Iran War

According to UK news outlet The Times of London, step comes as Iran nuclear site Pickaxe Mountain braces for possible US strike.

Mediators have had poor success reviving talks as Tehran sets tough demands and Washington insists on discussing its nuclear program.

Amid Trump' warning that the US and Israel “will soon finish the job” unless Iran changes course before midterm elections, mediators are scrambling to revive talks. US moves another aircraft carrier while Israel reportedly prepares plans for possible new strikes.

The recent aerial maneuver over the Middle East is not an election-season stunt, but rather a calculated strategy designed to lull Tehran into complacency. These incursions double as vital intelligence-gathering missions while steadily conditioning Iranian defenses to frequent regional air traffic, carefully setting the stage for a future strike.

Seeking to shift Tehran's diplomatic stance, a furious 72-hour bombing run might inflict sufficient financial devastation, according to certain American strategists.

White House considers dropping highly destructive payload to force diplomatic shift as part of a "fireworks show" against plethora of sites. Blast radius covers nine city blocks, informants suspect it lacks the penetrative power to shatter Pickaxe's thick granite shields.

Iran's ability to choke oil through strait fades as US Navy and Gulf producers adapt, fueling fears Tehran could escalate militarily to compensate. "Probably within the next two weeks…they are going to make their final deliveries of oil to China, and then they will have nothing," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday on Fox News.

Images obtained by CBS News expose destruction across multiple Middle East installations.

According to CNN, a the US now believes it has the upper hand in terms of denying Iran leverage in the shipping chokepoint. "We’re only going to talk to you if you want to talk about nuclear file,” an official said.