{"id":95223,"date":"2026-08-30T04:57:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95223"},"modified":"2026-08-30T04:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:57:35","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-30-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95223","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/30\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What did you get for your $1,100 dollars?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tucson.com\/news\/nation-world\/government-politics\/video_e5a427e0-992d-5ccc-90b1-a23f0d4ee1ec.html\">Iran War Reaches 6-month Mark: Conflict Cost $1,100 per US Taxpayer<\/a> (Arizona Daily Star)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202608295250\">Ghalibaf Accuses Bessent of Lying over Iran War Costs<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/west-bank\/2026-08-29\/ty-article\/.premium\/dozens-of-settlers-wound-palestinians-attack-foreign-journalists-in-w-bank\/000001a0-4d35-d649-a7be-dd77900a0000\">Dozens of Masked Israeli Settlers Wound Palestinians, Attack Foreign Journalists in West Bank<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/8\/29\/israeli-army-arrests-six-palestinians-after-settler-violence-in-west-bank\">Israeli Army Arrests Six Palestinians After Settler Violence in West Bank<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260829-3-palestinians-killed-7-injured-in-israeli-attacks-across-gaza-despite-ceasefire\/\">3 Palestinians Killed, 7 Injured in Israeli Attacks Across Gaza Despite Ceasefire<\/a> (MEMO)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zeteo.com\/p\/this-week-in-palestine-israel-kills-children-kites\">This Week in Palestine: Israel Kills 4 Children as It Warns Palestinian Kids Not to Fly Kites<\/a> (Zeteo)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2026\/8\/30\/the-toxic-waste-of-the-gaza-war-has-reached-israel\">The Toxic Waste of the Gaza War Has Reached Israel<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/caspianpost.com\/iran\/iran-oman-set-for-talks-on-gulf-security-and-cooperation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Araghch<\/a>i said that the attack on Iran demonstrated that US military bases in Japan are not used solely for the country\u2019s defense but also support what he described as <a href=\"https:\/\/caspianpost.com\/iran\/iran-s-araghchi-heads-to-kyrgyzstan-for-sco-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington<\/a>\u2019s aggressive policies&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/caspianpost.com\/iran\/iran-urges-japan-to-explain-f-16-operations-from-misawa-base\">Iran Urges Japan to Explain F-16 Operations from Misawa Base<\/a> (Caspian Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unocha.org\/publications\/report\/sudan\/mr-tom-fletcher-under-secretary-general-humanitarian-affairs-and-emergency-relief-coordinator-briefing-security-council-humanitarian-situation-sudan-24-august-2026\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">The UN says <\/a>more than 15,000 families have arrived since mid-July, joining more than 200,000 people who arrived in the first half of the year&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/aug\/30\/humanitarian-crisis-worsening-refuge-civilians-sudan-el-obeid\">Humanitarian Crisis Worsening in Refuge for Civilians Fleeing Sudan\u2019s Civil War<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The regime needs hard currency to defend the rial, pay its military and security forces, and keep salaries, pensions, and subsidies flowing&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202608293363\">Washington\u2019s Economic War on Iran Starts in Dubai, Not Beijing<\/a> (Iran International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but not necessarily the dollar &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/08\/29\/iran-trade-sanctions-dollar-oil-exports.html\">Iran Trade Falls as Supreme Leader Khamenei Urges Less Reliance on the U.S. Dollar<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and oil &#8220;sales during the first four months of the current Iranian year to the central bank &#8230; would be sufficient to cover the government&#8217;s foreign currency expenditures from July through December&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/iran-reports-75bn-oil-revenues-amid-us-naval-blockade\">Iran Reports $7.5bn in Oil Revenues amid US Naval Blockade<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;A Brandeis University study finds most American undergraduates believe Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians, while also backing Palestinians&#8217; right to self-determination&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/a29ee45a1f0a\">74% of US Undergraduates Say Israel Is Committing Genocide<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran cannot defeat the US economically, but it can try to make the economic strangulation of Iran prohibitively expensive for Washington and the countries it needs to enforce it&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/aug\/30\/trump-economic-d-day-iran-stakes-higher-war\">Trump\u2019s \u2018Economic D-day\u2019 Against Iran Risks Driving the Stakes Even Higher<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both Israel and Iran face are threatened by their own citizens recruited by the other side:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/crime-in-israel\/article-907001\">Two Teenagers Charged with Spying, Carrying Out Tasks for Iran<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-906988\">IRGC Claims to Have Thwarted Israeli, US-linked Terror Cell in Southeastern Iran<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What did you get for your $1,100 dollars? 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