I’ve been saying here that Iran wants the ability to declare a VICTORY over the American President Donald Trump…..
Read below for the things the Iranian are trying to make Donald Trump eat for HIS war to go away and the American Military can recover and licks it’s wounds…..
(Iran’s internal politics ARE being driven by hardliners it appears)
And?
Iran CAN make make MONEY and Gain MORE Influence across the Middle East….
We’ll see how the below plays….
A top Iranian national security official delivered a sweeping set of demands on Saturday that he said the United States must meet before the Strait of Hormuz can reopen to maritime traffic, throwing the fate of the critical trade waterway into question.
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, issued a statement carried by state media laying out multiple requirements for reopening the strait. He called for the United States to lift its naval blockade and sanctions on Iran, withdraw the U.S. military from around Iran, pay war reparations and release frozen Iranian assets, as well as end attacks on Iran’s allies in the region and threats against the country.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Iran’s demands. A previous cease-fire between Iran and the United States, agreed to in June, had said that sanctions would be fully lifted only in the event of a final deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program. And U.S. officials have said in the past that Iran could access its frozen funds only if it committed to giving up its highly enriched uranium first.
The statement from Mr. Zolghadr came as Iran and Oman have been negotiating an agreement on the future management of the Strait of Hormuz, which sits between the two countries. Iran effectively closed the strait in retaliation for being attacked by the United States and Israel in February.
Mr. Zolghadr’s list of demands upended expectations that a deal with Oman would soon allow commerce to flow through the strait once more and ease global energy prices. They will likely put pressure on President Trump to consider Iran’s conditions if he wants to lower consumer prices for Americans, which pose a risk for Republicans ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Even before Mr. Zolghadr’s statement, Iranian officials had hinted on Saturday that the reopening of the strait was not imminent. Hossein Mohebbi, a spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, said that reopening the strait was “not contingent on the Iran-Oman negotiations.”…..
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ISW.…Iran Update Special Report August 8, 2026
- Iran is trying to secure additional US concessions before “reopening” the Strait of Hormuz while using both messaging and force to signal its continued intent to control maritime traffic through the strait. These demands suggest that hardline elements within the regime, including Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and his inner circle, are shaping Iran’s negotiating position and seek to secure the benefits of an agreement without relinquishing Iran’s leverage over the strait.
- The US naval blockade is imposing high economic costs on Iran, which may strengthen arguments within the regime for reaching an agreement, but Iran’s current maximalist position on the strait suggests that economic costs have not yet given pro-negotiation officials sufficient leverage to secure broader concessions from the dominating faction within the regime.
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The US Military IS running out of stuff due to Iran War….
President Trump’s war against Iran has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles to troubling levels, siphoning supplies from Asia and Europe, according to senior officials.
The rapidly shrinking supply of air-defense missiles and other critical weaponry in Europe and Asia not only leaves the U.S. military less equipped, but could also leave Russia and China feeling emboldened should they contemplate a potential conflict with the United States, experts said.
Bombing Iran burned through thousands of multimillion-dollar missiles that contain precision parts from a global web of suppliers and can take years to produce. Defending against Iran’s retaliatory barrages has worn down U.S. stocks of air-defense missiles to an extent that has privately alarmed top officials in the Trump administration and has led to the United States’ delaying deliveries to European and Asian customers.
The Iran campaign has forced the Pentagon to rush ships, aircraft and air-defense units from across Europe and Asia to the Middle East, an effort with cascading consequences for equipment maintenance and troop morale, U.S. officials said. The result is a significant erosion of American firepower in those regions, a shift with long-term implications that are a growing concern in the military and intelligence communities, senior U.S. and Western officials said….
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