{"id":2502,"date":"2026-08-17T18:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2026-08-17T18:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:37:19","slug":"trump-pivoted-from-bombs-to-economic-war-but-in-irans-view-the-real-fighting-hasnt-started-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=2502","title":{"rendered":"Trump pivoted from bombs to economic war. But in Iran&#8217;s view, the real fighting hasn&#8217;t started yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2268963820-e1786976141223.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has repeatedly signaled he\u2019s in no hurry to reach a deal with Iran as he pivots from all-out war to a campaign of economic pressure.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 40 days of heavy bombing and two more weeks of daily attacks, the U.S. is now relying on a naval blockade to force Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz and return global oil markets to normalcy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the regime has plans to go into attack mode soon if there\u2019s no diplomatic progress, forcing the U.S. back into major combat just as vulnerabilities have emerged in its own military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran has shifted from a defensive stance to a \u201cfully offensive\u201d \u200bone, a senior Iranian official told <em>Reuters<\/em> on Monday, citing the stalemate with the U.S. on talks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unless the U.S. implements the June ceasefire deal in a few weeks, Iran will launch a \u201ctimely and precise\u201d \u200battack to break the blockade, the official warned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIranian entities must be prepared to escalate tensions \u200bin the Strait of Hormuz and wider region, as Iran will be ready to make \u2060decisions and take action on difficult decisions,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The threat comes after Iran recently reorganized its military to be more aggressive\u00a0as factions in the government abandon hopes for negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources told <em>The<\/em> <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> Arab intelligence detected preparations for a wider war, including the deployment of Iranian commanders, weapons, and intelligence to regional militias aligned with the regime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has also drawn up plans for more escalation, such as sabotaging internet cables in the Persian Gulf, fomenting unrest in neighboring states with large Shia populations, and even a potential ground assault in Kuwait, the report added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is also a widespread view in Iran that the main war has not yet begun,\u201d Mohammad Hassan Sangtarash, a Tehran-based defense analyst close to the Iranian government, told the <em>Journal<\/em>. \u201cWhat we have seen so far is increasingly interpreted through the lens of \u2018salami-slicing\u2019 tactics\u2014limited, incremental escalation designed to weaken capabilities before a larger confrontation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite seeing its conventional forces decimated by the U.S.-Israeli bombardment earlier in the war, Iran\u00a0has seen its tactical situation improve recently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran has developed\u00a0new missiles\u00a0that are better at evading air defenses, making U.S. military assets and allied oil infrastructure around the region more vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military has also expended much of its interceptor stockpile, which is now so low it reportedly factored into Trump\u2019s decision to call off a major re-escalation of war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, even maintaining the naval blockade has strained U.S. forces as the U.S.S.\u00a0<em>Abraham Lincoln<\/em>\u00a0aircraft carrier struggles with\u00a0mental health and supply issues\u00a0amid a record-long time at sea. Another carrier is on the way to take its place, but other ships performing blockade operations are likely facing similar logistical concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conditions could be ripe for Iran to test U.S. resolve. And given the harm the U.S. blockade was causing, Iran wasn\u2019t expected to stand idly by, especially now that it has more military leverage to exploit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Majidreza Hariri, the head of the Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce, recently\u00a0admitted the U.S. blockade will eventually inflict more economic damage\u00a0than actual war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To avoid this, he urged the regime to do whatever it takes to end the blockade, \u201cwhether through negotiation, supplication, threats, or even war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must also eliminate the perception in the U.S. that it can resort to such an action whenever it wants, and make it understand that the consequences of such a move could be severe,\u201d Hariri added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Trump #pivoted #bombs #economic #war #Irans #view #real #fighting #hasnt #started<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has rep&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4828,2646,4829,4830,456,3658,452,717,4827,62,3096,357,2259,356],"class_list":["post-2502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-bombs","tag-economic","tag-fighting","tag-hasnt","tag-iran","tag-irans","tag-military","tag-oil","tag-pivoted","tag-real","tag-started","tag-trump","tag-view","tag-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump pivoted from bombs to economic war. 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