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Trump’s Iran Dilemma: Stuck in a War With No Exit in Sight

As Iran-U.S. tensions stretch into a sixth month, Trump faces a narrow set of bad options—accept a deal that grants Tehran leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, escalate with strikes that may not succeed, or keep the blockade-and-retaliation status quo without a face-saving endgame.

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Trump’s Iran Dilemma: Stuck in a War With No Exit in Sight

President Donald Trump’s Iran campaign has entered a sixth month with no clean exit. He faces a choice between an emerging interim arrangement—brokered by Iran and Oman—that could effectively put Iran under new control of the Strait of Hormuz, or renewed escalation through airstrikes that risk political fallout before the November midterms. A third option is maintaining an uneasy blockade and periodic retaliation for shipping attacks, but that still offers no dignified end to a war Trump predicted would be brief, analysts say.

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