Israel hit the Iranian capital Tehran with airstrikes Friday, with activists reporting sounds of strikes around the city

President Trump is sending mixed messages about the U.S. war with Iran, and that's raising even more questions about the direction of the conflict and his administration's strategy.

The US military said it has been able to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz as President Donald Trump floated the idea of “winding down” military efforts in the Persian Gulf.

The U.S. military is deploying thousands more Marines to ⁠the ⁠Middle East, officials told Reuters on Friday, as President Donald Trump accused ⁠NATO allies of cowardice over their reluctance to send forces to help open the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel’s defense minister threatened on Saturday that “the intensity of the attacks” by Israel and the United States against Iran’s ruling theocracy will “increase significantly” as the war in the Middle East entered its fourth week.

As the US-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran entered its fourth week, President Donald Trump allowed the sale of some Iranian oil to contain surging crude prices and floated “winding down” military efforts there.

Before an Israeli strike during the Iran war’s opening days killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a person trading under the account “Magamyman” made more than $553,000 placing bets on the Iran war and the end of Khamenei’s rule on Polymarket,

President Trump said that the U.S. has 'knocked out' Iran's navy, air force and called out NATO allies to help open the Strait of Hormuz.