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Exclusive: Trump "close" to decision on "massive attack" on Iran

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/23/trump- ... -interview

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Trump Holds Off on Major Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/us/p ... =url-share

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More on that by the FT:

https://www.ft.com/content/b2fe912f-01e ... 80dfeb728c

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Iran’s war with the US is not its only conflict as internal crises mount

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/ ... my-dissent

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Iran Has Changed the Question
By Vijay Prashad
August 11, 2026

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(Counterpunch) Through diplomacy involving Oman, Pakistan, and other regional states, Tehran’s position is that the nuclear issue cannot be separated from the architecture of regional security. The question is no longer simply what limits Iran will accept, but it is also what limits should apply to the military presence and coercive power of the United States and its allies. This is why the issue of US bases in the Gulf matters. For Washington, those installations are infrastructure that protects allies, energy supplies, and navigation. From Tehran’s perspective, they are the forward positions of a power capable of attacking Iran while remaining insulated from retaliation at home. Iran’s argument is that no durable settlement can demand permanent restraint from Tehran while treating the military posture of the United States in West Asia as beyond negotiation.

The emerging discussion over the Strait of Hormuz makes this reversal concrete. Iran and Oman have reported progress on a new arrangement for maritime traffic through the waterway. According to accounts of the proposal, Iran would oversee inbound traffic to the Gulf and Oman the outbound lane, with some form of payment for security or environmental services still under dispute. The plan is not final, and Washington opposes any arrangement that compromises free passage or gives Tehran control over its own territorial waters. Even so, the political significance of this arrangement that is being discussed is considerable.

For decades, the United States has long cast itself as the ultimate guarantor of Gulf navigation. The Iran-Oman talks suggest an alternative principle: the states that border a strategic waterway can construct its operating order themselves…a functioning Iranian-administered system could force Washington to issue licences, tolerate narrowly defined transactions or risk obstructing the commerce it says it is protecting.

Read more here: https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/1 ... uestion/

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Trump suggests in speech that 'pretty soon I'll be declaring' Hormuz strait a U.S. territory

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-ira ... -9.7307977

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Iran’s Hit on Logistical Hub Reportedly Helped Spark Navy Supply Problem
By Kathianne Boniello
August 15, 2026

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(Mediaite) Alleged supply problems on the USS Abraham Lincoln can be traced back in part to the start of the Iran war, when an Iranian drone strike took out a key American logistical hub in Bahrain, according to a report.

Iran’s assault, which came right at the start of the war in response to joint U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Tehran, destroyed a significant part of the Navy’s base in Bahrain, including a long-relied upon logistical facility, The New York Times reported Saturday.

The loss of the convenient port has made it tough to resupply the Lincoln and its 5,000 sailors and Marines, who have now been deployed more than eight months as the war has dragged on.

The Lincoln has been stationed in the Arabian Sea, making Bahrain a natural choice for logistical needs. Instead, the Navy has been forced to rely upon the smaller Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, about 2,200 miles away in the Indian Ocean, an anonymous official told The Times.

Families have begun speaking out and sharing text messages and concerns from those aboard, claiming desperate sailors have jumped overboard; lacked hygiene products and fresh food and even at times been served rotten meat.

Read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/th ... problem/

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Donald Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of ending Iran war

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/ ... -bomb-oman

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Absolutely ludicrous.

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