US-Iran war has strengthened Tehran while boxing Trump into a corner
Daily Maverick | 22.07.2026 02:49
The Phoney War is over. After a brief and awkward hiatus, encapsulating much of the longest football World Cup on record, the US and Iran are sliding back into war. The Sitzkrieg, as with the lull in fighting after the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, has given way to blitzkrieg, with all the ensuing economic effects on food and energy prices. But why? And why now?
