{"id":148352,"date":"2026-03-22T16:42:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148352"},"modified":"2026-03-22T16:42:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:42:39","slug":"us-may-escalate-to-de-escalate-attacks-against-iran-says-scott-bessentunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148352","title":{"rendered":"US may \u2018escalate to de-escalate\u2019 attacks against Iran, says Scott BessentUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe United States may need to \u201cescalate\u201d its attacks against Iran to be able to wind down the war, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump gave seemingly contradictory trajectories for the US military campaign.<br \/>\nTrump on Saturday threatened to \u201cobliterate\u201d Iranian energy plants if Tehran did not fully open the pivotal Strait of Hormuz, just a day after saying US objectives were \u201cvery close\u201d and that he was considering \u201cwinding down\u201d the war.<br \/>\nAsked on&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/middle-east\/article\/3347506\/us-may-escalate-de-escalate-attacks-against-iran-says-scott-bessent?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe United States may need to \u201cescalate\u201d its attacks against Iran to be able to wind down the war, US Treasury&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148352"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}