{"id":95220,"date":"2026-08-29T05:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95220"},"modified":"2026-08-29T05:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:48:26","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-29-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95220","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/29\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American allies are targeted by the new secondary sanctions &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-war-economic-isolation-sanctions-trump-bessent-ae1c438ff169effa0c63a56a93ca23ae\">US Targets Egyptian Bank\u2019s UAE Branches Under New Push for Iran\u2019s Economic Isolation<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn74m8e5rleo\">US Plans to Cut Off Military Aid to Key Middle East Ally, BBC Told<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while China is sanctioned for money-laundering:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3365670\/us-treasury-sanctions-hong-kong-based-firm-over-iran-money-laundering-ties\">US Treasury Sanctions Hong Kong-based Firm over Iran Money Laundering Ties<\/a> (SCMP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260829-3-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-strike-in-occupied-west-bank-health-ministry\/\">3 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strike in Occupied West Bank: Health Ministry<\/a> (MEMO)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/2-palestinians-including-child-injured-by-israeli-army-fire-in-occupied-west-bank\/4040870\">2 Palestinians, Including Child, Injured by Israeli Army Fire in Occupied West Bank<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whdh.com\/news\/israeli-strikes-kill-5-in-gaza-iran-touts-russian-energy-deal-and-other-news-in-the-middle-east\/\">Israeli Strikes Kill 5 in Gaza<\/a> (WHDH)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Prize courts were used during the Civil War to decide the legitimacy of goods seized at sea&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2026\/08\/27\/white-house-planning-to-reactivate-civil-war-era-court-to-accelerate-theft-of-iranian-oil\/\">White House Planning to Reactivate Civil War-Era Court to Accelerate Theft of Iranian Oil<\/a> (Antiwar.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;American democracy &#8230;. is being tested on &#8230; whether its institutions can rebuild a working relationship with citizens across every background, who have concluded &#8230; that nobody in government is listening to them&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/6055888-muslim-american-political-success\/\">As Public Trust Declines, Muslim Politicians Are Rising to the Occasion<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s security chief &#8220;named an end to the regional war, lifting the blockade of Iranian ports, compensation and sanctions relief as Iran\u2019s core conditions&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202608286898\">War or Deal? Rezaei Begins to Define Iran\u2019s Price<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest FBI sting operation targeted a mentally unstable woman who pledged loyalty to ISIS online no attempt to conceal her date of birth and cellphone number&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/af2XD#selection-6355.0-6355.74\">Albany Woman Accused in Capitol Bombing Plot Had History of Mental Illness<\/a> (Archive.today)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In claiming that &#8220;international law doesn\u2019t apply to the United States&#8221; and imposing\u00a0 sanctions on officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) &#8230; the Trump administration is setting a dangerous precedent&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2026\/08\/iran-accountability-crimes.html\">US War on Iran: What Accountability for War Crimes?<\/a> (Informed Comment)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Hezbollah Secretary-General Qassem rejects a framework agreement with Israel and says the group will not surrender&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurdistan24.net\/en\/story\/935694\/hezbollah-refuses-disarmament-deal-as-iran-threatens-strait-of-hormuz-closure\">Hezbollah Refuses Disarmament Deal as Iran Threatens Strait of Hormuz Closure<\/a> (Kurdistan 24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;All relatives of American government employees in Israel given the go-ahead to return, though tighter restrictions remain in place at diplomatic missions elsewhere in the region&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/us-diplomats-family-members-start-returning-to-mideast-embassies-after-iran-war-evacuations\/\">US Diplomats, Family Members Start Returning to Mideast Embassies After Iran War Evacuations<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American allies are targeted by the new secondary sanctions &#8230; US Targets Egyptian Bank\u2019s UAE Branches Under New Push for Iran\u2019s Economic Isolation (AP) US Plans to Cut Off Military Aid to Key Middle East Ally, BBC Told (BBC) &#8230; while China is sanctioned for money-laundering: US Treasury Sanctions Hong Kong-based Firm over Iran Money [&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-95220","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\/95220","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=95220"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95222,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95220\/revisions\/95222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}