The US Wants 'Creative' Ways To Punish Iran. What Might They Be?

The U.S. has struggled to bomb Iran into concessions at the negotiating table, dragging the ongoing conflict into its sixth month.

U.S. military officials say effort to crowdsource a solution to the war via email blast is highly unusual

Donald Trump claimed on Monday that talks were underway with Iran to reach a deal to end the war. However, Tehran denied any such discussions.

A source noted that CENTCOM is looking at everything, acknowledging it needs to reevaluate the strategy.

A senior U.S. Central Command official sent an email last week to colleagues looking for new and creative ideas for how to pressure Iran into capitulating to U.S. demands. “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an officer in CENTCOM’s intelligence branch wrote in the emai

The Trump administration is running out of ways to pressure Iran, with its airstrikes failing to end Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz or force the country back to the negotiating table. So now the military is asking for “unconventional” new ideas. CNN reports that an officer in the U.S. Central Command’s intellig

Military officials described the crowdsourcing-style email as unusual, while a second source said CENTCOM was reviewing its approach and considering a wide range of alternatives.

The US military reportedly sought "creative and unconventional" ideas to pressure Iran as Trump prepared for renewed talks with Tehran.