The US administration has already said this many times and in many different ways. We suppose President Trump wants the world to know that talks with Iran are really really over this time, and the gloves are coming off (again):
US President Trump told top administration envoys to halt their conversations with Iran, according to CNN citing a US official
“White House officials have recently communicated to political allies that they are shifting their strategy — going from “hammer Iran ASAP” to “strangle them” over time.
While there have been no new bombs away just yet, the statement comes after earlier in the day the UAE government reported a rare instance of a pair of alleged Iranian missiles inbound in its territory. Iran subsequently denied that it was behind any attack. Earlier in the summer Kuwait and Bahrain were targets of frequent attacks, but the UAE was largely spared in the most recent salvos.
Trump is now not pursuing to revive talks at all, it appears, and this is being dubbed as a new ‘disengagement’ strategy. According to more from CNN: “And instead of claiming talks were proceeding well, and that a new deal was just around the corner — as he’s asserted repeatedly since the ceasefire signed in June fell apart — Trump announced there was no diplomacy underway whatsoever.”
So this could finally mark the end of the fake and premature ‘deal imminent’ headlines which not infrequently marked earlier phases of the war.
UAE Under Missile Alert
While initial details and the precise nature of the threat remain unclear, the UAE has said it detected a missile threat targeting the country. “UAE air defense systems detected a missile threat targeting the county,” the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority said in a post on X. This has included Dubai residents receiving a UAE missile threat alert.
The country has not actually been targeted much by Iran throughout the war. The UAE has in follow-up said the situation is currently “safe” after the missile threat. Air-defenses detected two inbound:
UAE Defense Ministry said it detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran, one missile fell outside territorial waters, second fell inside.