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Both Iran and US Think They’re Winning the War. Both Can’t Be Right
U.S. Marines boarded the nearly 900-foot Touska after it ignored warnings for more than six hours, and oil prices rose more than 4%, officials said.
- On April 19, U.S. Marines fired into the engine room of the Iranian-flagged cargo ship Touska in the Gulf of Oman and seized the nearly 900-foot vessel after its crew ignored warnings to stop for over six hours.
- The seizure followed a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports that took effect after peace talks in Islamabad collapsed on April 12, with Vice President JD Vance describing Washington's proposal as a "final and best offer" before leaving Pakistan without a deal.
- Oil prices jumped more than four per cent after the seizure, pushing toward $97 per barrel, while two Indian-flagged vessels came under fire in the strait shortly after the blockade order took effect.
- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz claimed Iran's military is in "shambles," while Democrats highlighted President Trump's approval rating plunging to 37% in a new NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll on Sunday.
- Diplomatic channels remain open with U.S. envoys Vice President Vance, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner expected in Islamabad for a second round of talks, though intelligence assessments revealed roughly half of Iran's missile launchers remained intact despite five weeks of daily strikes.
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Iran, Trump’s threats and the Brics security test – The Mail & Guardian
United States President Donald Trump has turned Iran-US negotiations into a test of Brics power after threatening to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants unless Tehran accepts Washington’s terms and reopens the Strait of Hormuz. The warning places China and Russia before a defining question. Can the multipolar order protect one of its strategic members when the United States and Israel use bombing, blockade and ship seizure to dictate terms? …
Iran-weapon rest extension relaxed situation, but risks in Hormus and stagnant talks between the US and Iran put pressure on markets.
After ’ceasefire’, Iran’s streets and strategy await next stage
A week after the 8 April ceasefire took hold, Iran has entered a phase that is not quite peace and not quite continued war. Developments on the ground, official messaging, and regional dynamics are moving in parallel but rarely in alignment. The truce itself is fragile, set to expire within days, and already violated by both sides. At the regional level, the ceasefire has been read elsewhere as part of a broader de-escalation framework. Inside I…
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN: This week, the ceasefire in Iran and peace talks hang by a thread as tensions boil over in the strategic waterway that embodies Tehran's newfound leverage and a conflict that critics warn has spiraled out of President Donald Trump's control. Trump said Friday that Iran had "agreed to everything," prompting a rally in stock markets on hopes that the war could soon end. But by Sunday, this looked like another ca…
Both Iran and US think they’re winning the war. Both can’t be right
The Iran ceasefire and peace talks this week are hanging by a thread as tensions boil over the strategic waterway that epitomizes Tehran’s new leverage and a conflict that critics warn has escaped President Donald Trump’s control.
Tensions are rising again in the Middle East. Donald Trump threatens Iran with the destruction of power plants and bridges if it does not accept a peace agreement by the end of the ceasefire in two days. The two camps will hold new negotiations in Pakistan. In Romania, drivers lined up at gas stations to take advantage of prices that remain below 9 lei per liter of fuel.
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