Analysis-Trump threatens new Iran escalation and risks repeating old mistakes

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President Donald Trump has increased U.S. air strikes on Iran and threatened broader escalation amid failures to extract concessions from Tehran. The collapse of a recent ceasefire deal complicates U.S. efforts to counter Iran's influence over the Strait of Hormuz and maintain control in the region.

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has ramped up U.S. air strikes on Iran and threatened broader escalation, but there is little sign that a military strategy that has already failed to extract concessions from Tehran will succeed this time. With the collapse of an interim ceasefire deal reached a month ago, Trump – unable to disentangle the U.S. from the unpopular war he started - finds himself in a bind as he seeks to break Iran’s grip on the vital Strait of Hormuz and bend a defiant Tehran to his will.