Renewed diplomatic efforts have reportedly failed to break the deadlock between Washington and Tehran<\/p>\n
US officials believe President Donald Trump could order a resumption of major combat operations against Iran after the midterm elections in November, as renewed indirect negotiations produced no results, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
\nQatari mediators, who met separately with US and Iranian negotiators in New York on Monday, are reportedly growing increasingly frustrated that neither side is willing to make concessions.
\n\u201cIt is stuck. The Iranians are asking for things the US can\u2019t accept and the US thinks it is winning so there is no need for compromise,\u201d Axios cited a source as saying.
\nTrump rejected Iran\u2019s latest proposal last week to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which handles around a quarter of global seaborne oil and LNG deliveries. He has since denied reports that he was ready to provide sanctions relief and release frozen Iranian assets in exchange for concessions on Iran\u2019s nuclear program. \u201cI offered them NOTHING,\u201d he wrote on Truth Social on Monday.<\/p>\n
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Democrats are ahead of Republicans by more than ten points nationally in the race for control of the House, according to recent polls by Quinnipiac University and NPR\/PBS\/Marist.
\nThe war launched by the US and Israel against Iran on February 28 has been unpopular among American voters overall. It sharply divided Trump\u2019s base, with some critics arguing that the president violated his promise of \u201cno new wars\u201d and his stated opposition to \u201cforever wars.\u201d
\nThe relentless bombing campaign failed to subdue Iran and, according to the Pentagon\u2019s inspector general, significantly depleted US ammunition stockpiles. Disruptions to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continue to drive energy prices, which Trump recently attempted to blame on the Ukraine conflict.
\n\u201cDonald Trump cannot calm energy markets or conceal the costs of his blockade and hostile policies through show-off and social media posts,\u201d an Iranian security official told RT last week.
\nAccording to a recent Fox News poll, 71% of registered voters in the US believed that the Trump administration lacked \u201ca clear strategy for ending the war with Iran,\u201d while 60% said the US had made the wrong decision to launch military action.
\nThe poll also found that 47% of respondents believed military action against Iran would make the US less safe, while 32% said it would make the country safer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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