Groundhog Day: What Is Going on With Iran

Iran recently violated the ceasefire and attacked Jordan. It was an attempted attack on American targets. The attack was repelled. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia struck back. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia attacked Iranian assets in Iraq for the first time.

The Wall Street Journal ran a story saying Iran’s surprise missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan shows Tehran’s military leaders would rather risk ramping up the war than play defense or accept a peace deal. They are concerned about it ramping up domestic pressure.

The attack illustrated a fundamental shift in which the IRGC has grown more assertive and more comfortable with a state of war that could continue for months, rather than enter into peace talks.

President Trump said he was going “to beat the f’ing S out of them.”

President Trump said the U.S. forces had just minutes to shoot down these incoming Iranian ballistic missiles. The president says he has reviewed video of the shootdown. It was U.S. forces conducting this operation to defend that area. He said it was real time. They were calling out coordinates and ensuring that none of this incoming Iranian fire got through.

The US and Saudi air strikes were coordinated with the Iraqi government. They hit Iranian proxies in Iraq.

The US resumed bombings for days. Then the Gulf nations said there is an outline for a deal. They asked the US to hold off on the bombings.

Within hours, Iran said there was no outline of a deal.

President Trump wrote late this morning on Truth Social:

Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say “beg,” talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with “Oman.”

They then go on to give their usual blather in saying the Strait of Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our “Blockade” or, as some say, “The United States Wall of Steel!”

Nothing gets through to Iran unless we want it to, and nothing will get through unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished.

Whether Iran wants to admit it or not, we are, in fact, talking of a solution to a problem that they have caused, for decades. It is very simple: IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Reuters reports that Iranian leaders view Trump’s military threats as negotiating leverage, not a move toward wider conflict. It is reasonable to assume that he has stopped bombing to negotiate eight times so far. One of these days, Iran will be wrong.

Meanwhile, the blockade continues, and no new negotiations are planned. Iran says CENTCOM is sending letters around asking analysts for ideas on how to punish Iran because they’ve run out of ideas.

🚨🚨🇺🇸U.S. forces are continuing to strictly enforce a naval blockade against Iran, according to an operational update from U.S. Central Command.

Maritime enforcement operations have resulted in CENTCOM forces redirecting 44 commercial vessels, disabling two non-compliant ships,… pic.twitter.com/mJFFglog4i

— C14 News | EN (@c14english) August 3, 2026

After they get rid of Israel, they will eliminate the USA.

The grandson of Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini, Ali Ahmad Khomeini, made it crystal clear last month on 4th February 2026:

“The Israelis know damn well: The day the Islamic nation gets the chance, WE’LL ERASE ISRAEL – just like Hamas tried!”

You won’t see THIS on the mainstream… pic.twitter.com/t6Zjw6KL08

— Mark Rowley (@MarkWRowley) March 7, 2026