{"id":29060,"date":"2026-02-16T05:43:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=29060"},"modified":"2026-02-16T05:43:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:43:04","slug":"when-trumps-bluff-meets-reality-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=29060","title":{"rendered":"When Trump\u2019s bluff meets reality on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/USS-Abraham-Lincoln-US-Navy.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Another US-Iran crisis, another round of carrier deployments and ultimatums, another set of predictions about imminent warfare. 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