It will all end in flames

Jul 13 from https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology

Middle East crisis live: US launches new wave of strikes; UAE says two tankers in strait of Hormuz hit by Iranian missiles

From 3h ago 17.34 EDT US begins new round of strikes on Iran US Central Command said that at 4.45pm ET it had begun a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran at Donald Trump’s direction. “These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,” Centcom said in a post on...

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Jul 13 from https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology

US launches third night of strikes on Iran as Trump announces Hormuz blockade

The US has launched its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran hours after Donald Trump said Washington would reinstate a maritime blockade on the country and, in an apparently policy reversal, charge ships for safe passage. “These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the strait of...

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Jul 08 from http://theintercept.com/

Another Trump Ceasefire With Iran Crumbles

The Trump administration’s phony ceasefire with Iran is over. Maybe. “To me, I think it’s over,” President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, referring to a preliminary truce inked in Islamabad, Pakistan, in June. That ceasefire, an American capitulation intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — a key oil and gas shipping route whose closure by Iran was wreaking havoc on the global economy —...

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Jun 20 from http://theintercept.com/

The Surprising Reaction Inside Iran to Its War Victory

A man passes a mural in Tehran on June 18, 2026, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran. Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images The White House has been desperate to find a way out of the quagmire of its own making in Iran, leading to the remote signing on June 15 of a memorandum of understanding that promises extraordinary concessions to the...

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