Iran War Timeline 2026: Every Trump Move, Tracked

2026-10-14

Trump Threatens the Houthis — After the Midterms. Until Then, He Might Ask Erdogan and Syria to Fight Them.

2026-10-08

From ‘Right After the Midterms’ to Before Them: The White House Asks for Iran Strike Options It Can Use Before November 3

2026-10-07

‘A Small Price to Pay’: Trump Admits the Iran War Is Raising Fuel and Fertilizer Prices — Then Says ‘Let ’Em Take Out Los Angeles’

2026-10-03

‘One Way or Another’: Trump Tells Alabama the Iran War Ends Right After the Midterms — and Oil Will Fall the Moment It Does

2026-09-30

Why Can North Korea Have Nukes When Iran Can’t? Trump’s Answer: ‘Other Presidents’ — and ‘Kim Jong-un Is My Friend’

2026-09-28

Two Days After ‘Not Acceptable,’ Trump Expects Iran Talks This Week — as UK Police Probe a Bomb Plot Near a US Bomber Base

2026-09-26

Taiwan Was Missing From Both Summit Readouts. Trump Says Xi ‘Understands My Position’ — and Flatly Rejects Iran’s Hormuz Offer

2026-09-26

‘Trump Strait’: Iran Offered a Seven-Day Plan to Reopen Hormuz. Trump Answered With a Map.

2026-09-22

At the UN, Trump Declared Iran ‘No Longer Thugs’ — Past Tense. The Victory Lap Started Before the Deal Exists.

2026-09-21

‘The Question Is When We Blow Up the Whole Country’ — Two Days Before He Shares a Building With Iran’s President

2026-09-18

Trump Will Greet Xi at the Airport — a Courtesy Beijing Answered in May With Its No. 8 Official

2026-09-16

Pay Up When It’s Over: Trump Demands ‘Reparations’ From the Countries That Didn’t Join His Iran War

2026-09-13

Trump Says the War Ends on Schedule. He Also Just Confirmed Iran Hit the Pipeline That Bypasses Hormuz.

2026-09-10

Trump Now Says the Iran War Ends ‘Right After the Election’ — Three Weeks Ago He Wasn’t Sure He Wanted a Deal at All

2026-09-10

A $5,000 ‘Trump Dividend’ for Voting Republican — and a Fresh Iran Strike Threat in the Same Two Hours

2026-08-31

Trump Posted AI Video of Iran’s Oil Hub Being Destroyed. Kharg Island Was Never Attacked.

2026-08-28

Trump’s Account Traded Energy and Defense Stocks 1,051 Times in June — While He Ran the Iran War

2026-08-22

Trump: Hormuz Is US Territory — And We’re Not Sure We Even Want a Deal With Iran

2026-08-21

Trump Goes on WABC With Michael Cohen. No Iran Exit. No Trade Regrets. A Political Rapprochement.

2026-08-20

Trump Declares ‘Economic D-Day’ Against Iran. The Real Weapon Is Dubai.

2026-08-19

Trump Is Pushing for a Kim Meeting at APEC. North Korea Isn’t Interested. South Korea Is Paying the Price.

2026-08-13

Trump Says the US Has ‘Total Control’ of Hormuz. The Ship Data Says Otherwise.

2026-08-10

Trump Is ‘Low Keying It’ on Iran. The Hormuz Strait Is Still Closed.

2026-07-28

Netanyahu Is at the White House. The Agenda Is ‘Winning.’ The Friction Is Lebanon.

2026-07-24

Iran Rejected the US Ceasefire. Trump Says He’s Ready for Something Bigger Than Glorious Fury.

2026-07-15

Day Five: The US Struck Near Bushehr. Iran Threatened Every Gulf Oil Route.

2026-07-13

Iran Declared the Strait Closed. The US Said It Was Open and Kept Bombing.

2026-07-10

Israel Fed Trump the Iran Assassination Intel. The July 11 Window Didn’t Survive It.

2026-07-08

Trump Called the Iran MOU ‘Finished.’ His Envoys Haven’t Left the Table.

2026-07-07

Trump Said ‘Deal or Finish It’ During Khamenei’s Funeral. The Timing Makes Both Options Harder.

2026-06-23

19 Million Barrels Flowed Through Hormuz Yesterday. The Nuclear Deal That Unlocked It Is Already in Dispute.

2026-06-19

Trump Told Axios He Has ‘Limits but No Limits.’ The Same Interview Shows Exactly Where the Limit Was.

2026-06-19

‘I Didn’t Want to Be Hoover.’ WSJ and WaPo Say Trump Just Told Iran Exactly How to Beat Him.

2026-06-18

The Iran MOU Signs Friday. Trump Already Said What Happens If He Doesn’t Like What Comes Next.

2026-06-11

Trump Fired 49 Tomahawks at Iran. Now He’s Threatening to Seize Kharg Island and Replicate Venezuela.

2026-06-11

CENTCOM Posts a ‘Fact Check.’ Iran Posts Drone Strike Footage. The Gap Between Them Is a War.

2026-06-09

Trump Says a ‘Very Strong’ Iran Nuclear Deal Is ‘Right at the Moment of Signing.’ History Suggests Caution.

2026-06-06

Iran Claims Its Navy Forced Two US Destroyers Out of the Sea of Oman. The US Hasn’t Said a Word.

2026-06-01

Trump Walked Out of the Iran MOU Meeting. Then He Sent Back a Harder Deal.

2026-05-25

Trump Says No Deal Unless It’s a Great One. The JCPOA Comparison Explains Why That’s Hard.

2026-05-23

Trump Says the Iran War Ends ‘Very Soon.’ The Gaps Say Otherwise.

2026-05-22

Khamenei’s Son Blocked the One Concession Trump Needs Most.

2026-05-21

Iran Isn’t Blocking Hormuz Anymore. It’s Running a Permission System.

2026-05-20

Trump Called Off the May 19 Strike. The Polls Explain More Than the Gulf Leaders Do.

2026-05-19

Iran Sent a 14-Point Reply. Pakistan Delivered It. And Both Sides Keep Moving the Goalposts.

2026-05-18

Iran’s Hormuz Position Is Circular: The Strait Opens When the War Ends, and Iran Decides When That Is

2026-05-14

The Iran War Has Cost $29 Billion — and the Base Repair Bills Haven’t Started

2026-05-12

CPI Came in at 0.6%. That’s the Good News. The Bad News Is What’s Still Coming.

2026-05-11

Iran Sent Its Answer to Pakistan. The Military Got New Orders from Khamenei.

2026-05-09

US and Iran Fired at Each Other. Both Sides Still Say the Ceasefire Holds.

2026-05-08

Trump Says Iran Deal Is ‘Very Likely’ Within a Week. Iran Says It’s Still Reviewing. A Tanker Was Bombed.

2026-05-07

Iran’s Foreign Minister Flew to Beijing. China Just Inserted Itself as the Ceasefire Broker.

2026-05-07

Axios: US and Iran Are Close to a 14-Point MOU. Here’s What’s Actually in It.

2026-05-06

Trump Won’t Say if a US Strike on Iran Is Imminent. That Silence Is the Signal.

2026-05-05

Trump’s China Trip Is Happening — Wartime. The Iran War Just Became a US-China Negotiation.

2026-05-05

Operation Freedom: Trump Orders Hormuz Rescue Mission — and Warns Iran Not to Interfere

2026-05-04

OPEC+ Adds 188,000 Barrels a Day in June. The Timing Is Not a Coincidence.

2026-05-03

Iran Offered to Open Hormuz and End the War. Trump Said No.

2026-05-02

Trump Cuts 5,000 Troops from Germany and Raises EU Auto Tariffs — The Iran War Bill Comes Due

2026-05-02

Medvedev: Nuclear War Is a ‘Realistic Possibility.’ This Time, the Context Is Different.

2026-05-02

CENTCOM Briefed Trump for 45 Minutes on Iran Strike Plans. What That Means.

2026-05-01

Trump: Blockade Continues Until Iran Agrees on Uranium. ‘They’re Suffocating Like a Stuffed Pig.’

2026-05-01

Brent Hits $126 as US Military Options Return to the Table

2026-04-30

Trump Meets Energy CEOs: Hormuz Blockade Is the Long Game, Not the Exit

2026-04-30

Trump Posts Rifle Image at Iran: ‘Get Smart Soon’ as Islamabad Talks Collapse

2026-04-27

Iran Talks Hit Deadlock: Nuclear Demand is a Non-Starter, Trump Says ‘Call Us’

2026-04-25

Iran Is Collecting Hormuz Tolls — In Cash, Into a Central Bank Account

2026-04-25

Iran War’s Hidden Cost: US Missile Stocks Depleted, Taiwan Defense Plans Under Review

2026-04-24

Trump Orders Navy to Sink Any Ship Laying Mines in Hormuz Strait

2026-04-23

Iran’s Stalling Strategy: ‘Time Is on Our Side’

2026-04-22

Vance’s Make-or-Break Moment: The Iran Round Two Stakes

2026-04-21

Trump Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship, Iran Refuses Talks Until Blockade Lifted

2026-04-20

Trump Shifts Talks to Islamabad, Threatens to ‘Knock Out’ Iran’s Infrastructure

2026-04-20

Round Two at the Serena: US-Iran Talks Return to Muscat

2026-04-19

The Hormuz Whiplash: How Quant Signals Saw the Trap Before It Closed

2026-04-18

Trump Says Iran Nuclear Deal Could Close in ‘a Day or Two’ — Weekend Talks Likely

2026-04-17

Trump Reveals Trump-Xi Letter Exchange on Iran Arms — China Declines to Confirm

2026-04-17

Trump Announces First Israel-Lebanon Leader Contact in 34 Years — Adds a Variable to the Iran Endgame

2026-04-16

Hegseth Issues Ultimatum to Iran: Take the ‘Golden Bridge’ or Face Infrastructure Strikes

2026-04-15

Hormuz Blockade Puts Trump-Xi Summit at Risk — And That May Be the Point

2026-04-15

Talks May Resume This Week — But a Long Blockade Favors Iran Over Trump

2026-04-14

The Real Negotiation Has Begun: US Drops ‘Permanent’ Demand, Iran Counters on Timeline

2026-04-14

CENTCOM Warns: Unauthorized Vessels Will Be Intercepted, Diverted, or Seized

2026-04-13

Talks Collapse, But the Stories Don’t Match: US Says Nuclear, Iran Says Hormuz

2026-04-12

US Destroyers Enter Hormuz for Mine-Clearing — Iran Says It Won’t Allow It

2026-04-11

Trump Begins Hormuz Mine Clearing — ‘A Favor to the World’ as Iran’s Military Declared Destroyed

2026-04-11

Trump’s Final Warning: ‘Best Weapons on Our Ships’ if Iran Talks Collapse

2026-04-10

Trump Floats ‘Hormuz Venture’ with Iran — Joint Toll Collection on the Table

2026-04-10

Trump: ‘We’re Going to Make a Lot of Money from Hormuz’

2026-04-09

Trump: US Will Help Ensure Hormuz Operates Normally

2026-04-08

Trump: Iran Will Have No Enriched Uranium — 50% Tariff on Weapons Suppliers

2026-04-07

Trump Extends Iran Deadline 24 Hours — Hormuz or ‘Everything Gets Blown Up’

2026-04-05

WE GOT HIM: Both US Pilots Rescued Deep in Iran — Trump Declares Air Dominance

2026-04-05

Trump to Iran: ‘48 Hours Until Hell Opens’ — April 6 Deadline Arrives

2026-04-04

US F-15E and A-10 Shot Down Over Iran — One Pilot Missing, Iran Offers $60K Bounty

2026-04-03

Trump Targets Iran’s Bridges and Power Plants: ‘We Haven’t Even Started’

2026-04-02

Trump Declares ‘Operation Glorious Fury’: IRGC Command Is ‘Collapsing,’ Stone Age in 2–3 Weeks

2026-04-02

Trump Calls Out South Korea Over Hormuz: ‘45,000 Troops Next to Nuclear North Korea, and They Won’t Help’

2026-03-31

Trump’s ‘2–3 Week’ Iran Exit: What a Unilateral Ceasefire Means for Oil and Markets

2026-03-30

Trump Orders 20 Oil Tankers Through Hormuz From March 30 — Talks ‘Progressing Well’

2026-03-30

Trump: Iran Talks Going ‘Extremely Well’ — Early Deal Possible

2026-03-29

Trump Eyes Iranian Oil — Considers Seizing Kharg Island, Iran’s Largest Export Terminal

2026-03-28

Hormuz Ground War Plan: 7 Strategic Islands Identified as Likely Targets

2026-03-27

Iran Rejects Trump’s Ceasefire Proposal — Oil Spikes 2%, Energy Markets Rattle

2026-03-26

April 9 Ultimatum: The Iran Deal Deadline That Could Reshape Energy Markets

2026-03-25

Trump Delays Iran Strike by 5 Days — Diplomatic Window Reopens, Markets Exhale

2026-03-24

Trump’s 48-Hour Ultimatum to Iran: Accept Deal or Face Nuclear Plant Strikes

2026-03-23

Trump Eyes Iran’s Enriched Uranium: Seizure or Destruction on the Table

2026-03-22

US Strikes Destroy Kharg Island Targets — Hormuz Blockade Crisis Unfolds