EA on Express 24-7: US War on Iran — The “Limbo” Continues

Posted by Scott Lucas | Oct 15, 2026 | 1

Donald Trump at a rally in Arizona, October 14, 2026

I joined Pakistan’s Express 24-7 on Wednesday to analyze the ongoing “limbo” of the US War on Iran, as the Trump Administration is caught between its unwillingness to re-enter negotiations and its uncertainty about renewing full-scale military operations.

I outline the state of the conflict, cutting through Donald Trump’s bluster, to return to the fundamental: Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz.

And I consider the expansion of the war, particularly between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis. Is there any path to de-escalation?

Watch from 4:16:

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView. He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

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varharan on October 17, 2026 at 00:26

Iran’s precision strikes picked apart Gulf infrastructure, blunting US war plans: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/iran-crisis-infrastructure-attacks/

“ran and its proxies have carried out dozens of pinpoint strikes on infrastructure in the Gulf since the start of the war, systematically disabling critical equipment and causing cascading failures and economic damage region-wide in a deft campaign that helps explain how the Islamic Republic has held its own against the more powerful US military.”

“They hit us bad”: Newly obtained footage, witness accounts detail Iran attack, and U.S. retreat, at major post in Kuwait: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-attack-kuwait-camp-buehring-u-s-new-footage/

“They hit us bad,” the source told CBS News on condition of anonymity because of the military’s strict media restrictions. “It was horrible. There were a lot of brave guys who stayed to fight there — and people at home don’t know what happened. We had to abandon the base.”
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