Iran spurned the U.S. president’s call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks, after both sides backed off from intensified conflict following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehran’s retaliatory missile strikes.
Concern the Middle East was primed for a wider war eased after U.S President Donald Trump refrained from ordering more military action on Wednesday and Iran’s foreign minister diplomat said missile strikes “concluded” Tehran’s response.
But each side’s next move in their protracted shadow war was uncertain, although Iranian generals resumed their habitual barrage of warnings to Washington.
CNN’s very first Special Assignment Corespondent, served with the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), outside consultant for the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment for 25 years, and contributor to American Greatness, Chuck de Caro, offers his thoughts that An Electronic Embargo Could Cripple Iran with Dan & Amy: