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Iran Shifts From Defensive To 'Fully Offensive' Posture, Denies Trump-IRGC Backchannel, Seizes UAE Ship
Iran Shifts From Defensive To 'Fully Offensive' Posture, Denies Trump-IRGC Backchannel, Seizes UAE Ship
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Iran goes "fully offensive": Tehran threatens escalation if diplomacy fails, after last week's military command reshuffle.
MoU expires: Iran says the US-Iran agreement is effectively dead & "irrelevant".
Trump threatens Oman: Trump warns "we'll bomb the s**t out of them."
Backchannel denied: Tehran rejects Trump's claim of IRGC communications.
Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by September 30?
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