Trump's U.N. envoy says Iran war could drag on for another year

Mike Waltz, the U. S. ambassador to the United Nations, has acknowledged that American forces could still be engaged against Iran a year from now, even though President Trump originally described a conflict of four to five weeks. Waltz told the Financial Times that Washington will not consider its aims met until Tehran gets rid of its highly enriched uranium and agrees to a meaningful deal limiting domestic enrichment. He declined to dwell on hypotheticals, expressing hope Iran negotiates seriously sooner, and said the Navy can keep its blockade of Iranian ports going indefinitely while economic pressure is tightened, according to CBS News.

On the ground, the fallout is spreading. Saudi Arabia has pushed two statistics gatherings in Riyadh to 2027, following a similar delay for its Future Investment Initiative, amid Houthi attacks on the kingdom. Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser said flows through the East-West pipeline, which avoids the Strait of Hormuz, rose from 2 million to 7 million barrels daily. Britain, France and Germany will meet Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt in Istanbul, and the U. K. has sent RAF Typhoons to help defend Saudi airspace.

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