{"id":159685,"date":"2026-11-03T04:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T04:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159685"},"modified":"2026-11-03T04:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T04:39:38","slug":"us-strikes-irans-qeshm-island-ahead-of-midterms-as-trump-says-deal-could-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159685","title":{"rendered":"US strikes Iran\u2019s Qeshm Island ahead of midterms as Trump says deal \u2018could happen\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe United States has attacked an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest in a series of covert, limited strikes ahead of the US midterm elections, as President Donald Trump signalled progress in talks with Tehran.<br \/>\nIran\u2019s Qeshm Island was struck on Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials, some of whom framed the strikes as defensive and aimed at deterring Tehran\u2019s attacks on commercial ships in the critical chokepoint.<br \/>\nIranian media reported that five blasts were&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3373075\/us-strikes-irans-qeshm-island-ahead-midterms-trump-says-deal-could-happen\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe United States has attacked an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest in a series of covert, limited strikes ahead of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159685"}],"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=159685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}