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The Iran war just underwent a rebrand. Yesterday, from the White House podium, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Operation Epic Fury was over. This comes as the deadline approaches for Congress to vote to continue operations.
Now, the Trump administration launched “Project Freedom,” described as a military-backed effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after weeks of Iranian harassment of commercial shipping.
President Donald Trump announced the mission over the weekend, framing it as a temporary operation to help stranded ships safely transit one of the world’s most critical oil chokepoints. The president, however, has already paused the mission for “a short period” as the US and Iran attempt to finalize a ceasefire.
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