Day: August 1, 2026

A land blockade would likely involve cooperation with Iran’s neighbors, which include Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. An Iranian flag flies at half-mast at the Pakistan-Iran border crossing at Taftan, Balochistan province on March 1, 2026 after the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid US-Israel strikes; Illustrative.(photo credit: Banaras KHAN / AFP via Getty Images)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFAUGUST 1, 2026 02:48 The United States and Israel are considering implementing a land blockade against Iran to further Tehran’s economic isolation, The Telegraph reported on Friday, with US President Donald Trump believing that the naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz has …

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President Trump has ordered a fresh attack on Iran aimed at getting Tehran to surrender that could begin as soon as this weekend and would last a few days, U.S. officials said. Earlier on Friday, he told reporters that he planned to resume heavy military strikes to force the regime to come to the negotiating table. He predicted that if the U.S. hit Iran hard enough, the hard-line regime would eventually “peter out.” “We will be hitting them very hard,” Trump said Friday at the televised cabinet meeting. “And you know at some point, they’re going to say, ‘We just can’t take …

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