{"id":3706,"date":"2026-07-19T04:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T04:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3706"},"modified":"2026-07-19T04:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T04:13:06","slug":"iran-just-crossed-trumps-red-line-for-resuming-all-out-war-as-fighting-continues-to-escalate-with-no-end-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3706","title":{"rendered":"Iran just crossed Trump\u2019s red line for resuming all-out war as fighting continues to escalate with no end in sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The U.S. military has reinstated a naval blockade and bombed Iran for several consecutive days, concentrating attacks on coastal areas near the Strait of Hormuz. But airstrikes have recently extended to infrastructure, such as railways that could be used to ferry weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3704\">A Chinese Pink Floyd fan is giving Claude and Chat their own DeepSeek moment \u2014\u00a0an AI model just as good and half the price<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the U.S. military announced a new wave of airstrikes in retaliation for the deaths.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe strikes are designed to further degrade Iran\u2019s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan last night,\u201d U.S. Central Command said.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Iran has launched attacks on commercial ships and at its neighbors across the Persian Gulf region, targeting U.S. military assets. Tehran has also hit energy infrastructure and even water desalination plants.<\/p>\n<p>Still, fighting hasn\u2019t been as extensive as it was during the initial phases of the war. But U.S. deaths previously represented a red line for President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Early last month\u2014before both sides signed a memorandum of understanding that has since collapsed\u2014he confided to aides that he would consider ending the prior ceasefire and go back to war\u00a0if Iran kills American troops, according to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked for a comment and whether the U.S. would return to all-out war, the White House only responded with a statement from Central Command announcing the casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices have jumped as fighting has intensified in recent days, and more war would deliver another shock to global markets.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Consuming countries have drawn down their oil stockpiles to the lowest level in decades with little breathing room left to endure another extended closure of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The U.S. established an alternate route through the narrow water to bypass an Iranian corridor, but the renewed fighting has effectively it shut down.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Friday, no crossings via the U.S.-backed route were detected, and no shadow fleet movements were recorded either, while Iran\u2019s route saw seven transits.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the massive U.S.-Israeli bombardment, the war didn\u2019t bring about an overthrow of Iran\u2019s regime and has failed to fully reopen the strait. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3702\">\u2018They put 100% effort into looking after you\u2019: Wary soccer fans stunned by a look at the real America, not the image they\u2019ve been sold by the media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To be sure, Iran\u2019s economy is reeling and conventional forces were decimated, but the Islamic Republic has enough combat power to scare away commercial shipping and isn\u2019t deterred from continuing its attacks. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, hopes for a new round of talks to cobble together another ceasefire are vanishing. Previously, some officials appeared to leave the door open to negotiations despite Tehran\u2019s defiant statements in the face of U.S. strikes.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s after pragmatists inside Iran privately admitted that the initial naval blockade had crushed the economy, with the blockade\u2019s resumption reportedly deepening a rift between pragmatists and hard-liners who want to fight more aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>But on Saturday, Iran\u2019s supreme leader warned of \u201cunforgettable lessons\u201d if the U.S. keeps attacking and called Trump\u2019s signature \u201cworthless and invalid.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For its part, the U.S. blames Iran for violating the ceasefire agreement by refusing to reopen the strait and attacking ships sailing outside of Tehran\u2019s approved corridor.<\/p>\n<p>The stalemate has raised fears of an endless war, something Trump campaigned on avoiding, as tit-for-tat attacks continue along an escalating spiral. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe immediate dispute concerns who controls the Strait of Hormuz, but more is at stake,\u201d Ali Vaez, the Iran Project Director at the International Crisis Group, wrote in a <em>New York Times<\/em> op-ed on Wednesday. \u201cThe collapse of even this minimal understanding could remove the last barrier between episodic confrontation and a forever war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Brew, senior analyst for Iran and energy with the Eurasia Group, told <em>Fortune\u2019s<\/em> Jordan Blum earlier that there\u2019s no military option for reopening the strait, adding that Iran will not let go of its main source of leverage.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also warned that some form of Iranian fee to cross the strait seems inevitable and that U.S. attacks only strengthen Tehran\u2019s resolve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe options are to escalate or cut a deal. 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