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Iran’s Last Chance? Hormuz, Ukraine’s 40-Day Failure & U.S. Missile Shortages
Is Iran really facing its “last chance”—or is Washington running out of military and political room?
In this August 5, 2026 edition of International Flavor, Samuel Trapp begins with Iran and the fight over the Strait of Hormuz: competing accounts of ceasefire talks, proposed shipping arrangements, pressure on oil markets, suspicious-trading allegations that remain unproven, and the limits of what U.S. airpower can accomplish without a much larger war.
Then the show turns to Russia and Ukraine. Kiev’s announced 40-day pressure campaign did not force Moscow into a ceasefire. We examine…
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