Summary
- No talks: Trump confirms US-Iran negotiations are off, vows to 'strangle them' over time.
- Hormuz attack: Tanker hit, injuring a crew member.
- Houthis escalate: Attacks shut Yemen’s Mokha port.
- Diplomacy stalled: Qatar says not mediating until Oman-Hormuz deal finalized.
- Iran hardens: Tehran says it maintains an offensive posture.
Yes 9% · No 92%
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Disengagement: Trump Vows New Strategy of Strangling Iran
The US administration has already said this many times and in many different ways. We suppose President Trump wants the world to know that talks with Iran are really really over this time, and the gloves are coming off (again):
US President Trump told top administration envoys to halt their conversations with Iran, according to CNN citing a US official
"White House officials have recently communicated to political allies that they are shifting their strategy — going from “hammer Iran ASAP” to “strangle them” over time.
While there have been no new bombs away just yet, the statement comes after earlier in the day the UAE government reported a rare instance of a pair of alleged Iranian missiles inbound in its territory. Iran subsequently denied that it was behind any attack. Earlier in the summer Kuwait and Bahrain were targets
