[US-Israel, Iran War Day #175] House Foreign Affairs Republicans Back Trump’s Economic Pressure on Iran

In Brief…

• Ship crossings through the Strait of Hormuz fell to seven on Thursday, down from 14 the previous day, Reuters reported, citing initial Kpler data.
• Vice President JD Vance said Iran could survive US economic pressure for “a couple of weeks or a couple of months or possibly longer.”
• US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with CNBC that the United States would impose the “toughest sanctions in history” on Iran and said Washington was “going to collapse this regime.”

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Trump reposts message saying Iran was given ‘every possible chance’