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

While we wait, Iran is still lashing out

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-t
https://www.newsweek.com/donal....d-trump-contradicts-
https://www.wsj.com/world/midd....le-east/iran-plan-es
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/midd....le-east/irans-attack

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