{"id":86283,"date":"2026-09-09T08:43:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=86283"},"modified":"2026-09-09T08:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:43:53","slug":"iran-may-re-ignite-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/iran-may-re-ignite-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran May Re-Ignite War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From The New York Times:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/09\/08\/multimedia\/08int-iran-assess-zpfv\/08int-iran-assess-zpfv-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"A large blue and white cargo ship with prominent yellow cranes floats on choppy water. Two smaller ships are visible in the hazy distance.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12m5bll evys1bk0\">Iran has signaled that it is willing to escalate its fight with the United States, with senior leaders issuing increasingly sharp warnings in recent days after attacking American warships for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12m5bll evys1bk0\">The country\u2019s leaders are taking a more aggressive approach as Iran faces mounting economic pressure and they worry that their grip on the Strait of Hormuz is slipping. The American blockade is making it nearly impossible for Iran to ship oil, its main money source. And in effect, Iran sees escalation as the primary leverage it has against the United States, analysts said, warning that the recent clashes could reignite a full-blown war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The New York Times: Iran has signaled that it is willing to escalate its fight with the United States,.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86284,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86283\/revisions\/86284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}