Iran-US war latest: Tehran warns Trump ‘we are only getting started’ in battle to control Hormuz after attacks on ships - The US president vowed to free commercial ships stranded in the Strait of Horm

The president is trying to ratchet up the economic pressure on Tehran, but Iran’s government is unlikely to make a deal without a big, face-saving compromise.

It took a CBS News crew more than 14 hours to drive south from Turkey to Tehran, a nearly 600-mile trip made longer by checkpoints and bad roads.

Trump's escalating sanctions, naval blockade and financial enforcement against Iran test whether economic strain can force Iran's regime to bend.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio asserted Tuesday that the United States had concluded the combat operations that started its war with Iran, arguing that the U.S. military’s efforts to protect ships in the Strait of Hormuz were a wholly new operation.

Or, to put it in President Trump’s words, “Iran is having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is!” (This supposition conveniently makes sense of the president’s claim that Iran has “agreed to everything” alongside Iran’s denial that this is so.

U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the ceasefire with Iran hasn't been violated despite escalations in the Strait of Hormuz and the broader Persian Gulf. But U.S. President Donald Trump