{"id":95227,"date":"2026-08-31T06:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95227"},"modified":"2026-08-31T06:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:25:22","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-31-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95227","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/31\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite U.S. armed forces&#8217; leaders military against military action, Hegseth attacks Larak island, and Iran responds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/08\/30\/military-leaders-warn-hegseth-against-extending-iran-war-operations\/\">Military Leaders Warn Hegseth Against Extending Iran War Operations<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-strait-hormuz-strike-united-states-6b098da673ac3161a266ee459d5eff44\">US Strikes Iranian Rocket Launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in First Military Action in Weeks<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/30\/admin\/us-attacks-iran-strait-of-hormuz.html\">U.S. Attacks Island in Strait of Hormuz; Iran Retaliates with Missile Fire<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-war-uea-august-31-2026-9f34873bad9a928574c36ee984c3f96b\">UAE Says It Intercepted an Iranian Drone After Weekend US Strikes on Rocket Launchers in Iran<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/08\/31\/us-trump-hormuz-iran-kharg-larak-oil-analysts-sanctions-.html\">U.S.-Iran Escalation Shows Washington\u2019s Frustration with Slow-moving Sanctions<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Despite requests from the president for support, many traditional U.S. allies have stayed on the sidelines. Trump has responded with threats and humiliation&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/news-analysis\/iran-war-diplomacy-global-alliances-trump-canada-strait-hormuz\">Six Months into Iran War, Trump\u2019s Threats to Allies Deepen U.S. Isolation<\/a> (MS Now)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;I thought it was a very good thing because they lost all of the support they had,&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/american-politics\/article-907082\">Trump<\/a> said&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-907087\">Trump Says Iran Striking Gulf Neighbors Was &#8216;Very Good Thing,&#8217; Israel Would Be Gone Without Him<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmea.org\/israel-palestine\/palestinians-need-immediate-protection-not-complete-disarmament.html\">Palestinians Need Immediate Protection, Not Complete Disarmament<\/a> (WRMEA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/8\/30\/israels-ben-gvir-lauds-harsh-conditions-for-palestinian-female-prisoners\">Israel\u2019s Ben-Gvir Lauds Harsh Conditions for Palestinian Female Prisoners<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/8\/30\/whats-behind-netanyahus-condemnation-of-this-weekends-settler-pogroms\">What\u2019s Behind Netanyahu\u2019s Condemnation of This Weekend\u2019s Settler Pogroms?<\/a> (Aljazeeraa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The meeting is expected to focus on the ongoing economic shock from the war in Iran, which has driven up oil prices globally&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/31\/business\/g20-finance-iran-bessent.html\">G20 Finance Officials Gather in U.S. as Iran War Grips Global Economy<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Six months into the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, Washington may ?find it ?harder to calm jittery oil markets after U.S. presidents drained the ?aging Strategic Petroleum Reserve over the last five years&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/top-news\/articles\/2026-08-31\/analysis-depleted-us-oil-stash-loses-potency-as-iran-war-grinds-on\">Analysis-Depleted US Oil Stash Loses Potency as Iran War Grinds On<\/a> (US News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Reports suggest a smaller presence indicating an accelerated &#8216;burden-shifting&#8217; in the region \u2014 exactly what Tehran wanted&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/us-withdrawal-from-middle-east\/\">After Iran, US Signals Major Security Shift in the Middle East<\/a> (Responsible Statecraft)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S.\u2013Israeli war has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/08\/31\/iran-war-environment-toxic-chemical-exposure\/\">Ecocide in Iran<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite U.S. armed forces&#8217; leaders military against military action, Hegseth attacks Larak island, and Iran responds: Military Leaders Warn Hegseth Against Extending Iran War Operations (Washington Post) US Strikes Iranian Rocket Launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in First Military Action in Weeks (AP) U.S. Attacks Island in Strait of Hormuz; Iran Retaliates with Missile [&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-95227","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\/95227","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=95227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95229,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95227\/revisions\/95229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}