LOS ANGELES (OC).–Iran and the U.S. traded strikes with the U.S. bombing key missile defense, radar and military targets around Iran, with Iran shooting ballistic missile and drones against U.S. bases in the Mideat. Centcom’s analysis is that U.S. interceptors around the Mideast prevent any damage to U.S. and allied bases. When it comes to Iran, they have no other means of retaliation other that shooting missile qand drones at heavily fortified U.S. and allied targets around te Mideast. Trump said today the MOU, destigned to end the war on terms mutally acceptable to the U.S. and Iran, was over for the intents and purposes. Trump agreed to let diplomacy take a chance but got fed up with Iran’s IRGC attackin commerciql ships in the Hormuz Strait, a violation of the MOU agreement where Iran had agreed to open up the Strait of Hormuze with rerstrictions or claims of sovereignty.
Trump realized that whatever mediation took place with Islamabad and Qatar, Iran would not abide by terms and conditions outlined in the MOU.. Iran’s Tehran-based rulers don’t have any say in what the IRGC does in the Strait of Hormuz or elsewhere. Trump no longer counts on the peace process for the moment, until the IRGC signals to Tehran’s mullah leadership that it will go along with a new peace process. IRGC terrorists know that Iran has no defense all of Iran, leaving the country defenseless, continue to erode Iran’s military. Trump can pick any targets in Iran at will including Iran’s infrastructure and the mullah’s military headquarters in Tehran. So when it comes to returning to the peace table, Iran has no choice but to agree to third-party mediation or resume a war it cannot win. Trump can methodically bomb more Iranian targets without resistance, waiting patiently until the IRGC finally acquiesces to Trump’s demands for peace.
As it’s going now, the reciprocal strikes will go on until the IRGC finally gives in, no longer promising a fatwa against Trump,, something called on at Khamenei’s funeral. New intel collected by Israel’s Mossad security service said there’s currently a death threat against Trump but no different than the one after the Jan. 4, 2020 assassiantion of Qud’s Leader Qaessam Soleimani, once a close friend of Khamenei. Trump finds himself stuck in a holding pattern not wanting to return to full-scale war knowing the effect on U.S. oil price and Wall Street. Since agreeing to the MOUune 17, a 14-point plan that obligated Iran to open up the Hormuz Strait, recognizing the fact that Iran did not have sovereignty over the Strait and must allow for free commercial shipping.
Iran’s IRGC and mullah-backed government does not acknowledge that the MOU includes opening up the Strait of Hormuz permanently, abiding by international law. Iran’s parliamentary speake and chief peace negotiator Mohammad Bagher Galifbaf told Trump that Iran will not give in to U.S.military demands, no matter what. Galifbaf said that Americans “still hads learned that bullying and breaking promise are no nother cost-free.” “Let me put it plainly: If you strike, you;ll get is,” Galifbaf wrote on X. Galifbaf said that Iran’s sovereignty over the Hormuz Strait was permanent, serving notice that Trump would not receive control over the Hormuz Strait, not or ever. Iran wants to show the world the tough roosters in Tehran can take on the mightly U.S. military. Every military expert know that Iran continues to destroy its military with skirmishes piling up.
Trump looks to resume bombing Iranian targets until agrees to go back to the peace process, something that could happen at any time When it comes to resuming the war, Tehran know that it only stands to lose more military assets and infrastructure, something it can ill-afford with the Iranian people fed up with constant war. Judging the small increase in oil prices today endingat$72 a barrel, Wall Street hasn’t given up on ending the conflict. Iran knows it can threaten the U.S. or its allies but knows there are only so many tarkets left for Iran to hit. Trump has many fresh targets, knows there are no limitsto what Trump can do under the circumstances but prefers a diplomacy end to get the U.S. economy back on track. Wall Street doesn’t need some back messeging that Trum,sees the U.S,.costing the U.S. Treasury and and military military more live and instrastructure.
Trump wants to end the conflict just no on the Ayatollah’s terms of controlling terms of any settlement. IRGC officials refuse give up on controlling the Strait of Hormuz providing a major conflict to settling the conflict. Trump could destroy iran’s energy infrastructure not any time soon. So, when it comes to Iran using the IRGC en the Ukraine War, don’t count on it anytime soon. Iran will willing to playt along with Iran’s Trump’s demands, knowing that it can’t really compete with the U.S. military. Iran will find out when all its bravado theat there’s noeasy way out of the oil and natural gass infratrcture. Iran can’t deal with Trump’s serious advantage in the Iran War. Only by accepting Trump’scontio when it waives its right to start destroying Iran’s infrastructure. If Iran accepts Trump’s terms for surrender, they’d be much b etter off that starting from
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