{"id":3897,"date":"2026-08-14T10:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:13:20","slug":"vance-says-low-oil-prices-now-goal-number-one-in-iran-war-as-u-s-threatens-new-economic-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3897","title":{"rendered":"Vance says low oil prices now \u2018goal number one\u2019 in Iran war as U.S. threatens new economic pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keeping gas prices low is now the United States\u2019 \u201cgoal number one\u201d in the Iran war, Vice President JD Vance has said, as Washington threatened an indefinite naval blockade and signaled it would soon intensify economic pressure on Tehran.<\/p>

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The comments appeared to be the latest shift in the public rationale for the conflict, with Vance ranking Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions second.<\/p>

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The vice president\u2019s remarks came as the Trump administration embraced a long-term effort to impose pain on the Islamic Republic, despite growing signs of strain on American forces and domestic pressure ahead of the Midterm elections.<\/p>

President Donald Trump has suggested a shift away from military force in favor of \u201clow-keying it\u201d with economic pressure. That followed a deadly cycle of tit-for-tat exchanges that produced no clear resolution and depleted U.S. reserves of missile interceptors.<\/p>

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