Trump weighs high-stakes ground options in Iran as diplomacy stalls
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With diplomacy faltering, Trump weighs multiple high-risk options to escalate against Iran, including ground operations and seizing strategic targets like Kharg Island, but officials warn these moves could cause heavy casualties, fail to end the conflict, and trigger a broader regional war and economic fallout.
- Many of Trump’s remaining options in Iran risk heavy casualties with dubious chances of success CNN
- The Countdown to a Ground War The Atlantic
- Why seizing Iran’s Kharg Island could be a trap of America’s own making Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Tehran issues warning to regional neighbour if Iranian island occupied Al Jazeera
- Pentagon prepares for massive "final blow" of Iran war Axios
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