{"id":95234,"date":"2026-09-02T05:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95234"},"modified":"2026-09-02T05:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:12:26","slug":"news-and-analysis-9-2-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95234","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 9\/2\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war escalates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-strikes-ad84a64884aedbbd1e5914182bb3cd8d\">US Military Completes Latest Strikes Against Iran, While Trump Vows More for Tehran\u2019s Retaliation<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cj06q4ynpmjo\">Iran Attacks US Bases in Middle East After Reports US Strike Killed Four at Wedding Party<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/israel-west-bank-attacks-postal-service-nepal-deaths?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=213719169&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">2,030 Israeli Attacks in West Bank in August<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/gaza-engine-oil-generators-electricity-israeli-siege?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=213745814&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Israel\u2019s Restrictions on Engine Oil Threaten Gaza\u2019s Ability to Generate Electricity<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran received unusually broad political backing &#8230; with China, Russia, India, Pakistan and the group\u2019s other members condemning military attacks on Iran and rejecting unilateral economic pressure&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.niacouncil.org\/p\/iran-secures-sco-backing-against?publication_id=5970321&amp;post_id=213749142&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Iran Secures SCO Backing Against U.S. Pressure While Leaving the Door Open to Diplomacy<\/a> (NIAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civicsproject.org\/united-states-of-america\/bill\/119\/1\/hr-4795\">Academic Exchanges with Strategic Partners<\/a> (Civics Project)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpac.org\/knowledge-resources\/mpac-calls-on-congress-to-reject-hr-4795nbsp\">MPAC Calls on Congress to Reject H.R. 4795<\/a> (MPAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Authorities have previously said the shooters met online and &#8230; had planned to commit additional murders at a Jewish temple and a predominantly African American high school as well&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2026\/08\/31\/17-year-old-girl-charged-with-murder-livestreamed-california-mosque-shooting\/\">17-year-old Girl Charged with Murder in Live-streamed California Mosque Shooting<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The reserve shrank by more than 3 million barrels of oil over the week ending on Aug. 28, the DOE said, leaving the stockpile at 286.6 million barrels or about 40% of overall capacity&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Business\/us-oil-reserve-hits-44-year-low-amid\/story?id=136114464\">US Oil Reserve Hits 44-year-low amid Iran War, Global Energy Shortage<\/a> (abc News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;With Driscoll&#8217;s departure the Army will lack top Senate-confirmed civilian or military leaders&#8221; &#8212; <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2026\/09\/01\/trouble-at-the-pentagon\/?mc_eid=e1ce968106\">Trouble at the Pentagon<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;unprecedented deployment of Ugandan soldiers to Gaza &#8230; &#8220;has raised questions from members of the country\u2019s parliament &#8230;, &#8216;On which side is our army going to fight?'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/israel-uganda-drone-program-elbit?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=213751958&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">Leaked Files Reveal Uganda\u2019s Secret Drone Deals with Israel<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he UN Security Council will vote in September on renewing the mandate of a panel monitoring sanctions on Iran, setting up a potential showdown with Russia and China, which oppose the sanctions regime and oversight mechanisms&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/world\/united-states\/un-faces-contentious-iran-nuclear-vote-ahead-of-general-assembly\">UN Faces Contentious Iran Nuclear Vote Ahead of General Assembly<\/a> (Straits Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war escalates: US Military Completes Latest Strikes Against Iran, While Trump Vows More for Tehran\u2019s Retaliation (AP) Iran Attacks US Bases in Middle East After Reports US Strike Killed Four at Wedding Party (BBC) Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: 2,030 Israeli Attacks in West Bank in August (Drop Site) Israel\u2019s Restrictions on [&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-95234","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\/95234","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=95234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95236,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95234\/revisions\/95236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}