Reuters: Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States does the same, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday. The development comes as the United States pressed pause on its bombing campaign after President Donald Trump’s advisers told him they were running out of targets and expressed worries about depleting the U.S. arsenal…
Trump wants to give U.S.-Iran talks ‘some space’ as he weighs escalation, aide says
“What the president is doing right now, as we’ve seen all along, is giving some talks some space,” Waltz said, adding that discussions are ongoing “on every level,” both technical talks and between governments.
Waltz pushed back on reports that the decision to back away from escalation was driven in part by concerns within the Trump administration about depleted U.S. munitions.
“The U.S. military, and I’ve verified this every which way, has everything that it needs to conduct this campaign” effectively, he said…
US pauses Iran strikes as Oman pursues Hormuz transit deal
The negotiations have focused on how much shipping should be directed through a so-called southern corridor in the strait along the Omani coast and how much should transit through Iranian waters, people briefed on the talks said.
The hope is that an agreement, if reached, would allow ships to resume transiting the strait, which would then create the conditions for the US and Iran to return to talks on a final settlement to end the war. A diplomat briefed on the Omani-Iran negotiations said they were “moving in the right direction” and “ongoing”…
Trump Seems Trapped by Iran War, Even as He Wields the World’s Biggest Hammer
A president who thought there were no limits to his power has discovered several, leaving him more frustrated and erratic…
Iran war casualty count eclipses 600 as Pentagon quietly changes accounting
The Pentagon updated its war casualty database Saturday, recording more than 140 additionally wounded and restoring the four soldiers killed due to Iranian strikes last week amid questions about a lack of transparency over the war’s toll.
The Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS, also featured a new tracking category — “Overseas Operations” — for killed and wounded “starting July 7.”…
Unreleased Documentary Footage Captures Graham’s Obsessive Push for Iran War
At one point, Graham describes battling with “a lot of people inside” who didn’t want Trump to venture into a war with Iran, which has since proven unpopular and has frustrated Trump. At another point, he expresses dismay that Republicans aren’t doing enough to back the war. “Very few people are out selling this war from the administration. I’m shocked,” he says to the crew….
Netanyahu reined in Lindsey Graham’s obsessive push to widen Iran war, footage shows
Unreleased documentary footage reveals the late senator’s extraordinary access to Netanyahu, Mossad and Trump, including a call in which the Israeli premier urged him not to draw the US into a broader campaign against Hezbollah…