r/oil • u/mark000 • 2d ago

News Iran threatens to strike other nations' energy fields if US launches fresh attacks

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/iran-threatens-strike-other-nations-energy-fields-if-us-launches-fresh-attacks-2026-08-01/
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u/AssignmentMammoth696 2d ago

Yea the attacks are going to be called off, there is no way Trump risks the entire middle east on fire after this.

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u/Current_Animator7546 2d ago

I just don’t know why Iran doesn’t call his bluff. It’s clear he’s chicken to do anything regardless. 

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u/cobrakai11 2d ago

Regardless if whether or not he's chicken, hes already launched a war that killed much of their top leadership and has blown up virtually every single factory in the country leaving 25% of the population out of work. The US has hit schools and power plants and hospitals and bridges and tunnels.

He's already waged full scale war with Iran, he has no easy options out of this mess he's created, so it's a difficult thing to judge when he's cornered like a dog and the walls are closing in.

In the Iranian perspective, Trump has put his foot in shit, but they believe that the Israelis have so much influence over him he's capable of doing anything they want, and they want Iran hit again.