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Iran Denies Reports of Peace Talks with U.S.: Only Talking to Oman

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By Breitbart. The Iranian Foreign Ministry claimed during its regular briefing on Monday that its officials were not engaged in any direct negotiations with the administration of President Donald Trump, but rather working out a plan for the Strait of Hormuz with the government of Oman.

The statements out of Tehran followed President Trump announcing this weekend that he had allegedly planned a major military strike on Iran, but canceled it to allow for more peace conversations with the rogue terrorist state. Trump described the alleged agreement to end hostilities as “imminent,” requiring a pause in American military action for it to be completed.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told reporters that Iran is engaged in negotiations, but only with neighboring Oman on how to manage the Strait of Hormuz. As a result of the ongoing conflict between Iran and America that began in February, Iranian armed forces have maintained a campaign of belligerent action against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, significantly damaging the ability for neighboring Gulf states to sell their fossil fuels and sending oil prices skyrocketing worldwide.

“Stating that there had been no third party in the talks with Oman, he [Baqaei] noted the issues related to the United States and its implementation of commitments would be reviewed later, in accordance with the circumstances,” the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Monday. The spokesman described the talks with Oman in optimistic terms, but insisted Washington played no role in them.

Baqaei reportedly stated that Iran was “not negotiating with the U.S. at the moment.” (Read more from “Iran Denies Reports of Peace Talks with U.S.: Only Talking to Oman” HERE)

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Trump gives Iran ‘last chance’ to sign deal before ‘decapitation’ — sets target date for Strait of Hormuz to reopen

By New York Post. President Trump declared on Monday he’s giving Iran one “last chance before decapitation” – betting on lucky No. 13 for his final ultimatum.

Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump claimed negotiations are underway to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as Tuesday after he called off a large-scale “World War II” intensity military operation over the weekend to give Iran a final chance to avoid destruction.

“This is a last chance,” Trump said. “This is the last chance for them to sign a good document.”

“I want to give them every last chance before decapitation,” he added.

The president has given Iran at least a dozen chances since the war began on Feb. 28, threatening strikes or imposing deadlines for major actions by Tehran only to reverse course or extend time limits, according to a review by The Post of prior statements. (Read more from “Trump gives Iran ‘last chance’ to sign deal before ‘decapitation’ — sets target date for Strait of Hormuz to reopen” HERE)

US General says Naval Arsenal too Sparse to Defend Israel: Report

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A top U.S. military official warned that the United States does not have enough naval forces to fully protect Israel from Iranian missile attacks amid ongoing regional tensions.The U.S. has deployed naval destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean to support Israel and counter Iran’s attacks in the Middle East, but thes forces are strained. The warning highlights that unless additional naval assets are provided, the U.S. may have to prioritize defending itself over aiding Israel. The war with Iran has led to increased use of U.S. military resources, including significant deployment of Patriot missile interceptors, with reports indicating over half have been expended. Iran has been escalating its attacks thru proxies like Hezbollah and the Houthis, and reportedly devised a plan to intensify assaults if U.S.operations increase. U.S. military planners are considering a two-week campaign targeting iran’s missile launchers to curb attacks,with discussions held at the highest levels,including briefings to President Trump. the strained military capacity underscores the challenges faced by Washington as regional hostilities expand and weapons supplies dwindle.

A top U.S. general reportedly warned his superiors this week that Washington lacks sufficient military power to protect the United States’ allies in the Middle East.

The U.S. has positioned naval destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to stabilize the Middle East and bolster Israel’s security for years, with the destroyers rising to particular use in recent months, as Iran has carried out attacks on Israel and 14 other countries in the region. However, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the head of U.S. European Command, told the Pentagon that he lacks sufficient naval forces to continue protecting Israel from incoming ballistic missiles from Iran and its terrorist proxies in the region, according to a Washington Post report published Friday.

Unless Washington provides another naval destroyer, he will be forced to choose defense of the United States over Israel, the report claimed, as the Iran war has put a strain on Washington’s military arsenal. (Read more from “US General says Naval Arsenal too Sparse to Defend Israel: Report” HERE)

Poll Asks Americans If They Think Iran War’s ‘Worth Fighting.’ The Results Are Brutal

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Republican support for the Iran war is waning as polling numbers show the ongoing conflict has become increasingly unpopular.

A July 23-27 AP-NORC survey found that a majority — 64% — of U.S. adults not think the war has been “worth fighting,” the Associated Press reported Thursday. The poll was conducted starting on the final day of 13 consecutive nights of U.S. strikes on Iran.

Fighting resumed on July 28 after the survey concluded, according to a U.S. Central Command press release.

Among those polled, 37% of Republicans said the war was “not worth fighting,” compared to 87% of Democrats and 68% of independents, the AP-NORC data showed.

When asked what the US should do about Iran, 48% of Republicans answered that the “U.S. should continue military action against Iran,” more than double the 23% of total U.S. adults that answered the same, according to AP-NORC. Just 4% of Democrats agreed.

“What matters most to the American people is having a Commander in Chief who takes bold action to keep them safe, which is exactly what President Trump is doing,” White House Assistant Press Secretary Olivia Wales told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

(Read more from “Poll Asks Americans If They Think Iran War’s ‘Worth Fighting.’ The Results Are Brutal” HERE)

Trump ‘Exasperated’ as His Top Officials at Odds Over Iran War Strategy: Report

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President Donald Trump has grown increasingly “exasperated” as the war in Iran stretches into its sixth month, with NBC News reporting exclusively on Wednesday that the president recently erupted at top national security officials amid deep divisions inside his administration over how to proceed.

The report, citing a U.S. official and people familiar with the discussions, paints a picture of a divided White House. As one U.S. official put it, “After all this time, there is no unity.”

Trump exploded during a meeting with top national security officials last week over a lack of progress in Iran, yelling expletives, according to NBC News. The report says administration officials remain divided over whether the priority should be stopping Iran’s nuclear program, protecting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, or degrading Tehran’s missile and drone arsenal.

The same official warned the administration has “had a series of tactical victories,” but is “facing a strategic defeat without clear policy guidance or a decision about where this is going.”

Another person close to Trump told NBC News that the president has become increasingly discouraged by Iran’s refusal to strike a deal. (Read more from “Trump ‘Exasperated’ as His Top Officials at Odds Over Iran War Strategy: Report” HERE)

‘Far More Than We Need’: Trump Dismisses Claims U.S. Is Short on Munitions in Iran Fight

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President Donald Trump dismissed reports that the United States is running short on munitions for the conflict with Iran, telling the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that the U.S. military has “far more munitions than anyone in the world, and far more than we need” as his administration continued weighing diplomacy alongside the possibility of renewed military escalation.

Trump’s comments pushed back against reports from the New York Times and other outlets that concerns over declining stocks of Patriot and other air defense interceptors factored into internal deliberations over whether to expand the U.S. military campaign against Iran, even as the administration has emphasized that diplomatic efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remain underway.

Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press and Fox News Sunday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz reinforced Trump’s message, declaring that “the U.S. military, and I’ve verified this every which way, has everything that it needs to conduct this campaign as effectively as it needs to be,” while insisting Trump is “keeping all options on the table” as he gives negotiations “some space” to continue.

“I have to tell you, the people that are leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail,” Waltz said on Meet the Press, while acknowledging that years of military support for Ukraine and operations against the Houthis had strained some inventories before President Donald Trump took office. Waltz argued the administration is rebuilding stockpiles while shifting toward newer, less expensive munitions and other emerging technologies.

Speaking on Fox News, Waltz said the administration’s military campaign had focused on degrading Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping and regional stability, arguing that “the Iranian regime is isolated, economically devastated, militarily devastated,” and adding that Tehran was beginning to struggle financially, including paying government workers and members of its military.

(Read more from “‘Far More Than We Need’: Trump Dismisses Claims U.S. Is Short on Munitions in Iran Fight” HERE)

Just One in Three Americans back Iran War, most Unsure of Trump’s Goals

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Just one in three Americans support the war on Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict’s early days, with ​most respondents saying that President Donald Trump has failed to explain his goals.

The poll, conducted Friday through Sunday, also showed the Republican president’s approval rating ticking higher to ‌37%, up three points from last month when his rating tied the lowest of his presidency.

Trump has offered shifting objectives for the conflict such as aiding Iranians to topple their leaders, taking out Iran’s ballistic-missile capabilities and preventing it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The poll found that 69% of Americans — including four in 10 Republicans – think Trump has not “clearly explained the goals of U.S. military involvement in Iran.”

White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said Trump will not make decisions based on “fluid opinion ​polls” and reiterated the president’s resolve to prevent Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon. “What matters most to the American people is having a commander in chief who takes ​bold action to keep them safe,” Wales said.

Approval of the conflict has been below 40% since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes ⁠on February 28 — a stark contrast to the opening months of other recent conflicts. (Read more from “Just One in Three Americans back Iran War, most Unsure of Trump’s Goals” HERE)

Ukraine Attacks Iranian Vessel in Caspian Sea, Tehran Furious, Says Zelensky Trying to Drag Europe into Gulf War

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Iran summoned a Ukrainian diplomat in Tehran on Sunday to protest an attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, as the war in the Middle East threatened to overlap with the Ukraine conflict.

Iran said the attack left one sailor dead and injured several others. The country’s foreign ministry complained to Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran early on Sunday and “conveyed Iran’s strong protest over the ‘hostile and criminal act.’” Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

In a post on X highlighting Ukraine’s attacks on distant Russian targets, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that his country’s forces “also achieved very strong results with long‑range strikes in the Caspian Sea – including vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran, as well as a warship.”

Russia has long used Iranian-designed Shahed drones in its war on Ukraine, a weapon that analysts sometimes refer to as “the poor man’s cruise missile.”

But the latest attacks by Ukraine, combined with Saudi military strikes on Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen following the rebel group’s attacks on Red Sea shipping in recent days, represent a widening of the Middle East conflict. (Read more from “Ukraine Attacks Iranian Vessel in Caspian Sea, Tehran Furious, Says Zelensky Trying to Drag Europe into Gulf War” HERE)

Warning Signs Flash As America’s Oil Reserves Bleed For Iran War

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Just when you thought gas prices could not get any higher, the real oil crisis is beginning to brew underground in America’s key oil reserve.

The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is intended to maintain a stockpile of crude oil for periods of wartime or economic instability. The Iran War has pushed the U.S. to drain the SPR, which is now reaching critical levels, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data shows.

The price of oil has surged past $100 per barrel as Houthi rebels have begun attacking ships in the Red Sea, Reuters reported, putting even more pressure on an already-constrained oil market.

Some analysts argue that the amount of usable oil in the SPR is much smaller than the official EIA numbers suggest.

The SPR has been drained by nearly 25% over the last 17 weeks, according to the EIA data, declining from 415.4 million barrels on March 20, 2026, to 311.4 million barrels on July 17, 2026. (Read more from “Warning Signs Flash As America’s Oil Reserves Bleed For Iran War” HERE)

US Beefs up Military Might in Middle East as Trump says He’s Weighing ‘Massive Attack’ on Iran

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President Trump said he is weighing a “massive attack” on Iran — as the Pentagon floods the Middle East with elite troops, fighter jets and combat medics, vowing to avenge the deaths of four US troops in less than a week.

“I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than anything we have ever had before. I am close to making a decision. We are fully prepared for it,” the president told Israel’s Channel 12 on Thursday.

He added that the Jewish state would join the US in the operation “in two minutes” if he asked, but clarified that “we don’t need anybody” to launch the potential escalation.

“Relations with [Israeli Prime Minister] Bibi [Netanyahu] are very good,” he said. “I will meet with him if he is in town [for Sen. Lindsey Graham’s funeral next week.]”

His remarks come as the US military has surged special operations forces into the Middle East and repositioned fighter squadrons across the region, according to flight tracking data, after four US troops were killed over the past week. (Read more from “US Beefs up Military Might in Middle East as Trump says He’s Weighing ‘Massive Attack’ on Iran” HERE)

Resumption of Iran War Pushes Average Gas Price over $4

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. . .With the resumption of the war with Iran, gas has returned to a national average of $4 a gallon this week. Gas prices had started coming down after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a peace deal, which brought stability to the market. Then, as everyone with an IQ over 70 expected, that all fell apart as Iran continued to violate the agreement. Nevertheless, we did have a few weeks of gas prices coming down.

“The price is a national average, meaning drivers in some states have been paying well over $4 a gallon for a while now, while others pay less. Prices vary between states due to factors ranging from nearby supply to differing tax rates,” reports the far-left Associated Press. “People around the world are also dealing with high gas prices as a result of the war.”

We are less than four months out from the November 3 midterm elections. Hopefully, Trump can mop this up pretty quickly with a lasting victory against the jihadist mullahs in Iran and get those prices down. Voters don’t like the war. Voters hate high gas prices. Still, if the victory against Iran is decisive in the minds of voters, they could come around to approve Trump’s decision in hindsight.

But it must be a decisive victory, a victory where 1) everyone knows for sure that the war really is over and 2) the Strait of Hormuz is open and free. (Read more from “Resumption of Iran War Pushes Average Gas Price over $4” HERE)