PressTV.ir – Aug 3, 2026
A senior officer at the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has asked military analysts for “new” ideas to deal with Iran following Washington’s crushing defeat in the war against Tehran, a report says.
“We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an officer in CENTCOM’s intelligence branch wrote in a message sent to a broad group of military analysts on Wednesday, CNN cited a source familiar with the message.
A second source confirmed that a senior US military officer sent the message last week, soliciting fresh ideas on how to address Iran.
The report described the unusual crowdsourcing-style query over email as a sign of the limited, and potentially unpalatable, options available to Trump to force Tehran into a deal on his terms.
Hoping to find an alternative, the CENTCOM official initiated the brainstorming session via email to see if anyone had a better approach. The second source said CENTCOM is examining every possibility and acknowledging the need to reevaluate its strategy.
“US Central Command has a long history of thinking and working in innovative ways,” Capt. Timothy Hawkins, a CENTCOM spokesperson, claimed in a statement.
“Admiral Cooper, in particular, reaches out to members of our great team, regardless of rank, to achieve the highest levels of operational performance possible.”
The email preceded Trump’s threat to hit Iran “hard,” which he later canceled after regional countries sought a pause amid efforts to reach a possible agreement, and following warnings from Tehran that any new US or Israeli aggression would face strong retaliation.
The reported plans emerged amid continued tensions following Iran’s resistance to US pressure tactics and military aggression. Iranian officials have repeatedly warned that any new attack by Washington or Tel Aviv would trigger a strong response.
During a phone conversation on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan that Tehran remained prepared to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national security.
“Any hostile action by the US or Israel, or participation or cooperation by regional countries in such actions, would be met with a decisive and proportionate response from Iran’s powerful armed forces,” Araghchi said
The latest round of war against Iran began on February 28, when US and Israeli forces launched large-scale strikes on Iranian territory. Iran responded with daily waves of missiles and drones targeting US and Israeli assets across the region while closing the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran and the US later signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 17 in an effort to end the war across all fronts. However, renewed US military aggression against Iran in recent weeks has prompted Tehran to resume missile and drone strikes against US assets in the region and close the Strait of Hormuz once again.
I have an IDEA ! 🙂
Just go back to the U.S., from everywhere, & sort out the mess back home.
That might work. ?
“Tehran remained prepared to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national security.” … What a refreshing idea, if only more cuntries would subscribe to such sensible values. Meanwhile, in the occupied cuntries of the West, sovereignty has been shucked, cucked, and thoroughly f*cked by the international jew “central banking” cartel, territorial integrity is used as a toilet by hordes of less than worthless black and brown Orcs, and national security has become just another money grab, mechanism of slavery, and Orwellian pimp slap.
Yes. Here is a new idea. Both the US and Israel FO! Yes FO right out Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Palestine. Take your weapons and your terrorists and blow the Wall Street, the Pentagon, the White House, and the London Square Mile right off of the map, and then work down the entire command structure of sociopaths and sycophants of the entire Western ruling class and eliminate all of them with extreme prejudice. Then after you do that, you will be highly honored by real people for saving the planet from its impending destruction.
US military asks for ‘new’ ideas to deal with Iran. Why not call it a day? Negotiate a peaceful end to this war and move on pronto!👍😢