leaders and to form a preparatory committee for the proposed conference&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/8\/10\/sudans-army-chief-holds-unannounced-talks-on-national-dialogue\">Sudan\u2019s Army Chief Holds Unannounced Talks on National Dialogue<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Rezai has become a symbol of correcting a security policy [hardliners] believe moved too far toward accommodation with Washington&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.niacouncil.org\/p\/does-mohsen-rezais-return-to-the?publication_id=5970321&amp;post_id=210643740&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Does Mohsen Rezai\u2019s Return to the Security Council Signal a Change of Course?<\/a> (NIAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"wpds-c-cEkrQs\">Trump &#8220;was secretly shuttled minutes later to a smaller plane \u2014 an Air Force C-32A \u2014 via an airport catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies preflight&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/08\/10\/trump-flew-secrecy-amid-iran-threat-air-force-one-became-decoy\/\">Contradicting Public Statements, Trump Took Secret Flight from Turkey amid Iranian Threat<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Although Benoit has fewer than 400 residents, news of Ali\u2019s appointment quickly spread on social media over the weekend, along with plenty of misinformation and harassment&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mississippifreepress.org\/muslim-woman-becomes-municipal-judge-in-small-delta-town-a-first-for-mississippi-amid-a-flurry-of-bigotry\/\">Muslim Woman Becomes Municipal Judge in Small Delta Town, a First for Mississippi Amid a Flurry of Bigotry<\/a> (Mississippi Free Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This &#8220;article challenges the notion that one single transnational Muslim Brotherhood still exists and demonstrates that different groups determine their actions based on ties with local regimes&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mej.mei.edu\/content\/79\/3\/mej-7903-6\">The Myth of a Transnational Muslim Brotherhood: The Case of Bahrain<\/a> (Middle East Journal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Determining whether the case ultimately remains a brutal personal revenge killing or becomes a terrorism case will depend on evidence authorities have not yet made public&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.niacouncil.org\/p\/killing-of-tehran-religious-singer?publication_id=5970321&amp;post_id=210627165&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Killing of Tehran Religious Singer Raises Questions Over Motive and Possible Political Links<\/a> (NIAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine &#8230; <\/em>draws on first-hand field research to reveal the daily realities of UCP practitioners working to enhance the security of Palestinian communities amid rising dispossession and ethnic cleansing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greenolivetours.com\/online-events\/protective-presence-in-palestine\/\">Protective Presence in Palestine<\/a> (Green Olive Collective)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/09\/world\/europe\/iran-strait-hormuz-trump-deal.html\">latest demands<\/a> in the diplomatic quarrel over the Strait of Hormuz &#8230; were part of the deal that President Donald Trump agreed to two months ago&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/08\/iran-war-news-trump-rubio.html\">Here\u2019s What\u2019s Holding Trump Back from Making a Deal with Iran<\/a> (Slate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;US president\u2019s statement is latest sign that negotiations to end war and reopen strait of Hormuz have stalled&#8221;: Trump Demands Iran Pay Compensation for Decades of US Soldier Deaths (The Guardian) &#8220;The consultations include proposals to drop charges punishable by death against opposition leaders and to form a preparatory committee for the proposed conference&#8221;: Sudan\u2019s [&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-95158","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\/95158","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=95158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95161,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95158\/revisions\/95161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}