The Treaty Trump Has a New Iran Disaster to Deal With: The Memorandum of Understanding Has Expired and Tehran Is Over It Nobody is extending it. An Iranian source told Reuters there is nothing to extend, because the agreement stopped existing weeks ago — after the... Stephen SilverAugust 17, 2026
The Treaty Trump Has a Problem: Iran Is Ready to Go ‘Fully Offensive’ and Expand the War Well Beyond Hormuz, One Senior Official Told Reuters The same day, a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran is prepared to go fully offensive and take the war beyond Hormuz. Baghdad... Jack BuckbyAugust 17, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Trump Just Got Handed a Threat From Iran: Meet the Demands or Face Military Action to Break the Naval Blockade Jack Buckby reports a senior Iranian official warns Tehran will act to break the US naval blockade unless its demands are met, shifting to... Jack BuckbyAugust 17, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran’s Former Foreign Minister Says Tehran Should Now Aim for the ‘Defeat of Trumpism’ in the November Midterms An IRGC adviser told PBS that prolonging the war until the next presidency is one way to build deterrence. Washington's answer has shifted from... Jack BuckbyAugust 16, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Does Not Need to Win This War Economically. It Only Needs Americans to Lose Their Patience First Instead Brent settled at $88.52 on Friday after a week of tanker attacks and no diplomatic movement. Washington's plan is to wait Tehran out —... Jack BuckbyAugust 15, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Trump Administration Just Admitted the Obvious: The Iran War Is Now the Oil War “I know that oil is down today and it’s way down from the highs in the early days of the conflict,” Vance said. “That’s... Jack BuckbyAugust 15, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Scrapped a Fuel Price Rise Hours Before It Took Effect. In 2019 That Same Move Set Off Nationwide Protests. Households in Iran are cutting back on food, medicine and utilities. One trade official says shifting a single ship's cargo overland would take about... Georgia GilholyAugust 15, 2026
The Treaty Trump: ‘I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States.’ US President Donald J. Trump has said the Strait of Hormuz will be made a U.S. territory. Speaking at a Long Island police training... Georgia GilholyAugust 15, 2026
Dollars and Sense Washington Says the Oil Is Still Moving Through Hormuz — and Its Own Explanation Is That the Tankers Are Hiding Wright puts the outflow at 14 to 15 million barrels a day against 20 million before the war, with 8 to 9 million crossing... Jack BuckbyAugust 14, 2026