{"id":95359,"date":"2026-10-05T06:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95359"},"modified":"2026-10-05T06:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:24:41","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-5-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95359","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 10\/5\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thearabweekly.com\/us-pulls-bombers-fairford-amid-iran-threats-security-fears\">US Pulls Bombers from Fairford amid Iran Threats, Security Fears<\/a> (Arab Weekly)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/after-us-claims-of-iran-diplomats-kicked-out-tehrans-oozes-defeat-jab-12138277\">After US Claims of Iran Diplomats &#8220;Kicked Out&#8221;, Tehran&#8217;s &#8220;Oozes Defeat&#8221; Jab<\/a> (NDTV)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iranwire.com\/en\/news\/158477-irgc-advisor-claims-us-warships-retreated-1000-km-from-irans-coast\/\">IRGC Advisor Claims US Warships Retreated 1,000 km From Iran\u2019s Coast<\/a> (Iranwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/articles\/more-oil-same-war-why-increased-exports-arent-a-sign-of-irans-collapse\">More Oil, Same War: Why Increased Exports Aren\u2019t a Sign of Iran\u2019s Collapse<\/a> (CFR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/egyptoil-gas.com\/news\/iran-oil-minister-resigns-hamid-bovard-named-acting-minister\/\">Iran Oil Minister Resigns, Hamid Bovard Named Acting Minister<\/a> (Egypt Oil &amp; Gas)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/middle-east\/yemen-leader-major-military-operations-iran-backed-houthis-rcna601377\">Yemen Leader Announces Major Military Operations Against Iran-backed Houthis<\/a> (NBC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/530738\/Iran-says-to-deliver-additional-points-on-US-counter-proposal\">Iran Says to Deliver Additional Points on US Counter-proposal<\/a> (Tehran Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/05\/world\/asia\/boeing-777-plane-iran-us-sanctions-flights.html\">How One Boeing 777 Exemplifies Iran\u2019s Riskiness and Resilience<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/minab-school-massacre-iran-war-children-families\">Massacre at Minab: The School that Became a Grave<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/opinion\/world-must-call-iran-release-zeynab-jalalian\">The World Must Call on Iran to Release Zeynab Jalalian<\/a> (New Arab)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/middle-east\/2348241\/\">Israeli Shelling Wounds Palestinians in Khan Younis, 10 Detained in West Bank<\/a> (SANA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/3-palestinians-injured-in-fresh-israeli-attacks-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire\/4078229\">3 Palestinians Injured in Fresh Israeli Attacks in Gaza Despite Ceasefire<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[A]n Israeli military drone strike [that] killed <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/central-world-kitchen-aid-workers-killed-airstrike-gaza\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">seven World Central Kitchen aid workers<\/a><\/span> in the Gaza Strip &#8230; [put] cutting off U.S. weapons to Israel &#8216;&#8230; on the table&#8217;, but instead the &#8220;The U.S. and its Arab and European partners helped protect Israel from [an] Iranian attack&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/brett-mcgurk-biden-israel-hamas-iran-brink\/\">Key Biden Aide Brett McGurk on Hamas, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Why U.S. Nearly Took &#8220;Draconian Measures&#8221; Against Israel<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;WFP food aid truck attacked in Sudan\u2019s South Kordofan, killing one driver as violence escalates in the region&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/10\/4\/air-strike-in-sudan-kills-un-aid-truck-driver-wfp\">Air Strike in Sudan Kills UN Aid Truck Driver: WFP<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The accused, a mathematics lecturer in his 60s at Bar-Ilan University, was charged with preparing to commit an act of terrorism, extortion by threats, and obstruction of justice&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/crime-in-israel\/article-910629\">Israeli Lecturer Indicted for Planning Mass Terror Attack Against Palestinians, Arab Israelis<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[S]ome governments would rather talk about Iran. A state sponsor makes the threat bigger and the diplomacy more serious, and it puts off indefinitely any discussion of who failed to read what&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-910579\">The Flydubai Attack Was a Failure Before It Was a Plot &#8211; Analysis<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[S]ome Muslim-majority states, particularly the United Arab Emirates, have played a direct and sustained role in shaping Islamophobic policies, narratives, and legal frameworks in Europe and North America&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/islamichorizons.net\/when-islamophobia-wears-a-thobe\/\">When Islamophobia Wears a Thobe<\/a> (Islamic Horizons)<\/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.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-910520\">Zach Bryan\u2019s \u2018Free Palestine\u2019 Shirt Shows How Political Pressure Can Backfire on Israel &#8211; Analysis<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran updates: US Pulls Bombers from Fairford amid Iran Threats, Security Fears (Arab Weekly) After US Claims of Iran Diplomats &#8220;Kicked Out&#8221;, Tehran&#8217;s &#8220;Oozes Defeat&#8221; Jab (NDTV) IRGC Advisor Claims US Warships Retreated 1,000 km From Iran\u2019s Coast (Iranwire) More Oil, Same War: Why Increased Exports Aren\u2019t a Sign of Iran\u2019s Collapse (CFR) Iran Oil [&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-95359","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\/95359","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=95359"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95362,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95359\/revisions\/95362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}