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Why Iran is becoming Trump’s ‘forever war’

RT News · 🇮🇷 public Iran · · 2186 words · By Murad Sadygzade
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Why Iran is becoming Trump’s ‘forever war’ More than a month into the war with Iran, Washington is confronting the strategic nightmare it tried to avoid.

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What happened

Why Iran is becoming Trump’s ‘forever war’ More than a month into the war with Iran, Washington is confronting the strategic nightmare it tried to avoid.

Why it matters

What began as a campaign that many in the US and Israel appear to have imagined as short, punishing, and politically manageable has instead become prolonged, expensive, globally destabilizing, and increasingly difficult to define as success.

Common ground

The battlefield logic is now inseparable from the political logic, and on both fronts the pressure is mounting on Donald Trump’s administration.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Name Calling / Labeling 60% confidence
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Reuters reports that the conflict, launched on February 28, has disrupted global energy flows, driven oil sharply higher, pushed US gasoline prices above four dollars a gallon, and dragged US President Donald Trump’s approval rating down to 36%, the lowest level since his return to office.”
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The evidence provided for this claim is entirely from Wikipedia entries that discuss unrelated historical events (Taiwan 1947, 2026 Iran war, general Reuters info). None of the evidence confirms the specific sequence of events mentioned in the claim (disruption on Feb 28, oil price spikes, $4 gas, and specific Trump approval rating). Therefore, the claim cannot be corroborated or verified using the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The February 28 incident (also called the February 28 massacre, the 228 incident, or the 228 massacre) was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan in 1947 that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_28_incident
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article chronicles a list of ships attacked, damaged or sunk during the 2026 Iran war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_during_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Reuters ( ROY-tərz) is an international news agency wholly owned by Thomson Reuters, which is a multinational information conglomerate. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters
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“Reuters described this with unusual clarity when it noted that Tehran has effectively put its hand on a pressure point of the global economy through the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on energy infrastructure.”
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The evidence references the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's actions in the context of the '2026 Iran war' and '2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign' via Wikipedia. While the evidence supports the general theme of Iran leveraging the Strait, it does not contain the specific phrasing or attribution ('Reuters noted that...') required to verify the full claim. The evidence is limited to Wikipedia entries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the 2026 Iran war. The operation was an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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“Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, and Oman have all been involved in one form or another, while regional diplomacy has become increasingly crowded with ad hoc initiatives and competing back channels.”
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“From the Iranian perspective, the precedent of the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal destroyed confidence in American commitments.”
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The evidence provides general context regarding US-Iran relations and the 2015 nuclear deal's history, but none of the provided Wikipedia snippets directly confirm the claim that 'Iran believes that the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal destroyed confidence in American commitments.' This specific belief statement is not directly sourced.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_on_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iranian-Americans, also known as Persian Americans, are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship. According to the National Organization for Civi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Americans
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States in modern-day are unsettled and have a troubled history. They began in the mid-to-late 19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Pers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations
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“His recent Truth Social post made that tension impossible to miss: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F*ckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.””
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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided evidence set. The claim is a direct quote from a social media post, and no source material was provided to verify this specific text.
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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed out Army Chief of Staff General Randy George along with other senior officers in the middle of the campaign.”
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“France openly reminded Washington that NATO is designed for Euro-Atlantic defense, not for offensive missions in the Strait of Hormuz.”
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“IRGC claims strikes on petrochemical facilities in those countries, while other reporting describes damage to desalination plants, power facilities, and energy sites.”
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“AP, Reuters, and other outlets have described widening attacks on civilian-adjacent and civilian-critical infrastructure, including power systems, bridges, universities, petrochemical sites, and supply routes.”
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