Trump May Order Renewed War With Iran

As early as this week.

US President Donald Trump could decide to return to hostilities against Iran as early as this week if negotiations finally reach an impasse. This was reported by Axios, citing U.S. and Israeli officials. "The president wants action. He doesn't want to sit back. He wants pressure. He wants a deal," said a senior U.S. official.

Another U.S. official told the publication that the rules of engagement for U.S. troops in the Middle East have been changed. They have been allowed to attack Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) speedboats and launchers from where Iran can launch missiles. A source close to the US president called it "the beginning of a process that could lead to a confrontation with the Iranians."

Officially in Washington, the status quo has been maintained for now. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stressed that "right now the truce is ongoing," but acknowledged: the U.S. military is ready to quickly resume hostilities if Trump orders it. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Kane, in turn, said that Iran's new attacks on US Navy ships and facilities in the UAE were "below the threshold for resuming large-scale combat operations."

The day before, Washington notified Tehran of its intention to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz as part of Operation Freedom and urged it not to interfere. However, on the first day of the operation, Iran attacked U.S. Navy ships, commercial vessels and facilities in the United Arab Emirates. As a result, there has been no active restoration of shipping traffic in the strait, as most companies continue to avoid the route. Hegseth said the US expected "a certain amount of turbulence" at the start of the operation.

Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world's oil and LNG supplies passed, triggered a global energy crisis. The US responded by imposing a blockade on Iranian ports. Trump stressed: the blockade will remain in place until Tehran agrees to a deal to abandon its nuclear program.

In the meantime, according to Reuters, the US-Israel war against Iran has not affected Iranian nuclear capabilities. At the same time, Trump, starting the military operation on February 28, declared one of the goals to destroy Tehran's nuclear capabilities.

In early April, the US handed Iran a 15-point plan to end the war, which included dismantling nuclear facilities in Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow. According to The New York Times sources, Washington demanded a 20-year moratorium on uranium enrichment, but Tehran agreed to only five-year limits.

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