{"id":1261,"date":"2026-07-31T19:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:40:48","slug":"israel-and-us-ridiculed-for-reportedly-considering-land-blockade-of-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1261","title":{"rendered":"Israel and US Ridiculed for Reportedly Considering \u201cLand Blockade\u201d of Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news \u2014 make a <\/span><\/i><i><span>quick donation<\/span><\/i><i><span> to Truthout today!\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1259\">Swing District Voters Want Major Change. That Could Help Democratic Socialists.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As reports say that some within the U.S. government believe that they are facing \u201cstrategic defeat\u201d in the war on Iran, new reporting says that the U.S. and Israel are considering a land blockade of Iran \u2014 which would involve some level of cooperation from the seven countries that share a land border with the country.<\/p>\n<p>The land blockade idea is one of various operations being discussed as Trump tries to force Iran back to the negotiation table, the U.K.\u2019s <em>Telegraph <\/em>reports, though it doesn\u2019t specify the source of the claims. <\/p>\n<p>The right-wing outlet reported on Friday that, during their meeting this week, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed ramping up economic pressure on Iran through \u201ckinetic and non-kinetic means.\u201d It\u2019s unclear if the leaders discussed the land blockade option. A White House official simply reiterated the U.S.\u2019s stance that Trump keeps \u201call options at his disposal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if you just blocked the land? Suppose Iran can\u2019t bring anything in and cannot take anything out. Anything will happen,\u201d a top Israeli official told the <em>Telegraph<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are protecting not only our lives but yours as well, and we\u2019re fighting the battle of civilisation against barbarism,\u201d the source added later.<\/p>\n<p>Iran shares a land border with seven countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan. The land border is 3,380 miles long. In addition, Iran shares a maritime border with several other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1257\">Democrats Call for an Ethics Investigation Into GOP Rep. Max Miller<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and Israel do not have strong diplomatic relations with all of those countries. They would likely face an uphill battle in convincing any of them to react well to allowing U.S. and Israeli troops to potentially invade the countries, or at least occupy and close their borders. <\/p>\n<p>The idea of a land blockade has been ridiculed, even by pro-Israel figures, for being outlandish. <\/p>\n<p>Retired General Sean MacFarland, who led forces in Iraq and Syria as the U.S. pursued ISIS, said the plan would be \u201calmost impossible.\u201d \u201cIran borders a whole bunch of countries over land, and Iraq is very aligned with Iran. That would make it very difficult to stop any support from getting in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Telegraph<\/em> suggested that sources may be floating the idea to throw Iranian intelligence off the U.S. and Israel\u2019s scent. But another explanation could be that the Trump administration is seemingly grasping at straws as its war enters its sixth month without an end in sight as its affordability, energy, humanitarian, and public relations crises only continue to deepen.<\/p>\n<p><em>NBC<\/em> reported this week that Trump is \u201cexasperated\u201d because he didn\u2019t think it would be this difficult to get Iran to agree to a deal. He reportedly lost his temper at aides this week as the war is becoming drawn out despite his administration\u2019s insistence that it would only last a few days or weeks at its outset. <\/p>\n<p>There is \u201cno unity\u201d with regards to the larger strategy of the war, one U.S. official said. \u201cWe have had a series of tactical victories but are facing a strategic defeat without clear policy guidance or a decision about where this is going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1255\">Stevens Posts Bizarre, Racist Rant Against El-Sayed as He Surges Ahead in Polls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House has denied these claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This would be an enormous undertaking and involve sending US troops to several non-ally countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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