Iran's New Threat: Lift the Blockade or We Attack

So we’ve got a new strategy with Iran: no more talks, just wait them out.

Iran meanwhile is taking a different approach threatening to go on the offensive if the blockade isn’t lifted soon with one analyst saying “There is also a widespread view in Iran that the main war has not yet begun.”

Sources:
⁠https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/politics/iran-war-trump-halt-talks⁠ ⁠

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-contradicts-adviser-jared-kushner-on-iran-where-talks-stand-12338008⁠⁠

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-plan-escalate-war-cc657664?st=RXaQT6⁠⁠

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/18/pentagon-evaluating-smaller-us-military-presence-persian-gulf-after-iran-war/⁠

⁠https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/irans-attacks-on-ships-in-hormuz-pile-up-testing-u-s-military-restraint-6ff9f5dd?mod=middle-east_news_article_pos3⁠

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