Iran could launch military strikes as early as this fall, targeting a list of high-value assets to shatter increasing U.S. economic sanctions, national security analysts warned Thursday.
The warning came as the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, or ADNOC, reported that two vessels were struck transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to the United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency.
ADNOC said there were no injuries, and the situation was under control, according to economic containment regime that the U.S. seems to be defaulting to want to put on them," Taleblu added.
"I would say more attacks on ships, potentially more attacks on U.S. bases, potentially more attacks on Arab infrastructure in the Persian Gulf. And certainly the regime would create a tiered list of targets of what is of immediate value versus what has greater economic value versus what might lead to the U.S. directly or indirectly responding."
The warnings come amid a deadlock in talks between Washington and Tehran.
So far, there have been no discussions about extending the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement, a senior Iranian source told Strait of Hormuz."
Taleblu said Trump has described the sanctions-driven strategy as a "low-key" approach.
"These are high-impact tools," he concluded. "I think part of the escalation that we saw in the summer of 2019 — part of that past could be a prologue."