Attacks or conversations? Trump’s zigzag course in Iran

Representatives of the mullahs’ regime also denied that Iran had asked the White House not to launch any further attacks. Trump had previously claimed this and used it as a basis for the most violent attacks by the US military since “the Second World War” to forego.

Observers see several reasons behind the US President’s constant about-faces. On the one hand, the armed campaign against Iran, which is now in its sixth Monday with short interruptions, is highly unpopular in the USA, even within the own “Make America Great Again” movement. And the Republicans have the all-important ones at the beginning of November Partial elections for the US Congress, in which the massive inflation in the wake of the war could be credited to Trump’s candidates.

On the other hand, Trump is apparently torn between two camps in his immediate surroundings. The hawks are over Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who would like to bomb Iran, an ancient cultural nation, into the Stone Age. And on the other hand, the pigeons surrounding the Vice President JD Vance and Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, who are on the brakes.

What happens next? Actually, since the so-called framework agreement in mid-June between the USA and Iran, which initially led to a cessation of mutual attacks, a comprehensive deal was supposed to be worked out within 60 days. This should, among other things, the Iranian Nuclear and missile programs include. And of course an opening of the Strait of Hormuz, which is so important for maritime oil and liquid gas transport. Because this is still de facto impassable for tankers.

But even on this issue, Tehran has already made it clear that there will no longer be a return to the status before the war – when the strait was navigable without any restrictions. The Iranian leadership said on Monday that they were with Oman (the second country on the Strait of Hormuz) in final discussions regarding the management of the strait and a joint shipping corridor.

By closing this Bottlenecks of the global economy There was a dramatic increase in the price of oil, which at times reached almost 120 US dollars per barrel (159 liters each). After Trump canceled new attacks on Iran, the price fell by more than seven percent to $83 within one day.

Hacker attack on US infrastructure

So while the US President is after a… Exit strategy in the Iran warsearches, it reaches the home front. According to reports, there have been hacker attacks on water supply facilities in several US states, which Iran is said to be behind. The US IT security authority had already sounded the alarm at the beginning of April: “Cyber actors linked to Iran” were at critical risk Infrastructure in the USA apart from that,” reports “Spiegel”.